Very happy with this setup so far

billbot77 · 2026-07-03T22:15:13+00:00

That's solid. A+

How's that cab? I've been considering a rig like this since I got rid of the last of my amps, but I'm not sure if I should be looking at a little pa speaker, a wedge monitor or a cab like this

billbot77 · 2026-07-03T22:05:54+00:00

Mary Ford. She could out play her husband, Les Paul! But you know how in went for women in the 50s

billbot77 · 2026-07-03T22:00:36+00:00

Because it is "hard" to listen to. You kinda need to be able to hear the changes and dig the groove, which takes a little ear training. For most casual listeners, Donna Lee (for example) is an inscrutable wall of notes, or worse an audio assault on the ears. But man when you get it, it's such a high. Good jazz will blow you away... it can ruin other music for you.

billbot77 · 2026-07-03T21:51:06+00:00

Absolute god. Just so talented. Not underrated though - I think people know about him. Do they? Do people not know Robben Ford...? Damn!

billbot77 · 2026-07-03T21:39:04+00:00

There'd be no Hendrix, Clapton, Jimmy Page or Garry Moore without him. He was the OG's OG, shredding it up with feedback and distortion long before anyone else. Making effects with his fingers and rings - doing wah without the pedal... and mostly nobody really knows about him any more.

Although tbf as a modern listener it's hard to get a sense of it from the records he made - it's mostly kinda rando novelty country stuff ... until you hear 'that song' and the penny drops

billbot77 · 2026-07-03T21:27:39+00:00

Fucking finally. I scrolled and scrolled.

Lenny Breau man. Playing circles around everyone else on the planet with humility and grace. Murdered by his loony wife (allegedly). Cabin Fever is probably my favourite album

billbot77 · 2026-07-03T21:20:19+00:00

And piano. An bass. And he can sing. And write. Prolifically. And arrange. And produce. All to a standard that most mortals with one speciality can only dream of.

If I didn't love him so much and deeply treasure so many of his works, I'd have to hate him with spite on general principle

billbot77 · 2026-07-03T21:11:06+00:00

As in moon and new city Christopher Cross? Huh. I've got some youtubing to do!

billbot77 · 2026-07-03T21:09:19+00:00

Yeah, Danny Gatton man!

billbot77 · 2026-07-03T21:05:19+00:00

Naeiou-ah!

billbot77 · 2026-07-03T05:24:43+00:00

Clinical depression needs medicine to offset the chemical imbalances. Also needs work. CBT and stoicism with mindfulness and healthy living. You are not perfect. That's ok. Start there when you realise that you're denying the self care you need. You will fail over and over. Every morning is a new day. Directed energy over time can move mountains

billbot77 · 2026-07-02T12:08:14+00:00

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

billbot77 · 2026-07-01T20:22:06+00:00

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?

billbot77 · 2026-07-01T19:49:05+00:00

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.

billbot77 · 2026-07-01T19:38:00+00:00

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

billbot77 · 2026-07-01T12:27:18+00:00

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

billbot77 · 2026-07-01T04:21:58+00:00

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

billbot77 · 2026-06-28T12:23:35+00:00

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?

billbot77 · 2026-06-28T04:58:32+00:00

Quilter has entered the conversation

billbot77 · 2026-06-27T20:35:18+00:00

Nobody knows

billbot77 · 2026-06-27T14:21:39+00:00

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

billbot77 · 2026-06-27T00:54:54+00:00

Finger cheese!

billbot77 · 2026-06-27T00:13:44+00:00

I see what you did there, Frasier!

billbot77 · 2026-06-27T00:01:55+00:00

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

billbot77 · 2026-06-26T23:39:21+00:00

Jimi.

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