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Does that make a D major scale re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do-re? I have written a song that is the first four notes of G major so I assumed it was in G. Apparently it's in D. *shrug* I should really learn why, it may help with a lot of my writing.

All the best for the relocation. We abandoned ship this February for Germany, Mrs O. being of that ilk and wanted to go home. Regardless of luthiers and not being particularly adventurous it's the best thing that I've done for a long time. 🙂

New Strap Day 😉 I had this made for me by a friend of mine who does leather work under the name of Broadarrow Jack. He can be found here, on Facebook should you wish to avail yourselves of his services. https://www.facebook.com/shadescostumiers/ The straplocks are mine before you all get carried away 😉

Looking at again, I'm wondering whether I should cut a little window for the channel selector.

Less of a diary and more of a look at wot I made. I got a Line6 G30 from BC and it came complete with the they-all-do-that-sir broken strap clip. So I made a little pouch for it. I've left the flap unsecured as I'm not sure what to do with it, glue on some velcro or put a popper in it.

I bought Derek's Line6 G30 and it appeared today, shipped to Germany. Fair price, excellent packaging, works perfectly and as described. When the courier let him down Derek told me immediately. Great communication and all round good egg.

I have nothing constructive to add by way of technical consideration, but what a genius idea! Have all the twiddly buttons and settable things close by with the cab elsewhere. Of course, if the punter in front of you is a bit carefree with their drink you may lose everything rather than just a couple of pedals.

Have a pack of sausages ready in case it goes wrong 😉

Reminds me of when Biffy Clyro played it at a festival the BBC broadcast. They didn't sing any of the radio unfriendly words, so the crowd filled in for them.

Yup, I had one, a red P bass copy with white Scratchplate. I bought it from Chappells in Milton Keynes for £120, something like 1990 or so. Bionathathanabassist or something like that had the body, and I think @Grangur had the neck.

Utterly epic. I've never seen anything like that set before with the flame towers and light fan things. Rather amusingly I live in Germany now so came over for the weekend to see this concert with old friends. Mad? Probably

Big 10 in Cambridge this afternoon, followed by Rammstein in MK.

But no-one knows what the hell he looks like off stage...

Verdammt! Maybe if I wear nothing but a strategic sock a la RHCP they won't be looking at my face.... Does a Slipknot mask count as a hat?

I'm going to wear a hoody, with the hood up, a baseball cap and sunglasses next time so when I stuff it up no-one will recognise me after we've finished 😆

I certainly wouldn't write P-Rick on the headstock...

Is there a knack to writing lyrics, or is it one of those things that you either can or can't do? I can think of the odd line or phrase, but I'm terrible at stringing anything coherent together. When I do, it reads back like a fifteen year old wrote them. They're only words, I use them every day, sometimes in the right order as well!

Square. Definitely square.

Are those hex nut ended sleeves for the intonation? I'm assuming at this point that the strings are held at the back by the ball end in a counter bore or are body through? Where do you set the string height? I'm liking the concept.

Me too. I relocated to Germany in February and Rammstein are playing a couple of shows that are both about 2 to 2 1/2 hours drive away. I'm seeing them in MK! 🙄

Wolfmother, Christine and the Queen's, The Cure and Foo Fighters at Hurricane Festival on Sunday. It was very good and very very hot!

Will they come out again? If it were me, the ports not being flush would annoy me no end. I'd be tempted to redo them but gluing only on the inside and holding them down with a few bricks, but then, you're not me 😉

It's a street music festival in Neumünster, north of Hamburg. Quite a few separate stages and it doesn't look like it goes on late, the last band time I saw when I last looked was 1600.

I suppose that you may want some sort of update... I stuck an advert up on Backstage Pro and contacted the guys in Kiel, who didn't respond. I then heard from a band out by Sankt Peter-Ording which was nice, but they don't play quite what I want to and it's something like a three hour round trip just to rehearse with them. Then last week I got an invitation from a band in Neumünster, got the spot and we're booked to play one of the stages at BaDaBoom in September. I've never played anything bigger than an open mic night in The King Billy, so that, at the moment, is giving me the jitters.