Skybone

It's been a tale and a half here... I'd thought about going, but then decided not to, due to the cost of getting there, staying over, etc. Then I was informed that my son's College Music Course were having a "show gig" on the same night. Being his first gig, I could not miss that. Then I was speaking to our guitarist, who's also a big Rush fan, who said he'd drive, result, so I booked 2 tickets, only remembering about my sons gig directly after booking them. Oh Foxtrot! Sent the venue an email, asking if I can cancel the booking & get a refund. Thankfully, they obliged (phew, TFFT). Fast forward to yesterday (13th Dec.), when my son texted me to say that the gig had been cancelled due to a lack of Staff. Gutted for my son, but then thought to ask our guitarist if he was still up for it. Not surprised at his answer, so booked some more tickets. Guess I'll see you there whoever's going to Glasgow! "Giddy for Geddy"

Coming Up - Paul McCartney

Nice Ripper, great looking basses. Enjoy your new toy!

Wrong Paul Gray. I mean Paul Gray from The Damned/Eddie & The Hotrods/UFO/etc. RIP Paul Gray from Slipknot though

King of the Road - The Proclaimers

Paul Gray

Mourning Of A New Day - Cathedral

ACS Custom moulded earplugs and some strings.

I Think I'm Going Bald - Rush

Lemmy, what about Lemmy?

Geezer Butler Roger Glover Cliff Burton Peter Hook

Sunburst (or any "burst" for that matter) Humbuckers Active Electronics Twin Pickup Basses without separate volume controls

Go Now! - The Moody Blues

Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams

+1. Been using Stainless strings for a long time, and I have yet to have any of my basses re-fretted because of wear.

There's usually plenty of older Ashdown amps/cabs/combo's knocking about for next to nothing, they'd definitely be worth a look.

Long Haired Lover from Liverpool - Donny Osmond

Liver in the City - Stevie Wonder

Cold Sweat - Thin Lizzy

Assault & Battery - Hawkwind

Agreed. The only thing with merchandise, especially if you don't gig that often, it is a bit of a "slow" return. I suppose it will depend on the design for the front and back prints. If it's a relatively "simple", single colour design, it should be feasible to get them done at a reasonable price. The more complex the design, the more expensive it'll be. If you look at getting a vinyl print, it might reduce the price even more. The downside, IMO, is that the print isn't quite as good as screen printing.

It cost £306 for 50 shirts. The more you buy, the cheaper each individual shirt will be. We can sell the shirts for a reasonable price at gigs, and still get some money back with profits going into the band coffers. Having done t-shirts before for another band, like you say, the larger sizes sell better, so I went for 10 Medium, 20 Large & 20 XLarge. All of the Mediums have been sold, I think we're down to 10 Large and about 12 XL's. The band had been talking about getting merch / doing a CD of the album, but that's as far as it ever went. I got a tad frustrated with this and just ordered them. I did have to chase people to get the artwork in a suitable resolution to order the shirts, but thankfully, everyone chipped in, so I managed to get 3 quarters of my outlay back, which helped.

Chairman of the Bored - CRASS