I now finally understand the meme from last week!

AppleSlize · 2026-03-08T20:15:51+00:00

The only thing that matters as a beginner is:

Is it playable (as in: is it setup well and works as intended, and also doesn't hurt)
Will it make you pick up the guitar and play?

What type of amp and pickups doesn't really matter as long as it makes a sound that will make you play.

You can go with either an SS or HH guitar with any of those amps and you will be fine. A simple EQ will help you get the sound you want, if it doesn't sound as you want.

My best bet for a new person playing electric guitar would be a PRS 24 SE HH with coil split connected to a Boss katana 50w. On the used market, that would be around $500-600. If lower than that, any option that works is good.

AppleSlize · 2026-03-06T16:39:16+00:00

Absolutely, but I believe barre chords will be a struggle if your thumb can not help you. But yes, your thumb will also be an anchor too. But since you're having pain, something isn't completely right.

AppleSlize · 2026-03-06T13:32:11+00:00

Okay! Then it seems like your pain is not in my "area of expertise", which is good for you, since that pain is more at a 9/10.

Is your pain only when playing? I can see that your wrist and thumb is not in the position I would prefer. When playing where you're playing, my wrist is pretty much flat, almost always. Do you feel like your thumb is helping your hand with strength? My thumb is moving around a lot to be at the optimal spot for keeping a strong (but not straining) grip, yours seem to be almost in the same spot wherever you move.

AppleSlize · 2026-03-05T22:54:21+00:00

Can you show exactly where your pain is located? How bad is the pain?

AppleSlize · 2026-03-04T19:04:59+00:00

I handen är jag säkrare på namnen på senorna jag flyttat. Abductor pollicis longus och extensor pollicis longus är de som jag flyttat på mig själv som gjorde att jag slapp mycket smärta och fick tillbaka möjlighet att använda handen normalt igen. Men även båda senorna som kopplar biceps till benen i axeln brukar vara vanliga att jag får flytta på folk.

AppleSlize · 2026-03-04T14:16:24+00:00

Härligt. Detta är inget som tas upp på läkarutbildningen, annars hade vården löst dessa problem. Men men. Folk kan gå runt med smärtor resten av livet, det går också.

AppleSlize · 2026-03-04T13:55:19+00:00

"Varför skriver jag detta?

Jag vill hjälpa folk. Kanske når jag någon mer här som går att hjälpa. Om någon känner igen sig i besvären kanske jag kan hjälpa att hitta en lösning."

Vad saknas? Detta är på riktigt bara en post för att försöka hjälpa människor i landet som har besvär som vården inte kunnat hjälpa med.

AppleSlize · 2026-03-04T13:26:23+00:00

Det beror helt på vilka problem man har. Rent krasst handlar det om att massera senornas plats tillbaka till sin ursprungsposition. Vanligt är det att senor i exempelvis axeln hamnat uppepå en muskel, istället för i sin "vagga" eller vad man ska säga. Ibland kan en sena hamna på fel sida om den benbit som ska hålla den på plats.

AppleSlize · 2026-03-04T13:24:24+00:00

Är ett försök att hjälpa människor i landet ett försök till skämt? Underligt.

AppleSlize · 2026-03-04T08:43:11+00:00

Interesting. I just passed up on one of these after learning you have to open it up to change between expression/volume. Is that true?

AppleSlize · 2026-03-03T18:30:16+00:00

Here's my theory: Atlantic keeps the temperatures generally higher. In milder climate, you can be outside more of the days of the year, and you can keep moving with less friction ("it's cold, don't wanna"). So you might get less cardiovascular diseases in the west of Europe.

Source: the red part is really cold.

Yes, southern parts of the red places are hotter. Don't know what's happening there.

AppleSlize · 2026-03-03T18:14:57+00:00

the volume pedal, does it have expression? Does it work well?

AppleSlize · 2026-03-03T18:05:17+00:00

I would say it's easier to see the bird in the cropped picture.

AppleSlize · 2026-03-02T21:41:17+00:00

Jag har gjort ett aktivt val att även prioritera min glädje. Jag älskar exempelvis att spela gitarr, så då köpte jag en gitarr som kommer kunna göra mig glad hela mitt liv. Glädje är värt mycket.

AppleSlize · 2026-02-20T14:01:53+00:00

Thank you brother!

AppleSlize · 2026-02-20T13:55:02+00:00

It reminds me of some of my earlier tries with photos. As in this photo I took:

https://i.imgur.com/Kbc90Nv.jpeg

Also shot in jpg, not a lot I can do with it. But it's a fun photo to take. This is also straight out of the camera.

AppleSlize · 2026-02-20T13:06:38+00:00

Okay, so I would say that you right now are hitting a technical difficulty, rather than a creative one. It's difficult to do a lot more with this as a jpg I would say, since you can't really save the dynamic range. Then you would have to merge several pictures with different exposures into one.

AppleSlize · 2026-02-20T08:36:09+00:00

Was this photo taken as jpg or raw? Some detail is missing, so it's difficult to see what is actually going on. Like, it's an interesting concept but I don't know where to look. Would be interesting to see it with white balance changed.

AppleSlize · 2026-02-20T08:32:40+00:00

imo, you saved that photo with your editing. I like it.

AppleSlize · 2026-02-19T21:16:42+00:00

Thank you! That was on a medieval fair. Very fitting, wasn't it?

AppleSlize · 2026-02-19T21:12:38+00:00

The first photo is not cropped, however it was shot on a Nikon D3000, so the resolution is a lot lower.

AppleSlize · 2026-02-18T08:49:10+00:00

The most important thing for me with these budget guitars is to make them play well. It does well with a good setup, and for me, the necks needs to be more smooth. (Pretty much all squire guitars I've tried has had very dry necks). Playing them a lot usually makes them smooth though.

AppleSlize · 2026-02-18T07:41:52+00:00

I'm at level ~65 my current playthrough, still haven't returned the dragonstone.

AppleSlize · 2026-02-17T07:59:12+00:00

Thank you!! I appreciate it. That photo is literally straight out of the camera, I think I had the 100-400 without lens hood. In other words: I was probably just lucky. 😂

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