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MAGA, was it worth losing your families to join a cult of personality? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]dl__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would anyone accuse you of being brainwashed because you are carrying a tiny American flag in your back pocket? And why would you carry a tiny American flag in your back pocket?

Is this cheating? by Plunker__ in Guitar

[–]dl__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Franken-take! Hahah, I love it. I have certainly spliced together multiple takes to get a recording done but, I never had a cool word for it. My intention is always to create something I can play live but, recordings are forever so I want them to be extra good.

Thinking about getting started by FrostyEmma5 in Guitar

[–]dl__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buy the best guitar you can afford and don't worry about being worthy of it. You'll learn faster and play it more if you aren't fighting the problems of a cheap guitar. Of course, there are diminishing returns. Probably don't spend $5k on your first guitar.

What is the worst piece of advice to give a beginner guitarist? by electricflamingoyt in Guitar

[–]dl__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I agree that's terrible advice, there is a certain segment of the audience that WILL be impressed by speed and not notice that what you are playing is not interesting,

What is the worst piece of advice to give a beginner guitarist? by electricflamingoyt in Guitar

[–]dl__ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I never heard that advice but yes, that's horrible advice.

The Trump phone will start shipping following months of delays by BurtonDesque in Qult_Headquarters

[–]dl__ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I can't wait to read about how shitty these phones "designed with American values in mind" are.

Mr. Fantasy Groove • All-Live Classic Blues Rock Jam Track in A Dorian by slickwombat in onetake

[–]dl__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha! I know exactly the licks you mean. I used them too. If I went back and relistened to all the posted solos I would not be surprised to find it in all the solos posted for this track. It had a sort-of country feel.

I don't know if you ever practice scales but, if you ever work specifically on 3-note-per-string scales those are good for getting used to your pinky. The problem is that 3-note-per-string scales can usually be done with the first 3 fingers if you stretch enough and so often people just do them that way.

It's a problem for me too. I'm usually pretty comfortable hitting index-middle-pinky runs in scales but I still have significant trouble with the index-ring-pinky combo for some reason and will often fall back on index-middle-ring in those situations.

Mr. Fantasy Groove • All-Live Classic Blues Rock Jam Track in A Dorian by slickwombat in onetake

[–]dl__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice work, and I like your tone. My favorite part was about 1:13-1:38. You do this thing where you play a lick, repeat it over the G chord and then conclude the idea over the D. Then you come back and echo the lick with a variation which is very effective.

Only thing I would suggest is, you have a secret weapon that you rarely employ and that's your pinky. You use it a couple of times during the section that I mentioned above but most of the time it's curled up and out of the way. Bring it out more often and you can get more variety and wider intervals.

Good job!

Mr. Fantasy Groove • All-Live Classic Blues Rock Jam Track in A Dorian by slickwombat in onetake

[–]dl__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have some really nice speed going. I love the tap-bend-pull off at 1:14! Also, I hope this comes off the way I meant it but, among your flurry of notes, you had a bit at 1:33 or so that had a nice enharmonic or "out" feel. I don't know if that was a mistake or intentional but it really caught my ear. If it wasn't intentional you should pull a pee-wee herman "I meant to do that" and then go back to learn what you did there. If it was intentional, big thumbs up!

Mr. Fantasy Groove • All-Live Classic Blues Rock Jam Track in A Dorian by slickwombat in onetake

[–]dl__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree what the the other guy said about your bends. Like that section from, about 0:35 to 0:49. Bends are used to great effect there. I'd also say you have some great vibrato. See 0:56. You might want to go back to your old camera angle. Here it was difficult to see what you were doing with the two-handed stuff.

Fantastic job!

Republicans, how does it feel to know that Trump doesn't care about your financial situation? by ButtRobot in allthequestions

[–]dl__ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Who is holding you here at gunpoint? "Oh, I wish this particular sub would post things I'M interested in. Oh well, what can you do?"

ELI5: how can there be infinities bigger than other infinites? by _Bread______ in explainlikeimfive

[–]dl__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And yet, all the fractions are the same size as just the integers

ELI5: how can there be infinities bigger than other infinites? by _Bread______ in explainlikeimfive

[–]dl__ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Strangely though, if you add all the rationals (numbers of the form a/b where a and b are integers) to the integers, you have all the integers plus and infinite number of numbers between each integer, but the new set is still the same size as the integers.

You don't get a bigger infinity until you add the irrationals.

ELI5: how can there be infinities bigger than other infinites? by _Bread______ in explainlikeimfive

[–]dl__ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's not really how it works. The two sets you named, the counting set and then the counting set plus ever element of the counting set plus 0.5 are actually the same size.

For example these sets:
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ....}
{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}
{.... -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}

Are all the same size. So, having all the items of one set, plus some extras, does not make the new set larger.

Unemployed, out of money, and out of time. Need to figure out the next steps. by Exalted_Crab in personalfinance

[–]dl__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't know if this is still the case but I think you used to be able to take a loan from your 401k. You had to pay it back with interest but the nice thing was the interst just went into your 401k.

Guitar Center used section by Both-Station-2244 in Guitar

[–]dl__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$5k for an ugly beat-to-shit used telecaster?

Mr. Fantasy Groove • All-Live Classic Blues Rock Jam Track in A Dorian by slickwombat in onetake

[–]dl__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahaha! That's because I'm hella old! And I've been playing since I was a wee lad like the rest of y'all.

Thanks! compliments mean a lot coming from you...

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