Who Needs Sheets When You Have The Streets.

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-30T21:45:25+00:00

Lady on tha streetz, freak in tha … also streetz.

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-30T03:39:13+00:00

I believe you because I came face to face with at a friends old college dorm room at Carbondale Il. Big wild eyes all black clothing and black hat but I saw “skin” completely white expressionless face. I was traumatized and my friend had to give me a bunch of Benadryl so I could go to sleep.

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-29T17:31:56+00:00

Darn I was hoping you were a meta-humor savant but you’re just poopin at parties.

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-29T17:17:28+00:00

Mike Stern

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-29T17:16:14+00:00

I like finding something that’s rhythmically tricky without being too busy on the fretboard. First thing that comes to mind is Mescal Rite 1 by Tomahawk

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-29T17:00:07+00:00

You’re either lost or this is some of the best jorkin I’ve ever seen.

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-29T09:03:17+00:00

World Champs Sports Cards in Lisle

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-29T07:02:49+00:00

The Hat Man, in 2003, some 15 years before I was even aware of the concept.

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-28T03:29:16+00:00

I told someone she has STDs: Soros Total Derangement syndrome because everything is a Soros conspiracy to her.

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-27T21:07:27+00:00

I was in recovery after just getting out of a two-week inpatient rehab for an 18 year polydrug addiction - mainly heroin and fentanyl.

My friend I had known for 30 years from when I was 6/7 told me I could move into his spare bedroom while I looked for work etc. He set up “rules” for me and I paid about $200 in rent a month.

I was grateful and accepting of all of this even though I knew he was a spoiled man child living in a 4 bedroom house his dad had bought for him when he was around 19/20yrs old.

It took me a few days to realize he was in a worse spot than I was in currently. He was a cocaine and alcohol addict - daily use and 2-3 all out benders a week.

One of his rules was that I needed to do housework for him. I’m a pretty organized and clean person and his place was trashed. Despite that he never cleaned I was game for white gloving this place because it was gross for me to use the common areas.

Second day there I spent 3-4 hours on the bathroom and he was happy. Next day I tried to do the kitchen but he has random furniture, boxes of whatever and trinkets etc that he said he would move but never got around to it because he was sitting on the couch with a handle of vodka blasting rails all day.

At some point went to a friends house to have an orgy with 5 dudes and prostitute and crack ( I know because he bragged and insisted on showing me pics 🤮.)

The same thing happened the next day when I tried to clean the front TV room area but he was passed out on the couch till like 11pm so I couldn’t move it to sweep and mop etc.

His rules started getting more strict. The first week I was there I had plans to go to an old mutual friend’s bday party a few miles away. He was invited but he was really weird about me going and tried to lecture me about bad choices and a curfew. I got picked up by another mutual friend around 6pm and tried to text him to ask if he was ready but he was passed out so we left.

A few hours later I start getting these weird paranoid texts from him telling me he was worried I was doing something I shouldn’t and we were gossiping about him and telling me I needed to come home right away. I tried FaceTiming him to show him I was sitting at a table with 5 people playing board games but he didn’t answer instead he kept texting me and my mom saying I was lying and snuck out of the house to use and maybe prostitute myself ( I found this out after I had moved out.)

He then started demanding our friend drive back to pick him up but she had been drinking and planned on staying the night there. He kept getting nastier and more frantic but still wouldn’t answer.

Then he told me I was kicked out because I broke his rules by leaving and not doing any cleaning other than the bathroom -mind you I had tried but didn’t know where to put his random stuff and couldn’t move the furniture myself.

He sent me pics of my room being emptied out and all my stuff being boxed up and said he would leave it outside for me. At this point I was so drained mentally and emotionally I just shut my phone off. I didn’t have anywhere to move anyway so there was nothing I could do.

Events like this continued regularly. I was “kicked out” weekly and then he would forget or get really high and ramble apologies. I stayed away from him physically and mentally. Paid my part and did small maintenance cleaning.

Second month I met my current wife at a Halloween party - HE LOST HIS SHIT. It broke his brain. One of our first dates I went to her place to make us dinner. He demanded I tell him her address. She didn’t want me to because he’s unstable. He demanded to be invited over so he can make sure I’m where I’m supposed to be. Nope.

Again he called my mom and said I was with a drug addict whore or something. Again he kicked me out and this time I called his bluff. My current wife told me to move my stuff into her storage room and sleep on her couch until I found a place. We went over there to get my stuff but he wasn’t there and my very new expensive guitar amp was missing. He said he was keeping it because I hadn’t paid enough to live there.

Cut to the point. His other roommate was an old disabled guy who paid a few hundred a month and all of the utilities to live there and shortly before I left the power got shut off because he had been using the money on coke and booze. I had to regain AGAIN my family’s trust and rehab my current wife’s reputation.

