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Oh wow, equating sex with gender*…yeah we probably should leave it there. Si (*they’re very different things)

That’s your right to think that, and mine to think that you’re disrespectful and purposefully skewing the conversation because of your animosity towards non-binary people. What you could have done was come in and state “I’m a woman, here’s my take on offense and misogynistic comedy/music/art”, but nope. Si

Just curious, it’s often cis straight white men who have the “yeah I see nothing wrong with offending others, I think it’s funny” type ethos, as we have often never experienced any real discrimination. While it’s a spectrum, and comedy will often ride the fringes (white men don’t have exclusive rights to offending people obviously), it’s a fine line between being able to laugh at ones archetypal beliefs and situations and experiencing straight-up racism/sexism/xxxxism ‘because it’s funny’ and ‘you just don’t get it’. Si

Just out of curiosity…..and I have no preconceived ideas as to what the answer will be…..who on this thread isn’t a cis straight white man? Si

Serek getting their first copy there, second in from the left.....but with a yucky headstock! Hopefully there is some refinement and we get another quality UK luthier out of it! Si

I'm actually in for basses this year! There's a chance I'll want to buy another amp (if the company releases it soon.....inside knowledge), but we'll see. I think I might also need to replace a broken envelope pedal, but that'll be within the rules. But yes....no basses for sure! Si

Yeah that’s my go-do Bart setup, I’ve had it on 3 separate basses, one of which is my current Lakland 55-01. I love it. Modern and deep yet versatile. The HR/918 is just the Pre-wired harness that includes the NTMB pre. Si

Bartolini Dual Coil soapbars and NTMB+F preamp. Done and done! Si

(meant as the nicest possible jibe ☺️) Si

Find one of the Squire P5’s, very well thought of and covers both your requirements. Boom Si

So Daphne or Sonic Blue perhaps!? Si

The Grace Jones remix album ‘Hurricane Dub’ is also excellent from a ‘getting into dub via pop music’ type angle. Si

I think at that point, the only 'standard' colour was Sunburst. There's a point of contention as to whether Oly White was standard or 'Custom'....but yeah....it ain't white either haha Si

I mean....that's still between 1-3 million people haha. Si

*The fact that you feel the need to explain humour, as if you have access to some universal truth that others do not, while ignoring your lack of ability to 'apply' that humour (presenting it in written form, that allows for no emotive/face to face context, to an audience that hasn't overtly subscribed to your way of thinking) makes me feel safe in the knowledge that it wasn't a good joke. Cheers Si *All the above is an extremely funny joke that you might not understand because it's applied so well.

Ridiculous sweeping statement that you MUST know is untrue?! Any preference/ideology has it's militant arm, the same way that it also has it's quiet 'just get on with it' contingent. I suspect that a lot of people know more vegans than they realise......because most don't bang on about it like a few think they do. Si

Yeah I've been looking at Right-On for a little while. While I'm not strictly vegan, i increasingly feel weird about leather straps, although I appreciate that my current ones are reconstituted leather. I suspect that as and when they wear out, I'll be going down the Right-On route. How do you find the width on yours @Boodang? I think they're about an inch narrower than my current ones, and that gives me a mild pause for thought. Cheers Si

I mean, there are vegan folk who are excellent singers and carnivores who 'screech like Yoko Ono'.....what's your point? Also, Yoko Ono wasn't/isn't vegan, so weird reference. Si

It mostly sounds like you think there's maybe 1 or 2 vegans in the world 😂 Si

More's the pity Si

Imagine the day when there's a Fodera thread and no-one mentioned Fedoras.......just imagine 🤔 Si

.....but at the potential expense of all other aspects of a tone and feel that might not like or be appropriate for the music they play? I'm with WoT on this.....probably not a thing. I find that different basses want different strings (obviously that sits within our personal preference for things). I had flats on my passive P/J Lakland 44-94 for a while, it sounded fine, but wasn't right.....I couldn't tell you why. Put some roundwounds on it, boom, perfect. Similar excercise with my 1971 Precision, it had rounds on it for a little while when I first got it.....wasn't right, but some flats on it....boom, perfect. My 55-01 had rounds on it for a bit, horrible.....put some tapewounds on it, boom, perfect. To that end, I would suggest that all players, if they consider that a certain string isn't working for them, don't be all 'naaa flats/rounds are bad', just think that they might not be right for that particular bass. Si