Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Threevok]

The purest 'stainless steel ' is not magnetic, or very little, which is why electric guitar and bass strings are not made from it.

This is the argument I have - people thinking the more "pure" stainless steel is -the less magnetic it is.

There are five different types of stainless steel (which can be subdivided into separtate grades therof).

They are made in different ways, from different things, for different purposes.

As a result, some are less magnetic than others

Saying something made up of various elements is "pure" is like saying "pure cake"

 

[DCBassman]

This is the argument I have - people thinking the more "pure" stainless steel is -the less magnetic it is.

There are five different types of stainless steel (which can be subdivided into separtate grades therof).

They are made in different ways, from different things, for different purposes.

As a result, some are less magnetic than others

Saying something made up of various elements is "pure" is like saying "pure cake"

Understood, I'm aware it's an alloy. The austenitic version has very little ferritic response. That's the most corrosion resistant AIUI, and the most unsuitable for strings.

 

[ColinJ]

Which reminds me - my cheapo beginner's bass (or its lead) need looking at... It picks up a lot of hum/buzz unless I am touching the strings.

 

[MontyVeda]

Customers

 

[MontyVeda]

Which reminds me - my cheapo beginner's bass (or its lead) need looking at... It picks up a lot of hum/buzz unless I am touching the strings.

@DCBassman grounding issue?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Just heard Mike Batt the singer/songwriter, on Talk TV say "He learn't me how to".

 

[ColinJ]

@DCBassman grounding issue?

It has to be...

I can ground it enough to stop the noise, I just need to get the ground itself to!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Just listening to a radio phone in. Some caller has just called a tortoise a 'toytoise'.

 

[MontyVeda]

It has to be...

I can ground it enough to stop the noise, I just need to get the ground itself to!

quick google suggests it's a shielding issue rather than a grounding one...

• If your bass hums once you touch the strings (but is otherwise quiet), you have a grounding issue.
• If your instrument hums but becomes quiet once you touch the strings, you have a shielding issue.
  
  (Source)

 

[MontyVeda]

Just heard Mike Batt the singer/songwriter, on Talk TV say "He learn't me how to".

Mike Batt is a legend. He can say how he wants to us mere mortals

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Just heard Mike Batt the singer/songwriter, on Talk TV say "He learn't me how to".

Some people do use it that way. I wonder if it’s more common in certain areas of Britain that still show stronger influences of the word”s Germanic origin. In modern German, the verb to teach is lehren.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Some people do use it that way. I wonder if it’s more common in certain areas of Britain that still show stronger influences of the word”s Germanic origin. In modern German, the verb to teach is lehren.

Ich lerne Deutsch 👍

 

[Andy in Germany]

Ich lerne Deutsch 👍

Ich auch...

 

[classic33]

Ich auch...

Ich lerne Doppelholländisch.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Ich lerne Deutsch 👍

Ich auch...

Ich habe vergessen alles.