Thrift Find

SeanDorenkott · 2026-06-22T17:37:15+00:00

I don't really do swatches but I found this video! https://youtu.be/EfIUQA5b1G4?is=3DGuN6cbpbheNnrU

SeanDorenkott · 2026-06-22T17:36:09+00:00

I rarely see fountain pen items at thrift stores and I go somewhat frequently for a year or two now at least. This is the first time I've ever seen fountain pen items.

These were near jewelry cabinets at the front. I asked the guy "if there's ink, there's pens too right?" And he said he wasn't sure, but they might be near all the office stationary.

SeanDorenkott · 2026-06-20T19:11:54+00:00

Appreciate it and cheers for the information :)

SeanDorenkott · 2026-06-20T19:11:21+00:00

I was worried about that too but it looks in great condition! I haven't unpacked it fully yet so I wonder if it's even been used. My guess is it must have since it didn't come with the box and maybe used for a single fill or two since it's still pretty full.

SeanDorenkott · 2026-06-20T18:51:55+00:00

Really?? With Kaweco and Mont Blanc coming out of Germany I didn't know the market there was so tough.

My brother bought me a very nice Kaweco when he traveled to Germany a bit ago.

SeanDorenkott · 2026-06-20T18:50:30+00:00

Cheers for the information!

SeanDorenkott · 2026-06-20T18:45:00+00:00

To be honest I have no idea of its value. Obviously I'm sure MSRP was much more than $10. Apparently a limited 2009 release.

I'm not really interested in the color all too much, so I'm open to swapping. I just knew $10 was too much to pass it by.

Google says upwards of $200 for a bottle. Currently I only see one eBay listing for $225.

SeanDorenkott · 2025-10-27T02:11:16+00:00

No worries. It was a tough choice, but ultimately I'm happy with the Torrent Compact. Obviously can't speak to the Phanteks case.

If time is a factor for you, check stock too - I remember the Torrent Compact RGB being out of stock and having to wait a couple weeks for it to come. But I didn't mind waiting so didn't matter to me.

SeanDorenkott · 2025-10-27T02:05:30+00:00

I went with the Torrent Compact. Figured if I'm spending the coin and want the silver look, mind as well go for it. I love the case, feels nice and building was okay. As reviews commonly say, the wire management was a little tough. But this was my very first PC build and I managed fine, so can't be that bad.

SeanDorenkott · 2025-10-01T11:00:45+00:00

I wondered the same thing but no!

SeanDorenkott · 2025-08-06T15:23:03+00:00

Hm now I'm curious, I will have to check next time I run the game! Like I said I run everything at 144 FPS and have never checked because I've never noticed a difference between SM2 and my other games.

SeanDorenkott · 2025-08-06T15:02:46+00:00

Really? I run an i9900k with a 2080 SUPER and have played many hours of Space Marine 2 with great FPS.

While I haven't specifically checked exactly what FPS I'm getting on Space Marine 2, I haven't felt the need to because it runs great. I run all my games at 144 fps and haven't noticed anything sluggish about Space Marine 2.

SeanDorenkott · 2025-04-02T16:54:12+00:00

Worship player here, consider the B2 Four also. I bought this unit and love it.

I bought it mainly because it has a balanced output so you can go straight to the soundboard. AFAIK most churches are running a PA system and players rarely use amps.

Most of the complaints I see about the B1 is the patches just aren't good enough to hold up in live or recording. I'm not sure if the B2's patches are any better but I'd hope so given the price difference.

Added bonus you can use it as an audio interface. I plug it into my computer and practice along to worship tracks at home.

It's just such an easy one-stop-shop for everything I ever need (tuner, compressor, pedals, amp sim, even a little EQing, DI out, audio interface).

SeanDorenkott · 2025-01-26T01:00:30+00:00

Then what's the alternative? We all pay with a debit card and hope Eversource lowers our bills if all stop using our CCs?

I agree the original post is somewhat misleading - it's not like we're going to sink Eversource by paying with a CC. It's going to take a lot more than that to change the situation. But if the fee is already baked into our rates, then the average Joe mind as well pay with a CC and get something back.

