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  1. She is I believe male to female. Good luck to her, though in 2018 she really shouldn't need to fear any kind of prejudice or childishness. I guess she's just being honest about it.
    5 points
  2. Not helping is certain areas of the press whipping up their hysteria on a daily basis.
    4 points
  3. It shouldn't really matter - in an idea world. My opening gambit has always been - "I don't like football and I don't drink". Best to get these things out of the way ;-)
    4 points
  4. She shouldn't have to, but 2018 is not exactly a time of tolerance and human compassion. We're in an era of intellectual regression. Actually it's not quite as simple as that. We're in an era abundant with intellectual progress and tolerance, which is being stifled by an increasingly dumb, aggressive and intolerant ageing population, who wish it was still 1842. And thanks to the miracle of modern medicine, they're out there shuffling about in huge numbers, and they will live until they're 136 years old. So it's going to take a long time for attitudes to change significantly.
    3 points
  5. Lovely and rare Vigier Passion ROM bass, Made in France in 1984, used condition, some minor dings, top layer laminate of the body is weak at some points. neck is perfect, full graphite. Weight is only 3,9 kg. Controls are 1x volume and 1x 6 way selector. There are 6 presets, all with very usable sounds. Original semi-hardcase included. £900 TRADED
    2 points
  6. Pruning the heard sounds like you're cutting back on what you listen to ...
    2 points
  7. My opinion? If you can afford it, keep as many as you enjoy owning. If the time comes when finances get tight, or you want/need to put the money into something else, sell the ones you like the least. Frank.
    2 points
  8. I love mine. They seem to be getting quite popular to be honest, although I’ve been actively looking into them I notice them being made by more manufacturers. Sting normally copies me anyway.
    2 points
  9. I bought myself a wireless kit, so that I can stand still in different places.
    2 points
  10. I don't know where you are @Jimothey but I have some walnut veneer you'd be welcome to a sheet of.
    2 points
  11. Yes it was. Shame you didn't post on here sooner - then @CameronJ would have tagged you in the FS section, instead of me, where he is clearly on a mission to fulfil my 'dreams'. Could someone please tell him a) that I'm trying very hard not to add another bass my to my existing herd of six until I've got some good use out of them and b) that he could do that fulfilling dreams stuff much more easily by becoming lead singer in a band (he has an awesome male vocal) and, as it's almost impossible to play bass well and sing at the same time (unless you're called Phil Lynott) he could invite me along to be his bassist. Job done. There was a grey BBNE2 listed a few days back in the FS that and has just been traded, probably for a Sadowsky (ok just kidding about the Sadowsky!) @dannybuoy - I'd recommend give the store a call about that BB2025X, as I don't remember seeing it on my visit (but that could just be me being old) and it's not listed on their website as far as I can tell? I can see that your recent amp and cab sales drive is leaving you with a surplus that's burning a hole in your pocket! Have to admit, as lovely as the BB2025s are, I personally could never justify the premium over the almost identical BB1025s which, we're both agreed, are just a wonderful bass for the money.
    2 points
  12. I think I’ve got one from an old pedal if you want it.
    2 points
  13. I try to, but am not that mobile so although it seems to me like I`m hacking around the stage at breakneck speed, to the audience it`s probably a slow-motion repeat of Bagpuss.
    2 points
  14. It's in page 16 of the big Smoothhound Innovations thread in Accessories and Misc. I tried to post a link, but the stupid forum software replaces it with a picture of the first post in the thread.
    2 points
  15. Hardly...it's pretty juvenile and insulting to conflate being transgender with being promiscuous.
    2 points
  16. Over the years our personal experience of auditioning or working with female vocalists has brought nothing but hassle, maybe we just chose some bad ones, this is not sexist, just fact in our case, so we would not be interested.
