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 yesterday at 09:19 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.

[prowla]

11 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.

I've got some very good MIM Fenders.

No Japanese ones though, but I'm not sure that the factories they came from were pushing out the world's finest instruments at the time; mostly midrange stuff.