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[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1443637826' post='2876541'] Here are a few house gig websites to check out but I really recommend doing some yourself for family and friends. It's great craic! [/quote] It's not so great if you have the misfortune to live next door to somebody having one.

When I saw Porcupine Tree a few years ago Steven Wilson stopped a song & told the crowd to stop clapping as it was 'putting him off'.

We used to just give them both a mic each.

I very rarely listen to music these days, and even when I do I don't really get anything from it. More often than not I'll turn it off after a few minutes because I'm just not interested. I've been gradually losing interest in music for about 15 years now. It used to be everything to me, now it's just more noise to try & get away from. If somebody had told me when I was in my teens/early twenties that one day I'd not listen to music I'd have never believed it.

[quote name='GarethFlatlands' timestamp='1442264540' post='2865682'] Oops, mine is CIJ and not MIJ so I'm probably thinking of the 3 colour options I remember from back when I bought it. [/quote] Mine is actually a CIJ too, I just use MIJ to differentiate from US & Mexican.

[quote name='GarethFlatlands' timestamp='1442220465' post='2865153'] Nice! Rick McCollum of the Afghan Whigs was the inspiration for my Jazzmaster purchase ('98 Sunburst MIJ) and he played a burgundy mist but I didn't know the MIJ models came in that colour. [/quote] I wasn't aware of it either to be honest, it was just one of those lucky finds on Ebay.

[quote name='Veils' timestamp='1441826868' post='2862164'] Hope you're feeling better dude! That's a hell of a find by the way! I've just paid 480 for a Japanese jazzmaster, but it's sunburst rather than the funky colour you've got. I may consider a refinish! [/quote] Yeah, it was a good price for a custom colour. It needed a new term arm & the pickup toggle was broken (which I knew about) so getting the parts to sort it out bumped the price up a bit. Still worth it though, great guitar!

[quote name='Veils' timestamp='1441312594' post='2857901'] Where did you find it?? Sorry for all the questions bud, it's just that I have major GAS at the moment and I ain't having much luck finding one second hand! [/quote] I got it on Ebay. Sorry for the delay in replying BTW, I've not been well.

King L - "Great Day for Gravity"

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1441019290' post='2855317'] I think attenuators are for valve power stages only and not any other type. Definitely check with the manufacturer before use. [/quote] Depends on the attenuator. The Tom Sholtz Powersoak (not made anymore but pretty easy to find one secondhand) for instance is switchable between valve & solid state uses.

Have you tried using some kind of attenuator between amp & cab so you can run the amp at gig settings but control the overall output?

Both my step children have never shown the slightest interest in music or playing an instrument, which is just fine with me.

I listen mainly to folk & country/americana stuff but I'm incredibly narrow minded.

[quote name='Veils' timestamp='1440659747' post='2852673'] How much did it cost? I'm eyeing up a Jazzmaster at the moment! [/quote] I paid £460.00 for it secondhand. It's an MIJ one & it's really nice.

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Excellent!

That fake Warwick doesn't look any less sh*te than a 'proper' one to me... I think the Corvette has to be the ugliest bass in the history of the universe, the very definition of 'turd on a stick'.

I'd very much take that as a compliment.

22 watts for guitar isn't small, especially when you're looking at valve amps.

Forty quid?

Yeah, I'd say that's an SD Curlee.

[quote name='Slipperydick' timestamp='1439590361' post='2844305'] Matter of interest, I blocked the nozzle in a bottle of PVA with a woodscrew and the screw went rusty in about a week. Anybody ever used glue and then had a problem with the screw going rusty and breaking, or not being able to get the screw out ? [/quote] Water based adhesive + metal screw = rusty screw.

It's also in Japan so by the time you've added shipping and import/VAT costs it's not a bargain at all.