Richard R

Time to get a comfy chair, tea and biscuits, a quiet house, and settle in for a good read of that thread. Looking forward to seeing how @Jimothey's build comes along too.

Can someone post a link to the original build diary for the Psilos? It's a great build I'd like to read it again

Crikey!! I hop onto BC to answer a PM, make the mistake of looking at this thread, and see that it's complete chaos in here! It's a good job Easter Monday is a bank holiday, I'll need most of the day just to update the status list. 😄 Well done to everyone still in, and have fun with your new gear the rest of you. Enjoy the Easter weekend.

True, and I stand corrected. I originally wrote "the other ape", but someone would have made a drummer joke so I changed it to monkey. "Non-human primate"?

Donkey: https://www.youtube.com/live/yaGL0KK-TZY?t=28m50s Gorrila: The other monkey in the service was the bass player (me)

We had a talking donkey and a gorilla...

In the diary, hopefully I will actually make it this year. 🤞

But alas I can't make it. 😪 Have fun everyone!

Just logged on to say that I'm out on a Tier 2 fail. Akia LPK25 mini MIDI keyboard. Connects to my phone for noodling and writing songs in a hotel, and also will be the input for a Pi-based MiniDexed https://magazine.raspberrypi.com/articles/mini-dexed I'll update P2 with me and @King Tut - assuming "pedal toppers" are actually a fail? They are hardly in the signal chain.

Morning all. As is my usual convention I'm cutting social media usage right back during Lent, including BC. Is there anyone else who can take over for a few weeks updating the list? No worries if not, I'll check in once a week or so to update the scoreboard.

Unless it's a super fancy thing, I would let that pass, we've allowed straps and leads.

Blimey! I step away for a few days and you're all splurging cash like there's no tomorrow! Mind you, given the state of the world right now that may be an accurate assessment. I shall update the list on P2.

I think we need a dose of common sense:

Good news! And thank you too for your persistence in making it all happen. See you in 2026.

That's why I didn't see you on the BD stand. I skipped DarkGlass as pedals aren't really my thing.

Look in the programme??

GoliathFX stand. In the guitar hall.

Anyone going today able to take pics?

Do tell 🤗

A few pics. @Manton Customs Double neck Uke! Ortega stand. Idiot playing bass badly on the ACG stand. Yolanda Charles making it look easy on the Sandberg stand. Steve Lawson - a very different sound. 20250301_140524.mp4 Unusual bass at Absolute Music. Really nice to play, yours for under £2k. This wasn't even close to being the most expensive guitar at the show. (I didn't see it, but there was one at £85k!)

I had a blast! Good to meet up with @AndyTravis and @walshy and confirm I don't need an expensive Fender in my life. Also meeting @jazzyvee by the Eich stand (try the bass boards, very strange but I can see why people use them). Hello to @Wombat too. Lovely basses at @Manton Customs and ACG, I can't remember the very band we were talking about @skelf (the exceedingly drunken one!) Popped by @Goliath_FX's stand, bass pedals in Warhammer models - wow! Plus lots of stuff to try and hearing Steve Lawson and Yolande Charles play live. I bought a set of strings, Yolanda 's CD, and a pint of Guinness zero. Happy day.

Fortunately I chose not to remember- but I am pretty sure the guitarist who joined us at the table had all his stereotypes about bass players thoroughly reinforced! 🤓

"Also in the sale will be a Hutchins six-neck guitar called The Beast, as played by comedian Bill Bailey and spoof rock band Spinal Tap." This one?