    1 point
  17. I'd like to think the music industry is an area where you would encounter less intolerance to gender, sexuality, race, colour, whatever differences folks might have than a lot of other areas. Music has brought together all manner of different folks and pushed the boundaries and lead the way as far as all these issues are concerned. A lot of the time being a positive driving force in a negative era. I probably haven't quite explained myself well, maybe not using the correct terminology but hopefully you get my meaning.
    1 point
  18. I think the thing is that at the minute, generations are being defined by their maddest outliers. The hard-brexiteers who have retired to Spain, the millennials that unironically call for safe spaces and no-platforming. The fact is most sane, normal people hold fairly reasonable views, and there's definitely an element of NIMBYism to most things - "She can be transgender if she wants, so long as it doesn't affect me", that doesn't necessarily mean somebody is for the cause, but they aren't really against it either. What we've seen a lot of over the last few years is people trying to shoe-horn their beliefs onto other people (think marriage equality referendum and similar), and they generally lose. Most people don't care enough to be against something that doesn't really impact them.
    1 point
  19. @Rikki_Sixx "One of my favourite bands, Against Me, is fronted by Laura Jane Grace - formerly Tom Gabel. She has bags of charisma, a great voice and makes amazing music." Tell you what - if I could write music & lyrics that good, I would die happy.
    1 point
  20. That’s the one I prefer but I’m not a great lover of sapele in general so it would be using it for using sake if you catch my drift Thanks but I’m in North Wales now I used to be down nearer you in Colchester if I was closer I probably would have taken you up on the offer I‘m now eyeing up this veneer which I think might look quite nice? 10 points for anyone that guesses what veneer it is???
    1 point
  21. Pedal-wise, i take wireless output into tuner, tuner out goes via cable into preamp and pedals are on preamp fx loop.
    1 point
  22. Especially the Sting bit.
    1 point
  23. In the past 7 months I have been lucky enough to get hold of 2 USA made Peavey Foundation basses, for less than the cost of a MIM Fender Precision or Jazz. Though hand on heart I prefer the 80's version more than the 90's version. I have asked kodiakblair for his advice as I am planning on selling the 92 Foundation, but I'm unsure that the neck is as it should be. So I will get it checked by a professional as I wouldn't want to sell someone a project bass, unless they want one so here are my 1986 & 1992 Peavey Foundations together for the first & only time.
    1 point
  24. I like to move around but the music stand is a beach to coordinate.... so I stand looking bored.
    1 point
  25. Aaaaaaaargh 😎🎸
    1 point
  26. I was about in those days and remember only too well what things were really like.The mid - to - late 1970's in Britain is not a time I am particularly nostalgic about, for all kinds of reasons. School disco dancing exhibitions would be one of those reasons. I also remember the BritFunk movement all too well. Sorry to say it, but much of that music was a second-rate imitation of it's more sophisticated American inspiration. Listening back now, most has not aged well. A very notable exception would be the Average White Band. They were one ( perhaps the only one ) of the very few British bands who were playing funk/soul music in such an authentic and convincing manner that they enjoyed great success in the USA. They were also notable in that they attracted a multi-racial audience in America - a phenomenon far less common in the 70's than now. American listeners thought AWB's music sounded just as good as it's US equivalent. Also, it is my recollection that people were well aware of the jazz funk and soul music that was coming out of the USA during that era. It certainly wasn't like today where you can go on Youtube and get slapping lessons from Victor Wooten, but records featuring bass techniques like slapping were everywhere. When I had my first bass lessons in a provincial town in the North of England about 40 years ago, the chap giving me tuition knew all about slapping and his technique was perfectly legitimate and correct. It might not have been the information age we live in now, but players still had enough ingenuity and know-how to work out how to play new techniques. In fact, I would venture that musicians were actually better at working out things by ear precisely because they weren't being spoonfed as they are today.
