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Gentleman's Relish, surely.........

If your band name happens to be "Lady Marmalade" then you definitely need this case..... Rhino cases 4u flightcase, shock-mounted with a 2.5cm layer of high density foam sandwiched between the outer shell and inner rack-mount frame to reduce transmission of vibration to your precious rack gear. Very rugged pro quality, built to take a life on the road. So not light. I bought this (on here I think) a few years ago for £50, but never used it as I sold the valve amp I'd bought it for. Definitely well used, but no cracks or issues; lids fit and remove smoothly. Rack-mounting frame both fitted front and rear. External dimensions (lids on) in cm: L: 57, W: 60, H: 29 Internal aperture dimensions (lids off) in cm: L: 40, W - 48.5 (i.e. standard 19"), H; 19.5 Free for collection only near Swansea, stickers and logos no extra charge I've also got a Castle cases bass guitar flightcase in good nick somewhere that I'll also be listing as free, will take pics when I find it

I must be naïve, as I've only ever known "growler" as slang for a pork pie.....

Really underrated cabs IMO: the Ashdown mini 4x8 and 1x15 cabs became part of my "compact" gigging rig several years ago, but were just so darn convenient to gig with that it inevitably became my main rig. The 1x15 had had its driver upgraded with a 400W Celestion neo when I had it, and I replaced the blueline drivers in the 4x8 with kevlar-coned 200W RMS non-neo units (so now 800W) They do seem to pop up FS now and again

Don't mind an f-hole personally, but I'd have to agree that there are more stylish variants

I bought a Tech 21 pedal off Dave - smooth easy deal, great communications, pedal sent swiftly and well packaged. Thanks mate!

Not as hard as you might think, certainly no harder than classical guitar. It was always an ambition of mine as I love both the instrument and that era of music. When I happened to see an old 7-course tenor lute at a local instrument dealers stall at Pontardawe Festival one summer I had to have it (turned out to be a nice one; a 1966 Harwood & Isaacs), and I just worked through Diana Poulton's "Tutor for the Renaissance lute" which is excellent, and there must be so much more teaching available on the internet these days. Good thing is most lute music is written in tablature form, and many of the loveliest pieces are very simple ones; Renaissance music was in many ways just an evolution of folk dances and songs. You should try again! The Early Music Shop does self-build lute kits. Mandolin is lovely too, mind - I have far too many of those as well.......

I think this thread has now simply morphed into "Daily annoyances" / Off Topic