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A few more observations: I've now lowered the action on the new guitar. So far, there has been no fret buzz. I think it can go a little lower. It appears that the job the manufacturer did on the frets actually is pretty good. The width on the …
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Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system
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Well, my less-than-$60-postpaid guitar has arrived. First impressions: The finish is pretty good, There are a few scratches in the pick guard. You can see some scuff marks in the sanding. Overall, it looks good. For sixty bucks, I was prepared to…
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I just heard about this today: Botched HPD raid: Officer charged with 2 counts of murder Wikipedia has an article on it: Pecan Park raid
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I'm still enjoying trying to learn the thing. I still can't switch chords fast enough to play anything correctly, but I'm still improving slowly. If you give it a shot, the first couple weeks are the worst as your finger tips toughen up. They kee…
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I've been kinda wanting a guitar that I could feel free to tear apart. My guitar is too nice to subject to my rank beginner luthiery. (It's a Michael Kelly Hourglass that I've had for quite a few years now, since my last spasm of wanting to learn th…
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Intense chills: (Forward to 10:08 if it doesn't do it automatically.)
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I listen to Joe Rogan once in a while, if you consider what he does a podcast. I like the Stooges. Fun House is my favorite of their albums, but I like all three of their original studio albums. I like a lot of Iggy Pop's stuff, too. I looked …
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I listen to Joe Rogan once in a while, if you consider what he does a podcast. I like the Stooges. Fun House is my favorite of their albums, but I like all three of their studio albums. I like a lot of Iggy Pop's stuff, too. I looked up a how …
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If your insurance can handle it, I suggest a dermatologist.
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Other than on Rocksmith, I haven't been doing much with actual songs, yet. I've been working on chords and finger independence. Do you think I should look up some tab and give it a go? Would that be a better use of my time?
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I'm still making obvious but slow progress. I don't intend to give up yet, only if it becomes clear I'm wasting my time. Every day I go from A major to Am, A to C, A to D, A to Dm, ... , A to F, A to G. Then I go from Am to A, Am to C, and so on …
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In a City Far, Far Away Well, that's hideous.
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I found this little gem while I was looking through Postmodern Jukebox's earlier stuff:
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I wish I had taken it up when I was a dumb kid, but that is a story that digs up bad -- possibly inaccurate -- memories filled with anger, rationalization, and plenty of self-loathing. Hindsight is twenty-twenty. Anyway, it's not like I have anyt…
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@Dave said: look into learning some Velvet Underground, Reed was famously cynical (although almost certainly he was just being witty) about songs with lots of chord changes. ("...three chords and you're into jazz" etc). Sweet Jane is 4 or 5 c…
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I suspect I'm one of Rocksmith's "special" students: "Let's try that again." "Let's slow it down a bit, and try that again." "Let's try that again." By this time, the song sounds like it is being amplified by a tank of molasses. Ah, well, I'm …
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The Most Gullible Man in Cambridge
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I suppose I'm now technically on Steam, because Rocksmith requires a Steam account. However, as of yet I know nothing about Steam, and I'm not sure I'm inclined to learn anything about it. For what it's worth, my username is XenophonHendrix.
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I haven't liked modern music for a long time, but at least I knew why I hated most arena rock, disco, and rap. Arena rock: it is forced, strident, puerile, and way too wankerriffic. Disco: it is repetitive, boring, and has an obnoxious shallowness. …
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Here, they're doing an original:
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@Clme said: Tulsi seems to forget which party she's running in. (Although she is not extreme enough for most 'active' republicans right now). She may be anti-interventionist, but she is by no means pro-peace. That she has served i…
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It works for me. I use Firefox with an ad blocker. Here is an alternate link.
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Memo to Trump: Trade Bolton for Tulsi
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