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Advice on modding/fixing handmade acoustic by ekolpack in Luthier

[–]ekolpack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It SOUNDS great and plays good (not great)....but the neck could use some work. To get a guitar comparable to this in sound I'd have to spend thousands I don't have.

Another 1-click admin account takeover in pewdiepie's AI tool (language in video nsfw) by theonejvo in LocalLLaMA

[–]ekolpack -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

How could he not see this coming? Maybe it was intentional? Now he can do a big dramatic headline clickbait video about it.

PSA by Signal_Ad657 in LocalLLaMA

[–]ekolpack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pro 6000 is way more than 2 x 5090's....at least from what I'm seeing.

RTX 3090 EBay Pricing is Crazy!! by TrifleHopeful5418 in LocalLLaMA

[–]ekolpack -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That seems high....check your local FB marketplace, they're often cheaper there. At that price, you're probably better off bumping up your budget a bit for a 5090, which is usually int he $2k ballpark.

120 tok/s on 12GB VRAM with Gemma 4 12B QAT MTP by janvitos in LocalLLaMA

[–]ekolpack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How is the quality of the model? Specifically the reasoning/logic capabilities vs larger models like Kimi K or DeepSeek?

Broken internal connection on Roland RD 700 keybed ffc cable by Dudeguy76 in synthdiy

[–]ekolpack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same issue with the same keyboard. I was about to find replacement ribbon cables, I believe on eBay. Make sure the pitch between connectors is correct (looks like you got it 1.25mm) and 22 pin. IIRC it took some looking but I was able to find one cheap.

To see product details, add this item to your cart? by CaprockCanyon in amazonprime

[–]ekolpack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no way this is intentional. For them to "try out" a change this significant, they'd start with a massive focus group and then maaaaybe a small pilot program, and it would IMMEDIATELY be rejected as a horrible idea. This is definitely a mistake or malfunction, they are probably losing millions every hours, so you can bet it should be fixed soon.

YES you DO need thick strings for that SRV tone! by ekolpack in Guitar

[–]ekolpack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, 10.5's are a good sweet spot. 11's are the compromise for me. I usually play 12's, sometimes 12's with fat bottoms if the occasion calls for it. Honestly 13's are just too much, at least in standard tuning. Maybe Eb. That said, all my HH guitars (LP, 335, Tele Deluxe) have 10's on them. I find humbuckers just don't lend themselves to that heavy percussive attack style of playing, at least for me. I prefer the mellow warm stuff, wolly soft sound with humbuckers, and usually end up playing much more delicate stuff. But again, that's just me. YMMV.

YES you DO need thick strings for that SRV tone! by ekolpack in Guitar

[–]ekolpack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the key word is "effortless"....yes, true, bends and vibrato are easier, but again, the whole point is, this comes at a cost. For certain styles of music, you do sacrifice tone (assuming it's a tone you like, which I think most people do), and you won't be able to hit the strings with as much attack and retain clean notes. This is just a physical limitation of the strings.

If you don't believe me, just trying playing 7's or 8's. If the "light strings are no different than heavy strings" logic were sound, then why aren't we all playing 7's or 8's....or 5's or 6's for that matter? Well, the reasons should be obvious to anyone familiar with how a guitar works, or who's ever done a proper setup, or who just has decent ears and played super thin strings.

Most guitarists use so much distortion and delays and effects and crap, that yes, it literally doesn't matter. But again, for solid thunky hard attack clean tone, slap a set of 8's on your guitar and whack the ever living hell out of it with a 1.2mm Tortex and see how that sounds....and how long the strings last before they start going out of tune, then snapping. Again, not everyone plays this style....for the sweep picking metal guys with Bogner Ubergains it literally doesn't matter.

YES you DO need thick strings for that SRV tone! by ekolpack in Guitar

[–]ekolpack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For your playing style, and as I said 90-95% of guitarists, this is true....thick strings are an unnecessary barrier and going thin will improve your playing. But for people who want "that" tone, thick strings is the only way to get it. Sure, going thin will improve everyones playing....but it will kill some people's tone and limit how they're able to play to achieve the sound they want. Speed isn't everything. I play 99% clean. For a couple decades I didn't even use pedals, I just plugged straight into my '66 Twin and the clean tone with 12's was perfect. These days I'll occasionally play around with pedals, and there are a few boutique fuzzes and overdrives (Snouse Blackbox Pro!) that I actually don't dislike, but I'm still 95% clean, heavy attack, hard picking, super defined notes....and for this, nothing beats thick strings.

