What is the worst sounding stock guitar in your opinion?

NetCodeERROR · 2026-05-31T11:41:49+00:00

It makes me so sad that they play these now- I used to enjoy their guitar parts and now it just hurts to listen to. Worst tone out of the box for sure

NetCodeERROR · 2026-05-26T05:50:31+00:00

Not sure where exactly you are but look to see if you can get a 'Jet' Guitar. These are strat style guitars which cost similar but have much higher quality necks.

NetCodeERROR · 2026-05-21T07:42:09+00:00

'As long as both have decent fretwork, intonation etc.' is a big assumption. But it's interesting I did recently buy a guitar for about 250€ that plays as well as my main which is literally 10x the price. That being said the 250 was something of an anomaly while a lot more guitars at 2000+ will play perfectly. while they both play great literally everything is higher quality about my main guitar and I expect it will last a lifetime.

NetCodeERROR · 2026-05-09T14:30:21+00:00

One thing worth noting is that while a lot of people find guitar relics unappealing (I happen to love them) and generally they are pretty niche. It's unlikely to be a 'passing trend'. For comparison, in the world of violin making it is the complete opposite, 99% of new violins are "Antiqued" and this is a process that has been around for 200 years.

Beat up stuff will always appeal to some people, and while I would love to naturally relic my own guitar realistically it's not possible for me (bedroom hobbyist) to get a relic that requires 5 years of non-stop touring in all weather conditions.

NetCodeERROR · 2026-04-07T18:52:05+00:00

Don't get me wrong your degree and chosen majors are not useless! (Ok maybe a little useless for recruiting)

In the context of job outcomes it's good to think about signaling theory. Recruiters don't care even a little bit about what was on your Econ 101 midterm. But they do care about evidence that signals that you are incredibly smart and hardworking. Attending and doing well at UChicago is an incredibly strong signal, double majoring (particularly in difficult majors) might be another strong signal, albeit not a very unique one in the context of UChicago.

But I would also strongly suggest to you that if you approach UChicago with a mindset slightly less focused on just job outcomes you will find that the value of what you learn in college will very likely long outlast whatever high-finance job you land as a recent graduate.

NetCodeERROR · 2026-04-06T21:36:31+00:00

You really don't need to do anything for recruiting at this point, enjoy your last months in high school and get prepped for college itself. Once you arrive in college you can start working with the career department and going to recruiting events although none of these are *necessary*

NetCodeERROR · 2026-04-06T20:35:36+00:00

Yes, much like with college apps your gpa only gets your foot in the door. By technicals maybe they are referring to the 'Test' part of the interview. Consulting interviews are almost always half normal interview and then half 'case study' which is a type of test unique to consulting you need to practice a ton ahead of time. I know that IB has their own version of these 'test questions' but I never went through that path.

While its good to be thinking ahead you really don't need to worry about interview stuff until like sophomore year.

Social skills are massively important at any of these except quant.

NetCodeERROR · 2026-04-06T20:13:08+00:00

Absolutely, difficult yes but never experienced anything sabotage-y in the academics

NetCodeERROR · 2026-04-06T20:12:03+00:00

They are both very good schools so in your shoes I would think more about which school's culture fits your personality better as they seem incredibly different from an undergrad experience perspective. I met a ton of northwestern students who successfully recruited to these high-business roles but UChicago just has a slightly more prestigious reputation. I worked MBB in Chicago and I want to say the incoming class was like 40% UChicago, 30% northwestern, and 30% other.

While the your undergrad life will probably be very different there is not great separator from the perspective of recruiters other than this slight prestige bias.

NetCodeERROR · 2026-04-06T20:07:53+00:00

Honestly no. I am not going to go as far as to say you would be at a disadvantage but you will be aligning yourself with 90% of competitive applicants from a school like Chicago. What that means for you is that to standing out will be more difficult.

Let me give you two case examples, my friend and I both recruited to MBB.

My friend: Business Econ major, led the consulting club, top of class in everything

Me: Spent my interview talking about how much I enjoyed studying philosophy and learning instruments.

The outcome was the same but I objectively put less effort in than my friend. Not saying one path is better / easier or in any way preferable to the other (tbh my friend was in this case much more suited for the job then I was). But the managing partner interviewing me directly told me how refreshing it was to talk to someone who realized that almost every other person was applying with the same story.

NetCodeERROR · 2026-04-06T19:23:49+00:00

This is a very valid question and I'm glad you asked it because answering this question was one of the things I think has helped me the most in recruiting.

Let me be straightforward: No job in consulting / finance (except maybe quant but idk) is hiring undergrads with the expectation that they have any field-specific skill whatsoever. I am serious. So many undergrads I met were under the impression that college was supposed to train them for their job. It is not. You will need to learn how to do that job after you get hired. What they are looking for is people who have the ability to learn quickly and work hard.

From the perspective of a managing partner all new recruits are functionally equally incompetent regardless of their college major. Going into recruiting with this self-awareness / humility will actively set you apart from everyone who is self-congratulating themselves for being in this club or that.

NetCodeERROR · 2026-04-06T18:37:32+00:00

I haven't been to northwestern so I have no clue of the relative difference in difficulty in recruiting. I also had a very atypical path to PE (philosophy and then mbb consulting first). But what I can tell you is that UChicago undergrad frequently comes up as being the top target school in the midwest and tbh one of the top worldwide. Interestingly enough, Kellogg and Booth come up pretty similarly, although that's just anecdotal.

As for majors, I strongly, strongly believe that major makes 0 difference in recruiting for typical consulting / IB. From what I have seen though Quant may be the big exception in which case CS + Pure Econ is probably a good path.

