What is new in your little world?
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They should outlaw ridiculous shit like a shawarma pizza. It's either shawarma or pizza. Pick one and save the other for another day.
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One bite, everyone knows the rules.xer0s wrote:Just ordered a pizza
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Proceeds to take 3 bites.
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A new guitar; a Gibson Les Paul Tribute- model from 2019 in satin tobacco- burst.
My first "real" Gibson, despite a Thunderbird.
Les Pauls never really were my kind of thing. Too hairy metal...
Then 6 months ago, around came a good offer on ebay for a lefty Tribute- model. Same specs as a Standard imo. But no binding, whatsoever. Well, what do I care about a nice binding? None if the price is right. A straight Grand instead of the 1400€. Along with one of those very durable gig- bags that Gibson gave out with those models.
I guess it sounds just like a Les Paul should. I often hit the PU- selector switch when strumming, which is really annoying.
My first "real" Gibson, despite a Thunderbird.
Les Pauls never really were my kind of thing. Too hairy metal...
Then 6 months ago, around came a good offer on ebay for a lefty Tribute- model. Same specs as a Standard imo. But no binding, whatsoever. Well, what do I care about a nice binding? None if the price is right. A straight Grand instead of the 1400€. Along with one of those very durable gig- bags that Gibson gave out with those models.
I guess it sounds just like a Les Paul should. I often hit the PU- selector switch when strumming, which is really annoying.
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Mine's not a Tribute, but rather a Studio, and I love it to bits. It's a lot more versatile than first appearance would suggest.
I think the only thing the Studio has over the Tribute is coil taps.
I think the only thing the Studio has over the Tribute is coil taps.
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Coil Tapping meaning "pulling the knob out" to split the two PUs into two single-coils?
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Yeah, exactly (although you can do it per pickup, giving even more options).
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Bought some more Lego
The Technic helicopter 42145. Might keep this BNIB while I searxh for an earlier model, the Heavy Lift Helicopter with contra rotating (coaxial) main rotor (no tail).
I am looking to buy 42052 and have been let down on 2 recent efforts where the boxes were in less than acceptable condition, so the quest continues

The Technic helicopter 42145. Might keep this BNIB while I searxh for an earlier model, the Heavy Lift Helicopter with contra rotating (coaxial) main rotor (no tail).
I am looking to buy 42052 and have been let down on 2 recent efforts where the boxes were in less than acceptable condition, so the quest continues

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I ordered this one yesterday


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Les Paul is nice kit.Ferrao10 wrote:A new guitar; a Gibson Les Paul Tribute- model from 2019 in satin tobacco- burst.
My first "real" Gibson, despite a Thunderbird.
Les Pauls never really were my kind of thing. Too hairy metal...
Then 6 months ago, around came a good offer on ebay for a lefty Tribute- model. Same specs as a Standard imo. But no binding, whatsoever. Well, what do I care about a nice binding? None if the price is right. A straight Grand instead of the 1400€. Along with one of those very durable gig- bags that Gibson gave out with those models.
I guess it sounds just like a Les Paul should. I often hit the PU- selector switch when strumming, which is really annoying.

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I can relate, I've done it before when playing close to the neck pick-up 

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I have won the quest and pickup tomorrow 

Yes, picked up last night. Already disassembled and ready to build. It was in pretty good condition for a 2016 released model/set. The box
Only a couple of broken pins/parts so it must have had a crash some time as it is pretty hard to break those Lego pins. Parts on order 
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Yes, picked up last night. Already disassembled and ready to build. It was in pretty good condition for a 2016 released model/set. The box

