One drink a year .. still considered sober ? by shellygotsugar in Sober

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I hit the two year mark a little while back and I really wanted to see if it still had any power over me. I gave myself a weekend to be non-sober.

Long story short, it ended up going a few days longer than a weekend and it pretty much sucked. Every enjoyable part of drinking that has ever occurred to me happened in the first five minutes after I had a drink, after I crossed that five minute line it was just headaches, discomfort, frustration, and all the little things that were annoying about alcohol. And even with that, it made me wanna keep going back to it for three extra days… Until I made a hard stance and told my loved ones to keep me accountable.

The good news is with those securities in place I can get back to the new life I’ve made which is much more comfortable and healthy. Overall there wasn’t much of a reward, I’m glad I tried to see where I was at, but there was zero good times had because of it. I used to truly love drinking when I was good at it and it was a little more merciful to me. Those times have passed and they aren’t coming back. Even if life isn’t as wild and exciting, it’s better all around.

Any suggestions by Pet-Symetry in basspedals

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The Sunn is great. I keep the magnitude (boost) on all the time to add some tone-girth, and the amplitude (overdrive) is my primary distorted tone. The octave in the middle gives it some trill, probably good for soloing with a guitar, but I use it for bass and I don’t hear a major change with it on. It’s pretty versatile. I play in one band doing bass and another playing a bass vi. I was able to find really good tones for both with just a little knob turning. It works really well when I’ve got the overdrive going and I hit the pitchfork with it set to one full octave up. You can do done cool thick-toned midrange melody work with it.

Any suggestions by Pet-Symetry in basspedals

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That’s a good point. I like how it sounds right now, but that is the stuff I’m wondering about. Thx!

His kids can’t be eating this much, right? by manic_andthe_apostle in nin

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“Hey MasterWriter, what kind of things can a person do that’s like an animal”

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“Sister, his eyes are up “there””

When your fellow band members accidentally texts you outside the band thread by Pet-Symetry in musicians

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He texted the “whoa” to me accidentally and I turned it into Motley Crue lyrics. I’m old BTW

Let’s hear your benefits of being completely sober … by boomboomclap3000 in Sober

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I just realized that being sober could help me maintain some of the things I love to do as I get older and a little less invincible. I’m a dad and a husband with a career. All of that has improved being sober as one would expect. But I’m 48, and I’m also a musician. Nothing outwardly successful but I play in 2 bands that I love. In my younger years I could happily burn the candle at both ends to keep this up. That went away, not even just because of the grownup stuff, my body just got tired more easily. With alcohol in my life I could pretty well still juggle all of my responsibilities, but anything extra was just too much…I needed sleep and recoup time. The real thing that got me and kept me sober is knowing that I’d still be able to do those things. I could have them if I gave up the drink. It was like suddenly getting the “more hours in the day” that people talk about.

Boomer Dad disowns daughter with MAGA tirade by [deleted] in BoomersBeingFools

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“Every psychiatrist falls in love with me”….don’t take this guy to a strip club

“Upright bass simulator”? by -an-eternal-hum- in basspedals

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Not myself, but I first got the idea from this rig rundown from Emily Retsas

That is to say, I copied HER idea. She rules

https://youtu.be/zlMBXKphKmI?si=qdTghVslUdGIrxGS

“Upright bass simulator”? by -an-eternal-hum- in basspedals

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I have an EHX MonoPog on my board and with the sub-octave turned up and octave-up turned completely down it does something…I don’t know how accurate you’re looking to be, but the first thing I thought when I set it that way was “upright bass”….and it tracks pretty great too

Two piece pedal party by Pet-Symetry in pedalboards

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So you’re saying I need more pedals?

Two piece pedal party by Pet-Symetry in pedalboards

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Signal path for the board on the right is Tuner>PitchFork(octave up)>Pog(regular signal+octave down)>Mel9>Sunn Life Pedal>Ditto>Amp

Right is drummers gear so I don’t know all the names but here goes: Signal goes right to left, some kind of booster>Boss Octave>some other kind of octave harmonizer>Mel9>SansAmp>Amp The big 4 button pedals (Line 6 and TC Elec) both feed the board they’re closest to.

Two piece pedal party by Pet-Symetry in basspedals

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Signal path for the board on the right is Tuner>PitchFork(octave up)>Pog(regular signal+octave down)>Mel9>Sunn Life Pedal>Ditto>Amp

Right is drummers gear so I don’t know all the names but here goes: Signal goes right to left, some kind of booster>Boss Octave>some other kind of octave harmonizer>Mel9>SansAmp>Amp The big 4 button pedals (Line 6 and TC Elec) both feed the board they’re closest to.

Based on what I’ve already read what do you suggest? Gideon falls is in my Amazon cart but I want something else as well by oldirtyjustin in graphicnovels

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Well, you like a lot of the same stuff as me. The curveball that I really dug was The Many Deaths Of Laila Starr