[H525 a jazz box?]

You will get more replies if you post questions like this in the family tree. Good luck with getting a good guitar, I know a jazz player who makes a telecaster sound fantastic.

[In with both feet.]

Ron, Most of Live at Leeds was recorded in the City of Hull! I doubt if we will record because we are a covers band and have no original songs.

 

I don't think there is anything wrong with the post studs, I think that the guitar body has parhas not been as dry as it should have been when it was (probably)kiln dried, and what I am experiencing is some sort of shrinking on a minute scale which is enlarging the drilled holes the posts were fitted into.

 

Thanks for the encouragement about the blog, I enjoy writing it.

[In with both feet.]

Thanks very much for reading and commenting, and also saying kind things about my blog. I am enjoying writing it, I hope that I can keep it interesting. I am a bit disheartened about the posts for the stop bar moving, but hopefully they can be sorted out soon enough. For some one like yourself who gigs at such a level, I can see that having guitars and amps that can easily replace ones that breaks down is important. Maybe I need to get another amp before I get another guitar.

[Modern Music]

I wish I could write songs, it is something I have tried my hand at, but every time I do I instantly recognise my so called original song is more or less a copy of another song I've been listening to for years. I wish you all the best in your quest for creativity.

[It's only rock and roll but I like it...]

thanks for reading and commenting, this coming saturday we are starting to rehearse The Boys Are Back In Town by Thin Lizzy, amongst others, including the old hit Riot in Cell Block Number 9.

[It's only rock and roll but I like it...]

Thanks for the nice comment Doc, Love the "not enough drugs" suggestion!

[Winter's coming and I've got some ideas......I'd like to create some music.]

I have never been able to write much, well done to you on that. You seem to get great satisfaction from your recording project, keep it going.

[Heritage fan]

a 335 is a nice first Gibson, especially a cherry one.

[And the winner is......]

Thanks for the kind comments guys, the two Wishbone Ash tracks I am wanting to cover are Jail Bait and Blowing Free. I will try and post something when I feel we won't disgrace ourselves!

[Upon the closing of my 2nd year playing]

Great blog, I will look forward to leaving more. I really like the idea of you simplyfying your gear, although I can't afford a lot of gear, I do like playing one guitar regularly and having a feel for that instrument. Good luck on the journey and keep blogging.

[some one with a bit of potential....]

Thanks for the kind words Paul,

 

forming a band takes a lot of effort. Next week we are auditioning three more players and then we will choose one of them. Dave is looking good, but one guy in particular sounds very promising and I want to have a session with him before we make our minds up. By the way, at 54 I still think I have years left and out drummer is way past 60, so you have plenty chances left to go for a band if you want to.

 

best wishes,

Mark.

[three looking to make four..]

thanks for the comment, I agree with you.

[Trevor Bolder]

And, from what you say Pete, he was a nice bloke as well.

[City Hall gig 090413]

I would have liked to have been there, must come over sometime to watch a gig.

[P-92 + G&L Bluesboy = So tasty it doesn't need sauce]

Great little blog, keep it coming...

[Charlie Gracie 2012.]

Nice entry Pete, maybe one day I will back Hank Marvin??

[Dealing with the unreliable....]

Thanks Ron, as we are not loud, a huge pa is not needed, but our target market place is the british pub, a totally different gig to the American club scene, they don't have pa's at all. Also, he would have needed one for rehearsals. Thanks for the good wishes though, I really appreciate them.

[Are you experienced?]

Thanks all for reading and your comments, which are all most welcome.

 

We are all struggling financially, and as musicians we have put all our spare cash into our own guitars, Bass's, Drums, amps, mics and what have you. We have a pa which is suitable for auditions, but we feel it only reasonable that a singer should be willing to fund his PA because in reality, it would not even cost what I have spent on guitars and amps, and if we (the musicians) are paying for a pa, it would be then unfair on us to give a singer an equal split of the money.

 

As far as bookings go, we will not accept any until we have a singer in place and the set ready. It would be worse to go around getting gigs and then cancelling them, we have done that once already and that is far from professional.

[My encounter with Rod Temperton]

I really enjoyed this blog entry Pete, write some more when you can.

[My encounter with Rod Temperton]

Another piece of music history Pete, enjoyed reading this very much.

[Going to the pub...]

Thank you all for your kind words, and for taking the trouble to read my blog. I will be writing more in about a week.

[Recent Events etc.]

Hoping to get to Hull for the first gig Pete, another nicely written entry, keep them coming.

[My encounter with Rod Temperton]

Nicely put Pete, another piece of Yorkshire's musical history.

[Going to the pub...]

Thanks for your post D'Blues, Respect is what it is all about. If there is no respect for each other, there is no band. I am very lucky, our bass player is one of my very best friends ever, my true friend and brother, we have been close friends since we were about fourteen.

[Going to the pub...]

Thanks for the kind words Smurph, sorry I don't know your real name. The picture of the pub wouldn't upload, so I put it in my post on the family tree.