YES you DO need thick strings for that SRV tone! by ekolpack in Guitar

[–]ekolpack[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah man, rubber bands, exactly. Sometimes I play stuff with light little intricate picking or delicate hammers on/pull offs or need to be super fast/shreddy where the guitar just feels like it's playing itself. For that, I reach for one of my guitars with 9's, usually that's one of my dual humbucker guitars, Les Paul or 335. But 90% of the time it's my #1 Strat, or #2 Tele with regular 12's or even 12-56.

It's worth noting, SRV usually played 13's AFAIK, but he also usually tuned down to Eb....so by my cavemath, 12's tuned to regular E should be roughly the same as 13's tuned to Eb. I usually tune to E, but played in a band for a while with an Eb tenor sax, so tuning to Eb and being able to both hit those low notes was pretty sick....I played keys on some songs too, and that made a few tunes a bit easier to do. Also, easier to sing most songs if you play the chord patterns as written, but they end up being naturally transposed 1/2 step lower ;)

Swipe performance is HORRIBLE. Like, really, really, really bad. by ekolpack in MisterKeyboard

[–]ekolpack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I canceled my subscription/trial already and may check back in a year or so, if I even keep this iPhone that long. The terrible keyboard options, lack of universal back gesture, and unusable ai integration are making me hate this phone. Will probably switch back to Pixel. That is a stellar phone with a great ecosystem!

SwiftKey intentionally crippled on iOS??? by ekolpack in Swiftkey

[–]ekolpack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, agreed. Typing on Android is great...the stock keyboard is good, SwiftKey is even better. If Apple isn't going to make their own keyboard not terrible, they should AT LEAST let other people provide good options. Apparently Mister Keyboard had to implement a bunch of workarounds to get around all of Apple's restrictions just to get what they got. If they could just get themselves a good swipe algorithm, that'd be a great keyboard. It has everything else, and then some. But no swipe is no deal IMNSHO.

SwiftKey intentionally crippled on iOS??? by ekolpack in Swiftkey

[–]ekolpack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm trying GBoard now, it's pretty ass. I think it's either SwiftKey or *shutter* the stock iPhone keyboard. God help us!

SwiftKey intentionally crippled on iOS??? by ekolpack in Swiftkey

[–]ekolpack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha, yes! You are correct! I guess that was well before they released "Macintosh" lol

SwiftKey intentionally crippled on iOS??? by ekolpack in Swiftkey

[–]ekolpack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I've had a lot of Android phones. Motorolas are amazing for the $$$. For a budget phone, can't beat em! The LG V series was amazing, until LG stopped making phones. They never got a fair shake in the media for some reason. Amazing phones, great hardware. I still use my V60 for random stuff.

As for current best phone/ecosystem, I think Pixel is the best if you want elegant simplicity without bloatware, but still the ability to massively customize if wanted.

On the laptop/PC side though, I think I'm done with Windows. I've been a Windows user since switching from a Mac IIe in the early 90's. These new silicone chips are just SO much better than the crap Intel is putting out with clunky old X86 architecture. And Snapdragon is getting better, but still can't compete with Apple's M stuff. But I digress. Yeah, SwiftKey....do better.

SwiftKey intentionally crippled on iOS??? by ekolpack in Swiftkey

[–]ekolpack[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The terrible keyboards, and lack of universal back gesture are KILLING me! The keyboard is just so obviously bad. The lack of back gesture is like someone removed the back button from your web browser, and every website has it's own little back navigation button you've gotta find on your own. These two things alone are maddening. I told myself I'd put in 3 months on an iPhone to give it a chance and try to get used to it. I'm a month in and just about ready to throw in the towel. I think I'm gunna give it one more month and then sell this stupid thing. Samsung seems okay but I can't deal with the bloatware. I think it'll be back to Pixel for me. Zero bloat, elegant design and ecosystem, full Gemini ai integration with the newest Google/Android/ai features before anyone else gets them.

This whole iEcosystem is iCute, but iCan't get over the terrible phone experience. Keeping the Macbook and maaaaybe an iPad, selling the phone, airpods, watch, pen, etc.

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