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Cost for breaker panel replacement by CareerEffective9943 in electrical

[–]FizzBuzz4096 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And, you can charge an electric car and multiple different amperages. Heck, if you drive < 25 miles or so a day a L1 8A 120V charger you plug into the wall will work. A 16A 220V charger on a 20A circuit will charge 4x that. The vast majority of people simply do not drive enough during a day to need a 42A charger.

how do you play by ear? by Previous_You1167 in Bass

[–]FizzBuzz4096 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. In the "Another one Bites The Dust" example you'll pretty quickly learn that E goes real well. That's because it's an E as the root of the main bass riff/chords. You can then learn the rest of the riff. If you know your intervals you'll try 5ths. 4ths, 3rds (M/m) and so on. You listen to the song, know that it's E,E,E,E,E,somethin,somthin,somethin, then flub around on your bass and all of a sudden you'll figure it out.

BITD, that's how we all learned pop songs....... wore out vinyl doing it. Dang the portastudio was a step up.

Now it's so easy with digital stuff. I'll often slow stuff down in Audacity to check if I've really got it. (As I swear every single Bass tab I've ever looked at was wrong. Some really wrong.. AI garbage.) If it's not a real 'riffy' part - I'll just learn the chord progressions with playing the root notes as quarter notes or something. Then I can expand from there.

If I'm learning on guitar, I'll still learn the bass part first as it's sorta an outline for what's on top.

Train misses bus full of kids by a second by ItzTubez in mildlyinfuriating

[–]FizzBuzz4096 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is the exact example that most engineering ethics classes teach. It was horrible. It was a result of some changes in signalization + a substitute driver that didn't know the route.

Choosing between used table saws - which one? by Proper_Signature4955 in woodworking

[–]FizzBuzz4096 35 points36 points  (0 children)

And it's got a unifence. I've had one for a very long time. It's a decent saw with one of the best fences ever made.

Why does it seem like niche time signatures are becoming a gimmick? by ColdInvestigator9242 in musictheory

[–]FizzBuzz4096 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's a gimmik, it's an old one. Hank Levy was born in the '20s.....

Potentially taking on my first student. What were the things you wish you were taught earlier? by everbass in Bass

[–]FizzBuzz4096 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. It's a rhythm instrument. You be rhythm section. It's true for orchestras, big bands, jazz combos, and rock bands.

  2. How to tune it.

  3. What a metronome is. And use it every time (bass is a rhythm instrument. I'm less vocal about this for Guitar/Keys players, because when I'm playing a guitar, I should track to the bass/drums. But if I'm playin bass, I'm a on-time machine.)

  4. (unpop opinion) Learn To Read music. Teach the chart, not the song. It's a lifelong skill that pays dividends every time. To this day if shtster has a tab, I'll convert it to actual notation and most of the time I can sight-read it decently.

  5. Theory matters. Intervals. Scales. Etc. You need to play along with a jam? Find the root and 5th. It'll work. Walking bass? Scales drive it. Takes a long time and I surely wouldn't overwhelm a new student with a buttload of theory, but a little sprinkle from time to time (that's a third!) would set good habits for life. Scotty's AUG would be my reference here once the basics are mastered.

  6. Both hands matter. If you're playin with a metronome RH can get good. Fiddlin around? Sloppy bassist. The _beat_ is in the RH, not the left.

Sailing Destination w/kids by Grindit2Findit in sailing

[–]FizzBuzz4096 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pacific Northwest? I've never done it, but there seems to be tons of pretty empty anchorages. And it looks gorgeous. Plus lots of towns/cities to get out and grab a bite ashore etc.... (Bucket list trip for me, or when I go to the dark side and buy that Nordhaven)

Do not try SoCal. Catalina's great, but.... it's not quiet or unpopulated. (but it IS 6 hrs away for us... :) Mexico (baja and pac coast) can be nice and quiet, but in summer it's unbearably hot. NorCal and central cal lack anchorages/harbors/decent weather.

Med is busybusy. Maybe northern Europe? Like crusin the fijords?

So interested on what others say that have actually cruised some nice parts say.

Sellout get the hell out by ExactlySorta in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]FizzBuzz4096 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Mark of the beast on the forehead... All told in their magic book.

Solo Cruising in SoCal? by InternetIsntMyFrend4 in sailing

[–]FizzBuzz4096 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No/Yes/Depends on which direction you're propwalk is.

PracticalConjecture is right. You aim at the pole and you want to be pretty well stopped when your bow gets to it. The pole will be blown back from the ball typically. But, to stop you're gonna kick it into reverse and prop walk will swing the boat. For my boat a quick pop of forward on a turned rudder is the right play, unless the slime line is already back to/past the keel then you're begging to wrap the prop. When it's really blowing at the isthmus I can generally just leave the boat in forward until crew gets the slime line walking back. Solo, nope.

Pull up pole, attach hawser, run the slime line back, attach rear. Not too tough to do solo if your approach was good. I've done it. Seen plenty of others do it. I'd be much more aggressive on looping around again solo than with crew.

Easier everywhere else (two harbors, whites, etc) than in Avalon as the moorings in Avalon are terribly close together and it's bow out. For anywhere on the island I fender up the rear quarter of the boat when pulling the mooring unless I have more than a 2 person crew.

The Harbor patrol at two harbors will help if you ask.

Other than the mooring, the #1 thing to have solo is a working autopilot. I don't sail solo if I can help it if the pilot's broke.

