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Excellent. I'm going to see SLF at Custom House Square next month, with Peter Hook & The Light and Glen Matlock on the bill.

Was that the gig with Blondie, Generation Sex and SLF?

Interesting. I did manage to guess which was which - I thought the SS frets were just a little brighter, but this could possibly be explained by slight differences in the pickups. It's hard to say if there is much of an actual difference. Have you every looked at Daisy Tempest's videos on YT? She is a luthier and makes some lovely looking acoustic guitars with not so lovely prices, but when you see the work that goes into them, you can see why they are so expensive.

I think he has watched a lot of YouTube videos and decided that you have to be annoyed about everything when making content.

I'm still waiting on this guitar to arrive. Apparently one came in but it was also damaged. I called in to the shop at the weekend and the guy said he'd get the boss on to it and will give me a call when it comes in. Her birthday is in two weeks time and I'm worried that the guitar won't arrive in time, so I have ordered a Harley Benton TE-62 DBBK, just in case. I was wanting one of these for myself anyway, so hopefully the Squier arrives in time. The alternative is that I call in to the shop and ask if I can take one of the othes colours.

I got a Positive Grid Spark Go. It's brilliant for this sort of thing. You can plug headphones into it and even use the attached loop to put it on your belt loop, allowing you to walk around the house with it.

He gets on my wick.

Stunning. I just want to run my hand over that finish. I'd love to gig it just to see the reaction it gets.

Paranoid is probably one of the easiest to begin with. If I can play it, anyone can.

Result! I wish you many happy times playing it.

I've never tried to sweep pick. Some day I'll give it a go.

I'm a bit late the party here, but instead of suggesting a guitar for an upgrade, I would ask "do you like the sound of your current guitar?" If the answer is yes, then I would ask what you want from an upgrade. If aren't sure of an answer to that, then you just want to buy a new guitar for the sake of it. There's nothing wrong with that. As for electrics, you could go for a second hand brand name guitar and get something good for the money, or you could try a new Harley Benton. You get a pretty decent guitar for not a lot of money.

I'll post an addendum that it sounds great through headphones!

Ace of Spades on the jukebox upstairs and condensation on the dance floor mirror, in the night club. Sadly no longer there. It burned down a few years ago. I have a couple of photos somewhere of a very drunk Darren Calwell in the 'Gate, on his 18th.

Really? Good grief. I remember friends having Marlin Sidewinders when I was younger. They weren't terribly good back then; comparable with Encores or maybe low end Squier (Squier would have been considered better quality, maybe just because of the Fender association). We didn't know much about guitars back then (I still don't ), so maybe it was better quality than I remember, but I do know that it was terrible for going out of tune. The hardware just wasn't very good.

It just made me think of Olde English Cider. I can't imagine that would be too good for your guitar... or your liver.

I'm not sure what model that Fender is, but I'd say it should be worth a good few quid. The Grote and Marlin will probably be worth a couple of hundred quid each, at the most - Marlin were a cheap beginners' guitar when I was in my teens, over thirty years ago. Some people might buy them for nostalgia's sake, but they aren't a great instrument. I've no idea about the Barclay or the Paramount, but I think they should be worth a few hundred quid each. The Paramount looks quite nice. I'll be interested to see what someone who knows more than I do thinks. They are all definitely worth more than £20.

Just messing.

I was upstairs earlier and could gear my daughter mucking about with my guitar downstairs. She was trying the pedals and I could hear her gigling as she tried them. She couldn't work out how to turn the looper off, though.

I always preferred Strongbow

Welcome Dave. I'm in a similar boat. Had an acoustic for years. Bought an electric last year and started lessons about 8 months ago. I'm still rubbish though.

It is one of the HBs; the Spaceship 50C. Its 500mm wide and comes with the bag, velcro etc. 33 quid, so it's not going to break the bank. I have the power van strapped underneath it.

I never knew you took piano lessons. She likes a bit of Nirvana and as a result of Stranger Things, has a go at Master of Puppets. She was even trying Misirlou. She downloaded a tab app today, so has been trying things, few of which I recognise. Its mostly stuff she's heard on Spotify.

I had a weird one tonight. I had my amp on and noticed voices. I couldn't work out where they were coming from. Eventually, I realised the sound was coming from the amp. I then worked out that the guitar was picking up a TV or radio signal. Bizarre.

I'm only a bedroom player, so don't have much in the way of pedals. The board is from Thomann, as is the case. I won the D'Addario tuner. The Blues Crab is a great little drive pedal. The Donner Dark Mouse is a rather good distortion pedal, supposedly based on the RAT. The Horse Classic Chorus is a cheapie from Amazon. Does me for all I need it and the Donner One is a basic looper.