Steve Browning

Of course I was. It's always seemed ridicuous to me. Not entirely sure what point you make here?

I confess that part of me baulks at the arrogance of people who expect others to chauffeur them around. Arrogance may be a little strong but I struggle with the concept. I have mentioned my drummer friend. He tried driving but suffered an unbelievable trauma at the age of 4 (older brother vs lorry) that I fully understand his position. By the same token, I have driven 432 miles to collect and deliver a bandmate home when he was stuck.

Another thread reminds me of two. White guys calling each other 'man' or referring to someone as a 'cat'. Actually, add 'dude' to that list.

We play that number too. I wonder if Led Zeppelin ever covered it?

Without blackface make up, I trust?

At (possibly) the other end of the scale, I played at Sandhurst one time. The band (which boasted 4 female singers - two lead and two backing) did an astoundingly good version of Runaway by The Corrs. The girls voices blended beautifully, and it was almost magical to hear them. Some of the audience were up in arms about us performing a song by an Irish band. One guy had to be restrained from approaching the stage.

An interesting debate. Most modern music is ultimately derived from the Blues, a genre born out of slavery and the field hollers that regimented their work.

Essentially, you need to be good enough to be worth the hassle. The drummer in my band doesn't drive, but is both less than 10 minutes away, and ridiculously good so I have no issue at all. Similarly, I'm in a van so no chance of wrecking the interior. You're expecting someone to add considerably to their evening. Jam nights and rehearsals should be ok as amps would be there. Gigging is another matter entirely.

My late father was in 49 Squadron during the war. And there were 7 in the crew of a Lancaster.

Only a couple? I'm impressed. I do that after playing for about 50 years!!

Hi. Yes, I do. It gets regular use in my main band. I have a buffer fitted, to throttle back the output of the piezo pickup. I'm not a huge fan of the Lace Sensor pickup but I use the piezo primarily. They're nice and light and very versatile. I'd love to have a sunburst, fretted one but no justification for the purchase.

M'dear? You sexist b*stard. 🙂

The Law trumps any other version. The uni version is irrelevant in Law. They could lead to the same conclusion but only if the Law supports it (and I would suggest it doesn't). I guess a future empoyment tribunal would have to figure that one out. It's similar to when people would argue that such and such is right because the contact says so. In the same way, Law overrides any contracual stipulation. A contract can say 2 and 2 is 5, but it isn't. You're labouring a point I don't disagree with and have explained why that is and how subsequent case law fine tunes how the laws are interpreted.

Double the excitment!

In theory, no. The man on the Clapham ominbus is the collective term used to imagine (I'll avoid the word 'define') the average, reasonable person.

I believe two parts of the Act are relevant here. 1. the Introduction - An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities; to reform and harmonise equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment related to certain personal characteristics; to enable certain employers to be required to publish information about the differences in pay between male and female employees; to prohibit victimisation in certain circumstances; to require the exercise of certain functions to be with regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct; to enable duties to be imposed in relation to the exercise of public procurement functions; to increase equality of opportunity; to amend the law relating to rights and responsibilities in family relationships; and for connected purposes. This outlaws "discrimination and harassment" base on a number of personal characteristics, 2. the definition of race (at Setion 9) - Race (1)Race includes— (a)colour; (b)nationality; (c)ethnic or national origins. (2)In relation to the protected characteristic of race— (a)a reference to a person who has a particular protected characteristic is a reference to a person of a particular racial group; (b)a reference to persons who share a protected characteristic is a reference to persons of the same racial group. (3)A racial group is a group of persons defined by reference to race; and a reference to a person's racial group is a reference to a racial group into which the person falls. (4)The fact that a racial group comprises two or more distinct racial groups does not prevent it from constituting a particular racial group. Therefore to discriminate or harass based on these characteristics is outlawed. Is not racism being defined here, for the purposes of the Law? The word itself may be missing but the man on the Clapham omnibus will know what is being defined here.

Interesting. Not experienced that but also not used one with a huge range of instruments.

If I can be ar$ed, I'll do an up to date picture one day.

Overall, I reckon the real answer to this question is "the one I want"!

I have tried to correct this paucity by having 12 of them now. 🙂

Only 4 of those remain, even the sofa's gone!

They're the two at the back, on the left. Nice to play for sure.

Nope. For your purpose it would be just the job. The DI100 is an excellent unit.

They were lovely to play but the sound was pretty lightweight. Mine were CAR and natural, with matching headstocks. Very pretty.