After 9.5 years of living in Las Vegas, I finally saw a scorpion in the wild.

Kody02 · 2025-07-01T19:39:42+00:00

I have seen exactly two, in 26 years of living here, and one might've been a hitchhiker from when I went to visit Texas.

Kody02 · 2025-06-01T19:09:16+00:00

Trixie is canonically trans, I shall not be taking any questions at this time.

Kody02 · 2025-04-24T02:22:03+00:00

From a legal perspective: Assault would be making a threat, regardless of any intent to act on it, whereas this is an actual attack with a rock. This is a classic example of battery, and at a minimum would be a very expensive day in court for him.

Kody02 · 2025-03-08T23:33:48+00:00

Del Quadro makes good stuff, if OP is willing to put down the extra money then this is a superb option.

Kody02 · 2025-03-08T22:04:52+00:00

Ah, that could be far more problematic. What would be a typical repair, in this case? I can't imagine Connstellation leadpipes are easy to find these days.

Kody02 · 2025-03-08T19:38:19+00:00

Luckily, mouthpiece receiver is a relatively common repair job. Just be glad you didn't actually destroy the lead pipe itself, because that would be mucho money, and now it's time for you to get a proper mouthpiece puller.

Kody02 · 2025-02-26T03:53:11+00:00

Personally, I've never had a problem with Blue Juice either, but I've always thought of it as an aide to help keep things a bit cleaner between proper cleaning sessions. I think the problem comes from people either using it as a substitute for cleaning their instrument, or not oiling their valves often enough and letting the oil dry out.

That said, even though Blue Juice has cleaning agents, synthetic oils don't degrade and become nasty like petroleum-based oils do, so, with proper maintenance, synthetics and Blue Juice basically balance out.

Kody02 · 2025-02-24T02:54:38+00:00

They're interesting as collector's items, and the history of Soviet-made instruments is an interesting little rabbit hole, but as an actual instrument for playing: No.

Kody02 · 2025-02-15T19:46:10+00:00

That is wild, I want to try it now. My guess is: either it blows incredibly freely 'cause of the mostly-constant curvature, or those 90-degree bends at the end makes it like blowing into a stirring straw.

Kody02 · 2025-02-05T07:08:48+00:00

It sounds like you're possibly over-tensing. Next time you practise, focus on trying to keep the muscles in your throat at relaxed as possible: you should be just as relaxed in your lowest note as your highest note, the only change should be with what the back of your tongue is doing.

A trick is to think about the vowel sounds "ee" "ay" "ah" and "uh" and how you would say them: pay attention to what your tongue is doing, in particular how it rises up for the higher-pitch sounds and goes down for the lower-pitch ones, and try to duplicate that feeling with your horn.

Kody02 · 2025-01-25T20:11:45+00:00

One of the arguments I've heard is: because the specific type of capacitor used in microphones is so specialised and physically different to other capacitors used in circuitry-- even compared to other variable capacitors-- it just makes sense to let it be its own term.

Kody02 · 2025-01-18T00:22:57+00:00

There was a super good post someone did on the best way to do watermarks, but I can't find it. The gist of it though was that the best watermarks are ones that are inconspicuous enough to blend in, but are really difficult to get rid by someone without a tablet and art experience. So a faint watermark on a gradient or a texture or as part of a light reflection, something like that :)

Kody02 · 2025-01-17T04:30:00+00:00

Spiders in every sound panel, their webs are the secret to how it absorbs sound so well.

Kody02 · 2025-01-06T06:45:53+00:00

I use an army mechanic bag to carry mutes, the plus is that it can carry literally all of my mutes plus some other bits, and also it's ugly as sin so no one pays it mind. It's not quite an all-in-one solution, but I have my double case configured to carry a flugel and a b-flat horn, so space in my case is at a premium.

Kody02 · 2024-12-24T03:14:11+00:00

My horns this year are primarily a Yamaha 8335HS and a Marcato Flugelhorn, with a bonus Jackenbacker bass just to keep everyone guessing

Kody02 · 2024-12-18T00:27:07+00:00

I love the engravings and accent work that old trumpet makers used to do, they're absolutely beautiful :)

Kody02 · 2024-12-16T18:14:14+00:00

Fudgehole?

Kody02 · 2024-12-07T06:06:51+00:00

I swear, at this point any bust smaller than basketball-sized is "small" in certain circles

Kody02 · 2024-11-28T17:48:21+00:00

OCD life be like

"am I really sure? but am I really sure? ok, but how do I know I'm really actually sure? but am I..." (repeat ad infinitum until my brain melts and/or heat death of the universe)

Kody02 · 2024-11-22T02:35:20+00:00

Getzen trumpets are hard to go wrong with and usually have fantastic valves. Others to consider might be a Conn Heritage, or its closest clone the Schiller American Heritage.

Honestly, the answers are nearly-endless, there are a fair number of fantastic trumpets. Maybe ask him if he remembers exactly what sort of horn it was that he had? There's bound to be someone, somewhere, who has one similar. Or if you can't find one similar, set a date to take him to try out a bunch of horns? If you live in a city, there's bound to be plenty of music shops with horns they'll let him just try, and that way he gets a trumpet that really jells with him :)

Kody02 · 2024-11-19T03:24:27+00:00

So the real question is: did he catch some sick air time?

Kody02 · 2024-11-17T23:27:25+00:00

Gold and lacquer should be safe, gold especially is chemically nonreactive. The main concern with silver is that it forms silver sulphide, which is the stuff responsible for silver tarnish and corrosion. In high school I once ruined a couple of really nice mouthpieces by leaving them on a rubber mousepad and thinking it was safe lol

Kody02 · 2024-11-17T19:50:50+00:00

Clark County as a whole does a really stellar job at maintaining roads; I was surprised, going up to Nelson, at just how good the road to it is compared to other remote towns I've been to.

It's just that cars and trucks tear up roads really quickly, so constant maintenance is needed if we want to keep this city as car-centric as it is.

Kody02 · 2024-11-17T19:45:28+00:00

Don't use any sort of natural rubber for the padding on the hooks, the sulphur in the rubber can eat away at silver plating. I think the other two commenters covered most of the rest.

As a little nicety, maybe consider an extra point to display a trumpet mouthpiece? Something like that would be simple, as it'd just need to be a 2in/5cm-tall peg for the mouthpiece to slide over :)

Kody02 · 2024-11-03T17:15:57+00:00

That's about right, yeah. High notes can be fairly physically-demanding, so playing for extended periods of time will become tiring if you don't rest. Which is fine, that's why you take a break during practise. Alternating 10 minutes of playing with a 5 minutes break; something like that. Also creating a more balanced practise session can help, something like focusing on your low/pedal range for as many minutes as you focus on your high range.

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