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Thus, my prejudice is provably irrational, and I have met the requirements of this thread. Hurrah for me!

People who buy a house, then put an extension up, or convert the loft, within six months of moving in. If they did it within a month, then it was clearly part of the plan when they purchased the place. If they did it within six years, then the family grew, and needs more space after they purchased the place. But six months just feels wrong.

First hearing, apparently. Perhaps others on basschat will be better able to explain what this means?

33JJ0821825 was the case number, heard at 10am on 10th September 2025. https://courtlistings.co.uk/magistrates-court-listings/leicester

Cheerfully arranged the sale of a microphone, and speedily dispatched it. He also included the microphone clip too. What a guy!!

My desk. A pair of Roland Cakewalk powered speakers; Kurzweil SP76 piano; E-MU Classic Keys Module for extra sounds; all into a Xenyx 802 mixer (plus a line-in for the bass guitar); which all connects to a Yamaha AG03 mixer/interface. The PC is new, too - the old one wouldn't run Windows 11, and only had the ability to drive one PC monitor. All this will change next week. EBay, basschat, and Thomann have together worked to enable a major upgrade.

Great content? It would indeed be great to be content, but the Gear Abstinence thread suggests that it is a rare attribute. Nevertheless, we strive to be content...

One of @NancyJohnson's advantages is that he has a reputation on basschat, as an all-round good egg, and nice chap. That counts for something - I know that he won't act in a way that will harm my interests, because he would in turn damage his hard-won reputation.

I would love to be able to record a composition, but never feel that I have the creativity and talent to do so. However I am intending to create something one day - just so that I can say that I have done it.

I get irrationally nervous when @SteveXFR is behind me, and start driving erratically. At least, I think that it's him - I can't properly see, on account of the whacking great fish sticker across my rear window. 😉

@Leonard Smalls is in two minds about St Winifred's School Choir's cover of Another Brick in the Wall.

In that case, my irrational prejudice is that I don't know if the fretboard inserts make a difference, but I believe that they do, without any evidence either way.

Guitars and basses with mother of pearl fret markers that fill the whole space between two frets. That's because the mother of pearl sections will sound and feel very different to wooden fretboard sections, and ensure that the tone between the positions is unbalanced.

I had the same suspicion about @Yorkielanc - joined up, made a single post, and his last visit was the day after his post. @Merton,you will see that I even hinted at that oddness, in my reply to the new member: "...welcome to basschat.co.uk - I am honoured that your first post was in reply to my question!" So, you are not cynical, but healthily curious. Either that, or we are both cynical...

I agree. Not enough strings or note-position choices. Too thin a neck. Yet most pop songs in the past 70 years have a 4-string bass guitar on the track, and many bassists are very musical and capable on a 4 string bass.

But... he asked you to use that email address!

Is anyone attending the Big Church Festival this bank holiday weekend, down at Wiston House near Steyning? I am there (or at least, will be) for the duration. It would be good to bump into fellow Playing in Church basschatters near the discount CD sellers, or the acoustic tent.

I turned up to a local gig with my folder full of bank statements, rather than my chord charts.

Three spare basses. I tried to go for an obscure make and model, to make it difficult to find spares and duplicates, but I still have 4 Washburn Bantam basses. Dual humbuckers, Dual single coils, dual Bartolinis. Fretless Dual bartolinis. Green. Natural. Zebra. Wacky blue-turquoise burst. Actually, they are a good thing to have - fun to play, easy to use. But I should have got rid of some of them earlier. A chorus pedal. I wonder what it sounds like - I must try it one day. A thick plectrum. I wonder what it sounds like - I must try it one day etc etc

People who wear their basses low, and thus, have to bend the wrists on their fretting hands at a sharp angle. My prejudice is that they therefore cannot play well - and certainly not with dexterity and finesse. Yet I see such players on videos, in huge bands, and they seem to be managing OK. Maybe my prejudice is irrational... Also, I don't understand how mathematicians calculate Pi and assume that it is all smoke and mirrors. I have an irrational prejudice about an irrational number....

When I played, I did so without effects (and indeed, without effectiveness). It felt unnecessarily complicated to add layers of effects to so short a setlist. Indeed, I never even touched the pickup selector or tone controls. Any variation that I wanted, I could achieve with different finger-placement on the plucking hand.

Is this list still up to date, I wonder? I wanted to share the list with someone based in Belgium, but @marcoelwray can't be found. Pilot error on my part? Or has this member left the forum?

I had the same issue when I first started on bass. The Fender model felt huge and unwieldy, but the Washburn was much more nimble. The neck was wider, and I liked the 3+2 tuners on the headstock (3 above, two below). I chose the bass that I most enjoyed playing, and which felt right in my hands.