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A blog for guitar stuff, tech stuff, woodwork, electronics and other random stuff!!   I will try to answer any questions but touring and recording keeps me very busy; plank3000@gmail.com.

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Tuesday 19th May..

Well.......it's been ages and there never seems to be enough time to sit down and do the blog...........Back in the studio in full on recording mode, with everything plugged into everything else once more....
amongst many other things, I've been spending the last few weeks stripping out and completely rebuilding the programming room which now has a nice new old API desk which sounds great....

South America was crazy but great with some of the wildest crowds anywhere, I think there were 55,000 at one of the shows, Chile was my favourite place, everyone seemed so chilled and relaxed - be good to go back there sometime and travel right down south......it all seems a bit distant already with almost all waking hours in the studio right now....I can hear a shout from the control room so must be orf.... :-)

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Wakey Wakey...

4th March 2009

More shortly .... revving up for South America next week :-)

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Mods ?

Tues 29th July

Arrived in Chicago yesterday to start the 2nd US leg of the tour... awake at just before 4am with lovely jet leg, after much tossing and turning followed by aimless wandering around the room getting bored, I went out and found breakfast, much to my amusement all the components of a full cooked breakfast arrived on a pile of separate small plates! When I enquired why, I was informed that it would be rude if it was all on the same plate!..... I'm still trying to work that one out......
Very hot here today..... much of the afternoon spent on phone and computer, preparing for a 7am start tomorrow - I guess we will all be awake anyway!
While back in the UK, spent a couple of days in the workshop modifying pedals and boxes and popping into the studio to check all was well - bit weird being in there with it all tidy while we are out on tour - I guess it won't take too long to mess it up again.... :-)

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Festivals.....

Thurs 3rd July 08

Days and weeks flying by as usual, we are now at Hot and sunny Roskilde festival in Denmark, the stage and setup area is small, hot and very crowded, this coupled with shortage of sleep makes it all too easy for people to snap at each other but any blow ups are usually short lived. Having all spent a long time working together we all know how it goes and no one can be grumpy for too long....
Having finished the UK leg of the tour.....we ended in Glasgow , which was a cracking gig after a nightmare with torrential rain all day which reduced to drizzle for showtime, the Glasgow crowds are always up for it which was great.....
We are now into the European festivals where, on the first day you can usually get a hot shower and a cold beer no problem, by the last day this has often swapped round to become cold showers and hot beer!........
A nice travel day and much needed day off in Copenhagen yesterday, time to get washing done and buy a rather expensive dinner!...
The old Martin may have to be swapped for something a little more robust for touring as a few cracks are starting to appear......SG being used more than ever!...,.
Q's...Keyboard stand was custom built in a friends workshop, 25mm box section steel frame, welded and coated with hammerite, Aluminum / Aluminium checker plate shelves and 100mm case wheels greatly useful for festivals as impossible to move all the gubbins quickly without it!............. Time to see if all the cases have been shoved into a corner! ...pic is car that was being driven out of the hotel lobby as we arrived in Milan..cool eh? :-)

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