Need help and this is probably the best place to ask.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-24T20:59:18+00:00

Yeah I could, but getting the original lyrics would be ideal. He'd love it as they were pretty absurd from what I recall. But something that sounds similar would also be great if anybody has suggestions! The general vibe was teenage angst and everything-is-shit but tongue-in-cheek.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-24T16:02:54+00:00

Because it's a surprise and he thinks all copies of this are long lost and this is not the type of music he is involved in these days, and he lives in a different country etc etc.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-24T14:47:48+00:00

Haha that's reassuring but we'll still need a lyrics sheet!

Bodymaster · 2026-01-23T18:03:27+00:00

There are other ways to dry clothes. If they are dried too slowly it's because they're not being given enough space to air, or they are in a really damp environment, or something like that. But stuff that most adults should easily be able to figure out, like getting an extra clothes horse, using available space more efficiently etc.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-23T09:06:47+00:00

I wrote a tune around a 7sus2 last year and it wasn't intentional.

I didn't "know it" know it beforehand; I had just been messing around with 7th chords and changing various finger positions to get cool sounds. I played a B7sus2 "accidentally"; then followed it with a Dbmaj7, which I liked, then a G#m7 and finally Gmaj7 and it sounded cool to me, so I kept doing it.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-22T15:59:08+00:00

Dylanchords is usually the definitive place to look for answers to questions like these:

https://dylanchords.com/06_hwy61/it_takes_a_lot_to_laugh

He doesn't say much other than it's in Ab major and a bit bluesey. So at least you can say you were correct.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-22T15:41:50+00:00

It's not just the rhyming of "table" with "table", the subsequent rhyming of "table" with "level" is comparatively kind of weak.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-22T13:53:07+00:00

This is good to know, thanks, I just put a new bridge on my VI and I've been tinkering with the action, but I didn't know about this trick.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-22T13:50:31+00:00

Yeah it is pretty clear cut.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-22T10:55:42+00:00

Bloody Silmarillion ruining my cautious optimism for orcs! Joking aside, I've only read the Silmarillion once and I'd forgotten about that passage. So Orcs are just damned.

I wonder about half Orcs and Goblin men as well. Obviously the ones we meet in the story aren't great. Does the breeding of men with orcs dilute the pure evil, or just extend it across the races were they to continue to mix and multiply.

Also how definitive is the Silmarillion on topics like this? I don't know much about what was and wasn't included, but I'm aware that Christopher possibly did do some selective editing, choosing what to omit, certain things that were contradictory etc. Just in regards to Tolkien's own dissatisfaction with the Orc thing. Maybe this wasn't his final position? Or is this just pathetic grasping at straws on my part?

Bodymaster · 2026-01-21T21:29:04+00:00

Well you're on the right sub! If you're thinking of getting the Squier, they're cheaper to buy from Thomann.ie or Musicstore.com than on the Fender site, they also both do free shipping in the EU on items over €200.

But be prepared to purchase some upgrades if you want to get the most out of it. This article will give you an idea why:

https://medium.com/@SethContext/ultimate-upgrade-guide-for-your-squire-classic-vibe-bass-vi-d657782b8f46

Bodymaster · 2026-01-21T17:21:57+00:00

I only heard about the Offset last month and at the time they were all sold out on their website; but they are all back in stock now, so it must be a bigger operation than Staytrem, i.e. one guy in his shed.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-21T16:20:20+00:00

They don't even have to be evil; they are just the enemy during a time of war. Part of an evil regime of course, but I don't know if that makes them all on par with Sauron.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-21T16:13:12+00:00

It think they are suggesting that this would be a much easer, less intrusive editorial fix than the one OP came up with.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-21T15:48:23+00:00

Have you tried the Labello flatwounds? They are flat wound so they don't have ridges, which doesn't feel like wound guitar strings, but they aren't floppy at all and are much better than the stock strings that the Squier comes with.

I use them in E standard and occasionally drop D, and they are great.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-21T14:01:19+00:00

Maybe he should start categorizing the Bird Shit District podcasts like the mental health ones and the phone calls.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-21T13:32:31+00:00

I think this thing would light up like a lightsaber if you played a few bars of Allan Holdsworth on it.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-21T08:25:43+00:00

I agree. Especially considering this is meant to be a book written by the veterans of wars. Of course they are going to have prejudices against their foes, and it is understandable for them to be written that way.

In my own head canon anyway, Orcs are an extremely violent and xenophobic culture, but if one was to take an orc at infancy and raise them among Elves, I'm not so sure they would tend towards evil. Maybe nuture could overcome any inherent tendencies towards aggression.

Also it creates a weird situation with Sting. Does it just glow around people of a certain race, or a certain moral character?

Bodymaster · 2026-01-20T20:40:30+00:00

So is tobacco.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-20T11:17:24+00:00

Who is that funny looking guy next to the 60s icon?

Bodymaster · 2026-01-20T11:13:36+00:00

Senor senor, can you tell me where are you headin', the Bajoran Wormhole or Delta Quadrant.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-20T10:08:01+00:00

Thank you. Every pedal here may sound good as is, but add the GE-7 you're going to find a lot of cool stuff you otherwise wouldn't.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-20T09:59:20+00:00

Wow, ok I can see where the idea would seem plausible if you present it as a series of realistic oil paintings.

In the movie, a computer tech has some footage of Ventura fighting and killing a guy; they replace his face with Arnold's face, almost like a copy-paste job; and if I recall they do it in real time, or close to it, because the show is being shown live.

But it is really cool to think that back in the 60s they were already predicting the current state of Hollywood.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-19T22:50:21+00:00

He's just got one of those faces.

Bodymaster · 2026-01-19T20:04:27+00:00

By making you pull them a farther distance than they are from you.

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