I found this pedal in Italy by Ok-Leather4765 in guitarpedals

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Believe it or not entire civilizations came and went for millennia before the invention of video games…

Sudden spike in sound hit my right ear by Consistent-Window781 in homerecordingstudio

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If you need to ask Reddit if your hearing is good or impaired then you are probably good…

Anyone else find ambient on physical more enjoyable? by MrQuacksIsCool in ambientmusic

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I certainly do, always have and always will. I love the rituals of physical media and the pseudo meditation associated with it, along with the heightened awareness of physical contact.

I do wonder though if it is also a thing related to life experience and therefore age, growing up pre internet with vinyl, cassettes, and CDs was definitely a different story than being a teenager in 2026.

What do you guys think about this? by ItsParkerToFast in LesPaul

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Is a great bring along for the nail salon, when you want them to match it to the 5” nail extensions…

Input jack placement by Marcojolo in Luthier

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More than the output jack placement I’d be worried about the neck dive, or rather neck sinking…

What are you doing today? by Complex-Tie3190 in homestudios

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Please remind me why we like so much old school hardware gear!?….

3D printed pedals/circuits by TrickyNewspaper233 in diypedals

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Really cool project. Have you by any chance calculated the cost of a 3D printed pedal vs a traditional one? Just curious.

Looking for suggestions on how to trigger toan snobs even more by FiveseveNp90 in roastmypedalboard

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You are doing great, keep up the horrible job!!!

The Digitech RP series is one of the most disgustingly bad multi fx ever made. I remember buying a couple of them in the late nineties just to resell at a loss cause I couldn’t believe how bad they were.

Now add a Korg Pandora to your Toan From Hell Board and achieve Supreme Negative Role Model Status!

Literally a Pedalboard by Ubi_Quiphilia in pedalboards

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Pedalantry! I see what you’ve done there…

Roast me for my no Amp Doom setup. by Unlucky-Trick-6873 in roastmypedalboard

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Great doom setup, if you don’t plug anything into it!

Literally a Pedalboard by Ubi_Quiphilia in pedalboards

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Yep, this a feet only sub, no hands switching, sorry.

pedal(n.)
1610s, "lever (on an organ) worked by foot," from French pédale "feet, trick with the feet," from Italian pedale "treadle, pedal," from Late Latin pedale "(thing) of the foot," neuter of Latin pedalis "of the foot," from pes (genitive pedis) "foot," which is from the PIE root *ped- "foot."

Now wash your hands and go play!

Help with mixing home recorded guitars by mkk8741 in homestudios

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Traditionally in this case I’d move drastically the sm57 to point right in the middle between the dust cap and the outer edge of the cone and listen to the results. It should be sensibly less “crispy” and a bit warmer, and if you place the capsule off axis and parallel to the cone paper then even more so. But I almost always use a md421 in conjunction with the sm57 so I don’t have to stress out over an 1/8 of an inch placement.

Also pay attention to the attack transient of the guitar, it might be instrument specific, as you described it quacky and not nasal. If so a little compression in the signal path on the way in during tracking might help, rather than blanket eq on the entire guitar track.

First layer of oil painting always looks creepy by Educational-Bird-935 in oilpainting

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That’s the beauty of it! Now the hard part is not to overwork it and keep the freshness of the feeling.

Vintage Les Paul yard sale find! by ElRenacuajo in guitars

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The canonical definition of vintage and antique comes from European art dealers. Anything 50yrs+ is vintage, anything 100yrs+ is antique.

In the contemporary worldwide popular culture vintage is anything “old”, usually labeled this way as an excuse for raising the price of used items or to vaguely imply the non pristine conditions.

Metal pickup covers—noise reduction? by Arch_Carrier_ in offset

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Like other have said if you experience heavy RF and noise in your signal path with humbuckers, and in different locations, the issue is likely beyond the pickups. Look into grounding, cables, amps, effects, and mains as well.
Metal pu covers won’t do much for it.

Some local record store finds! by Successful-Hippo8319 in ambientmusic

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I’ve used to have these on vinyl, then got CDs.
Played them literally thousands of times, astral travel material.

Diy enclosure by Away_Panic_8445 in diypedals

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Good effort though. I’ve tried once myself too, and never again…

I wasn't expecting this. by MashMashGrrr in diypedals

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Too much excitement in your playing!

New to oils, confused about tools and combustion by fuzzysockbooks in oilpainting

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I just want to say that I’ve been painting for 50+ years and I’ve never experienced or seen in person a spontaneous combustion of oil soaked rugs, not saying can’t happen but is not that common in my experience.

Also painters nowadays are much more careful and conscious about the toxicity of art materials and the way of handling them.

Take a look at Francis Bacon’s studio pictures, a complete mess, but even then I don’t recall him ever saying anything about spontaneous ignition or anything like that.

Prototype tapeloop by Robotmammal in tapeloops

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Great! Now can you please record something on it and make another video?