Thought music might lighten things up.
BTW, what's a Cornford Hurricane? A guitar?
DonM

Cornford is an amp made by English amp builder Paul Cornford.

Yeah, still OT, ok here I go
It's a guitar amp handbuilt, point to point wiring, made in the UK. It get's two thumbs up everywhere and has a superb overdrive tone. Smooth and stingy, but not harsh. I use it for my OD sound àla Santana or country honky tonk, very versatile. For my clean sound, nothing compares to Fender, I think. So as you can gather, I don't spend 20 minutes rigging........
My Tyros does my backing, built a lot of songs using the styles. The sing-a-longs, marches, polkas, and instruments that signifies songs, also is a Tyros job for me.

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Roy-Andrè

Roy and S-G, I do understand where you are coming from. It's not that your ideas might not agree with someone elses and it is NOT I repeat NOT that anyone except the nut cases are disliked. It really is about time, familiarity, friendships, and getting to know you. Some of us (self excluded) have been insulting each other for about five years. Hang in there and you will find most members to be friendly honest and helpful.

Don, you missed your calling. I can just hear you singing that song with a country twist. You really should have put something in there about pickup trucks, beer, booze, and loose women.

Yep, I'll drink to that!

Gary

Looooooooooose women!!! WHERE?

Try swithing your tone instead. It's not about names .... it's about the interaction and genuine desire to help. if you have that, then a little sarcasm can be tolerated. People often mistake my words for something else ....... you can't please everyone, so you try to get through as best you can.
One thing's for sure ..... this crowd is very responsive to honesty and selflessness. Name dropping and self horn blowing rarely gets you any Kudos on this forum. We're all about PEOPLE and MUSIC.
Sugar coat your style and it'll take you farther. Trust me.

Uncle Dave, sugar coat??? So be fake to everyone just to please and fit in. Sorry, that's not my style. I shouldn't have to refrain from stating my honest opinion just to get on peoples A-list.

This is a typical posting from you, UD.
Look who's talking, You haven't excactly been the most tactful on this forum, many here have felt your sarcasm at times. A little bit of humbleness would suit you. People have different ways of communicating, just accept that. I think many members, me included for a long while, refrain from posting because of your biting words. And now you're on a mission to smoke out returners. Well maybe you should take note of why people like S-G returns under other usernames, and think about the reason. I think you are one of them.

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Roy-Andrè

Personal opinion:
(Disclaimer: I can read and write English better than millions of Greeks over here, and maybe a few Americans as well but it is NOT my mother tongue, so, beforehand and to avoid confusion and flames, I declare that I am not writing things to criticize anyone, nor I am here to bestow wisdom upon people or teach manners. We are all adults here, responsible for our actions)

This is (I believe) the second time since I joined the forum that the flames went so high, the last one was with digitalvision?

From what I have gathered so far, in the forum, there is a certain "circle" of people that have come "closer" together and formed a so called "group".

I see the forum like a set of concentric circles. Some are on the first, some on the second, and so on, some are constantly jumping to and from the 2nd to 3rd and so on. This is not news, it is like a school, or little society thing.

Then of course, people that belong to a circle, are somehow "defending" their position and the position of their fellows in the same circle. That is also something to be expected.

Also, every one here happens to have a different character and different limits, likes and dislikes. Most of the guys here are well beyond my age (33), and naturally their "tolerance" to newbie nuisances, different opinions, or flat out rudeness is a little diminished, because of personal accomplishments and of course, age.

I have found that this forum is one of the best "communities" I had the pleasure to read or participate in in the net, and I am very happy to be a member of it. As I have stated in a post some months ago, this forum renewed my interest in playing, so I am doubly happy.

To the topic, and since this thing came to happen because of SynthGuy's comments on the Logitech speakers, and the reacion of some memebers here, I have to say that:

I didn't very much like SynthGuy's written comments. NOT his opinion, which he has a right to voice, (and was techically right)but the way he presented it.
One thing is to not approve of PC speakers used in a professional situation, and another to completely dismiss the experience of at least 5 people here who not only have used them, but also got paid for their performance with them, and they were so happy using them that they raised from the comforts of their sofas, and wrote the story for others to share. Nor calling people that have raised families playing arrangers "artists performing covers, as a second job" is the proper way to address musicians, regardless of anyones' life story or experience, or accomplishments.

On the other hand, some members here may be a little too thin skinned to maintain control, in such comments as the above. They probably have to employ the "read a second time before reply", or the "read a second time, down some cofee, blurt "so what" and then post" rule.

Why don't everyone take a tiny tiny little step back and look at the "situation" again?

I am perfectly happy lurking and posting from time to time, either to ask, or to voice my opinion, and generally I don't think I am disliked, if something like "dislike" exists in here.
I think others have the same feeling.

So guys, and girls, the beach is clear and the sun is hot. If we all be a little more careful on what we write, tsunamis will never visit this forum again. Surfs on the other side, can be much fun.

Good morning to you, (it is 11.24 am here)and thanks for the patience in reading my comments.

Theodore