Had the BEST time!
One of the muso people pulled out a week before the gig and I sort of volunteered to cover for her. So I did two mini-sets, one on acoustic bass, one on electric bass. Two different poets, so I tried to have two completely different styles. Chorusey "Mwah" stuff on electric, loud and rattly on acoustic. Great response from ppl, which is always nice. Got to using slide on the electric, which I always enjoy doing. Acoustic set was kind of weird, sound guy obviously decided I didn't need foldback. Should have put my hand up after the first piece. Like a dork, I didn't.
Will probably turn thing with 2nd poet (girl who's really very good at writing) into some sort of permanent band thing of some sort. I've always hated being "(just) the bass player" this will be more like playing solo bass, which I've always wanted to do. All I want now is a percussionist.
So my plans to achieve shredder world domination are probably on the shelf. Fair enough, there was no way I was going to manage "Arpeggios From Hell" anyway.
The Jackson has improved my playing in leaps and bounds. It's not just the build quality, it's just such a fun guitar to play, what with the massive bends and all.