Rich

Was that one he'd written? God I'm not surpised he was chuffed. That's a proper result for any song-scribbler.

The "It's a long story" is a link to the, errm, long story TL;DR version: it's a bitsa/butchering job specifically engineered towards ska/bluebeat, only has the one pickup because I found I just wasn't using the bridge pickup

Yamaha RBX?

It's a long story...

I even went and had a little boogie with the punters during our Night Boat encore

Second gig of the Train To Skaville micro-tour last night... Haydon Wick Social Club in Swindon. Nice place, pleasant management and a keen crowd. It was open to the public, so a lot of the Madchat crowd turned up. We went down extremely well, quite a few club members paid us big compliments afterwards and we're guaranteed a booking or two for next year. Makes the 02:30 bedtime worthwhile

Three Horseshoes

Not at all. I use a 5 string 100% with the Destroyers but rarely venture below Eb or D (for which I could drop tune a 4) and I don't feel remotely pretentious. For me the main advantage of a 5 is the ability to play across the neck rather up & down.

Skaville gig in Bradford on Avon last night. Not quite as busy as previous years, only 2 deep at the bar rather than 3 this time we sounded good and seemed to go down well. @BreadBin came along, nice to see a familiar friendly face! Doing it all over again in Swindon tonight. The usual gear... Skabass -> Shuttle 9.2 -> Barefaced Super 12T. Sounded feckin massive.

Only 27? Pfft. Amateur hour.

A spot of nostalgia…

I bet you’ve never seen these two together in the same room. Uncle Albert from Only Fools and Repeats Rob Halford out of Judas Priest

This. 33 years later, it still dumbfounds me with its beauty.

Freedom Jizz Dance - Miles Davis

The Soul Destroyers rehearse on the Wednesday before a gig, a quick zip through the set or parts thereof to blow out the cobwebs -- if we’ve got a dep, we’ll do the whole set. We also get together on the 3rd Weds of the month if there are new or resurrected songs to work on. The ska band gigs often enough that we don’t need to get together to rehearse unless we’ve got something new to work on, or something is being dug up from the ‘resting’ song pile. Although if we’re gigging for the first time in a while, we have a quick rehearsal on the Tuesday before the gig, much like with the Destroyers.

Discs (Ask me next week, it'll be a different list. Although nos.1 and 5 are permanent fixtures in My Top Ten.) Shipbuilding, Robert Wyatt Mood Swings, Mike Stern. One of Jaco’s last recordings, playing along with it would be a challenge that would keep me occupied for quite a while. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, Dream Theater. 42 minutes of proggy excess. The Essential, from Mark King’s solo album Influences. Nimrod, from Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Jupiter, from Holst’s Planets Suite. Awaken, Yes – the live House Of Yes version. 43, Level 42 – ideally a live bootleg with the big percussion break. Choosing just one to flee with would be incredibly difficult. I’d have to make a tough last-minute choice, probably between nos.3 & 4. Book A Painted House, John Grisham. His best book by a country mile, and not a lawyer in sight. I’d absolutely love the Shakespeare, but you can keep the bible. Can I have a philosophical tome instead? Luxury I suppose a bass is a bit obvious my Tanglewood ABG would be perfect, and if I can have a few spare sets of Elixirs too that’d be great.

All You Need Is Ca$h

If the choice is limited to those, then the pink edges it.

If I'm going to be picky, I'd say those aren't the neck inlays I'd have chosen. But hey, that's a bit like complaining that the road in the background of the Mona Lisa is a bit too bendy. It's a beautiful thing of, well, beauty.

This. I've got 1.2 horsepower thundering behind me on stage, yet my back still loves me.

Very much in agreement with the idea of amps having 9v/12v/18v dc supply outs on them. Would be massively useful.

Ah, but would the Gibson balloon be any better than the Epiphone balloon?