    1 point
  27. Wish it was. Probably a bit harsh, I know, but I don't know of anyone under 25 who even remotely cares about sexual orientation, gender or race. Sexual orientation is largely a problem for old people. As mentioned above, the media that old people rely on for information definitely doesn't help. In fact one of the main reasons behind the current big divide between generations is that traditional media is almost completely ignored by young people, so their impression of the world is completely different to those who still read newspapers and watch tv. Now this is obviously a generalization - there are exceptions, but in generational terms the division is clear.
    1 point
  28. That's one thing I love about Basschat. You can never tell which thread is going to descend into handbags at 10 paces!
    1 point
  29. Smooth hound, great system and even better service.
    1 point
  30. Fear & Hatred sells unfortunately
    1 point
  31. At least you can persuade your missus to go to a bass store! I posted a short BBNE2 review above which may be of interest but I suspect won't help your GAS!! Well I almost (should have?!) bought your Glockenlang amp off you last year, so if you do get a (white or possibly black, but not silver grey please!) BBNE2 and decide to move it on I won't make the same mistake twice
    1 point
  32. Sold as a lightweight cab maybe?
    1 point
  33. I think it's also worth noting that you don't have to "move" to anything. You can settle on any number if strings you feel comfortable with, but there's nothing stopping you from picking up a bass of any other configuration and playing it. You'll get used to switching between them.
    1 point
  34. Yeah, you'll see in that response from Sandberg that they say they use a higher zero fret. That is not the usual way, but it obviously works for them. Can't see the point to be honest, they're sort of using the zero fret as a metal nut. Why not start with the right size wire in the first place. The usual procedure is to have the same wire as the rest, this gets levelled along with the rest of them. This ensures perfect action at the nut as it's the same height as the surrounding frets. Sandbergs way does not.
    1 point
  35. "transwoman" ? Is that a man identifying as a woman or a woman identifying as a man. I'm so confused these days. Get "in touch" ? Is that a double entendre?
    1 point
  36. Thankfully nowhere near me or I'd be having a falling out with my bank account!
    1 point
  37. Well, if @ambient would like to send his address, I'm sure I can dig out some ashes. Very surprised though. But if you're paying $10k for some of their basses, I guess you will see strings as more than a small detail. Fair play to them.
    1 point
  38. I’m going to start filing grooves into all my frets to get my action lower 😂
    1 point
  39. Same here... if you're using the zero fret as a nut and cut grooves on it, then what's the point? Use a metal nut and be done. I have not seen any zero frets with grooves from factory, and that includes the 4 I've owned (one guitar and three basses). edit: just read the Sandberg info... I don't get it, then. What flavours can I have those humble pies in? I'll eat one, but I'm still confused as to what the point is...
    1 point
  40. I love Jazz style guitars....there's just something about them...I was looking for a white scratchplate and p/up covers but I think that's just too OCD. If I was Breadbin I'd be looking to delay returning that Jazz as long as I could...
    1 point
  41. That is Jon Bower, also of The Real Thing and Counterfeit Quo.
    1 point
  42. Another kebab procurement fail in Failsworth. New gig for us so nothing to go on. Couldn't find any where despite taking a couple of detours down some likely looking main roads. The day was saved by the 24 hour McDonalds on the east lancs road that usually pulls us out of the mire when we're in the kebabless wastelands of Lowton Cheshire. Went for the big tasty meal and it was indeed big, and it was indeed tasty. This kind of apocalyptic post gig hunt is getting worryingly regular.
    1 point
  43. If a bass is too heavy, try the Jah Wobble on Old Grey Whistle Test style stool?
    1 point
  44. Good evening, TID, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.
    1 point
  45. Also I’m thinking ‘waste not want not’ as IMO the body was too small for a bass body it will be a good size for an electric guitar so I’m going reuse the body with some old guitar parts I have laying about And see how it turns out.....
    1 point
  46. Not sure he really ruined it - it wasn't good to start with, it wasn't good when he finished, and he seemed to enjoy doing it. That sounds pretty good for $5!
    1 point
  47. He has a beard, is wearing his cap backwards and is driving on the wrong side of the road too. That's 3 things, what do I win?
    1 point
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