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I tend to find most of such banter extremely tedious, because I'm old and I was alive and in my teens in the 1970s, so nothing much offends me any more. This kind of stuff does occasionally still p!ss me off, however. I've said this before - try imagining a similar situation to that described by the 'joke' or 'banter', and replace the female with a black person or a gay person, and see if telling or laughing at such 'joke' still sounds acceptable to your ears. Most of the times it won't.

Ok. My dear darlings:

Does the war in Ukraine imply we should forget about, say, violence in the street or the climate emergency? Or anything else that we find intolerable and worth fighting against? Do we only have space in our brain for being appalled at a limited number of unsettling, unfair or downright horrible happenings? If that's the case, could we please have a list of currently acceptable topics to be appalled by?

Yep! Women become experts in shrugging off crap jokes and stupid comments pretty quickly. If you really want to talk about 'toxic masculinity' focus on the important things. I've been a working musician in London for 14 years now and it definitely feels less safe now than when I arrived. For one example, rape prosecution rates have fallen over the last decade to 1.6% - read this article "We are facing the 'decriminalisation of rape', warns victims' commissioner" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/14/we-are-facing-the-decriminalisation-of-warns-victims-commissioner There are serious topics to be upset about. Toxic masculinity doesn't just affect women, and certainly shouldn't be reduced to a conversation about crap jokes. I do like seeing it get called out though, to me it's a sign of professionalism - and I appreciate many of the comments here. I work with a lot of young women and girls who struggle with confidence even though they are often very talented musicians - there's a lot of work to be done to create a culture where they feel welcome. I always call out any racism / homophobia etc when working even if it is disguised as 'banter', you never know who in the room is quietly really appreciating you standing up for them. Thankfully, it tends to be quite rare in professional music environments these days, you'd get called out on it pretty quickly. Caroline

The thing is that this was a slightly clumsy joke about a real life incident that had become a running joke between the guy who posted it and a girl who is a member of the band he plays in. She doesn't seem to have been offended by it, so we just have somebody (presumably a bloke) getting offended on her behalf. There are more important things to worry about these days.

It doesn’t offend me, and it wouldn’t bother me if it were the other way round, but then I’ve not had years of people taking the pee out of me because of my gender. Maybe if I had it would be different.

Marusczcyk is also something to look at. I am loving my 30" Jake P from Marusczcyk

Hi all. Shutting this one down as it's a discussion we've had many times before, and it never goes anywhere other than south (with apologies to Southerners).

Some nights, I wish I had a dustpan and brush with me to sweep up my bum notes. I can't help feeling that rather than being offended on their behalf, we should ask our female members what they think? When I was at tech college back in the mid 18th century, one of the guys there was an afro-caribbean fella named Alex; he was a bus driver doing the BTEC electronics course on his days off to try to get a better job with prospects (his words), being a drive he'd obviously been subjected to a bit of abuse in his time but he said the thing that offended him far more than the actual racism, was being told what he should be offended by... more often than not, by well-meaning white people. Remember the whole 'you can't call it a blackboard' and 'baa baa black sheep is racist' stuff? It made him absolutely furious, he said it was patronising in the extreme. As he put it, he was perfectly capable of knowing what pssed him off and what didn't. He was a lovely bloke and I really hope he went on to get the career he craved.

The problem is that you’re unlikely to be a marginalised group the target of humour. If someone came on here and the butt of every joke was a balding, post-50 year old man who is slightly overweight and buys loads of gear they can’t play very well then you may feel different. (I’m making a crass generalisation because that’s how this works…) Call it empathy, emotional intelligence or simply not being a Richard and you’ll be fine.

I don’t think anyone is saying that people shouldn’t be allowed to express their views, but freedom of speech is not freedoms from consequence. Say something that the majority believe to be abhorrent, as is one’s right, get excommunicated by the very nature of a majority not wanting anything to do with you. Si

I always find it best to understand 'context' and the relationship of 'those concerned' before heading off into rant territory and being offended on one of their behalfs....

