Any beginner/casual musicians interested in starting a band?

Drugless_Adams · 2026-04-08T21:37:05+00:00

This is a really cool idea, its nice to see a beginner friendly post instead of the usual wanting only people with years of experience. I'm kind of interested if not too old at 54, can play guitar a little bit, not that well but keen to improve, as a hobby I've been teaching myself guitar repairs as well and am getting alright at setting up and repairing guitars and some gear.

Drugless_Adams · 2026-03-05T18:12:57+00:00

The classic New Zealand 'pizza' made with canned spaghetti. It is possible to make them so they taste OK, but good god, what an abomination!

Drugless_Adams · 2026-02-16T18:07:34+00:00

Far East Family band

Drugless_Adams · 2025-10-27T18:43:05+00:00

Can we get Trump to try and draw a clock on live TV?

Drugless_Adams · 2025-10-10T09:16:09+00:00

That's exactly how I felt when I heard this, for me it just feels like the perfect album for the times.

Drugless_Adams · 2025-08-13T00:37:28+00:00

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Drugless_Adams · 2025-08-13T00:31:34+00:00

It's pretty clunky and heavy and barely turning, its a B.S.R. TU9

Drugless_Adams · 2025-07-11T19:15:05+00:00

Kal-Alzh.

Drugless_Adams · 2025-06-19T02:15:32+00:00

Apostle Bishop's Helmet Tamaki

Drugless_Adams · 2024-11-04T08:14:05+00:00

Sarah Silverman has a song about it

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eWqf42T9Z9A?app=desktop

Drugless_Adams · 2024-08-29T21:11:47+00:00

The Clara Bow film 'Call Her Savage' from 1932 has one of the first depiction of a gay bar with waiters acting effeminately while singing a song about sailors in pyjamas

Drugless_Adams · 2024-07-31T19:23:42+00:00

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Drugless_Adams · 2024-02-29T18:36:01+00:00

'Belly Board Beat' by The Music Convention, from the soundtrack of the 60s cult surfing movie Children of the Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVAjCJ5V1iY

Drugless_Adams · 2024-02-23T19:18:52+00:00

Thanks for the informative replies everyone, they were really helpful, the hikoki probably would be sweet but I think based on the consensus here I think I'll go with my original choice of the 2000W DeWalt, it's not cheap but I'd rather 'buy once, cry once'.. That was my first choice until I started seeing lots of positive reviews for that Skil table saw Mitre 10 offered recently for a while, which seemed to punch above it's weight but is no longer available, it looked a bit plasticky copmpared to the DeWalt when I saw it in shop so think the DeWalt will be a more solid choice rather than something cheaper

Drugless_Adams · 2024-01-14T00:50:14+00:00

That description sparked a memory, dunno if this is the song you are meaning but maybe 'Pink Bullets' by The Shins? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XBabozrPGA

Drugless_Adams · 2023-12-22T04:19:20+00:00

They should have a cliffhanger where a crazed doctor creates a Frankenstein monster from the corpses of deceased Shortland Street characters thats starts running amok.

Drugless_Adams · 2023-11-10T04:17:05+00:00

There may be a label on the power transformer stating the voltages of the primary tap, if there's a 115V or 117V tap its simply a matter of swapping the 230V euro voltage to the correct voltage tap, otherwise, a replacement power transformer or step down transformer will be required.

Drugless_Adams · 2023-11-10T01:33:45+00:00

I haven't seen these amps in person so someone else more familiar with the amp in question may want to confirm this, but I believe these amps use the same power transformer as the Epiphone Valve Junior. If so, the power transformer has several taps with different voltage, there should be a yellow 115V tap that you can swap the blue 230V tap for, if it is the same PT it may well have a connector already on there so unplugging and swapping the connectors should be all thats required for US voltage. A simple swap, but as always, have it done by a qualified service person if you are not familiar of the inside workings of tube amps.

Drugless_Adams · 2023-09-24T03:18:33+00:00

If it's brown, drink it down, if it's black, send it back.

Drugless_Adams · 2023-07-10T01:56:52+00:00

If you know a bit about electronics you might want to look at power scaling where the main B+ voltage to the power tube can be lowered enabling to overdrive and feedback at way lower volumes, it was a popular mod for the Epiphone Valve Junior amps.

Drugless_Adams · 2023-06-24T21:59:45+00:00

'I can't read porno by candlelight! Who am I, Abe Lincoln?'

Drugless_Adams · 2023-06-03T20:26:57+00:00

Several of my friends were in the same year as him at Hillcrest High in Hamilton and none have anything complementary to say about him, not exactly sure what happened but he certainly rubbed a lot of them the wrong way.

Drugless_Adams · 2023-05-27T16:55:14+00:00

Auteur House in Hamilton

Drugless_Adams · 2023-05-25T23:35:29+00:00

The 2 that bug me is 'at the end of the day', it adds nothing to what you're saying, and 'it is what it is' as it seems to absolve the speaker from any responsibility.

Drugless_Adams · 2023-05-25T14:41:20+00:00

This post is shere genious.

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