Ladies only?
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: COMPETITION WINNER ANNOUNCED (13/11/06)
Our winner is… Susan.
Congratulations, Susan. We’ll get it in the post to you this week, along with our best wishes.
We have a genuine, one-of-a-kind prize up for grabs today.
It’s a T-shirt, made for David as a present, with lettering in Swarovski crystal, which Polly has very kindly offered me.
There is only one of these in existence and it’s David’s.
As Polly says, it’s rather fetching and comes with glue and spare crystals – surely a fantastic memento of what has been a fabulous year; what with a fabulous album, a fabulous tour and a fabulous DVD just around the corner.
To be in with a chance of winning, just send in your full name and address – along with a reason why you should win this unique item (just to entertain me, really) – and I’ll choose a winner at random using our favoured raffle-style format.
You have all weekend to enter and I’ll announce the lucky winner on Monday. Good luck.
You don’t really have to be a lady to enter, either.
You do, however, have to be a regular blog reader. Opportunists need not apply. You will need to have posted at least a dozen times to be considered eligible.
Here’s more from Guy…
Do you play any acoustic basses? (Peter McConnell)
I’m going to get a Double Bass as I enjoyed the stand-up on tour so much. I do have a Bass Balalaika, which I played on the soundtrack for ‘The Wings of a Dove’.
Stand-up acoustic bass or electric bass? I know different songs have different requirements, but just kicking about. (John NFF)
I love the stand-up because it limits me so much, and it’s basically a new experience, even though I’ve had the bloody thing for 24 years.
What FX (Pete Cornish board?) did you use during the ‘On an Island’ tour? (Ernest Peske)
No, I don’t have one of David’s cast-offs, if that’s what you mean. But I do have… Avalon DI, Ernie Ball Volume Pedal, Demeter Compulator Compressor, Ashdown Bass Overdrive Plus, MXR Phase 90, Boss CE-2B Bass Chorus, Boss OC-2 Octave, Boss DD-5 Digital Delay, Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer, Boss T4-2 Tuner (2), Boss SCC-700 Pedal Controller, Roland SDE 3000 Digital Delay, Melody Evidence Audio Guitar cables. God bless cut and paste!
What is the deal with the alembic preamps? Do they really make that much of a difference? I know the Big D uses them, but I was wondering if they really make that much of a difference. (Shawn Madden)
I’ve never played through one, but I did used to have a Trace Elliot thing that was a copy, although to be honest I don’t like too much of a “valvey” sound on my bass. Peter Hook swears by them, too.
I know what basses you use, what amps and cabs you use, but I’d like to know what do you have on you pedalboard. (Alex)
See above.
[Marcus Buick says: If I win this shirt, it will be framed (according to LG’s standards), and it will be auctioned off for the charity cause of buying those who are homeless, shoes. Lack of shoes among the homeless is an unrecognized epidemic and, in the Northern hemisphere, extremely difficult during the winter months. We’ll call the auction ‘Couture for Comfort’. Even if I don’t win the shirt, I am still donating towards shoes for the homeless.]
Okay, I am now gladly transferring my own ballot over to my beloved Kilt King, Marcus, because he is a man unafraid to wear skirts….aaaand he has yet to grow much hair on his “cycler’s” legs due to his refusing to eat his spinach and meat (aforementioned Tip #1)….((MUST HAVE VERY HAIRY LEGS TO WEAR KILTS, IN MY BOOK!!!)) So, as things currently stand, Marcus would don the DG ‘T’ well.
PS — Hey, Marcus…how can you cycle when kilted AAAAND shoeless??? (Bless your ever-lovin’ charitable heart anyway!)
–LG
xoxo
I hope I am not too late Fed! I would like to win the t-shirt to give to my wife as a xmas pressie and hopefully she will let me wear it!!
I will give Polly one of my t-shirts in exchange.
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Fedmeister
My address is…
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Reason for wanting the item: Daniel Swarovski was born in 1862 in Bohemia…
I have managed to trace my bloodline back to Daniel Swarovski, or “Gramps” as I now know him. My grandmother met Daniel as she was repairing the automatic crystal cutting machine he had invented. Their eyes met across an overheated solenoid and the rest is history…
How did the Swarovski name become Rudders you may ask… it’s complex but ultimately simple…
If you apply a simple code to Swarovski’s name (A=1, B=2 etc) the total is 127. Rudders is 89, the difference being 38 which is the age that my grandmother was when she repaired that crystal cuting amchine… Spooky huh!
So to maintain the bloodline and allow me my inheritance I must be reconciled with what is rightfully mine…
I need to rest now…
FEd. I’ve changed my mind…the wife can make do with the T Shirt I bought her for the RAH gig. Should I be the lucky winner I would auction the shirt at the Children In Need charity fun day I mentioned previously, and if she wanted it that badly, she would have outbid the rest!
Everyone is most welcome to this fantastic day out at California Country Park, in Berkshire. I’ll be the geezer on the coconut shy wearing my DG T shirt.
Cheers…Mat
Hmmmm…I just got back from a long weekend away from it all (including this blog) if it’s not too late to enter, I’ll put my name in the hat.
Why should I win? It would be a wonderful item to frame and display above my fireplace. Of course, I have to get a fireplace first as well. But that besides the point.
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Marcus,
That shameless hussy would turn you into a poof.
LG ? be ashamed of yourself throwing yourself at Marcus. I saw him first. He’s MY drinking buddy.
FEd, boot her out.
What cat fight? is there a cat fight? where? who?
ash X
Here is my address if not too too late
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I think this is the best site in the world and visit ever day but don’t post too often. Also I collect Crystal and would look great in my collection. And I listen to his music every day.
Ask my kids.