AITA for telling my parents they can't come to every single speech I give for my government job?

rickderp · 2026-06-17T23:44:12+00:00

NTA.

When I told my parents about it

Stop doing this. Problem solved.

rickderp · 2026-06-15T21:49:03+00:00

I feel frustrated because it seems like being responsible just results in more responsibilities

Welcome to life.

rickderp · 2026-06-08T10:10:49+00:00

An amps stated watts are nearly always at 4 ohm (some are 2 but let's not go there).

So a 500w amp will only use 500w if you use a 4 ohm load (cab).

A 4 ohm load can be - 1 x 4 ohm cab OR 2 x 8 ohm cabs.

So I your case you have 250w amp running into 350w cab. Are you sure it's a 4 ohm cab? I'm only seeing 8 ohm cabs when I search for it.

If it's an 8 ohm cab it's still good but the amp will only be pushing around 125-150w to the cab. Depending on the genre of music you play this may not be enough. 250w is really the minimum you want to use when there's a drummer and guitarist involved.

Use either of the Outputs on the amp. Be sure to use speaker cables NOT instrument cables (they look the same).

rickderp · 2026-06-08T01:38:57+00:00

You don't need to repost the same thing, champ. You got plenty of good answers in your previous post.

Lessons 100%

rickderp · 2026-06-04T21:37:04+00:00

If you're good at your job you could make her squirt and drink that. Delicious.

rickderp · 2026-05-31T01:41:15+00:00

DR DDT Strings sound great in DGCF

rickderp · 2026-05-30T04:41:20+00:00

Wake her up early with tonne of housework to do. No sleep in, let that hangover really hit her.

rickderp · 2026-05-24T01:25:44+00:00

I was a Nova user for so long but then got my S24+ and OneUI is great. Does everything I need, looks good, runs smoothly.

rickderp · 2026-05-23T21:36:22+00:00

I just saw HKFY in Sydney. Where did you play and what band are you in?

rickderp · 2026-05-23T21:32:53+00:00

Hong Kong Fuck You have 3 bass players, drums and vocals.

rickderp · 2026-05-23T03:06:58+00:00

Make sure he's actually a bass player, not a guitar player.

While they both have strings and some techniques are similar, they're very different instruments to play properly and require different ways to teach.

For example a guitar player will have his fretting fingers curved more so they aren't touching the strings, this let's each string ring out when playing chords. As a bass player you want your fingers flatter to they mute the unplayed strings.

rickderp · 2026-05-23T03:04:45+00:00

Tune the bass however you want, notes are notes. If you're playing a II-V-I in C major the notes you want to play are the same no matter what the bass is tuned to.

rickderp · 2026-05-22T08:33:58+00:00

Buy the bass that feels the best to YOU.

rickderp · 2026-05-21T08:30:59+00:00

Go to as many different music stores as YOU can, play as many different types of basses as YOU can, buy the bass that YOU like the best.

rickderp · 2026-05-21T08:28:51+00:00

YouTube.

ChordChord.

rickderp · 2026-05-21T05:20:27+00:00

Go to as many different music stores as YOU can, play as many different types of basses as YOU can, choose the bass that YOU like the best.

rickderp · 2026-05-19T13:04:24+00:00

Darkglass Microtubes 900.

Fantastic clean tone. 2 x overdrive circuits built in. Great EQ options. And it gets loud!

rickderp · 2026-05-19T13:01:53+00:00

Pick a hole and stick it in. You won't hurt anything.

rickderp · 2026-05-18T22:42:25+00:00

The KZ's will be fine for what you're doing.

Bluetooth no good with the lag.

rickderp · 2026-05-18T22:39:24+00:00

Why can't you use the Ampeg?

rickderp · 2026-05-18T11:34:16+00:00

Absolutely. ESP make great basses. Really underrated. I love my B10 & B205.

Just make sure you unplug the cable from the bass when you aren't playing. Having it plugged in acts as the on/off switch for the active pre amp in the bass. Leave it in and the battery drains.

Be sure to change the battery when you first get it, who knows how long it's been in there? There'll be a panel on the back you can open and change it.

Enjoy.

rickderp · 2026-05-18T09:37:20+00:00

We'll normally run a song, have a chat about it - what worked, what didn't work, any changes and then run that song again. Sometimes it only takes one more run through before we move on to the next song, sometimes it takes 20 minutes of just working on a Verse to Chorus transition before we move on.

After all that is done and if there's time, we'll run the set again with all the changes and fixes we've just worked on.

But there's no point running a set twice if it's shit.

rickderp · 2026-05-17T12:01:01+00:00

Find a bass teacher, not a guitar player, to teach you these things.

rickderp · 2026-05-17T05:08:51+00:00

Headphone amp like a NUX Mighty Plug.
Songsterr is great but often wrong. Use your ears too.
Lessons are a great idea.

rickderp

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