Rudi

I'm not in London. Not sure its accurate.

I always impose a penalty. I trust that the transgressor goes through with it. Its an honour system.

Well, as I said earlier. I only tried the std on regular pickups, and it had the Fender sound I was after. They sound great.

from Jelly Roll Ft Lil Whyte Demons Is it only me that cant see this?

David Watts - The Jam (originally Ray Davis 'Kinks')

There is no way I am going to train as a pilot. I used to work with a pilot (he was the one that took me out over Portsmouth) and it costs a mint; far more than in the US. I don't make that kind of money. The 'lesson' is really a quick hands on 'go'. Always was fascinated by classic fixed undercarriage open cockpit WW1 style planes. I think there are 5 operating Tiger Moths for this activity in the uk.

Yep. Bullseye!

anyway, an excuse to post favourite band Evangeline - Los Lobos

As Richard is still trying to get his head around this, I suggest we forgive but not condone. No mercy next time though...

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

Look at that Cadillac - Stray Cats

I got a flying lesson in a Tiger Moth. I've flown in 2 seaters twice before (once from Baltimore over Chesapeake Bay and once locally over Portsmouth & Southampton) but in modern aircraft. This was from my son. I usually wouldnt want these 'experience' gifts but this is different. Always loved the classic biplanes. His girlfriend bought me some extremely strong Belgian beer : 10% !

Maneater - HALL & OATES

Dancing On My Own - Kings of Leon

FWIW, Rudi didnt get the 'key' - 'indispensable' thing and was about to challenge also anyway.... 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon

Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead

So far, this has not happened to me. My old Strat (had that for 23 years), the Jackson Elite (had this for 2 years), the Yamaha acoustic (had that for 46 years) etc. It might do at some stage, who knows. My working guitars change position as favourites all the time. So I would have to be pretty sure when losing one of those! I wondered about upgrading to a Pod HD500, but I wont get rid of the 400. Its all set up nicely as part of my rig now. I would just keep it as a gigging tool. What ever other line 6 processor I might get would be for studio & home use. I should be able to import the custom patches into a new sp. If not, I know how to reconstruct them. Odd that you cant change string gauges on variax. Lucky for me I use 10-46 on electrics anyway. The only exception being the Hofner which has 11-65 flatwounds. I know what you mean about swapping gauges though. I used the Hofner yesterday evening for a couple of hours. When I picked up the LP afterwards I was forcing the strings hard down onto the fingerboard for 10 minutes & losing intonation because of it.

Yes Richard. I used to keep a pick in a key fob. Now I just keep one in a purse. And yes I do need them sometimes. Once I went to see a jam session and was persuaded to play. Other times I might come across a music shop or whatever else, so it makes sense really.

Good demo. Nicely laid out unit. Massive improvement over using the POD HD400.

Muffin Man - Frank Zappa

Elsewhere (somewhere?) I reported trying out the Variax Standard & JTV 59. I prefer the Standard. The handling is better. I even like the sound of the pickups. It has the Fender sound I crave. There is only one left at PMT now. It’s almost certainly the one I played (white). I will wait until after xmas now and If it’s gone then I’ll likely wander up to Andertons. One nuisance is that it seems that my podHD400 won’t interface properly with it. It seems that only the podHD500 does that. I will part-ex the Casino Coupe when buying. I might even see if they'll take the Dagger Bass too. The broad plan is to lose a guitar every time I gain one. This should focus my mind properly, as I really will have to like the new one much better than the one that getting the heave-ho.

Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes At Me - Wynonie Harris

hello & welcome Sylvester

welcome to SS Taehan. your English seems good so far. You have very impressive qualifications. I hope to hear something of yours.