Stub Mandrel

Not at all!

Must have been quite emotional Pete, always gobsmacked and a bit envious to see the glorious venues and crowds you've been playing to!

I would have feigned ignorance and split it evenly.

Next Sunday.

Sight reading Sir Duke! respect!

Went to a private 'birthday party open mic' last night. Good idea for a party, my btother is planning something similar for his 60th. Some friends debuted their new band with a few songs. I got asked to back a few people. A fun, mellow night.

That was the AVII precision through the Orange Terror and GRBass at212 slim. 😁

Does this break some sort of record for longest time to sort a problem...?

I had a brother who died very young, from leukaemia. He loved 'Garold Glitter'. I'll never forgive the bastard for betraying that memory.

The Bush in Cwmbran, pretty compact but wonderful pub. Had a real blast. Sound was very boomyn asked sound to turn down my bottom end and he replied I have can you turn yours down and I said I have! Stone flag floor and stone wall behind rear ported cab... I had to repair my finger with superglue after slicing the tip on Wednesday. Three layers lasted the night. My playing was a bit scatty on a couple of songs and the night seemed to suit sticking in some frills and whistles 😁 noone seemed to mind and we had a few musos in so that was ok. Alex was trying out his new Gretsch Electromatic for the first time. I barely appear in the short vid below, but it gives an idea. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?id=100024370338008&story_fbid=1613621292793533

The youngsters need to be in bed early.

The basic shape is ugh... but then add two stumpy little feet...

We do simple man 😁

Had this since my late teens.

You've never heard Freebird before? I first heard it maybe 45 years ago? It still amazes and moves me. You have just had an amazing epihany, I envy you.

What's great about a 3 piece is it's easy to change things or even make it up on the spot.

Squier Wiki has incomplete information on the strat. Says the body is 'popular' and they are made in ... China!

Dpd - dodgy parcel destruction.

Whoops!

The thread had gone too far and wasn't worth trying to correct it now but nice to hear it explained. I wasn't aware of house right and left, so that's a bonus. Dave What are PA left and right?

This is a big thing with the blues three piece band. I 'react' to Alex's solos and we sometimes trade licks or play complementary lines/riffs. On one sone we sometimes do manic tapping. It all helps create a bit of spectacle.

I think what I am suffering from is organisations who know how to set up their internal security, but can't cope when their subcontractors have different arrangements. I have my own, one-person, company. I have my own data protection registration, policies, automated off-site and on-site backups, anti-malware, anti-ransomware and independent licences for an impressive array of software. Also, I am Windows based while they are largely Mac based. This causes everything from minor irritations to major issues now and again with software and even issues with policies - no I am NOT going to implement YOUR safe working policy because I have MINE, and it applies to ALL my work not just yours.

Teams is for online meetings, greatly inferior to Zoom for online meetings. It took 30 minutes for a consultant to set up a Team meeting last week, in the end had to set up a new one and re-invite everyone. I once had one with a Local Authority, utter disaster - their security rules meant their meeting had to be teams. After over three hours of increasingly frustrated emails and phone calls, I set up a meeting on Zoom or Google meet in about five minutes, which they could join as it was an 'external' meeting. Teams is an absolutely useless productivity killer.