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It's a habbit I got from the Strat. Like Mat said, you can comfortably play it strumming softly or picking over the neck pickup or even on the neck itself, around the 19th fret. Playing it that way gives off a warm, full tone. Sometimes I use that technique to bring different tonality into the playing. In fact I'm so used to it, it happens almost automatically. Can't do that on the LP.mrd wrote:Seems crazy to me that you'd hit the PU selector while strumming, haha. Are you windmilling it or something?
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Ah yeah, playing at different areas of the neck is a great way to give a different tonality for sure. I'm thinking now trying to remember if I've ever done this. I guess it must have happened here or there but it isn't something I worry about. I tend to flick my PU selector back and forth often anyway to swap tones around.
If you have a slide (metal or glass work), try this trick - put the slide on your 12th fret harmonic spot (halfway), then pluck or strum the string(s) behind your fretting hand, down at the 2.5 - 3rd fret or so. You can make this really unique shimmering sound. Works well if you strum the top 3 strings. If you move the slide around even slightly hovering around the 12th fret harmonic spot you can make some pretty cool sounds.
If you have a slide (metal or glass work), try this trick - put the slide on your 12th fret harmonic spot (halfway), then pluck or strum the string(s) behind your fretting hand, down at the 2.5 - 3rd fret or so. You can make this really unique shimmering sound. Works well if you strum the top 3 strings. If you move the slide around even slightly hovering around the 12th fret harmonic spot you can make some pretty cool sounds.
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I tried a slide a few times and learned that I know nothing about using them.
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There's a couple of things to learn that can make slide really easy to get in to, like wearing the slide on your third finger or pinky, and muting the frets behind the slide with your other fingers, as well as using an open tuning (my resonator's usually tuned to open G).
At that point, it's really easy to make some very cool sounds, but mastery is still difficult, partly down to open tunings breaking scale muscle memory.
And guitars made for slide quite often have high actions that are uncomfortable for normal play.
At that point, it's really easy to make some very cool sounds, but mastery is still difficult, partly down to open tunings breaking scale muscle memory.
And guitars made for slide quite often have high actions that are uncomfortable for normal play.
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Heh... Me when I look up a new song to learn. Oh it's not standard tuning? gtfo!
I know I know... I just need to bite the bullet.
I know I know... I just need to bite the bullet.
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This is why you need more than one guitarΚracus wrote:Heh... Me when I look up a new song to learn. Oh it's not standard tuning? gtfo!
I know I know... I just need to bite the bullet.