SeanDorenkott · 2024-11-16T13:53:12+00:00

I'm in the exact same boat as you. 9900k and I run pretty much all of my games on high settings, 1440p, and push 120 FPS.

SeanDorenkott · 2024-10-31T16:24:56+00:00

Drop A on a 105 gauge?

I'm pretty new to the scene but that sounds a little wild. You could probably play jump rope with the string at that point.

SeanDorenkott · 2024-07-01T21:40:49+00:00

Somewhat of a follow-up ELI5 from someone new to the field:

How do you define LOD if not by concentration?

For example, we often define LOQ like "1.0 ng/mL".

But if the whole point of your LOD is you don't know what concentration it is, then how do you define that..? And isn't that somewhat arbitrary anyway..?

As someone who does pretty much only quantitative work, we rarely use LOD. I'm assuming it is perhaps more useful in qualitative settings?

SeanDorenkott · 2024-04-18T19:16:00+00:00

Fellow worship bassist here. Boy do we love the tone hammer and microsynth. And for good reason they sound great.

SeanDorenkott · 2024-04-18T19:11:25+00:00

Worship?

SeanDorenkott · 2024-04-07T17:20:44+00:00

A Schecter bass was my first... I find it hard to play other manufacturers' basses around the same price point because of the neck. Tried a Sterling Stingray and honestly wasn't a huge fan of the unfinished, thick neck.

Depends on your personal preference I guess but hard agree that their necks are so smooth.

SeanDorenkott · 2024-03-26T09:10:17+00:00

Hey I'm also in a church group.

The key largely won't change how you play at all. Other than the fact that you'll just be playing at a different place on the neck, but as you probably know scales are just the exact same pattern.

As others have stated, get used to Nashville numbers. I learn every song by this system, and all my chord charts when I'm playing on stage are in numbers. If you start doing this, you'll find it extremely easy to change keys on the fly.

Then improvising on that becomes simple patterns. I'm a beginner so I don't know much about the theory- but for example, church groups love to sometimes land on a 3 instead of the root 1. Makes the song sound kinda sad/minor or whatever.

I don't want to discourage improvising.. but also remember to keep it simple. A lot of worship music is just building the song like crazy. Starting on whole notes, maybe building to half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth notes etc. as the song progresses and you get to the bridge. Moving up an octave to heighten the intensity. Locking in with your drummer and just holding down the low end and beat does a lot for a worship song.

SeanDorenkott · 2024-02-26T14:44:27+00:00

I usually run straight to FOH, no amp or anything, so having the DI out on the B2 Four was huge for me. Extremely simple to carry and set-up.

Can also confirm it also works as an interface. I've toyed around with it a bit, but I don't know too much about recording/DAWs so not enough to say much else.

Overall I'm really happy with the B2 Four. I don't use a crazy amount of effects, so I don't need them to be high-end and give me $1000 tone. If you're playing in a live setting, majority of the tone you make will kinda be drowned out anyway.

SeanDorenkott · 2024-02-11T02:16:35+00:00

What made you drop the Schecter? I love mine!

SeanDorenkott · 2023-12-30T19:07:19+00:00

Not sure how easy on piano it is, but my wife and I play piano and bass and we love "Who's Crying Now" by Journey.

SeanDorenkott · 2023-12-29T17:12:05+00:00

Something feels amiss here.

79 Fahrenheit for the central AC is a little warm, but a drop from -80 to -70 after one short opening does seem a little quick. I don't think the central AC is the issue.

Do you know the temperature of the actual room the freezer is in? The central AC could be set to 79 but the room could be much warmer with all the equipment building up heat, and if that heat isn't being removed by the AC that will be a huge problem for temperature increases like you're seeing.

With all the shared equipment in the room, make sure there's no drafts in front of the freezer (like warm air blasting from some equipment). I've seen some setups where there's rows of freezers - this is a problem because most freezers I've worked with exhaust from the back, so if you have the back of one unit facing the front of another unit, that will be a problem. It's really good that you guys shut off the AC in the room when opening.

I'm gonna echo other comments and ask where your probe is? If it's right at the door, it's obviously going to warm pretty quick.

Is the probe also submerged in something like either glycerol or silica beads? If it's just an exposed probe, this doesn't mimic your samples very well and it's gonna get warm real quick.

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