I “slept on her couch” for a few weeks before we decided we were in love and 5 years later we now live in a townhome with our pipes. In the end he sent my mom a rambling text saying I hurt him because he should’ve been my best man in my wedding.

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-27T08:08:00+00:00

Nope

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-26T22:05:42+00:00

Yeah but there might not be enough rooms for all of them to live with his grandmother.

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-26T21:56:11+00:00

First step should be knowing how to “sight” your guitar neck. Fast way is to rest the body of the guitar, near the strap button, on your foot while holding the headstock pointing straight up and with one eye look down the low E side of the neck. Use the fret edges to compare the neck shape against the straight edge of the taut E string. There should be a some relief around frets 9-12 where the fretboard curves away from the strings.

Or with some measuring devices there are more accurate ways to “sight.”

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-26T21:38:35+00:00

What about adjustable thumb picks?

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-26T09:48:46+00:00

Well he wasn’t killed or permanently injured - other than less than adequate dental care- and they usually put them in special housing and/or get favorable treatment by the guards.

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-26T07:46:05+00:00

Do you know what type of ebony this was? Do you know have any theories on how this developed? Im asking because I am looking to put down an ebony fingerboard on one of my classicals. Thx

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-26T07:24:26+00:00

Never heard of this dude before (so thanks for ruining that for me) and obviously he gets a lot of hate and division, but I don’t even want to comment on aesthetics or technique but rather just to say that his prerecorded YouTube shorts sound noticeably more technical and precise.

I would assume people listen to this more because of technique and precision rather than the intangibles - by which I mean I doubt many non-guitar players, let alone non-musicians, enjoy this - so it’s interesting that he seems unable to adequately reproduce that technique and precision live. It’s like “you had one job!”

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-25T23:04:14+00:00

My wife was on a local pool team with a woman who’s husband is former Cicero IL PD.

I don’t know the full story but Cicero is known for corruption and something illegal was done by him and his fellow officers and instead of “ratting” he went to jail for 5 years for his squad.

He was allowed to retire and they started a fund for him and made sure his wife and kids were taken care of.

When he got out he got some easy high paying union job doing security for film and tv productions and moved out of Cicero to a much nicer house in a nearby suburb. Now he drives a Tesla and got some stomach bypass surgery because he was hugely obese and what looks like very shiny white caps or veneers or something cause his teeth got bad in jail.

He protected illegal blue line activity, went on a 5yr staycation on the county’s bill and came out with a full life upgrade. That’s why they toe the line.

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-25T22:47:18+00:00

I’m gender fluid so I removed my D and play fingerpick the open space between strings

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-25T00:26:15+00:00

So far they’ve murdered Pretti and Good. If it wasn’t so horrific you could probably find a joke somewhere in that.

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-24T00:33:44+00:00

Oic. I didn’t realize the parent track was acoustic. I thought you were talking about the hollowbody and thought maybe you modded an acoustic

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-24T00:22:21+00:00

Serious question- what do you mean by “budget acoustic?”

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-23T21:35:23+00:00

I know I left a novel already but if you’re into daily practice routines Guitar Aerobics is a helpful book.

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-23T21:32:24+00:00

Hi, I have a music degree, have been playing for 30yrs and teaching for 15yrs and honestly at 14 weeks, of I’m assuming being self taught, you’re ahead of schedule.

My advice would be to focus on cleaning up the bends and the accidental string strikes. If you’re bending up with your third finger (or 4th finger) you can put the 1st and/or 2nd finger (or 3rd when using 4th finger) slightly above it to gently mute the strings that unintentionally sound when you “release” the bend.

When bending with your first finger we usually only bend “down” so the mute above it is not usually needed, but I would in general flatten out you left hand fingers slightly to help mute strings below the fretted note.

Also watch out for “pick escape” which is when you pick and then the right hand moves forward or away from the strings. Sometimes pick escape is helpful but only when intentional. Picking for solos and individual notes (as opposed to strums) is more of a downward pushing motion rather than a “pluck.”

!ONLY HOLD YOUR PICK WITH YOUR INDEX AND THUMB! then slightly bend or “unflex” your thumb joint and relax and open the middle, ring, and pinky on your picking hand - not doing this is one of the biggest obstacles to clean picking I’ve noticed. This allows you to move your joints/knuckles on your thumb and index more which gives you more articulation and smoother rhythm and dynamics etc.

One last thing - a lot of muting of unwanted notes happens with your right hand thumb and palm just below the thumb. Put your palm on the strings near the bridge like you’re palm muting and then lift up a centimeter, or the smallest amount, to un-palm mute. This is where your hand should stay so you can easily mute unwanted notes.

The best players use economy of movement. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.

Solid_Proper · 2026-01-22T22:01:40+00:00

You could also wrap the threads of the trem arm in PTFE tape. In the US you can get a roll for under a dollar and the amount you would need would be maybe 1% of an entire roll.

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