What are your irrational prejudices? I have some bonkers ones...

[Bagman]

Random use of Theory words 

 

"when I play out of tune I was modulating" 

[Steve Browning]

9 hours ago, Jackroadkill said:

People who say "pacifically" rather than "specifically".

There's an ocean of difference. 

[Terry M.]

12 hours ago, Bagman said:

yeah , it's a thing , the branding of the strap has to match the instrument 

silly I know but there you go 

 

It doesn't matter if the Strap is made by a non-instrument maker however 

The best strap I own in terms of looks and weight distribution is made by Marusczcyk. I have none of their basses but my Warwick that I bought it for hasn't said anything yet 🤭 You might want to look away at this point but I transported my Fender Jazz to rehearsal yesterday in a Warwick gig bag 🤫 Joking aside the M strap is a game-changer for heavy basses in my experience followed closely by my 4inch wide Levy's strap.

[kwmlondon]

9 minutes ago, Steve Browning said:

There's an ocean of difference. 

I sea what you did there.

[snorkie635]

35 minutes ago, kwmlondon said:

I sea what you did there.

Tidey comment KMW.

[SimonK]

...that there is a list of kit that I need to have owned (or at least gigged) for at least some period of my life in order to feel psychologically complete. Currently something along the lines of the below, and actually it seems I am almost there!

 

Fender P bass ❌

Rickenbacker ❌

Year of birth bass ✅

Fender J bass ✅

MM Stingray ✅

Fretless ✅

Five String ✅

8x10 cab ✅

4x10 cab ✅

1x18 cab ✅

Trace Elliot amp ✅

GK amp ✅

Ampeg SVT ✅

Fender Bassman ✅

Fuzz pedal ✅

Octaver ✅

Envelope Filter ✅

[The Guitar Weasel]

Weird shaped bass bodies that look more like random ink blots than instruments. 

 

Anything short scale except a Hofner Beatle bass ... 

 

Rickenbacker bass pickups ... love the sound ... would hate the fact they die more often than old Hofner ones ... If part of my living wasn't rewinding guitar and bass pickups  They keep me fed ... so hey. 

 

EUBs ... work of the devil.

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, Terry M. said:

Joking aside the M strap is a game-changer for heavy basses in my experience followed closely by my 4inch wide Levy's strap.

 

I've seen several bassists in established bands using the cheap Lekato straps iff Amazon. I have two.

[Stub Mandrel]

49 minutes ago, snorkie635 said:

Tidey comment KMW.

 

All started with a gulf of misunderstanding. 

[Geek99]

Only really an intense dislike of rickenbackers, however the topic says “irrational” and that prejudice is not irrational, so I’m out for a duck

[Terry M.]

11 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

I've seen several bassists in established bands using the cheap Lekato straps iff Amazon. I have two.

I'll look them up. Never heard of them till now.

[Stub Mandrel]

3 minutes ago, Terry M. said:

I'll look them up. Never heard of them till now.

 

If you use this like I get 90p commission!

 

https://amzn.to/4m67EGR

 

[gjones]

11 hours ago, EssexBuccaneer said:

Interesting, since my peeve is cables! High quality wireless systems are so affordable I can’t think why anyone wouldn’t have one 😆

 

At 7.53 in this video the bassist in Lynyrd Skynrd wished that wireless guitar systems had been invented in 1976.

 

In fact, after this incident, he may have been the person who actually invented them  

 

 

 

Edited 12 hours ago by gjones

[silverfoxnik]

Great thread @kwmlondon

 

Really laughed a lot reading everyone's posts...😂😁🤣

 

What an irrational lot we are.

 

Many of my irrational prejudices have been posted already, but the one that really grinds my gears that hasn't been mentioned so far is this one.

 

It's social media or Basschat posts that we bassists share frequently about our upcoming gigs, with wording to the effect of...

 

'tonight's office' 

 

Or

 

'today's office'

 

That come with a tasteful picture of some basses and a bass rig. 

 

OMG, that winds me up like nothing else because... 

 

It's not a f*#king office for f*#k's sake!!! 😡

 

It's a gig, a venue, a place where people congregate to do nice things (in the main)... 

 

I play music to get away from the office, and the last thing I'd ever want to associate playing music with is a f*#king office.  😡

 

 

There. Said it. 😬😜

 

I need to go and lie down in a darkened room for a couple of hours now... 😁🤣

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, silverfoxnik said:

I need to go and lie down in the workshop for a couple of hours now... 😁🤣

 

 

FTFY

[Merton]

1 hour ago, silverfoxnik said:

Great thread @kwmlondon

 

Really laughed a lot reading everyone's posts...😂😁🤣

 

What an irrational lot we are.

 

Many of my irrational prejudices have been posted already, but the one that really grinds my gears that hasn't been mentioned so far is this one.

 

It's social media or Basschat posts that we bassists share frequently about our upcoming gigs, with wording to the effect of...

 

'tonight's office' 

 

Or

 

'today's office'

 

That come with a tasteful picture of some basses and a bass rig. 

 

OMG, that winds me up like nothing else because... 

 

It's not a f*#king office for f*#k's sake!!! 😡

 

It's a gig, a venue, a place where people congregate to do nice things (in the main)... 

 

I play music to get away from the office, and the last thing I'd ever want to associate playing music with is a f*#king office.  😡

 

 

There. Said it. 😬😜

 

I need to go and lie down in a darkened room for a couple of hours now... 😁🤣

I’m going to tag you every time I do this from now on 🤣

[tauzero]

On 08/08/2025 at 22:50, Mickyk said:

Just as a side note,why are Boats always female.

 

The ones with male names, eg HMS Prince of Wales, self-identify as female.

[tauzero]

On 09/08/2025 at 10:34, Bagman said:

Using a Fender strap on a bass that isn’t a Fender 

 

FTFY

[tauzero]

My pet piamh is the pronunciation of Irish names.

[Stub Mandrel]

2 hours ago, tauzero said:

My pet piamh is the pronunciation of Irish names.

 

I noticed that your Gaelic pronunciation of 'Fender' is phonetically written as 'Rickenbacker'.

[Burns-bass]

I can’t stand:

 

People who talk about characters like Leo Fender as if they had any idea about the man or insight into his factory production methods. It does my head in.

 

People who claim something is 100% original (apart from these 48 changes).

 

People who advertise basses for bonkers money (either a little under the new price or at the same price a shop would charge) and continue to bump them ad nauseum.

 

The majority of vintage bass descriptions.

 

People who say the latest bass they have bought is life changing then sell it a few weeks later (I have done this, I am this person, and yes, I dislike myself for it).

 

People who don’t clean basses before selling them. (I’ve probably done this)

 

People who ask you to send things even though you say you won’t. (I have definitely done this)

 

People who use a sanctimonious and patronising tone in their replies (this is 100% me).

 

 

 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

Adverts that say how fantastic a bass is, but are selling it anyway.

 

"It's an incredible sounding and feeling instrument but  I just can't bond with the colour!"

 

Hmm.