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It's typically possible. Slide fishing line between the logo and the bodywork and work it back and forth, as if it's a "saw". Legal? Yes in UK - some manufacturers even offer debadging as a factory option. My science teacher at school had a 1st gen Golf GLi with "GTi" badge on it. Cheers, Mike.

This. If we cast the net wide enough to include Stevie, Payne and Earl Van Dyke (all worthy nominations alongside many other names in this thread), we put Emerson in something of a niche. Cheers, Mike.

Also something that has existed throughout history. I'm going to stop now, my mind is taking me to political places... Cheers, Mike.

Tricky one. I'd like to say Billy Preston, but I feel his orbit is more soul than rock. Mind you, "Get Back" is a 100% rock song, so what do I know? Cheers, Mike.

I happened to see that. He's right that professionalism matters, but I disagree with the "it wasn't like this in my day" angle. Lazy students have existed throughout history. Cheers, Mike.

Stay With Me! The Faces, with the inimitable Ian McLagan on Wurlitzer. I loved his bluesy, almost arthritic approach on that song. Cheers, Mike

Nord Stage 2 (12 years old) and Stage Classic (bought s/h about 5 years ago). So their cost is well and truly amortized over the gigs they've done. Cost to replace is not insignificant, however. I don't have a "second-best" alternative rig - for quick-change festivals and the like I'll just bring one board. (I haven't played a "dive" gig since my twenties, however). Cheers, Mike.

Love this Rai T creation - it does everything a cover should do: Cheers, Mike.

Attractive - shame there's no DIN MIDI. Could you (or @AnotherScott)do something for me? Connect another board that supports USB MIDI to the XE20's "to device" and test if it can both send and receive MIDI to/from the other board? The XE20 could be a handy controller if it can do this. Cheers, Mike.

How long is a segment? 6ft? Cheers, Mike.

Shame they've dropped the smaller variant, and are offering an 88 exclusively. Cheers, Mike.

I would recommend Adam Neely's recent video for an alternative perspective on this subject. He says he's had enough of the endless Youtube merry-go-round, in which the algorithm demands constant content. Instead, he's going "back to the music industry" and concentrating on his band/touring. This is not Adam's best video - it's a bit rambling and unfocused. But it's an thought-provoking message. Cheers, Mike.

There's a lot to like there - it's not loop-based, and I hear a fair bit of McCartney's influence (particularly in the pre-chorus). Deduct points for pitch-correction - this is a "bottom-of-a-wine-glass" lament, in the tradition of "Lush Life". It shouldn't be glossy. Cheers, Mike.

👍 Cheers, Mike.

I have not seen any hard evidence that Nord do anything special/magical/voodoo beyond simple L+R. (Not too difficult to test: record two identical MIDI performances, one with the mono button pressed. Sum the stereo one to mono. Phase-align in a DAW and phase-reverse one of them. Anything you hear is special/magical/voodoo). Cheers, Mike.

Have you thought of making the 2nd keyboard actually sit right on top of the first? Like this: I started with two extension arms: Used a pipe cutter to chop the horizontal arm off, leaving just the upright: And attached them to my accordion-style stand: The lower board has some neoprene stuck to it to support the upper: The front edge of the upper board sits on top of the neoprene, and the rear edge sits on the chopped-down 2nd tier supports. Of course, this does rely on you not needing access to the front panel of the lower board. Cheers, Mike. IMG_0030 (Small).HEIC

There's a specific use case, which is as an iPad controller. A single cable transmits MIDI to the iPad, and audio back out through the Yammie's speakers. Without USB audio, it gets more complicated (you need an audio interface, with MIDI capabilities, and you need to power it, etc. )

Rumo(u)r has it that the 125a model was a temporary stopgap to cover shortage of a particular semiconductor component during the pandemic. Cheers, Mike

Slowies: Ribbon in the Sky, Have I Told You Lately Mid-tempo: Rock With You Uptempo: Never Too Much Knowingly ironic: Love The One You're With Ironic, but goes way over people's heads: Young Hearts Run Free We did It Should Have Been Me at a friend's wedding some years ago... Cheers, Mike.

Well, ugly is relative. I wouldn't kick it off the rig for its looks, personally. It does sound amazing (the organ at least), but it's little more than half of a one-trick pony, and priced too high to be attractive to me. As I mentioned in the past, if they had bolstered the synth side of things, and added portamento and pitch+mod wheels it would make a lot more sense. Or drop the synth, sell it as a pure single-manual organ, but at about 70% of the cost. Cheers, Mike.

Drums were acoustic but mic'ed iirc. Everything through the PA for FoH, all monitoring on IEMs. No drum shield, but the drummer was relatively restrained, and played a small kit (forgot his ride cymbal!) Cheers, Mike.

"Patrons are kindly requested to remain in their seats during the entirety of the performance to avoid disturbing other patrons' enjoyment of the performance". Cheers, Mike.

Can you buy the plugins individually? It may be attractive for someone who wants say FM and analog(ue) but not organ model - or vice versa. Cheers, Mike.

Frankie Valli? Yes I guess strictly speaking he does "tour" (in that he moves from venue to venue), but he doesn't do much singing while he's on stage. I suspect some of the others on that list (certainly not all) may come into the same category. I've heard the argument "people don't care that it's playback, they still have a good time" and I'm uncomfortable with it. Cheers, Mike.

I played a sub gig where the band used an Evolv FOH system, and I was equally impressed. (The columns+subs were at the conventional position at the front of the stage, no attempt to use them for monitoring as well - we were on IEMs). Cheers, Mike.