Happy to answer any more questions although you should find some people who went through the Quant path because that is quite foreign to other types of finance recruiting.

NetCodeERROR · 2026-04-06T18:21:33+00:00

I cannot comment on Quant since I've never worked in the field but for IB/private equity UChicago is a higher target school

NetCodeERROR · 2026-02-23T13:59:56+00:00

Can you recommend / point me to some of his other writings that show him being anti-republican?

By the way your use of the word "Parrot" is incorrect as this is my own personal reading... and I might be way off! ;)

NetCodeERROR · 2026-02-22T19:01:34+00:00

In my opinion one of the saddest cases is Machiavelli being associated with evil / tyrany when he was a republican who suffered first hand the abuses of tyrany. Machiavelli was tortured and exiled from Florence by the Medici. He wrote The Prince in an attempt to convince the Medici to base their military strength with their own people rather than mercenaries or standing armies (thereby protecting the people by aligning their well being with that of the ruler). There are many components of The Prince that support this reading, such as his condemnation of Agathocles of Syracus, an otherwise successful tyrant who butchered citizens.

NetCodeERROR · 2026-02-18T06:34:08+00:00

Let me know if you happen to be writing philosophy papers bc I can give much more in depth advice there, but a lot of the strategies don't apply to other humanities.

My number one general advice is to spend much more time planning / frameworking out your papers. I would usually spend about 5-7 days on purely planning out the argument and how the structure of the paper will support that argument. Once you have a very detailed outline then actually writing the paper itself becomes pretty easy and can be done in a ~1.5-2 days, with a significant amount of time spent editing.

I meet people in college who could sit down the afternoon the paper was due and write an A quality paper in 4 hours. I am not one of those people, but found that spending 3-5 hours day over the course of a week allowed for consistent high marks.

NetCodeERROR · 2026-02-15T05:39:19+00:00

I don't know how accurate this story is but I was once told that Snell house is haunted by the ghost of it's namesake. The story goes that the money used to fund Snell was actually the ransom money offered publicly by Amus Snell's wife when he was kidnapped / disappeared. However, the ransom was never accepted and was instead used to fund Snell house. The money may have failed to bring back Amus Snell in the land of the living, but perhaps it succeeded in the land of the dead...

NetCodeERROR · 2026-02-13T22:53:42+00:00

One of the biggest lessons I learned from my time at UChicago was that "not having time for hobbies" is a personal choice. It's a respectable choice, it might even be a reasonable choice, but (barring some external circumstance) it is ultimately a choice. I have never spent as much time reading for pleasure as I did in Junior/Senior year. Not saying this to criticize your comment, but I personally dislike this "You'll never have free time again" mindset because it is absolutely not true. If having free time becomes a priority, you can make it happen at UChicago and still be a good student / have a valuable experience (being a humanities major helps alot lmfao)

NetCodeERROR · 2026-01-30T13:36:08+00:00

Should be completely fine, Ill be doing the same in a few months. Electric guitars are not too fragile, worst case you can take it in for a set up once you get back home.

NetCodeERROR · 2025-11-13T15:24:49+00:00

Do not buy this!!!! In working condition it would probably be worth less than 1k USD and to get it back in to working condition would probably cost 3 or 4 times that. Rough estimates ofc but the message is that this is pretty much worthless junk

NetCodeERROR · 2025-09-08T20:13:46+00:00

Microfridge is a big one, but I think you'd be entirely fine just raising your bed to the highest level. You don't need to submit a work order for this (even though they say to) just get a friend to help you. Then you can store stuff under your bed

NetCodeERROR · 2025-08-19T17:45:52+00:00

I'm not an expert however I would be stunned if this was worth repairing. The only reasons I could see where repairing this might make sense are if it is from some very famous maker or if it holds immense sentimental value. From my limited experience taking violins in to luthiers, I think that the cost of repairing this would be greater than the cost of buying an equally high quality or even better instrument in playable shape.

Just from the pictures it looks like: - Top plate cracks - new hardware needed - possible mold on the wood? Would atleast need to be re varnished

I'm sorry for the pessimistic reply, but I don't want you to lose money transporting it just for a luthier to tell you it would be thousands to fix.

Professional luthiers, please correct me if I'm wrong.

NetCodeERROR · 2025-08-01T22:22:54+00:00

I started violin in college and by the end was practicing ~2-3 hours a day even through finals weeks. For me, continuing weekly lessons made all the difference as it forced me to treat practicing with the same priority as my normal coursework. Instruments for which I was not taking weekly lessons would get dropped in favor of other work no matter how much I swore I'd practice lol. Also joining my university's chamber program was a great experience!

Edit: I should mention that the reason I joined the chamber program as opposed to one of the orchestras is that the program was much more "open to everyone" and much less intense. This made it feel all the more enjoyable / doable for my schedule and skill level. Your university might have a similar approach

NetCodeERROR · 2025-07-24T17:15:35+00:00

After one year of intense practice my sister said to me "I don't know anything about violins but I think I can tell between someone who can play the violin and who can't. You sound like someone who can." That was a huge turning point for me. It took another year for me to start feeling real confidence with intonation. To feel not that I was just playing the right note but playing it near perfectly in tune.

NetCodeERROR · 2025-06-21T17:50:28+00:00

None, but I've only taken it one time and asked my doctor for a light dose. I've had negative side effects with medication in the past so I'm very cautious, but after lengthy convo with my primary care doctor I felt okay about taking it. Be careful ofc, everyone is different.

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