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Thanks very much, @Mike Brooks - I think it'd be great if you would come and share some of your experiences, knowledge, and anecdotes. We're now moving into the month leading up to the event and expect to cover off preparations over the next week or so. As per @NancyJohnson's update, we've got two rooms at the venue which facilitates having talks/presentations, which have always been enjoyable and enlightening in previous years.

So, this popped up on a YT page; I get it!

(I knew really!) 🙂 That was one of those albums I heard on the OGWT and went out and bought the next day.

He didn't say it wasn't a live one! 🙂

I think normal Ric machine heads are made by Schaller.

I have a Chinese headless doubleneck; both of its bridges were made of swiss cheese and failed. It's now got a Steinberger bass bridge and a guitar one made by a bloke in Ireland. It came with fake "EMG" pickups, which were also rubbish; the bass now has Retrovibe Ric-style ones (they were a straight swap, even the screw holes!) and I've some Seymour Duncan humbuckers waiting to make their way into the guitar half. The bass side plays and sounds really good, but guitar neck still needs some setup.

What's the worst thing about headless basses?

I just listened to Grace Under Pressure; it’s a great album.

Led Zeppelin, Yes, The Police, Genesis, Tolkien, Dylan Thomas, wandering around London, synths, whatever; it just makes up for an interesting and enlightening experience. I saw King Crimson when they did some shows as Discipline.

Sort of the other way round for me - they evolved and matured over time. They were influenced by a number of bands over their career but remained Rush identifiably and unquestionably.

I saw them at that Sheffield gig; I remember they carpeted the stage. I also saw them at Stafford New Bingley, on the Permanent Waves tour; from that one I remember Geddy starting singing and doing a big cough so they had to restart the song! I saw them there on The Moving Pictures tour. Curious - I think a couple of their best "songs" are on Presto: "Red Tide" and "Available Light". However, the album recording is abysmal!

Moving Pictures and Power Windows are two of my favourites; also Clockwork Angels and Grace Under Pressure. Feedback is the one I just plain don't "get".

I thought they just played music, regardless of the decade. (Some of their fashion sense and hairdos were always a bit dodgey though.)

Well, playing two pickupoos with different frequency responses through different amps and via fx loops just might do the trick. (ie. Rick-O-Sound.)

I went too; watched from a company box which was miles away from the stage. There was food & drink though.

I'm not sure having a whole rail live would be good for two reasons: i. safety, ii. picking up interference. (Those Seymour Duncan surrounds are interesting to know about.)

“They” 🙂

The courier should refuse to deal with you; they are the shop's agent, not yours. It is well-known that couriers may "sign" for recipients and often leave signed-for items unattended. The Consumer Rights Act details your (ahem...) rights. Also, if you paid by credit card then that gives you further rights.

Was it me saying "I really don't think the drummer's gender is at all relevant" that made you think what I meant was that I "don't feel the drummers gender is relevant"? Regarding evidence/facts, what evidence/facts do you have that it was a factor, that they deliberately chose a woman so that any criticisms could be dismissed as mysogyny, and that they've prepared a narrative for that? That contrivance is baloney and insinuating reverse-mysogyny. As for forbidding anything - I'm not a mod.

Folks: I really don't think the drummer's gender is at all relevant; there's no need for this indignant reverse mysoginy baloney.

A small mixer or an OBNE Signal Blender pedal would do the job. l had two issues with my OBNE: i. it is quite a tall pedal, ii. leaving an unattached lead in one of the inputs really upsets it.

They wrote a sing about that.

Hmmm - not sure about this, but it might grow on me. Neil Peart was the perfect drummer for Rush, who were the perfect band for his playing; I don’t care whether he was the best in the world or not: that’s a complete irrelevance. Effectively they’re doing a tribute to Rush, which is pretty much what they said. It could well be fun! Alex Lifeson is looking old and I thought he had arthritis, so we’ll see how that goes. But anyway, blah blah blah…

Yep - I repeatedly see people trying to sell replicas for "what it owes them", but that doesn't equate to what it's worth. It doesn't matter if it's subjectively "better than a real one", because it's not actually a real one. If you buy used, then it's likely to be a zero-cost item if/when you decide to move it on.

It's a no from me.