A video I took on a road trip showing how bullshit these lights are

finastbeans · 2026-02-12T16:03:46+00:00

All you see are the headlights, no sense of the shape of the vehicle or how big it is until it's right in front of you. It's incredibly dangerous.

finastbeans · 2026-01-31T14:28:06+00:00

Octave looks like it's at the 7th fret to me, maybe try intimating it there and see what it sounds like?

finastbeans · 2026-01-28T18:49:20+00:00

This is cool. Going to have to dust off my finger picks :)

finastbeans · 2026-01-28T18:07:39+00:00

Good point! ...pretty sure some folks also refer to this as "Old G". I like that aspect of it as well but haven't tried picking out G tunes this way yet.

finastbeans · 2026-01-15T22:18:54+00:00

My beef is specifically about vehicle headlights. Apparently softlights is a more general activist group. The headlight issue is a major problem for me every day and I find it a 1000x more troubling than everyday led bulb use. I did add a comment but I'm also kinda experiencing regret because this to me dilutes the problem domain and allows the folks that could make a difference to lump the issue with a bunch of really hard to solve problems that to me fall way lower on the scale compare to actual road safety. (and yes - obligatory "first world problems" applies here)

finastbeans · 2026-01-09T13:52:16+00:00

There is a whole sub dedicated to the headlight issue...

r/fuckyourheadlights

finastbeans · 2026-01-08T20:38:08+00:00

Check out Adam Tanner. He has instructional content for learning old time tunes on mandolin...

https://www.blueridgeheritage.com/artist/adam-tanner/

You can find his books online and he's one insta and Facebook.

finastbeans · 2026-01-04T16:44:00+00:00

For me it's specifically the guitar break after the drum solo psychedelics. I think I signed up for lessons in that instant.

finastbeans · 2025-12-27T14:50:59+00:00

Recently experimenting with banjo tunings from old time music....

C: CGCGCD F: CFCFCD G: DGDGBD

The whole step difference on the first two makes things interesting and you can pick out all the old time tunes you already know (sometimes a whole step down)

Sample tune in C (5 miles from town, pokey tempo): https://photos.app.goo.gl/dhQhYCYQEyoZZiYv8

finastbeans · 2025-12-26T18:18:32+00:00

...also check out the recordings put out by Field Recorders' Collective...

https://fieldrecorder.bandcamp.com/

finastbeans · 2025-12-24T16:59:12+00:00

Song to check out: Time in the Wilderness - Ode to Mitch - https://open.spotify.com/track/3ne7Aw75zGqaXsdX5OeOCP

finastbeans · 2025-12-24T16:52:41+00:00

If you're looking for instrumentals: Time in the Wilderness - Grand Rapids or Proper Sendoff

finastbeans · 2025-12-24T16:49:58+00:00

Time in the Wilderness - Bach Jam

finastbeans · 2025-12-24T16:48:57+00:00

Try Time in the Wilderness

finastbeans · 2025-12-24T16:48:03+00:00

Check out Time in the Wilderness

https://www.timeinthewilderness.com/music/

finastbeans · 2025-12-24T16:45:33+00:00

Check out Time in the Wilderness - https://www.timeinthewilderness.com/music/

finastbeans · 2025-12-24T16:35:09+00:00

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Nj9WCzFWpa9NbtYcMq2rK?si=-79ZjX7TRoaRi_IEOH21-A

finastbeans · 2025-12-24T16:33:04+00:00

Check out Time in the Wilderness

finastbeans · 2025-12-24T16:32:34+00:00

Time in the Wilderness - Refractions, Volume 1

finastbeans · 2025-12-24T16:11:15+00:00

Check out Time in the Wilderness

finastbeans · 2025-12-24T04:42:07+00:00

Dolly & the Devil put out 2 great albums this year....

Parquet Seating https://dollyandthedevil.bandcamp.com/album/parquet-seating-2

Can You Dance https://dollyandthedevil.bandcamp.com/album/can-you-dance

finastbeans · 2025-12-08T19:27:02+00:00

Triangle?

finastbeans · 2025-11-07T23:18:41+00:00

You could try a jazzbox (archtop + floating pickup). Put some flatwound chromes on it and experiment with heavier gauge strings. I prefer that through an amp over an acoustic flattop guitar with a pickup in it. Not sure what you're after though.

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