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Gilmour - RAH (both times, On an Island & Rattle that Lock), although seeing/hearing "the Workmate" last time out was a bit special, if I'm honest.
Bernard Butler - small club in London, I want to say the Marquee but a friend who was with me says it wasn't. Either way... Suede's first gig in London, supporting christ-knows-who (utterly forgettable whoever they were) just Bernie, an AC30, a Boss Turbo Distortion, a Flanger (maybe Boss) and his *original* 355 (the one that got nicked), and the Les Paul. Blew my mind at the time. So much so, I quit the band I was in the following day, bought an AC30 the following week and formed a different band.
Wilko Johnson - small pub/club in North Finchley late 80s/early 90s - just him, a Tele and an HH amp. HUGE. Brilliant.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
My tinnitus is fairly minor compared to some. A great friend that I grew up with who was one of the best drummers I've ever had the pleasure of playing with can't play any more because of this. He struggles in cafes & pubs to hear you speak from the other side of a table because the background noise couples to the tinnitus - he describes it as like being locked out of life. Its soul destroying and for someone who is a musician, not to be able to make music, it's lead to massive depression - we've really had to help him through a very bad patch that thankfully he looks to be on the other side of. All because he refused to wear earplugs... he was warned 10 years ago but ignored it.
Frankly, approaching 50 as I am (a couple of years off but still) I want to be able to speak to my son (who's five right now) and hear what he says as a young adult. I also want to still be making music. So yes, I do want to be able to hear into my old age - and no, I might not get there but I'm aiming to. Enjoy the now, yes completely agree - but don't destroy things doing so.
Strat - Buddy Whittington. A Lentz necked strat into a Dr Z Max Snr. Matt Schofield close second
Tele sounds - Brad Paisley - Many different guitars and amps, but primarily the blue Crook esquire into a Dr Z.
Les Paul - probably Joe Bonamassa at a small club in Blackpool. Multiple Marshalls blended. Aynsley Lister at another small club in Blackpool comes close.
335 - Jools Holland's big band guitarist. Tasteful playing and nice woody sounds too.
Also, plus 1 on the earplugs. Been going to gigs since 14 and gigging since I was 16 and noticed a reduction in my hearing during my mid 20's. Decided I wanted to keep playing as long as possible so bought some earplus. Have a set in every guitar case, one in the car and another that I keep in my jacket. Best thing I've done.
Always take a set to gigs I'm going to watch. They get used at most metal gigs but I'll always have a listen during the first song to gauge the levels. If I feel my ears getting a bit tired, they go in.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
He used the combo for cleans and hair, and the GH50 set to rock. Sounded incredible, super dynamic, not huge amounts of gain but clarity and sustain.
Also, when I saw periphery - holy crap that bass tone.
@Exorcist loud music doesn't necessarily give you tinnitus....my mother suffered from that for many years until her death, she'd never been to a gig in her entire life nor worked in a loud environment.
@CountryDave looks like we both went to that Bonamassa Blackpool gig in that tiny room.
@Jez6345789 Went to Larry Carlton at the Jazz Cafe with the Sapphire Blues Band too , and Derek Trucks first solo gig in London where I stood next a stoned Justin Lee Collins.
Seen some massive guitarists at hundreds of gigs, but nothing beats these three, genuinely.
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Hardly the same thing, but I've just got back from a work Christmas party where the music was way too loud - and yes, it may not have looked cool, but I found that sticking my fingers in my ears reduced the bass rumble and screechy treble sufficiently that not only could I decipher what songs the DJ was playing, I could actually hear what people around me were saying. Music doesn't need to be that loud.
If we were at the same show the other month we have very different ears