Rich

I would absolutely definitely take the Wal-ish as it sounds right now, it's as close to the original as dammit is to swearing. Obviously I'd take the Wal too because I love 'em, but you should definitely be proud of achievements so far. As eude says above, if you had the pickups & innards built into a multilaminate neck & body akin to the Wal it'd sound just right. Get thee to Mr Shuker/Cringean/otherluthiersareavailable. And stop posting videos of how good it sounds, because you're making me want one

Quite frankly astounded that Carly Simon isn't in there already. My 5 were Carly, Kate, Dolly, MC5, Fela.

Oh for god's sake. Why couldn't you have told us it was crap? Why? Now I can hear my credit card whimpering from the other room. Rack ears do look a bit, errm, yes... I think I'd be getting busy with the T-Cut to get rid of the logo.

My pleasure Jon. As I said when I dropped it off, if there's ever something you need, gimme a shout and I'll help if I can. I'm only just down the road. And your granddaughter is an absolute sweetheart..!

Who Let The Dogs Out? - Anslem Douglas

Camouflage - Stan Ridgway

Baby-cuz.

Paging the @Doodster.

Cho-REE-tho Orreh-GAR-no TUR-merrick Am I right?

Yup, me too.

D'Angelico is another... I've always said 'Dan-jeh-LEEko', I hope that's right. Their guitars are beautiful and I'd hate to be disrespectful. Oh god yes... "Can I have the broo-shetter please..." *cringe*

Dance Like Fred Astaire - Delegation

Is that because their surname is spelled EEbanyeth..?

And Wishbass is 'bagosh-height'.

Van-der-clay is my assumption too. In my head, I've always pronounced Aguilar as 'a-gee-yar', assuming a quasi-Spanish approach. Anyone know for sure? As opposed to the 'joy-oh' and 'soor' (to rhyme with pure) that I'd always assumed. I've seen people arguing that it's 'EE-ban-yeth' too. God only knows. It'd be nice to know how the company say it!

Nah, a Brummie thing would be 'like-land'.

As previously discussed, spoiled by the headstock. I reckon the old Performer shape suits it quite well.

There's a few manufacturers with names that are open to a range of different pronunciations. Here's a few with my interpretations, and I'd appreciate corrections if anyone has any. Wal - I used to think it rhymed with 'pal', but then I heard Pete the Fish rhyme it with 'doll' so I guessed that must be correct. Sei - I've heard it variously pronounced as 'say' and 'sigh'. I'm 90% sure it's the former, but I'm fully expecting to be 100% wrong. Lakland - from what I understand, it's 'lake-' rather than 'lack-'. Yes..? Maruszczyk - I'm reliably informed that it's 'maroosh-chick', I hope that's right because whenever anyone asks what make my gorgeous strap is, that's what I tell them. Knowing my luck it's probably pronounced 'eggbox' or something. Babicz - OK, definitely stumbling in the dark a bit here. I'm guessing at 'ba-bítch'..? Mayones - is it 'may-owns'? Or 'mayo-ness'? Sadowsky - I'm assuming 'sad-of-ski', yes? Anyone else got any other pispronounced worms?

My first decent amp had an 11-band graphic on it. It took about 5 years before I found out how to work it properly, and realised that pushing the low end faders up to +15 really wasn't a good thing at all.

These are from our Xmas gig last December... punter numbers down on previous years for obvious reasons but still a good enthusiastic crowd. Apologies for the bass fluffs, I could blame it on the fact that I usually play these songs on a 4 string but was having to use my V7 fiver, but that's no excuse for sloppy playing Suzanne Beware Of The Devil Suzanne Beware.mp4 Too Much Pressure Too Much Pressure.mp4

Too Drunk To F**k - Dead Kennedys

Beer I Go Again - Whitesnake

I think there's a big difference between value upgrades and preference upgrades. I've made a few changes to my Sire V7. I replaced the stock heavyweight tuners with Hipshots. This IMO is a value upgrade which would add a wee bit to the resale. I've also bought a replacement bridge that I will be fitting -- it's not a big flash Bada$$ or anything, but it's a quick change top-loader type which I prefer to the standard BBOT-esque affair. It won't necessarily add value, but it's a definite preference upgrade.

Touchdown, the gee-tar has landed.