Ever wished you could practice at home with the kind of sound you might expect from an SVT but at a volume level calculated not to destroy the furniture nor incense the landlady? This little chap, in its Trace Elliot style livery, is physically tiny, but sounds, at neighbour friendly levels, absolutely amazing. 50 watts is plenty for home use, I'm pairing it with a single 10" 8ohm speaker, but I'd be interested to hear it slaved up through a power amp at a gig. I stole, sorry, bought this, at an extremely good second hand price, and apart from one outing for a YouTube review, it's as it was when it left the shop. It comes with a foot switch for the compression which I shan't use, compression being, for me, an always on effect. And has built in Bluetooth which is not just great for practicing but for amplification of YouTube videos, audiobooks, playlists etc as well. Highly recommended.

Ian Dury. 👍

I remember an audition from many many moons ago, myself and another bassist turned up and we both did two songs each. I'd done my homework but the other guy very obviously hadn't, he was all over the shop. It also became apparent that the band were playing a bit fast & loose with it too. They called me next day and said they were going with the other guy because he lived a bit closer to them. 🤦🏻‍♂️

These threads always rapidly end up with everybody acting 'offended' even if they're mainly being offended by others taking offence. It's almost comically circular.

On a related note, I wonder, in an anonymous poll, how many female members have experienced sexist content on this forum including that dressed up as "banter". I guess we won't know as they've probably just left.

Not offended by that kind of humour or any other, if I find something funny I treat myself to a laugh and move on with my day, if I don't find it funny I skip the laugh and still move on with my day. I'm not so tender that I feel the need to care about the ism's on the internet.

No Genz Benz amp was ever a Fender designed or built amp.

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I still like the Ida model, I haven’t got around to getting one, other purchases always seem to get in the way first, I will when the times right

The beastie has landed. Very pleased with it, punchier than a punchy thing that walked into a bar looking for a fight. I've put some flats on the bass as a bit of an experiment but it turns out that they work really well. Here's a couple of pics. Apols for the mediocre quality. I'll get some better ones when the light is better.

Louis Jordan. The true father of Rock n Roll

The revolution will not be televised - Gil Scott heron

The Macc Lads always made me laugh, I know in todays world their style might not be flavour of the day but to the 20 year old me I found them hilarious. Sadly not many realised the actual joke - and nearly 40 years later that’s still the case.

Of "The Eleven" my personal fav is this one, probably because I really like the LE77 and LE79 Euros. 'Only' £4.6k too

We've progressed from criticism of a dated gag about a dustpan and brush to the Holocaust in less than two pages. None's the wonder the world's on a knife-edge.

But you honestly see a difference between how you’ve communicated your ‘extreme boredom’ and when others standing up for what they believe? It reads like you put yourself above them in some hierarchy because they’re ‘offended’ (your words, not theirs) about sexism in this case, but when it comes to you literally shouting about it on a forum, that’s ok, you’re just extremely bored?! Colour me fascinated. Si

All about these two for me: Although I would have put a dark fingerboard on the gold one! Si

Actually, voltage, current, impedance and power are directly related and can not be separated. Double the voltage into the same nominal impedance and the power quadruples, that's non-negotiable. Power factor, or the phase angle between the voltage and current doesn't really matter because it applies equally to both situations. Power = Voltage squared divided by the nominal impedance. The reason the power quadruples when the voltage doubles is due to the squaring of the voltage. Bridging carries the risk of one of the two speaker conductors being accidentally connected to ground. Because the output of the amp is not ground referenced, grounding either terminal can damage the amp. Some amps are designed from the ground up to be bridged, these are generally fairly tolerant of real world loads. Some amps bridge as an afterthought, these tend to be more vulnerable. Many class D amps are designed using bridged topology, in part to improve the power supply efficiency when driving inductive loads. This is an important part of some of these amps.

banter is a tricky one, it's nasty if it's too near the truth and the people it's aimed at are lacking in self confidence, it's a thin dividing line between a bit of a pi55 take and bullying, getting a feel for when people are getting upset is important. Something that is difficult when written down in a post. I walked in the pub tonight where I'd done open mic on Friday, a couple of the blokes said "hope you've not bought your guitar again" but it was said in such a way that I took it as a compliment, they'd actually enjoyed my little set, if I'd been shite they wouldn't have said it, hopefully I read it right 😂

No. Just behave.

