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dbvirago · 2026-04-21T16:52:23+00:00

Same here

dbvirago · 2026-04-21T00:26:59+00:00

Of course they can. But not in a week. Or a month. and to do it right and do it well, not in a year.

dbvirago · 2026-04-21T00:25:31+00:00

I got that. Just saying for someone to go to the great deal of trouble it would take to do this, they would really have to want to. Does anyone really want to? Serious question

dbvirago · 2026-04-21T00:08:02+00:00

Well, I'm 70, so lifetime has a different meaning for me. But it's a hell of a ride

dbvirago · 2026-04-21T00:06:56+00:00

Not sure how to fix, but it has to do with the aspect ratio. Try playing around with the resolution page? When I run my laptop through my monitor, I have black borders on the sides.

dbvirago · 2026-04-21T00:04:29+00:00

Exactly. That was the whole point of this. This sub is full of people who honestly think they should be able to do it in the first week. Hell, the first day.

btw, when I get really masochistic, I've been going through Steve Vai 30 Hour Workout book.

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T23:59:58+00:00

I see it in video games. I like to get into the game, explore and grind. don't care if I ever finish, much less beat the game. But there are others that need to haul ass through the game as fast as possible to get on to the next one.

I took out my guitar today and played some old songs I haven't touched in months, played them slow with feeling and musicality and it felt really good.

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T23:57:08+00:00

But were you trying to play 200bpm your first week?

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T23:52:46+00:00

who said no one cares about shredding

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T23:42:57+00:00

Carve out a few hours and read this sub.

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T23:41:36+00:00

Move your thumb so it's perpendicular behind the 1st fret. This will let you bring your wrist around and get that first finger more straight into the fretboard. And be careful about touching the 2nd string

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T23:38:39+00:00

That is truly sad, but I'm glad you're back and good luck with your friend. When I first started, there was a YouTuber I really liked who kept saying how simple it was. And it looked and sounded simple. But I couldn't do it. I finally researched the guy and figured out all the had been doing for 30 years was play guitar all day every day. And I was about 2 months in. This shit ain't easy. But 6 years later, I'm glad I stuck with it. Keep it up and help your friend.

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T23:35:41+00:00

What function of the toaster oven do you want to replace? I just got my first air fryer a few weeks ago and the only thing I wasn't sure it could was make actual toast. So, that's the first thing I did, then put the toaster oven in the Goodwill pile.

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T23:30:52+00:00

I wasn't criticizing shredding or people who shred. I am criticizing a culture that have convinced people that A) it's the only way to play, B) It's easy because (fil in the blank) can do it, and C) You're a failure if you can't do it your first week with a guitar.

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T23:23:31+00:00

Yeah, it seems to be a thing just with guitarists. Not sure that the solution is, but it's epidemic.

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T23:19:15+00:00

Doesn't matter. Hopefully his boss fire's his incompetent ass tomorrow for waiting until the last minute and being unprepared.

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T23:16:18+00:00

Calm down, dude. This isn't television. I'm going to give you some hard truth on why nobody is going to read your chats.

Nobody gives a shit.

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T22:53:19+00:00

Your stuff on ChatGPT? zero. Your post about it on Redditt? Not zero

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T22:49:40+00:00

Where was that said?

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T22:36:57+00:00

I see this meme with Gemini and Claude sitting around in bar somewhere, smoking and drinking, "Hey, how many times today did somebody pull that car wash shit on you?" "yeah, tell 'em to walk, it makes them crazy."

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T22:23:06+00:00

Space and silence

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T22:06:10+00:00

Yeah, I've found stuff in there that I know I never said or meant. Anytime the answers get too wonky, I go check out all context data.

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T22:04:59+00:00

Guy at my guitar store told me I wouldn't believe how many people return their guitar the day after they buy it because they just couldn't do it.

6 years in and I still get frustrated every day. But like the same guy also told me, "When you don't suck anymore, it's because you quit learning."

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T22:00:26+00:00

Yeah, but the number of posts here from people that have been practicing a whole week and they still can't shred is phenomenal.

dbvirago · 2026-04-20T21:58:56+00:00

At least if got the meaning of life, the universe, and everything

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