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She is I believe male to female. Good luck to her, though in 2018 she really shouldn't need to fear any kind of prejudice or childishness. I guess she's just being honest about it.

Not helping is certain areas of the press whipping up their hysteria on a daily basis.

It shouldn't really matter - in an idea world. My opening gambit has always been - "I don't like football and I don't drink". Best to get these things out of the way ;-)

Irony? (I hope.......)

She shouldn't have to, but 2018 is not exactly a time of tolerance and human compassion. We're in an era of intellectual regression. Actually it's not quite as simple as that. We're in an era abundant with intellectual progress and tolerance, which is being stifled by an increasingly dumb, aggressive and intolerant ageing population, who wish it was still 1842. And thanks to the miracle of modern medicine, they're out there shuffling about in huge numbers, and they will live until they're 136 years old. So it's going to take a long time for attitudes to change significantly.

Pruning the heard sounds like you're cutting back on what you listen to ...

My opinion? If you can afford it, keep as many as you enjoy owning. If the time comes when finances get tight, or you want/need to put the money into something else, sell the ones you like the least. Frank.

I love mine. They seem to be getting quite popular to be honest, although I’ve been actively looking into them I notice them being made by more manufacturers. Sting normally copies me anyway.

I bought myself a wireless kit, so that I can stand still in different places.

I don't know where you are @Jimothey but I have some walnut veneer you'd be welcome to a sheet of.

Yes it was. Shame you didn't post on here sooner - then @CameronJ would have tagged you in the FS section, instead of me, where he is clearly on a mission to fulfil my 'dreams'. Could someone please tell him a) that I'm trying very hard not to add another bass my to my existing herd of six until I've got some good use out of them and b) that he could do that fulfilling dreams stuff much more easily by becoming lead singer in a band (he has an awesome male vocal) and, as it's almost impossible to play bass well and sing at the same time (unless you're called Phil Lynott) he could invite me along to be his bassist. Job done. There was a grey BBNE2 listed a few days back in the FS that and has just been traded, probably for a Sadowsky (ok just kidding about the Sadowsky!) @dannybuoy - I'd recommend give the store a call about that BB2025X, as I don't remember seeing it on my visit (but that could just be me being old) and it's not listed on their website as far as I can tell? I can see that your recent amp and cab sales drive is leaving you with a surplus that's burning a hole in your pocket! Have to admit, as lovely as the BB2025s are, I personally could never justify the premium over the almost identical BB1025s which, we're both agreed, are just a wonderful bass for the money.

I think I’ve got one from an old pedal if you want it.

I try to, but am not that mobile so although it seems to me like I`m hacking around the stage at breakneck speed, to the audience it`s probably a slow-motion repeat of Bagpuss.

It's in page 16 of the big Smoothhound Innovations thread in Accessories and Misc. I tried to post a link, but the stupid forum software replaces it with a picture of the first post in the thread.

Hardly...it's pretty juvenile and insulting to conflate being transgender with being promiscuous.

I’m not sure how active he is at the moment. I sent him a PM regarding my issue a number of days ago and he hasn’t picked it up yet. I approached D’addario USA on Twitter who must have forwarded my issue to the UK branch as that’s where my new strings came from.

Dentists will still continue to buy the readers digest.

I think the thing is that at the minute, generations are being defined by their maddest outliers. The hard-brexiteers who have retired to Spain, the millennials that unironically call for safe spaces and no-platforming. The fact is most sane, normal people hold fairly reasonable views, and there's definitely an element of NIMBYism to most things - "She can be transgender if she wants, so long as it doesn't affect me", that doesn't necessarily mean somebody is for the cause, but they aren't really against it either. What we've seen a lot of over the last few years is people trying to shoe-horn their beliefs onto other people (think marriage equality referendum and similar), and they generally lose. Most people don't care enough to be against something that doesn't really impact them.

The question is very strange. The idea that something which occurs naturally can be "wrong" is bizarre and how does one define "wrong"? It's like saying "Is the existence of trees wrong?"

As I said, it's a generalisation, I don't for one second think young people are blameless. You could also argue that it would be difficult for a frail wheezy 84 year old homophobe to go gay-bashing, because he would have trouble making it out of the front door, let alone punch anyone in the face. But see actual data for shifting attitudes below: ...but of course, more importantly, we all know the demographic divide of the recent 'big' thing we all voted on, after which attitudes (and brains) regressed and we got plunged back into the dark ages. Not a coincidence.

Not one for overgeneralisation then PC? I’m pretty sure that everyone over the age of 55 doesn’t read the Daily Mail and exhibit a lack of capacity to access and interpret the internet. Similarly I’m sure not everyone under the age of 25 uses ‘of’ in place of ‘have’......

In the past 7 months I have been lucky enough to get hold of 2 USA made Peavey Foundation basses, for less than the cost of a MIM Fender Precision or Jazz. Though hand on heart I prefer the 80's version more than the 90's version. I have asked kodiakblair for his advice as I am planning on selling the 92 Foundation, but I'm unsure that the neck is as it should be. So I will get it checked by a professional as I wouldn't want to sell someone a project bass, unless they want one so here are my 1986 & 1992 Peavey Foundations together for the first & only time.

