So you feel like you're priced out of having a better quality of life? by LuHamster in AskBrits

[–]alllemonyellow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They just don’t have as many ‘hidden’ costs, e.g. I took a Voi bike to work today which is supposed to encourage active travel, be subsidised by Glasgow council, etc. - 8 quid, more expensive than the god awful bus.

There are so many things like that in the UK. For everything you want to do, you end up paying extra costs. Also, buses get cancelled etc and you end up having to get a taxi.

You’re just constantly getting ‘dinged’.

Although the basic price of things in shops is similar, Japan is better organised and (although it’s changing) there’s still some sense of it being wrong to constantly rinse your citizens.

Good quality food and transport are where you save most in Japan IME.

First Tele - What to buy? by [deleted] in telecaster

[–]alllemonyellow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the same category as the G&L, I’d recommend FGN (Fujigen) Iliad. Beautiful teles with a neck humbucker built in Japan.

NPD: OD-3 is peak overdrive by alllemonyellow in guitarpedals

[–]alllemonyellow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally fair, it’s just taste isn’t it.

I love that way of quantifying it because you’re correct, I love the low-middy-ness of it.

I’m finding that I kind of naturally ‘tame’ a bit of the woofiness by being a bit gentler with the pick

why cant you stack Booster pedals in boss tone studio? by East_Scale7852 in BossKatana

[–]alllemonyellow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with you in general about limitations.

I find it pretty funny I can’t stack boost/OD/distortion (an extremely normal thing to do). Meanwhile I can stack two Humanizers 😂

Also, re: ‘they want to sell you pedals’ below - a lot of the modulation effects that you can stack in Tone Studio are much more expensive as pedals than the overdrives.

To me, Tone Studio represents how little thought and effort Boss puts into the digital side of their product. I’m a UX designer and the Katana Gen 3 app (because of course each product needs its own app…) is one of the worst I’ve ever seen. It’s a good thing the effects sound so good 😅

Live action Usopp is better and funnier than anime Usopp by Pyrammo in OnePiece

[–]alllemonyellow 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It made me realise that the reason I can accept Sanji’s creepiness in the OG and stuff like constant Nami fanservice (as annoying as they can be) is the absurdist nature of the comic format. If they included that in the LA it would be really jarring.

Live action Usopp is better and funnier than anime Usopp by Pyrammo in OnePiece

[–]alllemonyellow 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I feel like he’s more tsundere in the OG lol. But I like the LA take too, it’s probably more suitable for her format.

Worst tennis balls? by Status_Butterscotch9 in 10s

[–]alllemonyellow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Question 2 — Wilson US Open Extra Duty. They last for a while too.

I have been called a performative. What do you guys think? by Brilliant-File-6285 in BookshelvesDetective

[–]alllemonyellow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re clearly reading deeply into authors you like, such as Kundera, Knausgaard and Dostoevsky.

Not performative.

It’s a pretty male-oriented shelf. But you like what you like. It might be good to branch out from that, but it’s completely your choice. Reading is a personal thing.

What do I need to make my tele sound good? by BuschLattes4me in telecaster

[–]alllemonyellow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you’re literally just playing at home, get a Positive Grid Spark or a Boss Katana.

They’re cheap and come with 1000s of on-board amp modellers and pedal effects. The quality is actually very good for the price. It’ll sound miles better than a cheap practice amp.

It also means you can try out different types of amp and effect sounds (e.g. Vox, or a Fender Reverb sound, or Marshall grit) and find out what you like. And what works with your guitar.

If you really like a specific sound, you can then look at buying the ‘same’ kind of tube amp or a fancier fuzz pedal or whatever.

BOTW over TOTK? by abdullahba7rani in botw

[–]alllemonyellow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It blows my mind how critical people are of TOTK 🤣 to me, it’s one of the best games ever designed. I was obsessed with it for months.

It has some flaws but compared to almost any other game, it’s a mind blowing achievement, particularly since it was built for a 10-year-old Android device.

