What is new in your little world?

Open discussion about any topic, as long as you abide by the rules of course!
User avatar
Eraser
Posts: 19169
Joined: Fri Dec 01, 2000 8:00 am

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Eraser »

They should outlaw ridiculous shit like a shawarma pizza. It's either shawarma or pizza. Pick one and save the other for another day.
User avatar
mrd
Posts: 4289
Joined: Sat Mar 25, 2000 8:00 am

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by mrd »

xer0s wrote:Just ordered a pizza :up:
One bite, everyone knows the rules.
User avatar
Κracus
Posts: 5970
Joined: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:38 am

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Κracus »

Proceeds to take 3 bites.
Ferrao10
Posts: 790
Joined: Mon May 03, 2010 2:35 pm

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Ferrao10 »

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.
User avatar
Mat Linnett
Posts: 2481
Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2000 7:00 am
Location: The Grizzly Grotto

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Mat Linnett »

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.
Ferrao10
Posts: 790
Joined: Mon May 03, 2010 2:35 pm

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Ferrao10 »

Coil Tapping meaning "pulling the knob out" to split the two PUs into two single-coils?
User avatar
Mat Linnett
Posts: 2481
Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2000 7:00 am
Location: The Grizzly Grotto

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Mat Linnett »

Yeah, exactly (although you can do it per pickup, giving even more options).
User avatar
Whiskey 7
Posts: 9705
Joined: Sat Jul 21, 2001 7:00 am

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Whiskey 7 »

Bought some more Lego :cool:

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 :(
[color=#FFBF00]Physicist [/color][color=#FF4000]of[/color] [color=#0000FF]Q3W[/color]
User avatar
Eraser
Posts: 19169
Joined: Fri Dec 01, 2000 8:00 am

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Eraser »

I ordered this one yesterday
Image
User avatar
mrd
Posts: 4289
Joined: Sat Mar 25, 2000 8:00 am

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by mrd »

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.
Les Paul is nice kit. :up: Never heard of the Tribute model before to be honest. I bought a 2008 Les Paul Standard back in... *checks notes* 2008. I paid something like $2500 CAD for it then (~$3500 now). It's easily the nicest guitar I own which is a shame as I haven't played the fucking thing for two years... been locked in storage since I moved. Seems crazy to me that you'd hit the PU selector while strumming, haha. Are you windmilling it or something? :D
User avatar
Mat Linnett
Posts: 2481
Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2000 7:00 am
Location: The Grizzly Grotto

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Mat Linnett »

I can relate, I've done it before when playing close to the neck pick-up :D
User avatar
Whiskey 7
Posts: 9705
Joined: Sat Jul 21, 2001 7:00 am

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Whiskey 7 »

I have won the quest and pickup tomorrow :D
Image

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 :up: 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 :D
Bricklink Entry
[color=#FFBF00]Physicist [/color][color=#FF4000]of[/color] [color=#0000FF]Q3W[/color]
Ferrao10
Posts: 790
Joined: Mon May 03, 2010 2:35 pm

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Ferrao10 »

mrd wrote:Seems crazy to me that you'd hit the PU selector while strumming, haha. Are you windmilling it or something? :D
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.
User avatar
mrd
Posts: 4289
Joined: Sat Mar 25, 2000 8:00 am

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by mrd »

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.
User avatar
Κracus
Posts: 5970
Joined: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:38 am

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Κracus »

I tried a slide a few times and learned that I know nothing about using them.
User avatar
Mat Linnett
Posts: 2481
Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2000 7:00 am
Location: The Grizzly Grotto

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Mat Linnett »

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.
User avatar
Κracus
Posts: 5970
Joined: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:38 am

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Κracus »

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.
User avatar
Eraser
Posts: 19169
Joined: Fri Dec 01, 2000 8:00 am

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Eraser »

Κracus 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.
This is why you need more than one guitar :D
User avatar
Κracus
Posts: 5970
Joined: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:38 am

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Κracus »

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.
User avatar
Eraser
Posts: 19169
Joined: Fri Dec 01, 2000 8:00 am

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Eraser »

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.
User avatar
Mat Linnett
Posts: 2481
Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2000 7:00 am
Location: The Grizzly Grotto

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Mat Linnett »

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.
User avatar
Captain
Posts: 20410
Joined: Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:50 am

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Captain »

Good rule of thumb: AMD CPU, Nvidia GPU
User avatar
Mat Linnett
Posts: 2481
Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2000 7:00 am
Location: The Grizzly Grotto

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Mat Linnett »

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.
User avatar
Foo
Posts: 13837
Joined: Thu Aug 03, 2000 7:00 am
Location: New Zealand

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Foo »

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.
User avatar
Mat Linnett
Posts: 2481
Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2000 7:00 am
Location: The Grizzly Grotto

Re: What is new in your little world?

Post by Mat Linnett »

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.
Post Reply