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Dr. Faustus posted:Today I celebrate three years since my last drink of alcohol, and I celebrate by gathering my work clothes (the ones that are not too baggy since I lost 90 lbs. after getting sober, and am at 179 today heading back down to 165 after the holidays) for my orientation day tomorrow at my new job. It pays better than my last job, is hybrid office/remote, and has good benefits including bonuses. Holy poo poo man, that's loving great. I hope it works out for you. Congratulations and keep on keepin' on.
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Jan 22, 2024 15:06
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Hell yeah, Faustus. 😎
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Jan 23, 2024 09:08
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Faustus is an amazing poster success story. Great job my dude.
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Jan 25, 2024 08:07
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syntaxfunction posted:Faustus is an amazing poster success story. Great job my dude. He managed to convert an entire thread to liking both him and Steve Vai from a place of extreme initial hostility. Truly a blessed posting arc.
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Jan 25, 2024 09:25
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I still don't really have feelings about Steve Vai one way or another, but I respect Faustus's progress and hope for the best for him
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Jan 25, 2024 09:29
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through vai all things are possible
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Jan 25, 2024 13:01
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Dr. Faustus posted:Not sure where to post this but I need to share with someone. This thread is appropriate due to my obnoxious history in its first iteration: Good for you, man! Happy for you!
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Jan 25, 2024 18:10
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Kingo Ligma posted:and Steve Vai Let’s not get too crazy here
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Jan 25, 2024 18:31
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Dr. Faustus posted:Not sure where to post this but I need to share with someone. This thread is appropriate due to my obnoxious history in its first iteration: onya mate
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Jan 25, 2024 20:33
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Putting this here, but doucherock/yachtrock like John Mayer and Jack Johnson, et al has ages remarkably well compared to other genres of their time. I remember seeing a tonne of stuff from people who hated guys with a guitar writing simple songs about relaxing and chilling out and stuff, but in this day and age it's kind of a nice contrast to the world. I say this as someone who also did not enjoy Mr Johnson and his ilk back when lol
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Jan 31, 2024 05:23
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we used to call that stuff date rapist jams
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Jan 31, 2024 05:32
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Lol yeah it got a lot of names at the time. People really loving hated it. Which is kind of funny how many of the artists making it are still trucking along and how frankly inoffensive the music is. Especially contrasting to how many controversies happened for other artists of the time lol
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Jan 31, 2024 05:42
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DMB had been a thing so long before Jack Johnson that everyone was past sick of it when it came out. At least that’s how I felt at the time.
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Jan 31, 2024 05:48
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syntaxfunction posted:Putting this here, but doucherock/yachtrock like John Mayer and Jack Johnson, et al has ages remarkably well compared to other genres of their time. I think we're talking 3 verrrrry different styles here? Surely: yacht rock - 70s 80s Jimmy Buffett, Christopher Cross etc John Mayer - really white blues strat touching Jack Johnson - acoustic douche jams, less rocky DMB
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Jan 31, 2024 06:30
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Chrpno posted:I think we're talking 3 verrrrry different styles here? Surely: John Mayer’s newest album is a Yacht rock pastiche. It sucks rear end though as a genuine fan of the genre.
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Jan 31, 2024 18:59
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As far as genres that haven't aged well I heard black veil brides for the first time the other day becasue I saw a TikTok guitarist playing one of their songs and thought "that sounds like poo poo, they cant be playing it right surely?" only to discover thats how the original song sounds. It is amazing to me that gen z is still hype about emo.
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Jan 31, 2024 19:01
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massive spider posted:As far as genres that haven't aged well I heard black veil brides for the first time the other day becasue I saw a TikTok guitarist playing one of their songs and thought "that sounds like poo poo, they cant be playing it right surely?" only to discover thats how the original song sounds. It is amazing to me that gen z is still hype about emo. Gen z is starting up a nu metal revival my friend, there is no end to the depravity
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Jan 31, 2024 23:45
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From local craigslist ad looking for... ??? I'm not sure because they never actually ask:
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Feb 3, 2024 04:06
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Picked up a case from GC at lunch and saw this for sale: That’s guitar history right there, that is! The GC employee I talked to thought its very presence was hilarious. Because it is.
