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Some red herrings there. White grooming gangs outnumber non-white ones massively. I've yet to see a protest about them. "large numbers of migrants" is similarly loaded. There's about 30K in "asylum" hotels. That's about a quarter of Wembley stadium. Some elements have managed to petrify a nation of 70 million people over one quarter capacity of Wembley. They also never mention that one of the reasons it is now so difficult to deal with the actually small numbers of boat crossings is that the thing that cannot be named ended the treaties to return people to the first EU country they went to. I think you can usually tell when a person is coming from a position other than racism. They come with verifiable facts about public services for example. They don't generalise or demonise. They don't come with "They all get free ipads" type nonsense that could be shown to be wrong with 10 seconds of google-fu. They also tend to at least attempt some sort of suggestion for improvement in the process instead of a "I don't like it / them" rant. Anyone who enjoyed Carswell saying "From Epping to the shining sea, lets make England Abdul Free" the other day is probably not actually bothered by facts other than they don't like brown people. Anyone like the LBC caller who said he didn't care about an entire economy crash or people dying in hospitals due to lack of staff as long as all the foreigners were thrown out is probably not really troubled by the concept of rational thought.

It has to be left open to interpretation otherwise friends using words that they have deemed acceptable between them would be viewed as a tort or a crime. Circumstances matter That being said it will not be the person doing it that has the highest weighted opinion - but the person it is being done to. This is the problem with the "I make my own definition" approach because people saying that are never the ones on the receiving end. Like the old boy we probably have all come across who describes a local take away as a "Chi*ky" and says he isn't racist and won't change. When it's from a position of genuine ignorance, that is one thing, but once informed that it has offended others who have the mocked characteristic then it is a problem. It raises the question of once being aware is that old boy racist? Or is he just a very unpleasant person who is continuing to use something that he now knows is upsetting? I take a general view that the strongest weight should be given to those who are on the receiving end, not the giving end. As a white straight class person I don't get to decide what might be offensive to an Asian gay person for example. If they tell me something I said is a problem then I'll change my use of language. It might not be racist for me to not change, but it would certainly make me an arsehole if I didn't. If I can't make my point without offending then that's my failure alone.

I support this view as it's important to engage. Even just to make sure the person is aware that other views are available. Kids raised in racist homes have such an awful start and often don't hear other views. But a band is my escape from the world. I don't want to drag that nonsense into my time off.

Yes. I enjoy a good debate as much as the next person and I am quite happy that people have differing views to me on all manner of things as long as those views come from a genuinely informed position and they are trying to do what is beneficial for others. But bigotry isn't like that. It's questioning whether a person or group of persons should be treated equally or sometimes questioning whether they can exist at all. I couldn't be in a band with anyone like that.

A sensible approach might be to make one or two along the lines of what you might offer for sale and then relay it round your favourite BC people to get their thoughts before they are returned to you to consider any improvements suggested. That approach worked for Paul Reed Smith - he drove round to shops and gigs with a pair of his first guitars to drum up interest, but I bet he had several versions before being happy enough to sneak into a Santana show to get him to see one. So - a couple of examples for trusted people to try, then if all is well see if the UK youtubers would be interested in doing a quick video. That's probably the modern equivalent of PRS' approach.

The builds are in batches. It just depends on whether he's just finished a batch and there's batches for his other models to do before coming back to the Jive. When I ordered mine (some time ago) I think it was 2 or 3 months before I got it. But I also seem to remember being aware that was likely. Chris could make it a bit more obvious on this site though.

If you are blowing the cross-over I can't see the risk being lowered - presumably the BT3 has the same cross-over for the split with the HF horn? And as an aside - if you are that loud then surely the PA should be doing the hard work instead?

Just got the email https://aguilaramp.com/en-eu/products/aguilar-plugin-suite I know there's a lot of Aggie fans on here so I thought I would share.

@mcnach where did you get the vinyl? I'm thinking about wrapping a telecaster I've got rather than the hassle of stripping it and painting.

I've always played bass and guitar - started at the same time really. It was all the fault of Brian May and Steve Harris! Over the last 40 years I've probably done about an equal amount of gigs on guitar and bass with quite a few of the guitar ones as frontman / singer too. For some reason I find singing while playing guitar easy but almost impossible with bass. Different mindset I think. 40 years of buying gear I didn't need! I'm not in a band at the moment. About a year ago I ended a 12 year stint doing big band jazz as I needed a break. I really enjoyed it but it was time to go. Over that time I got so used to playing in flat keys that anything else now sounds really weird! I am now writing new stuff a bit which I haven't done for a long time and I've been putting together bitsas for the first time ever. I'm enjoying that a lot. I am just starting to get the urge to gig again but I'm not sure whether for guitar or bass. I think I'd like to sing again if I can get my voice back into shape - I haven't fronted for 20 years. Whatever it is though it will be a power trio, or 3 + singer. There were 25 people in the jazz band and I'm craving simplicity! Top Tip: If you leave a band to have a rest - DO NOT TELL ANYONE! Within 10 mins of me telling friends that I had quit the big band I was getting texts with "you've still got your gear.... right?"

That's lovely! The website people need flogging though. Can't spell "D'addario" properly. No nut width or bridge spacing information either.