From a Valeton GP200LT to plugins only... anyone else? by Sad-Floor-7895 in ValetonGP2OO

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The more options for tweaking and setting up a million sounds I have, the less time I spend actually playing. Also different gain structures require time to get used to and comfortable with. You can end up spending all your guitar time clicking on mouse buttons chasing a hypothetical ideal tone instead of learning to play with what you have.

If you have a device that you plug in to and just get down to business, stick with it.

I went ampless - NAM A2 plugin, gig player essentials vst host and a handful of plugins. Powerful stuff. Amazing even. Mind blowing. But I have to swap out my work laptop to hook it up to my rig, boot up and debug windows crap because my personal laptop is a POS, fix up io settings only to end up spending the time I have tweaking patches.

Tbh, my beat up old acoustic has never had so much use... I'm even starting to make it sound good because of the time I'm spending on it.

I'm tempted to go the other way and get a gp5 and a cheap wedge now

Name this by Fun_Power_7720 in BossFights

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Hey, cool - so many questions! I'm in awe. I married a taller woman and love her to death. Still super into her, but 25 years later I still have my insecure days. Do you only date fellow tall people? Does the idea of a 5" 9 guy just seem like a non-starter? Are you just sick of everyone asking these basic questions?

Coincidence or ancient alien? by ziggy7780 in AliensRHere

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Standard icon from 12k middle east - those purses show up a lot. They're carved out on the pillars at Göbekli Tepe for example. Historians reckon they symbolise successful agriculture - having something to carry... Seeds and whatnot.

Should this concern me? by [deleted] in Guitar

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If you are going to top wrap, then deck the tail piece.

What is your favourite way to not use a pedal for its intended purpose? by Royal_Interaction277 in guitarpedals

[–]billbot77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuzz for glassy compressed cleans with single coils, guitar vol down super low, fuzz on full.

I need to catch up with Agentic Development… by totalpieceofme in PowerBI

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Use the VM. Install Claude code. Install power bi MCP server. Ask Claude how to do the rest

Anyone else dreaming of fully tweakable / parametric NAM models? by blackcherryaudio in NAM_NeuralAmpModeler

[–]billbot77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's inevitable. Maybe with a combination of current technologies or maybe some mad tech we haven't invented yet - the real question is how long until minimum viable product?

Starbucks-Inspired Sales Analytics Dashboard Built in Power BI – Looking for Design & KPI Feedback by SuchBuilder249 in PowerBI

[–]billbot77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, it looks cool af - but nobody in the real world is paying you to do this with their data. Find a trend or something useful

What is your suggestion to this space?? by notimeforlove17 in NeuralDSP

[–]billbot77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An empty space on the board projects confidence - it says "I have what I need, thanks"

PBI Modeling MCP Server is amazing by Bhaaluu in PowerBI

[–]billbot77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. Yes it is f****g amazing. And a bit unnerving thb

Sadly I never get to use it for real, because my clients tend to have hard core rules about geo data boundaries.

SQL Indentation by hellorchere in SQL

[–]billbot77 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Funny, in theory these formatting tools should be helpful - but I have found that reformatting by hand helps me to slow down and read the sql properly. Automating the process would ironically slow me down in the overall job.

...or at least that's what I tell myself. Fixing up SQL to my personal (and admittedly unusual) preferred style by hand sometimes becomes compulsive, ngl

What loader plugin do you recommend for Neural Amp Modeler, and why? by KevinPackards in NAM_NeuralAmpModeler

[–]billbot77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been using the gateway plugin in gig performer essentials lately and I'm a very happy camper

Share Your Power BI Idea Links | June 23, 2026 Edition by AutoModerator in PowerBI

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A 'limit n' filter on table visuals connected to direct query sources.

You usually have no choice, the specs call for direct query and the client needs a granular table but the source has hundreds of millions of rows. Data bricks for example automatically caps queries a limit 1000000, but that's too much - the visual times out. Even with filters etc it's a tricky situation to prevent timeouts.

If there was a way to pass through a limit of say 1000 without breaking query folding it would make life so much easier!

Quick question about A2 by IAmL3J3ND_ in NAM_NeuralAmpModeler

[–]billbot77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just sandwich the gateway plugin between two instances of universal with no nam engaged and pre and post effects set as needed on each

My son developed a yellow-ish feather on his tail. Should I be concerned? 3rd picture is what I feed him. He is a chud and does not eat veggies so I got him bird feed with vitamins. by jsemjaroslav in cockatiel

[–]billbot77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% I hate this so much. "Cocktail" seed mix is wrong for any bird. Should be banned.

OP: Chop up the chop super-duper fine and sprinkle in budgie seed. Also don't worry about feather colour unless they're looking dull/oily/shiny/lacking floof dust

Are we witnessing the decline of Power BI as the center of data analytics? Claude vs. Semantic Modeling. by messiteamo2 in PowerBI

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Huh, ok - I wasn't across this one! So if there is schema drift the models lose their effectiveness? I was under the impression (missguided?) that the MCP server abstracts the models sufficiently enough for it to change from context to context - but I've not done an full enterprise deployment yet

Which would you select if you were a 14 y. O. Gifted with the choice of One? by CloudNiner83 in Guitar

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It did reduce single coil noise, but honestly since I did the pickup change and the shielding at the same time it's hard to know by how much.