I always remember the lovely Allan's@niceguyhomer advice he once offered up (and I paraphrase): When turning in for the night after a post-gig wind down at home, always remember to move the TV off the Babestation channel so the first person who turns the TV on in the morning doesn't rumble you 😂

Spending lots of time and money in local studIo recently. We rehearse there weekly and have always used his spaces. For a long time he’s had a modern player Fender Jazz on the wall and I recall thinking they were ace (the mk2/satin/switch version…) it’s always bugged me that it looked like it had crappy strings on it and half the pickguard film hanging off. It was basically unused wall art (owner is a vocalist and guitarist). A couple of weeks ago - went to pay for the session and noticed that cool bass was gone. Bah, nicked/sold/in a case? Didn’t ask any more about it. On Sunday we were doing tidy ups on some new tracks and I saw what I thought was a black strat body in amongst some broken gear (stands/drum skins). And then a neck,,,headstock down… so just heel in the air. Its the jazz. pulled the neck out…it’s gone semi Headless.. ”gah, that’s some tumble…bet the body is smashed to bits” pull it out. not a mark on it - just covered in dust. spoke with owner, negotiated a fee for removal of this “trashed bass”. And set about seeing what to do. Neck is bloloxed…chunks missing from the break (looked clean at first) and the lacquer is shattered around the break point like shards of glass. It will go in the bin wonderfully - I clamped and glued it but it’s an ex-neck at this point. A good luthier would charge £100 to make it work, £50/£60 to overspray and it would still bother me. So…UPGRADE TIME! Roasted Maple Fender Player neck on the way… Arrives in the next day or two.

Yes I recently put some Hipshot Licensed Ultralites on my BB 414 and they made a great difference to how it sits with no neck dive at all and now a great balance. Got them from Bass Direct and well worth it.

For what it's worth, the TMB30 has a very nice P sound once you dial down the J, and the nut width is 41mm, fairly close to a P feel. Not sure if the regular 43mm P would even work on a shortie I really really enjoy my TMB30 and it put me off from buying more expensive basses for a while now, as I just don't feel I'd need one. It just feels nice, it's just... friendly when you play it, without feeling too small. But it IS a cheap bass. I had smaller cosmetic issues, loose screws, but even bent machinheads. So if you're going down the cheap trial route, get one, inspect closely for any faults, play it for a while, and send it back if you don't like it. For £150-ish, you might as well keep it even if you choose to get a Sandberg or something, it really is a nice bass to look at.

I use the free fender tuner, for my acoustic and my bass when I don’t have my Korg.

Wow; you could open a shop with that lot!

As a big motorsport fan in days of yore, the old F1 theme (that bit of F.Mac's "The Chain") is burned indelibly into my brain. Its first note is an A and I can make a pretty good stab at getting the correct pitch. EDIT: have just tested my theory by humming at a tuner, I was only a few cents out. In the absence of any sort of tuning device, it'll do.

Its OK guys , Ive found out by trial and error ........... 1) In Guitar Lab , click on Patch at top 2) Right click on the PATCH NAME you want to move , a menu appears 3) Left click on SAVE TO PATCH POOL ( it then appears in PATCH POOL at left of Guitar Lab ) 4) Right click on your saved patch name in PATCH POOL , a menu appears , right click on COPY TO DEVICE 5) Right Click where you want to save it to , a menu appears 6) Right Click READ FROM PATCH POOL There it is , where you want it HOPE THIS IS CLEAR Pete

Started shaping the neck today - glued up the pieces yesterday. 5 piece ash + sycamore.