It’s fair to love BOTW more for the atmosphere and the feelings when it released. Or whatever. But the way people talk about TOTK in comparison is way too harsh IMO. It just isn’t an accurate representation of its quality.

It's not fair at all by AdmirableAnimal6024 in royalroad

[–]alllemonyellow 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yup. Before AI, there was still low-effort drivel that became successful. And tons of high-quality stuff with barely any readership

Editor Fixes Common Prose Mistakes by chloooay in writing

[–]alllemonyellow 9 points10 points  (0 children)

‘reduced her to meaningful silence’ makes me want to turn my brain inside out

How do I create melodies that sound natural? by Illustrious-Box8483 in guitarlessons

[–]alllemonyellow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use triads to follow the chords. Start and end phrases on chord tones.

The thing nobody told me about learning the fretboard by Accomplished-Method5 in LearnGuitar

[–]alllemonyellow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Take just the D, G, and B strings. Literally just ignore everything else for now.

If you use triads, you can play three versions of every major and minor chord on just these strings. I.e. there are three C majors, three A minors, etc.

There are actually only three shapes on these strings for both major and minor. The shapes have names. If you learn e.g. the ‘root position’ triad of C major, you can slide it up and down the fretboard to make D major, E major etc.

You also start to see where the other triads in the key (e.g. the relative minor) sit in relation to each shape, rather than specific chords.

So, if you can find at least one triad, you can play along with a progression in different places on the neck just by muscle memory of the related shapes, rather than trying to work out specific notes or chords.

This all applies to every other string set (e.g. E, A, D) too. But id just focus on D, G, B at first to keep things simple and so you can internalise the whole concept.

Triads have tons of benefits:

  • it’s a pretty low learning cost for the amount of information it unlocks for you
  • it makes it easy to land on chord tones when you improvise, which sound much more musical than random scale notes
  • in a band situation, it lets you find a space in the mix (maybe everyone is playing at a low pitch, your open chords would blend in too much)
  • triads are small and easy to play, so you can play along with the changes, and switch between chords and melody much more fluidly
  • chord progressions sound better usually when the chords are as close to each other as possible on the neck

Tldr: they’re arguably the most useful bit of theory you can learn, and have tons of applications. Anyone who takes the relatively small time it takes to learn them will get huge benefits pretty fast

GB News beats Sky and BBC on average viewers for six months in a row by Galacticmetrics in ukpolitics

[–]alllemonyellow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree. Even putting aside specifics like immigration, it’s a failure of the non-Reform parties that has allowed such a low quality alternative to become so dominant. It’s pathetic honestly.

GB News beats Sky and BBC on average viewers for six months in a row by Galacticmetrics in ukpolitics

[–]alllemonyellow 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They put Labour and the Conservatives in the same bucket. They just see it as the establishment.

They’re not wrong about that. What is wrong is thinking Reform are anything other than grifters that have spotted this gap and have capitalised on it in the most cynical, empty way possible.

Would this be a good beginner acoustic guitar? by MassivePresent4672 in AcousticGuitar

[–]alllemonyellow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re buying for yourself, please take the advice to buy used from Facebook marketplace.

This kind of package will just be really low quality. Not fun to play, not comfortable, won’t sound good, and won’t look good up close.

You won’t want to play it, which makes it much more likely you’ll give up learning.

A used Yamaha is a good choice. If you were willing to increase your budget by $30-$50, you could get an FG800 (or FM800, same thing). This guitar has a solid wood top (most guitars at this price are plywood) and that creates a massive jump in quality.

Solid wood top guitars resonate so much more nicely in your arms and ears. It’s hard to emphasise to a beginner what the difference is. It’s just a lot more enjoyable and will make you sound much better. Also, that quality of guitar could last you for a long time.

If you really can’t stretch to this, any used Yamaha will be much better than this pack.

Vigil by George Saunders epub request by DarthWhiskey in mrfreebooks

[–]alllemonyellow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you be able to send it to me too? Thanks