Happy Jack

I know musicians rarely have much money, but couldn't they afford new ones?

Roughly speaking, about half a dozen thicknesses. The trouble with these is that there has to be enough thickness in the coil to put stress on the elastic so that it grips the hook, so not good on either short cables or longer cables with big coils. At the other extreme, if you try to use them on thick coils you have to stretch them so far that the hard plastic bit can ping out of your fingers and give your knuckles a naty wallop. They're a good, simple design but I found them too fiddly at the breakdown after a 3-hour gig, plus my bandmates found them really easy to lose. I use mainly these, some in black and some in white to cater for all colours of cable: https://www.toolstation.com/hook-loop-cable-tie/p79844?store=R1&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=Cj0KCQiAs67yBRC7ARIsAF49CdV1eXdLzI38v6DNgmi5ZiWBB-2MzHhnZpWzzTIdgL_NtikjUTzcN1EaAj7-EALw_wcB They cost 20p each and last for years. Even the most ham-fisted guitarist will find them difficult to destroy. At gigs, simply velcro them to any handy piece of carpet (like ... erm ... the floor) and they can't blow away or be accidentally kicked under the fag machine. If there's no carpet, velcro them to each other so that you end up with a biggish, highly visible ball of velcro ties. For tiny cables (like wall-warts and some computer cable) I use these instead: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Multiware-50-Piece-Fastening-Reusable-Adjustable/dp/B077FKJD4C/ref=asc_df_B077FKJD4C/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=231965104222&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4828190177750154515&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045963&hvtargid=pla-683052776353&psc=1 They cost 7p each and actually live on the cable, so they're not likely to get lost. The colour coding can come in handy too. I use these extensively inside racked equipment.

Shame ... Bob speaks very highly of you.

Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear. Oh dearie, dearie me.

Tell me, Clarky, if you were to buy a Ferrari, would you be one of those people who insists on buying a banana-yellow one? I ask in a spirit of pure enquiry ...

OK, that's seriously impressive.

Traditionally speaking, the 'good bits' are Peg, Josie, and Deacon Blues. Whether or not you like any of those is, of course, another matter. It's worth bearing in mind that Aja is NOT the best album by Steely Dan, not by a long chalk. The easy winner is a late-period double album called (IIRC) The Best Of Steely Dan.

I'm sorry mate, but this has to happen:

Before you get into all that messy foam-carving stuff, it's worth just taking out the entire block of foam and putting in the original softcase for the Nano+ board. Not only is it a perfect fit, but it also leaves you with an unused block of foam which is perfect for sculpting your favourite Star Wars character. Just saying ...

Bloody Hell! I may have to raise the asking price for the Mk.III I have listed on Basschat!

They make your legs look fat.

It took me nearly three years to persuade guitarist & drummer that we should play Hot Love. It instantly became one of our biggest crowd-pleasers. Cheese is good. The runnier, the better.

I am SO sorry to read this. I was really hoping to meet him, perhaps at this year's NAMM, but it never happened.

Given my very agricultural playing style, I tend to keep a decent compressor in front of my Sansamp. Having read all this, I may try fiddling about without a compressor in the chain and see what I get. Playing the first Rick I have owned in nearly 10 years means that I'm re-thinking all sorts of aspects of my rig.

Just roll it in glitter ...