PaulWarning

the problem with these offensive bands is that mostly they are joke bands, the joke does wear a bit thin after a while, I've seen the Macc Lads a couple of times and found them entertaining, but wouldn't bother going to see them again

I would say £250 is overpriced, check out the completed listings on ebay

you could always buy a 5 set then sell the other 4 to someone like me who only uses neon greens in 4's

not at all, I added the word apparently to emphasise the opposite (very badly apparently) many people get in a lather about jokes about people of colour but jokes about white races seem to be ok in some people's minds, personally I think maybe the whole things it's gone too far, it is possible to poke fun at a certain group of people without upsetting them (or at least they can see the funny side), it seems that some get offended for others when the others aren't offended, if that makes sense. In my original 'west Indians' post I was playing Devils Advocate to a certain degree

no, I use the bass muff, gain and tone 100, mode normal, bal 100, and then some separate EQ, it does depend on what other gear you're using as well, I use a P bass. I'll try the Marshall Superbass next time I'm experimenting with the different settings

AC Bs Pre gain 50, Depth 9, level 50, Bass -6, L-Mid 10, LM_F 1.2K, Mid 0, H-Mid -10, Treble -10. BassDrive, Bass-10, Trebl -5, Prese -5, Gain 100, Blend 100, Level 40, Mid 5. You may not agree with me of course and it depends on what the Leeds pedal setting are

I've used a Zoom B1on for years, it's not easy to adjust the parameters but in a way that's a good thing, stops you messing about with it during a gig, when you've really no idea how it's sounds out in the audience, but I only use the AC Bs pre and Bassdrive for my core sound and the Bass Muff for my Lemmy impersonation. I commented on another thread I recently got hold of a Tech 21 Leeds pedal (paid way too much, but GAS has to be scratched) I've got my Zoom to sound the same, near enough, so I'll be moving it on soon

absolutely, just not the whole nation (or race), apparently it's very bad form to tell Irish jokes these days, or at least the ones that infer all the Irish are a bit dim

I guess you are, funny old world

I suppose being offensive is funny if you're not offended by it, if no one was offended by it it wouldn't be funny

the other side of the coin, this modern music is rubbish, starting to sound like my Dad

now I'm really offended, thought is was Ed doing a cover of this, what a disappointment

I think stuff is only offensive if you don't really agree with it, which is a personal thing, for instance some wouldn't find Boris Johnson is a f**cking C***t offensive and think it's funny because they don't like Boris Johnson or his politics, but if the lyric were Jeremy Corbyn is a Jew Hating C***t, they might find it offensive, or least not funny. Some (most) find Right Wing bands offensive but some wouldn't. We do a Sid Vicious inspired My Way but the singer won't sing Sid's "I'm not a Queer" lyric, which, these days is probably a lot more controversial than the lyrics in Bodies, how times change Sorry if anybody has been offended by some of the things in this post

I don't think so, but it has made me more aware of other people being bullies, I notice verbal bullying on here sometimes

yes, another name for me was moon face, thankfully since those days I've got slimmer and my hair, never being that ginger, unlike other hair on my body 😆, has turned dark brown

and me, but if you showed it, it just got worse

I had something similar, was the output transistors, cost me about £130, you could try bypassing the preamp by plugging into the effects return while using a FX pedal to boost the volume, if it still sounds distorted it means it's the power amp or speaker, try a different speaker if you've got one to see if that's the problem

I suppose it's how you define race, are the West Indians a race? or are they Black Africans? I not sure, I'm not being woke here btw, I get offended by people being offended, just trying to point out double standards

well I suppose it's racist against Americans, if the same thing had been said about, say, West Indians all hell would break loose

as @Happy JackAuld Lang Syne, but we learnt it, simplified, first verse and chorus repeated, 3 chords, piece of pi55

I've got a GP12 SMX, but it's a AH250, no fan, fairly light at 13Kg

my mistake, I wrongly assumed they made good quality basses then started doing cheaper ones, a bit odd making cheap basses then good ones then cheap ones again (I've just read the wiki page). I've got an early 80's made in Japan one with DiMarzio pickups, a decent bass despite having a heavy ply body.

our gig is going ahead, much to my surprise, our regular guitarist, an anti vaxer, has Covid for the second time, but we have a backup who's played with us before. My attitude is it's up to the individual as to whether they want to take the risk of going to the gig or not, for instance my partner who normally does to all our gigs is giving it a miss, I have a much more risk tolerant view

I still use a B1on, the only trouble with them is adjusting patches is a faff, but once they're set up to your liking they're great, I recently got hold of a Tech21 Leeds pedal and have set up the Zoom to sound more or less the same

yep, the original (good) Hondo's were made in Japan, then they moved to Indonesia, I think, not so good