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Damnit... I actually do have more than one guitar and the other one is just sitting in it's case collecting dust. Guess I know what I'm doing.
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I've got my old Ibanez RG tuned to what I guess is called drop-C tuning? All strings are a whole step lowered with the low E another step down to C.
I fitter higher gauge strings on there because the .009's I normally use just don't like that.
I use the tuning for literally one song with my band. It's luxurious.
I fitter higher gauge strings on there because the .009's I normally use just don't like that.
I use the tuning for literally one song with my band. It's luxurious.
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I've had a bit of a 'mare with graphics cards this year.
Around March, I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade, as my 2080 Super was getting long in the tooth, and despite wishing it were otherwise, graphics card prices weren't returning to normal post-crypto.
So I figured I'd buy a complete AMD system to see what the other half live like. I've been using nVidia card for over 20 years now, and switched to Intel CPUs about 15 years ago.
I didn't cheap out, and bought a 7900X3D Ryzen CPU and a 7900 XTX Radeon GPU. At the time, I was also experimenting with running Linux as my home OS which apparently runs better on AMD cards than nVidia, but yeah, I've sacked that off now. Steam and Proton has done a LOT for Linux gaming, but there's still too many foibles in the OS to seriously run it at home for contemporary gaming.
I wasn't prepared to admit it until recently, but I was having graphics card driver crashes at least once a day since buying the system. Then I started playing BG3 and Starfield, and things got progressively worse. Reading online, I discovered that some 7900 XTX cards suffer from a manufacturing fault, meaning the hotspot can reach 110C. The fans had always ran loud on this card, and lo-and-behold, poking a bit deeper, I discovered my card had the fault.
I returned it to Scan, who repeated the error over a couple of days of testing, so sent me a replacement card which arrived on Friday last week.
The new card didn't have the hotspot issue, but I still had 8 driver crashes over the weekend, so Scan agreed to take it back and refund me.
I've since ponied up the extra and bought a 4090, which I'll be installing when I get him.
Needless to say, this experience reminded me why I moved away from AMD in the first place.
To be fair, the CPU and motherboard have been excellent.
But if I'm spending a grand on a falgship card, I expect better than the awful experience I had with the 7900 XTX.
Maybe my experience is the exception, not the rule, but there's enough stuff online to make me think that these cards are more trouble than they're worth.
I've been spoiled by nVidia, where you can just slot the card in, install the drivers and go. But this AMD card and the community were asking me to tweak all sorts of things to try and bypass the issues, when that little nVida devil on my shoulder was saying "You wouldn't have these issues with an nVidia GPU".
But yeah, my advice?
If you're looking to blow a grand plus on a GFX card, stay the fuck away from AMD.
Around March, I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade, as my 2080 Super was getting long in the tooth, and despite wishing it were otherwise, graphics card prices weren't returning to normal post-crypto.
So I figured I'd buy a complete AMD system to see what the other half live like. I've been using nVidia card for over 20 years now, and switched to Intel CPUs about 15 years ago.
I didn't cheap out, and bought a 7900X3D Ryzen CPU and a 7900 XTX Radeon GPU. At the time, I was also experimenting with running Linux as my home OS which apparently runs better on AMD cards than nVidia, but yeah, I've sacked that off now. Steam and Proton has done a LOT for Linux gaming, but there's still too many foibles in the OS to seriously run it at home for contemporary gaming.
I wasn't prepared to admit it until recently, but I was having graphics card driver crashes at least once a day since buying the system. Then I started playing BG3 and Starfield, and things got progressively worse. Reading online, I discovered that some 7900 XTX cards suffer from a manufacturing fault, meaning the hotspot can reach 110C. The fans had always ran loud on this card, and lo-and-behold, poking a bit deeper, I discovered my card had the fault.
I returned it to Scan, who repeated the error over a couple of days of testing, so sent me a replacement card which arrived on Friday last week.
The new card didn't have the hotspot issue, but I still had 8 driver crashes over the weekend, so Scan agreed to take it back and refund me.
I've since ponied up the extra and bought a 4090, which I'll be installing when I get him.
Needless to say, this experience reminded me why I moved away from AMD in the first place.
To be fair, the CPU and motherboard have been excellent.
But if I'm spending a grand on a falgship card, I expect better than the awful experience I had with the 7900 XTX.
Maybe my experience is the exception, not the rule, but there's enough stuff online to make me think that these cards are more trouble than they're worth.
I've been spoiled by nVidia, where you can just slot the card in, install the drivers and go. But this AMD card and the community were asking me to tweak all sorts of things to try and bypass the issues, when that little nVida devil on my shoulder was saying "You wouldn't have these issues with an nVidia GPU".
But yeah, my advice?
If you're looking to blow a grand plus on a GFX card, stay the fuck away from AMD.
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Good rule of thumb: AMD CPU, Nvidia GPU
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Yeah, pretty much what I'm thinking going forward.
The GPU's in, running quiet and cool, while running Cyberpunk with absolutely everything turned up to max at 2560x1440, and it's not even breaking a sweat.
The GPU's in, running quiet and cool, while running Cyberpunk with absolutely everything turned up to max at 2560x1440, and it's not even breaking a sweat.
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I always want ATI/AMD cards to be good. It would be good to have hotter competition in the sector against nVidia. But they're just not. Even when the hardware is sound, the drivers let them down badly. The fact that it's been this way for decades now is baffling.
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Same. Part of me buying AMD this time was wanting to encourage competition (consolidation across all sectors is increasing worryingly rapidly), but in reality, there is no competition.
What alarms me is that the review sites don't mention the issues AMD cards have. There's going to be plenty of more complacent 7900 XTX owners out there who aren't as willing to return their cards and will compromise their performance in the search for stability, and that's just not acceptable for a £1,000 card.
What alarms me is that the review sites don't mention the issues AMD cards have. There's going to be plenty of more complacent 7900 XTX owners out there who aren't as willing to return their cards and will compromise their performance in the search for stability, and that's just not acceptable for a £1,000 card.