paulbuzz

I made one of this type a while ago. It's ok, but not as good as the velcro (because less adjustable), and significantly more effort to make.

I've tried various washing-up sponges etc etc - I find that it's difficult to get exactly the right thickness to get the amount of muting you want, and also that it's diificult to insert/remove them quickly when required. Also it looks a bit mad having a washing-up sponge jammed into your bass.😁 This works better for me

In my quest for an ever more thuddy sound from my Harley Benton violin bass, I have just invented (maybe!) the Patent McCartneyizer mute: Both halves of a strip of velcro, sandwiching the strings at the bridge, superglued together at one end to prevent the two halves from fully separating. Adjust muting strength for each string by trimming the width with scissors. Works really well Total cost: about 20p-worth of velcro?

So do prescious and prescient have the same meaning? Or is there a distinction I'm missing?

Nice, like it! I would have missed this tweak if you hadn't posted, since I had used Stylus (gawdblessit!) to adjust the display to my preference, as is my habit! 😁

Nice! If I may be so bold, I'd like to offer a couple of opinions, not on the functionality but on the UI. 1) Maybe have less bandnames per page? I think 24 is perhaps too many to take in at a time? On the other hand, on my (ordinary-ish?) size screens, on page load, without scrolling, I can only initially see 8 names on my desktop screen, and 4 on my phone. Since the 'generate' button is readily accessible, I would be more inclined to simply press 'generate' to see more, rather than scrolling, except... 2) The UI animations: a) The fireworks are fun, but become distracting and a bit much after a few hits of the generate button. b) The fade-in of the band names slows you down if you're hitting the generate button repeatedly in quick succession Do feel free to ignore me completely - maybe other people have larger screens than me...? Nice URL, btw

Wow, that really is a labour of love! Fair play to ya!

Haha! It's an unavoidable feature of random generators, I think. After all, unexpectedly striking combinations are pretty much the goal. Even with the super-limited wordlist in the pubrock band name generator, a few questionable suggestions do pop up occasionally. Safe to say I don't think I'll be auditioning for The White Vigilantes any time soon. 😮 Jean-Luc, how have you been weeding the word lists for your generator? Surely not by hand?

All good for me (Windows/Firefox). Nice one J-LP

Ya, as long as the noun isn't 'rights' or 'representation'... (looking at you, the modern-day travesty that calls itself Lynyrd Skynyrd...) IN BEFORE THE LOCK! (Retires to safe distance)

Alright, Buzz Killington 😁 I know this since I made it - some time around 2003 I think 😯 My frog is dissected! The repetition and endless recycling is supposed to be in the spirit of dreary pub-rock bands and is kinda the whole point - its purpose is very different to your generator, which could potentially actually be useful! 😁

Weirdly, there are a few unanticipated gems here and there amongst the intentionally cliched and generic pub-rock dross. http://greenwax.co.uk/pubrock_bandname_generator/

A long, long time ago (early 2000s?) I made a slightly similar thing but with a different purpose: to generate a range of the worst, most cliched and generic names for pub rock bands. The sole aim was to make people snigger, groan, and roll their eyes. And purely for the displeasure of Basschat, I present it here: http://greenwax.co.uk/pubrock_bandname_generator I find that you can easily check it for authenticity by imagining a slightly overenthusiastic front-man bellowing "Hello Tiverton, we are... " If you hit the refresh button a few times, you're sure to find the name of a grotty pub band you've actually seen. And if you find the name of your own band, I apologise. You should probably change your band name. 😄

Bought a pedal from Pete - speedy, helpful, and friendly message responses, quick posting and well packed. Many thanks, Paul