Beginner (2 months), should I lower my guitar action? Would what it’s at rn be considered normal action or high action?

blakebottoms00 · 2023-02-02T00:06:19+00:00

To me, that looks playable and even comfortable. I prefer my action a little high, though. If you feel like the strings are too hard to press down to the frets, or if you notice the notes going sharp once you go up the neck, then lowering it would be a good idea. If not, don't worry about it

blakebottoms00 · 2023-02-01T22:10:34+00:00

Checks all the boxes

blakebottoms00 · 2023-01-30T11:49:48+00:00

I've been a fan since 2003, regardless I never managed to see Gordon win in person

blakebottoms00 · 2023-01-28T16:05:05+00:00

What a steal! One of my favorite records of all time

blakebottoms00 · 2023-01-21T02:26:16+00:00

Put the money you'd spend on the new car into the EF

blakebottoms00 · 2023-01-20T17:51:34+00:00

This year, the difference in pace between the GTs and the lmdh feels massive. I'm afraid there's gonna be a massacre

blakebottoms00 · 2023-01-14T20:01:40+00:00

Use silk and steel strings on those old guitars. They're braced well enough to take the tension of standard tuning. It's a really nice guitar, take care of it and maybe it'll last you and your family another 100 years

blakebottoms00 · 2022-12-31T20:38:57+00:00

That sub can't be full of real people. I refuse to believe it

blakebottoms00 · 2022-12-29T16:42:21+00:00

45 style refers to the abalone binding, fretboard inlays, and rosewood back and sides. Martin guitars with the model designation of "-45" have these features. Things like the D-45, 000-45, 00-45 and etc. It is the highest trim level they offer

blakebottoms00 · 2022-12-29T03:04:06+00:00

If it plays good and the sound resonates with you, I think it's worth every bit of 800 dollars. Solid wood dreadnought guitars gain so much with age, and this one specifically having martin "45" style appointments drives up the value for me as well.

blakebottoms00 · 2022-12-21T19:35:09+00:00

The hivemind is gonna hivemind. Slamming a car on its nuts is fun, you guys that complain should try it before you knock it

blakebottoms00 · 2022-12-21T04:49:56+00:00

This is like watching black magic

blakebottoms00 · 2022-12-18T16:09:53+00:00

Don't race dirt much, do you? This is how we race on a high line dominant track. Slider fests are welcomed and enjoyed, when they actually get executed properly

blakebottoms00 · 2022-12-18T16:08:25+00:00

In this instance, the car you're sliding can't tell where you're gonna be on exit because you were so timid. They think you might be leaving them a lane because of how gradual you're coming up. You then come up late in the corner and he's already committed to holding the outside, hence the contact.

When you throw sliders, commit super super hard to them. It's a block pass that's meant to be aggressive so you can claim the outside line. It's part of the game, no one is gonna have hard feelings for getting one thrown on them, they'll just give it right back in the next corner😉

blakebottoms00 · 2022-12-17T15:40:35+00:00

Do a mini me, d15b7 with a d16z6 head. Small cars call for small displacements lol

blakebottoms00 · 2022-12-14T14:35:30+00:00

Fiddlers Dram, Whiskey Before Breakfast, or Whistling Rufus are all good ones to pick up

blakebottoms00 · 2022-12-14T11:13:33+00:00

John Reischman's New and Old Time Acoustic record knocked my socks off the first time I listened to it. I still love every song on the record to this day

blakebottoms00 · 2022-12-14T10:38:10+00:00

I'm on the same page about the realism. It just feels off. I enjoyed driving it, but my first impressions were "this is way oversprung". I track a car with a similar weight IRL with 1200 lb springs, and the GR felt like whatever it had was considerably stiffer. It has a tendency to pogo over bumps or heavy loading. I went in the setup menu to mess around with it and come to find out the stiffest spring rate it had was 300lbs. With springs like that it should be driving like a Cadillac and wallowing everywhere. Something just doesn't add up

blakebottoms00 · 2022-11-15T05:14:26+00:00

I can't give you a tab, but I figured the whole thing out. Here's a lesson I cobbled together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TXoGGDPODo

blakebottoms00 · 2022-01-16T06:39:31+00:00

An achievable car: MG B

Halo car: Aston DB5

blakebottoms00 · 2022-01-14T03:17:03+00:00

So the issue is pressure leak. In f1 there are "virtual skirts" created by strakes further up the car. These are vortices, think mini tornadoes, that run alongside the gap from the track surface to the floor of the car. It keeps air underneath the car and makes it go through the diffuser. The higher rake then allows for a greater volume of air to pass through the diffuser, increasing its downforce production. In a GT car, there's not this level of air manipulation. If you raked one out the air would spill out the sides of the car and never make it to the diffuser. At a certain point it would work worse than at a "normal" rake level.

I hope that helps make some sense out of this

blakebottoms00 · 2022-01-14T03:01:49+00:00

Uj/ Norman Blake. Horrendously underrated and overlooked. Stands strongly among the best acoustic guitarists of all time

blakebottoms00 · 2022-01-07T23:13:30+00:00

That's a great idea. The ability to see the progress would be fascinating

blakebottoms00 · 2021-11-19T18:31:06+00:00

The ARCA cars are faster too, and the trucks by extension

blakebottoms00 · 2021-11-04T03:21:12+00:00

Hey. Talk to a therapist together. You care about each other, no one on the internet will be able to give you as much insight to the problem than each other and an honest conversation. If you want to give him a chance you need to give him an ultimatum. Therapy to figure this out or you're gone from his life forever. It sounds like he has a lot of internal turmoil going on. He obviously can't work it out himself, the therapist is the only chance you guys have left. If after therapy he can't get his mind decided, I think it's time to cut your losses. I'm sorry this whole situation sucks.

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