Ban him lol x

I was about in those days and remember only too well what things were really like.The mid - to - late 1970's in Britain is not a time I am particularly nostalgic about, for all kinds of reasons. School disco dancing exhibitions would be one of those reasons. I also remember the BritFunk movement all too well. Sorry to say it, but much of that music was a second-rate imitation of it's more sophisticated American inspiration. Listening back now, most has not aged well. A very notable exception would be the Average White Band. They were one ( perhaps the only one ) of the very few British bands who were playing funk/soul music in such an authentic and convincing manner that they enjoyed great success in the USA. They were also notable in that they attracted a multi-racial audience in America - a phenomenon far less common in the 70's than now. American listeners thought AWB's music sounded just as good as it's US equivalent. Also, it is my recollection that people were well aware of the jazz funk and soul music that was coming out of the USA during that era. It certainly wasn't like today where you can go on Youtube and get slapping lessons from Victor Wooten, but records featuring bass techniques like slapping were everywhere. When I had my first bass lessons in a provincial town in the North of England about 40 years ago, the chap giving me tuition knew all about slapping and his technique was perfectly legitimate and correct. It might not have been the information age we live in now, but players still had enough ingenuity and know-how to work out how to play new techniques. In fact, I would venture that musicians were actually better at working out things by ear precisely because they weren't being spoonfed as they are today.

Wish it was. Probably a bit harsh, I know, but I don't know of anyone under 25 who even remotely cares about sexual orientation, gender or race. Sexual orientation is largely a problem for old people. As mentioned above, the media that old people rely on for information definitely doesn't help. In fact one of the main reasons behind the current big divide between generations is that traditional media is almost completely ignored by young people, so their impression of the world is completely different to those who still read newspapers and watch tv. Now this is obviously a generalization - there are exceptions, but in generational terms the division is clear.

At least you can persuade your missus to go to a bass store! I posted a short BBNE2 review above which may be of interest but I suspect won't help your GAS!! Well I almost (should have?!) bought your Glockenlang amp off you last year, so if you do get a (white or possibly black, but not silver grey please!) BBNE2 and decide to move it on I won't make the same mistake twice

I really think it depends on how you are feeling the vibe , on some gigs we can play through and get some occasional polite applause and any stage excitement would be like we were at the wrong gig. but last night for instance , there were loads out there who were singing and air drumming and guitaring from the start , it makes a massive difference to the stage energy levels.

A bit like the Aftershock, LA Lady and Kingmaker, the modulation pedals all have the same choice of effect types.

I used to have SA Lunar Phaser. You can have a different effect on each preset.

I'm never buying anything on April 1st ever again .

I think it's also worth noting that you don't have to "move" to anything. You can settle on any number if strings you feel comfortable with, but there's nothing stopping you from picking up a bass of any other configuration and playing it. You'll get used to switching between them.

"transwoman" ? Is that a man identifying as a woman or a woman identifying as a man. I'm so confused these days. Get "in touch" ? Is that a double entendre?

Well, if @ambient would like to send his address, I'm sure I can dig out some ashes. Very surprised though. But if you're paying $10k for some of their basses, I guess you will see strings as more than a small detail. Fair play to them.

I’m going to start filing grooves into all my frets to get my action lower 😂

I love Jazz style guitars....there's just something about them...I was looking for a white scratchplate and p/up covers but I think that's just too OCD. If I was Breadbin I'd be looking to delay returning that Jazz as long as I could...

I saw the Carpenters' Story last year sometime and thought they made a really good job of it. You need to be very brave to tackle Karen's vocals. I have the boxed set of Carpenters CDs and I can listen to any one of the albums and not be tempted to skip any of the tracks. Karen's voice was just magic and Richard's musical arrangements sublime.

Here are my two. The brown one is my first bass, bought in 1981.....although everything except the tuners has now been replaced in a 35 year attempt to create a Wal/Warwick/Fender hybrid!! Currently passive (JB standard wiring, with an additional series / parallel switch) as when the latest pickups arrived I was too impatient to solder up the electronics. It's had a new lease of life since I fitted a set of EB cobalt flats and will probably be going active again soon. The Wal is ... well, a Wal, just like all the other Wal Customs in the world.

If a bass is too heavy, try the Jah Wobble on Old Grey Whistle Test style stool?

With regard to the 1x12 shootout, I am amazed at the response. What we have discussed is to have maybe three 1x 12 cabs in the room all day and have “guest” spot whereby anytime can bring their cab in to compare against the other three. One cab will be a mid priced commercial cab, one will be one of the Basschat 1x12 cabs one will be a boutique cab and there will be the guest spot. However if we get enough cabs we could change the format slightly. Although each cab will be fed the same signal during the shootouts, there will be a bass amp connected to each for noodling when no shootout is in progress. This will also allow Jabbs, Andy and others to dem their basses outside of the main hall. I have devised a way to take the human element out of the shootout but will disclose that on the day. It looks like we may have a few Barefaced variants, a Greenboy design and an SWR , a TKS , a TC and that should be plenty to go on with. I must reiterate though that the idea is not to prove any particular cab is best but to really find out whether lots of money or lots of time and effort are substantially better than a commercial cab. Looking forward to it immensely.

Good evening, TID, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

The neck pocket will work out to be 125mm which will be 25mm longer than on the original body

Agreed, and I suppose it's testament to their product quality that I've never had reason to contact their customer service. Nice to know it's just as good!

You p*ss yourself and wake up crying? but yes, me too!

Also I’m thinking ‘waste not want not’ as IMO the body was too small for a bass body it will be a good size for an electric guitar so I’m going reuse the body with some old guitar parts I have laying about And see how it turns out.....

Not sure he really ruined it - it wasn't good to start with, it wasn't good when he finished, and he seemed to enjoy doing it. That sounds pretty good for $5!