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Feb 7, 2024 23:58
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What the hell is that?
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Feb 8, 2024 00:15
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Spanish Manlove posted:What the hell is that? Gibson Firebird X. A failure so big Gibson drove an excavator over the unsold stock for the tax write-off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd7ySopIwog
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Feb 8, 2024 00:17
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what even was so bad about it that it failed? it looks slightly melted, but there are probably more successful ones that do, too was it just not Another Les Paul enough for the gibson crowd
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Feb 8, 2024 00:55
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the matte black and gold strat with the flamed maple neck next to it is kinda sick though
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Feb 8, 2024 01:10
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hexwren posted:what even was so bad about it that it failed? it looks slightly melted, but there are probably more successful ones that do, too The electronics were horribly faulty and the guitars themselves were poorly designed and played like poo poo. Pretty sure there were a bunch that were returned for warranty work which is what kicked everything off.
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Feb 8, 2024 01:17
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Was it the first guitar to use the robo tuners? I remember everyone wtfing about them at the time. No idea if the glitchiness of the tuners was real or overblown myth on the internet either.
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Feb 8, 2024 01:39
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widefault posted:The electronics were horribly faulty and the guitars themselves were poorly designed and played like poo poo. Pretty sure there were a bunch that were returned for warranty work which is what kicked everything off. I believe they were also hideously expensive, by Gibson standards
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Feb 8, 2024 03:09
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As a guitar I'm sure it's fine but everything else to do with why it came to exist was a series of stupid decisions as was the video they posted and also the decision to destroy them instead of donating them. edit: Kind of funny how people's pricing strategy is to double what they expect to actually get.   Dang It Bhabhi! fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Feb 8, 2024 |
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Feb 8, 2024 04:46
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Gibson should do more guitars with maple boards. Not that guitar, but other ones.
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Feb 8, 2024 04:56
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I got to play a Firebird X and it was abysmal. I don't know what the gently caress they were joking at the factory but when I try out an AU$6000ish guitar I don't want buzzing from uneven frets and sharp ends. Like it was bad bad. I remember playing the Robot Les Pauls too, and knowing they'd make a deal to remove the tuners for traditional ones. Hell basically at launch most places were doing it for free. I got nothing against trying new things, but the quality was like "weird AliExpress knockoff guitars" and definitely not "multi-thousand made in the USA". Of course now Gibson seems rather afraid of trying new things because they get their heads bitten off with backlash when they dare to, like, chamber more, or add a neck pocket carve. Tradition is a weird anchor for a style of instrument that only come into its own like a hundo year ago.
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Feb 8, 2024 05:31
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syntaxfunction posted:I got to play a Firebird X and it was abysmal. I don't know what the gently caress they were joking at the factory but when I try out an AU$6000ish guitar I don't want buzzing from uneven frets and sharp ends. Like it was bad bad. Always important to remember that the dentists and lawyers who actually pay to keep the industry solvent are boring losers.
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Feb 8, 2024 05:39
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Collins? Collen? Anselmo?? Myass??
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Feb 8, 2024 06:36
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manzanera, apparently
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Feb 8, 2024 06:51
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hexwren posted:manzanera, apparently zzzz Though I did learn last year that his real name is Phillip Geoffrey Targett-Adams, probably a good thing he changed.
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Feb 8, 2024 07:22
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Roxy Music is fun.
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Feb 8, 2024 07:53
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233.33% YoY price increase on Youtube
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Feb 9, 2024 01:58
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Roxy Music is fun.
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Feb 10, 2024 03:43
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Bryan Ferry is a conservative IIRC, but yeah, I've seen Roxy Music a few times (and worked an IA gig where one of their grizzled drum techs had me setting up their kit) and they're loving fantastic live.
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Feb 10, 2024 03:47
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Mister Speaker posted:Bryan Ferry is a conservative IIRC i was having a nice friday
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hexwren posted:i was having a nice friday Brian Eno's a devout catholic. edit maybe not, maybe he's just still messed up by his catholic upbringing like many of us
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