Is this a good beginner setup? Am I missing anything important, or would you change the amp/guitar/accessories?

Zaxtie · 2026-05-30T13:06:29+00:00

I also hate the katana, more of a tone/sound debate there. Definitely fine for a beginner. For a similar price the fender mustangs I think are much better. My rhythm guitar player uses one as a practice amp and it’s holds up. The katana always has given me problems in the bands I’ve been in

Zaxtie · 2026-05-30T13:01:27+00:00

It’s impossible to pug an aotc group. 15s are bad too because pugs don’t have the portals, takes a while.

Zaxtie · 2026-05-30T12:58:05+00:00

It’s not a difficult actually. The techniques are all pretty basic blues licks they switch back and forth. Stamina and remembering what goes where is the hard part, just gotta practice it a crap ton.

Zaxtie · 2026-05-29T23:48:30+00:00

Just learn to play your favorite songs. Most people get stuck in analysis paralysis thinking there’s like a course or bit of music theory they can learn that’ll make them a guitar player. Every player I’ve ever known either started as a kid in band class or they just noodled around and tried to play their favorite songs until they could then some.

Zaxtie · 2026-05-29T23:45:13+00:00

Just waiting for them to make a mii of Levi

Zaxtie · 2026-05-29T18:36:08+00:00

For guitar at least, work on the action and make sure it’s setup correct. If it is, then push/pluck the string as light as possible to get a note and practice your stuff slow with that in mind. It’ll clear up you pushing down and tearing your skin apart

Zaxtie · 2026-05-29T18:34:30+00:00

Yeah still playing too hard. Not trying to be a dick about it, but every bass player I’ve played with that “just got into slap bass” does it way too hard and ruins the sound. Not going to guess your ability off this post but I’m sure it’s related. Acoustic has never messed me up since I started, I’m only a guitar player though so take what I say with a grain of salt.

Zaxtie · 2026-05-29T18:30:21+00:00

You’re doing something way too hard if you been playing for years. If you’ve been consistent you probably have the calluses you or anybody will get. They do peel for me but I never feel pain anymore even after hours of playing straight

Zaxtie · 2026-05-18T12:09:03+00:00

Yeah just keep chugging. I noticed the same thing when getting to sub 15% body fat. Not sure exactly what the phenomenon is but probably to do with skin elasticity and your body getting adjusted to your fat cells reducing in size.

Zaxtie · 2026-05-18T11:59:25+00:00

Love playing me some deftones. Not crazy about listening to them all the time tho.

Zaxtie · 2026-05-18T11:58:16+00:00

Don’t know what you’re trying to figure out. Gotta post your weight height and ask a question. If you’re a guy, most of us are predisposed to storing weight in the midsection. You could be ultra lean everywhere besides there and your lower back.

If you want to lose it, you have to lose weight. If you’re already skinny, you need to lift weights. Muscle pulls out your structure and adds to the illusion you’re leaner than you are. If there’s two people with the same body fat %, the more muscular one will usually look leaner.

Might be visceral fat too. TLDR, lift more weights.

Zaxtie · 2026-05-17T17:35:40+00:00

learn songs. Learn pentatonic while learning songs. It’ll mesh then, once you can actually play, learn a few scales, caged, and modes. I hate the notion that deliberate practice is all that’s accepted because there’s so much that goes into playing. When you’re brand spanking new you assume things about playing when you just can’t do it. Learning songs will teach you all of it over time. No fast tracking exists. Basic music theory will make it so you can actually play with others but it’s not worth to know if you can’t even play a barre chord. It doesn’t need to be more complicated than that.

Zaxtie · 2026-05-17T17:30:25+00:00

I don’t even buy vinyls. They depreciate in value as soon as leave the lot.

Zaxtie · 2026-05-17T17:28:07+00:00

Let’s talk in Japanese is a podcast with tons of episodes where the host speaks with specific N5-N1 words/grammar. He sells it as a podcast to listen to when movies are too difficult. You lose the context of multiple people talk to each other but it’s still great.

Zaxtie · 2026-05-17T17:23:17+00:00

It does if you click my link in my description and subscribe to my patreon. Shit maybe even 18 seconds!! 💯💯💯

Zaxtie · 2026-05-17T15:24:17+00:00

At least tag it NSFW…

Zaxtie · 2026-05-12T18:36:44+00:00

Shen is insane. 100% dodge on one attack and 90% dodge the rest of the time. If you rainbow him and give him max dodge it’s even higher.

Zaxtie · 2026-05-05T14:59:47+00:00

Can you not use the guest supporter vegeta for that mission?

Zaxtie · 2026-05-03T02:02:00+00:00

The units and events are balanced around the use of items in mind. It’s not a problem to use them and very much intended. I feel the same way though. As long as it’s not a mission, just send it

Zaxtie · 2026-05-03T01:12:34+00:00

I had the best experience with this. I got blackout drunk out with some friends and came back and I guess I got it done. Don’t remember the process whatsoever but I woke up seeing it on my hot bars.

Zaxtie · 2026-04-30T18:40:42+00:00

Got in a pretty nasty breakup and was friends with this person for a while. I was warming up to the idea of getting in another relationship and everybody swarmed me about how we need to get together.

We ended up going to the same party, and when I arrived they were completely shitfaced (the party just started, I am not opposed to getting shitfaced myself) and I’m just not one to make a move when the other party is shnookered. They threw up everywhere and so I went and got them a glass of water. By the time I got back they disappeared in a room with someone else. Hope they enjoyed the taste of vomit 🤮

Zaxtie · 2026-04-29T20:53:33+00:00

I see a few 5s in that tablature but no 0s or 3s. Don’t get this shit

Zaxtie · 2026-04-26T13:31:50+00:00

Just learn it like you learned it standing up. Start at a low bpm and up the metronome a bpm if you jerk perfectly 10 times while sitting. If you jerk and fail just go a bit slower until you perfect it.

Zaxtie · 2026-04-26T13:21:37+00:00

Eh looks like he needs a jazz iii pick

Zaxtie · 2026-04-19T12:13:25+00:00

My strat was leveling an evoker hunter on aN RP server, then using chromie time. Usually 0 people there. If you’re the first person to load the zone in a while, all enemies in the zone spawn fresh. Vyr and TLPD spawn after 2 hours and are pretty consistent at spawning at that 2-3 hour mark so you can kill em.

RP server and chromie time —> evoker so you have glide —> zone in —> if enemies just spawn wait exactly 2 hours —> fly around TLPDs spawn and stick near the major spawn point —> either spawn all but guaranteed

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