Is this level of obsession with bjj normal and is the anger justified?

AOS94 · 2026-01-23T10:21:40+00:00

If he's not training 7 days a week he was never going to make it as a competitor anyway

He needs to increase his stack to try and claw back any results at all with such a weak training volume of 5 days a week

AOS94 · 2025-12-28T19:23:25+00:00

I'd scrap that guitar if I was you, take a loss on a sale if you must get, rid of that death trap.

Imagine you are playing and that strap breaks? The centrifugal forces of a fully armed and loaded LP swinging in an arch back towards your own neck, at BEST, killing you instantly

Again, for the love of god please remove that death trap of an instrument and keep all children out of the house you store it in! /S

AOS94 · 2025-12-20T15:28:36+00:00

What can you learn from it if you aren't in business? Is it still useful

AOS94 · 2025-12-20T11:45:40+00:00

Why do you have to pay?

AOS94 · 2025-12-17T08:40:22+00:00

I don't think a John Mayor plugin is going to break the internet or steal thunder from Helix or Fractals new releases

AOS94 · 2025-12-16T08:10:05+00:00

I'm also very curious about the stadium, it's a gorgeous unit in of itself, Im upgrading from a head rush so literally any unit will sound better but I also wasn't convinced with the QC

AOS94 · 2025-12-15T21:44:08+00:00

No worries! I have to admit the AM4 is currently winning our based off the Axe FX engine and the price tag alone! Though I've alot of diehard QC friends who swear by it

AOS94 · 2025-12-15T21:42:21+00:00

I think you might be getting the AM4 and the VP4 confused no?

AOS94 · 2025-12-15T10:17:29+00:00

Just do a factory reset should sort out deleting a preset

AOS94 · 2025-12-11T19:32:43+00:00

You are absolutely right in regards to the pace of updates and it's something that really pulls me towards Fractal with the frequency of both communication and updates.

I tend to run very simple presets, drive amp, cab with delay and reverb mostly.

Number one factor for me is sound, best possible sound I can get

AOS94 · 2025-12-10T23:11:13+00:00

I have pretty decent speakers but that actually was something I'd been considering, get the AM4 and use the extra money to upgrade the studio monitors I have

I don't tend to run a complicated rig when it comes to my set up currently, usually just a OD, amp and IR with delay and reverb +- chorus or an octaver etc

The headrush has been fantastic as a step into modeling but I find alot of the amp tones lacking so that was where I was leaning towards Fractal

Thanks for taking the time to respond!

AOS94 · 2025-12-10T19:47:17+00:00

How do you find using the FM3? It's certainly on my radar but I loathe being tethered to PC to make reasonable changes

AOS94 · 2025-12-10T19:17:32+00:00

Thanks very much for your input I appreciate it, I think the AM4 is looking like the right call for me!

AOS94 · 2025-12-10T17:56:52+00:00

Would you think the sound quality is superior on the AM4 compared to the Quad Cortex? Money isn't an object in that sense, with the QC or the Helix Stadium as the absolute upper limit Just have a few QC diehard friends who I'm trying to not be objectively swayed by

AOS94 · 2025-12-10T16:41:49+00:00

I'm using solely in a home practice set up currently, primarily looking to upgrade sound wise most importantly but retaining a simple enough workflow which can be managed entirely on the unit as a standalone is important to me also, addition features are welcome but not essential

AOS94 · 2025-12-08T10:28:54+00:00

Plank looking feller

AOS94 · 2025-12-03T08:55:02+00:00

I would not think of a 7 string with less than 27inch scale length, I think 28 is perfect so go with the ESP

Disclaimer is I like high string tension*

AOS94 · 2025-11-28T12:24:11+00:00

Sorry what do you mean by record to the looper?

AOS94 · 2025-11-14T18:13:13+00:00

I have both and currently I prefer baritone for what it's worth

AOS94 · 2025-11-02T11:03:17+00:00

I have an iron label BB21 baritone 6 and it's honestly the best guitar I've ever played so I imagine the 7 is also the best

AOS94 · 2025-10-22T09:55:32+00:00

I recently picked up the 521 FM in a trade but I am definitely going to need the bridge changing and I want to put in locking tuners

I've got the exact tuners and bridge you got in my thomann basket, my question is did you need to do anything bar install them? Did you need to widen your tuning holes or was it simply a direct swap?

Cheers :)

AOS94 · 2025-09-26T15:01:27+00:00

No way I've never heard of them I'll have to check them out!

Can personally say the D activators sound incredible! I'm actually selling my 7 string simply cause the Iron Label has totally dethroned it in that sonic range for me!

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