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

[Jackroadkill]

3 minutes ago, p4ul said:

You had me at "oikish malevolence"

 

I've made a career from it.

[Stub Mandrel]

6 hours ago, Jackroadkill said:

 

Playing a B string may give you the same notes as down-tuning, granted, but in no way whatsoever does it give you the groove, swagger or oikish malevolence that down-tuning until your strings rattle does; you're right, they just don't get it at all. 

 

Tonight I suggested we repeat the delicate ballad with harmonies that shares our band name as a more energetic encore.

 

I demonstrated what it  could be like by activating my octaver, brassmaster and mojo mojo simultaneously. 

 

Boy I got some swagger, enough to make your average death metal fan cry.

 

I convinced the band it was a good idea.

[tauzero]

8 hours ago, Jackroadkill said:

Playing a B string may give you the same notes as down-tuning, granted, but in no way whatsoever does it give you the groove, swagger or oikish malevolence that down-tuning until your strings rattle does; you're right, they just don't get it at all. 

 

I've got a D-Tuner on the B string of my Sei 6-string (so maybe it should be an A-Tuner). Can I join your groove, swagger, and oikish malevolence club?

[kwmlondon]

14 hours ago, Jackroadkill said:

 

Playing a B string may give you the same notes as down-tuning, granted, but in no way whatsoever does it give you the groove, swagger or oikish malevolence that down-tuning until your strings rattle does; you're right, they just don't get it at all. 

Detaining a Stingray instantly makes you play RATM basslines and strike very unwise poses.

[LeftyJ]

20 minutes ago, kwmlondon said:

Detaining a Stingray instantly makes you play RATM basslines and strike very unwise poses.

 

Can confirm.

(I'm assuming autocorrect messed up the word "Detuning" here  - putting a Stingray in drop D definitely made me play RATM)

[Jack]

46 minutes ago, kwmlondon said:

Detaining a Stingray instantly makes you play RATM basslines and strike very unwise poses.

Edited 19 hours ago by Jack

[kwmlondon]

21 minutes ago, LeftyJ said:

 

Can confirm.

(I'm assuming autocorrect messed up the word "Detuning" here  - putting a Stingray in drop D definitely made me play RATM)

Autocorrect does not know about detuning a bass.

[Jackroadkill]

11 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Tonight I suggested we repeat the delicate ballad with harmonies that shares our band name as a more energetic encore.

 

I demonstrated what it  could be like by activating my octaver, brassmaster and mojo mojo simultaneously. 

 

Boy I got some swagger, enough to make your average death metal fan cry.

 

I convinced the band it was a good idea.

 

Gather here, ye converted, and weep!

 

10 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

I've got a D-Tuner on the B string of my Sei 6-string (so maybe it should be an A-Tuner). Can I join your groove, swagger, and oikish malevolence club?

 

Even though we've never met I kind of assumed that you might enjoy a little oikishness, so yes, of course.

 

3 hours ago, kwmlondon said:

Detaining a Stingray instantly makes you play RATM basslines and strike very unwise poses.

 

It's an inevitability.

 

2 hours ago, kwmlondon said:

Autocorrect does not know about detuning a bass.

 

 

It's obviously not 'ard enough.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I don't know whether this is irrational, but where most people I've discussed this with tend to rate Japanese Fenders as second only to USA Fenders, I rate modern Mexico-made Fenders (eg vintera, JMJ mustang) higher than Japan-made ones. Having owned several of both, I'm not keen on the non-standard metric hardware of CIJ/MIJ, and the electronic components (no-name mini pots, flimsy output sockets) don't inspire confidence so I always replace them.

[petecarlton]

So that's why he wears shorts!

[tauzero]

6 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

I don't know whether this is irrational, but where most people I've discussed this with tend to rate Japanese Fenders as second only to USA Fenders, I rate modern Mexico-made Fenders (eg vintera, JMJ mustang) higher than Japan-made ones. Having owned several of both, I'm not keen on the non-standard metric hardware of CIJ/MIJ, and the electronic components (no-name mini pots, flimsy output sockets) don't inspire confidence so I always replace them.

 

Non-standard by whose standards? The primitives of the USA? As this is an entirely rational prejudice I suppose it shouldn't be in here, but metric is a far superior measuring system to imperial (and which imperial are you using as the standard?), and the UK has been metric for 60 years, so why the f*ck do people still want o use imperial?

 

I will make certain exemptions - tyres, loudspeakers, and televisions have become standardised as measured in inches. Nothing else should be. I'm just off to play my 865mm scale bass.