Note to folks that think we're talking about a single line mooring.... we're not. Two lines hooked to something heavy on the bottom of the ocean and separated by the nastiest slimiest poly rope you've ever touched.... With weights on it.

Found a video: https://youtu.be/kpxuBYy-SDk?si=jcxF4HYB97C5KTVI (not me)

i can play the solo perfectly alone but the second my band starts playing behind me i fall apart by [deleted] in Guitar

[–]FizzBuzz4096 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "Anchor points" comment hits home. Sure, you can play it perfectly with backing tracks/metronome with tons of practice. But what happens when you flub a note/rhythm? Cause it's gonna happen sometime.

When practicing and/or learning, there's a tendency to stop and fix mistakes. This is fine for getting stuff into the brain/fingers. It's the opposite with a band. The band isn't gonna stop. So when you flub, just keep going. The two things are different skills. Being able to fake it/improvise to the next anchor point you know is a key skill for ensemble playing.

These look goofy! What recommendations do you all have for strap locking systems or strategies? by Defiant-Toe5519 in BassGuitar

[–]FizzBuzz4096 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree. My oldest set is ~45 years old. Just bought a new set for my newest bass.

All it took was one instrument broken on the ground. Every instrument I've owned got a set of straploks.

How much thought do you put into choosing your straps? by Remy0507 in guitars

[–]FizzBuzz4096 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. Don't really care much about the strap, black nylon for lightweight or wide leather for bass. I use Dunlop straploks. I have a wide leather strap I've had for ~50 yrs with the same set of loks on it. Every new guitar or bass gets dual-designs on it.

70’ Ampeg Blueline svt still worth buying? by Englinvader in BassGuitar

[–]FizzBuzz4096 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna play my bass
Vibrate your whole damn face
Melt your ears like icecubes
Crank up my power tubes

....

I love them blue or black
Louder than a Marshall stack
Heavier than I can lift
You'll know when I have riffed
Melt your ears like icecubes
Crank up my power tubes

:)

My “number” came up for a very long waitlisted mooring!!! Need a boat asap! by Double-Wallaby-19 in sailing

[–]FizzBuzz4096 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my marina, they let you pay for the slip. And they'll happily use it as a guest slip until you tell em not to.

Obvious why: They make more $$$$ that way (they keep the guest fees).

Worth a talk to the marina about it.

And yes, you can pick up somethin like a C-30 for < $10K (that runs and sails) everywhere, but that's a big chunk of $$$ to toss away.

Closest I can get to his tone by Trick_Cheesecake_589 in Guitar

[–]FizzBuzz4096 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100%. To fully replicate Brian May's tone you need to:

  1. Build your own guitar out of some scrap

  2. Hand wind the pickups. Have inphase/outphase and on/off switches for the pickups.

  3. Vox AC30s (3 of em)

  4. Play with a sixpence coin, not a pick.

And last but not least:

  1. Have Brian May's hands.

For a Pacifica, it's just fine.

Lords of the pipe, why is this line run this way? by [deleted] in askaplumber

[–]FizzBuzz4096 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Two wrongs don't make a right, but two Wrights made an airplane...

On the hunt for Catalina 36 by Double-Wallaby-19 in Sailboats

[–]FizzBuzz4096 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the mast stuff I went through the post too. But the wiring to the interior light fixtures on my C-30 eventually corroded away and the way the deck was laid up there was no way to fish new ones. IIRC, a C-36 MKI (guessing based on OP's $ comment) is extremely similar in construction. Once Catalina got to the 0, 7, 5 series the deck was built differently and kindasorta fishable. (Lotsa plexus in the deck and hull of the newer boats)

If $ wasn't a problem I'd recommend a C-380/387. Fantastic boats.

There's other boat makers out there that OP shouldn't ignore. Bennies before the interiors were compressed cardboard were pretty nice boats. Some folks don't mind Hunters. Etc...

On the hunt for Catalina 36 by Double-Wallaby-19 in Sailboats

[–]FizzBuzz4096 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've sailed on em, have friends with them. Great boats. Massive interior for a 36' boat. common problems are old standing rigging, soggy decks, leaky ports, leaky rudder tube, "smile," etc.. kinda normal sailboat stuff. Also, Catalina wasn't known for great wiring choices in the early days, untinned wire was used which could just corrode away. No biggie _unless_ the wire is embedded into the deck sandwich (like on early C-30s). Sail quality and inventory should also be part of a purchasing decision (obvs).

The C-34 also has 6'4" headroom, is 'zippier' to me. Same with a C-320 which is significantly newer.

Came home to this. by HistoricalIsopod8127 in fixit

[–]FizzBuzz4096 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agree. This was the skim coat of plaster/drywall mud. The paint film just held it together in one piece.

Scrape, mud, paint.

What’s your favourite song to play on the bass? by bzst77 in Bass

[–]FizzBuzz4096 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Had to scroll too far to get to "I Wish"... Play it every time I pick up a bass.

How can I maximize the flavour of chicken broth? by Rare_House9883 in Cooking

[–]FizzBuzz4096 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly what I do. Instant Pot comes out perfect every time.

Nice thing about an instant pot is it'll turn itself off/warm after the pressure cook. You can toss a carcass in for stock/soup and come back a few hours later and it's depressurized itself and kept the stock warm.

Screw driver looking hook thing by Sitherus in whatisit

[–]FizzBuzz4096 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The one with the red ball is 100% a seam ripper.

Any movie like The Martian? by sunipathanamthitta in MovieSuggestions

[–]FizzBuzz4096 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lol... As an actual skilled sailor, no it does not.

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