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My 1960 Gibson 330 electric has fine lines that have formed in the clear finish.
A wise guitar repairman told me never to repaint that guitar because the hairline cracks are letting the tone out from the wood and repainting would seriously dull the guitar's sound until the finish cracked up again. He was right. Only guitar polish occasionally goes on that old Gibson.

A frend of mine played alto sax at a restaraunt where several cockatoos sang along with the band from their cage at the back of the room.
He was a very good sax player and the birds got really exited-especially when he played a sax solo and sang their little hearts out and danced like crazy in their cage.

RFA Colin,
Much enjoyed your post and pictures.
My wife and I visited the U.K. twice and so wish we could come again. I brought no guitar on our first trip but on our second I lugged a Yamaha dreadnought acoustic along. Garth Brooks was touring the U.K. and at every pub I played, everyone knew the lyrics to "Friends in Low Places".
We were treated like special guests everywhere.
The two occasions when my wife and I got distracted and my rental car drifted across into the right lane, I got polite waves from the people I almost killed instead if the birds and curses I would have recieved here in the U.S.A.

Hello Johnboy0070,
You wouldn't have a partner named Billy do you?
(I'm refering to the John Boy and Billy Big Show on radio out of North Carolina U.S.A.)

Verse 1, G,B,Eminor,G7,C,D,G,E,Aminor,D,G,C.D

Verse 2. G,B,Eminor,G7,C,D,G,E,Aminor,D,G

Bridge D,G,A.D

Verse 3, same as verse 1 but played up one fret higher, Aflat,C,Fminor etc...

Kajima is right. It's a show you offer that may or may not appeal to folks nearby. Sounds like you have a good show.
A rough gig is like a rodeo rider getting bucked off.
You gotta get right back on or fear may set in.
A dead crowd tends to make us feel inadequate but that is never the case. When things slow up do your tried and true material. If that doesn't get 'em then they don't deserve entertaining or the moon is in the wrong phase.
I'll never forget our dance club gig where the joint was packed and people clapped after every song but not one soul got up to dance from 9 P.M.thru midnight. The dance floor was a vast wasteland.
We took a break and walked outside and saw an eclipse of the moon. After the eclipse we got back up and played and the dance floor was jam packed with people dancing their selves silly until well past 2 A.M.

"I look like a million dollars - green and wrinkled"

"Everybody has to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."

Indeed have a competent luthier set your action as low as possible.
When I played 4-6 hours a night, six nights a week, I learned alternate fingerings to relieve tired, cramping muscles when a break was not possible. Instead of a six string barre with the pointer finger, learn to wrap you thumb around the top of the neck to hold down the #6 string requiring your pointer finger to hold down only #1 and #2 for a barre F F# G etc...

When I played professionally, my wife was approachable and reasonable about my instrument purchases. I always bought used but special guitars and got most amps and other equipment from fellow musicians or our local music exchange.
I always learned her favorite songs and played them to her often. She likes mushy tunes.
She has a pitch problem with her singing but I found one song, ("Something" by the beatles that had an easy limited range) and I coached and accompanied her on it and she won a local talent show singing it. That seemed to satisfy her and she hasn't cared to sing again onstage and since, is content to caterwall along with the radio.

When Hoyt sings, C,G,C.G with one F Chord for the changeup. When Adam? Cartwright sings it sounds like F,C,F,C.

I play through a small Peavey P.A. system with a nice little spring reverb for voice. It cost (used) less than some guitar amps.
My old Gibson and Korg A-4 effects pedal sound great through it and I have two more channel inputs for my grandson's vocal and djembe drum mike. I found the four channel, 200 watt Peavey power head in a pawn shop for$100.
A local music store sold me two used Audio Centron speakers with ten inch speakers and horns for $200. The driver and speakers are a good match and sound great together (pure luck).