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This is GORGEOUS. I can't see it on the site...?

That. Is. Gorgeous.

Yes to the lighter relic, but you can't have matching headstock on a P. You'll go straight to hell.

Here's an LPB P (not mine, I have to say. I wish it was!)

P or J?

Wilf's a top bloke, and well respected. He rewound the pickup in my '73P recently, and it sounds as smart as a dart. He knows his stuff, and his customer service is spot-on.

I mean: try both and move on what you like least.

Why not stick with what you like best?

I never understood the Money For Nothing furore. Knopfler was writing in character, just like when authors write and actors act.

Here's the one the CS did a run of back in 2001...

The Custom Shop did a limited run of these a few years ago. I nearly bought one*. *But didn't.

Dave Grohl falls into this category, I think. I woudn't recognise a Foos song if it trod on my toes, but I'm a big fan of his.

No, I'm not saying any of that at all.

Being able to turn up and play with minimum fuss counts for a hell of a lot. Because the hobbyist will be being ferried about by another hobbyist who is potentially now finding it less of a hobby.

I've worked with loads of musicians who don't / can't / won't drive, and they all fall into different categories. Some of them assume they're making their own way unless offered a lift, and are extremely grateful when that happens. The worst ones are the ones who half-expect to be picked up and dropped off by someone else, for petrol money or 'a couple of drinks', forgetting that the driver has to leave earlier, get home later, and pay a chunk of money for having a car in the first place. Good luck to any drummers out there without a car... (I appreciate life is different in central London, etc. so the above doesn't apply)

Ha... yeah. We’re just a bunch of pals who all. play with other people, and sometimes each other. The fiddle player is in Sting’s band, so we don’t see him much :-D

I knwo we're getting OT a bit, but... sometimes you just have one of those nights...

I've got the Q4n - it's grand.

Well - and I must stress I can take 'em or leave 'em - they wrote some great anthems that the kids latched onto. And lots of those kids also picked up guitars because of them... I'm sure we'd all agree that's a good thing. I wouldn't say the musical scene was dire at the time, but it was in danger of disappearing up its own derrière. Oasis reminded us that normal people can start a band, have fun, and make a shedload of money.

...but they were cool in the eyes of the people who's opinion really counted at the time.

Four different versions of the MM head? What a strange idea.

There's actually more about the rest of them in there than I expected...

Not a big fan, but a great doc.

Anticipation is half the fun :-)