Mykesbass

Can Status not help? They have a good reputation on here for communication.

Just seen it is being shown near to me (Brighton). Hopefully will get to see it this week.

Yes. Love the aesthetics of electric guitars, would happily collect loads if money allowed. Also seriously gassing for some nice cymbals for my son's kit but they cost as much each as his Pearl Export did 😕

Pete Stroud @mybass

Bit of a fan here too - have one of your 5 string P pickups in my Shuker, and am still trying to work out how to justify owning an Acinonyx - love the look and the video reviews I've seen. Good to see you on here.

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A little trick we used on my old band was to put an original in a 3 song medley. Worked really well.

My last band transitioned from being a pub blues, blues/rock band into being an originals blues/rock band. The originals tended to blend well with the covers so we didn't have too much of a problem. I'd suggest trying a couple of others, but make sure they work really well with what you play either side of them. If one already goes down well there's no reason a couple more won't. But the opposite is also as important - ditch the ones that aren't working.

Especially artists that sing and play an instrument!

Bit of a problem in that you need to have some of the basics on place naturally - height, build, hair, colour before you can add the costume/styling. I have a friend who luckily has these in place for his Prince tribute. He is also an amazing guitarist and does a great job of replicating Prince's vocals.

It is an Albatross around my neck!

As long as you don't have to end with Help!

Had a similar one when I took Peter Green to see Fleetwood Mac, and Mick Fleetwood pointed him out to the crowd!

^ This. Everything @Bassassin says here is spot on. If you do like the thin neck then do look around for a higher level secondhand Ibby as there are bargains to be had. That's not to say the 300 is in anyway a poor choice.

My mate from school was percussionist on the Pulse tour (and the one before that). He said the band had a great time on tour as they never got pestered in hotels or walking about town as very few people recognised them.

Sometimes called IBMs, intense bearded men 😄

Saw Jimmie Vaughan at Hammersmith Odeon a few years back and 'Robert Plant' from one of the top Zep tributes of the time was in the audience. The amount of attention he was getting in the Bar, Jimmie could have probably walked straight past unnoticed.

Not usually a fan of quilts/flame tops but that is lovely. Like the headstock too.

To me that equates as supportive. Need a certain strength of relationship for that to work.

Oh, and in answer to the second part of the OP, yes, it is very important.

My wife has been brilliant. When kids were younger the only restriction on gigs was nothing weekend daytime. She hasn't been into the music I've been playing in the past, so now kids are older she doesn't come to gigs, but a change in musical style post lockdown could help there.

Yes, very nice. Thanks for sharing.

I've been hearing lots of really good new stuff on BBC 6 Music lately. All sorts of genres, some of which I'm not personally a fan, but can still hear its merits. Just as a taster, I'll kick off with: Curtis Harding Joel Culpepper Black Country New Road Squid Jungle Dry Cleaning What has caught your ear this year?

That will be a lot of other brands that they make for as well then (G&L as one already mentioned here).