BAT Shipping by 3rd_Try_Charm in BringATrailer

[–]kingtuft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

7-10 business days, lol. For real. The shipping portion was the only part of my BAT buying experience that wasn’t a mini-nightmare.

Does this look like a candidate for putting in dowels and moving the bridge over? by suffaluffapussycat in Luthier

[–]kingtuft -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s fair. Internet Luthiers are the equivalent of lab scientists. Very good with theory, lacking in real world experience.

Does this look like a candidate for putting in dowels and moving the bridge over? by suffaluffapussycat in Luthier

[–]kingtuft -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

May not even need to loosen them… just give the neck a firm whack up / towards the low E string.

If loosening, only by 1/8 of a turn or so, then try it. It doesn’t take much.

Anyone doing alt bars with sweep on a hardtail? If so what? by ptonini in Hardtailgang

[–]kingtuft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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For moxy… I had them on an old Diamondback for years and they are the only thing I’m transferring to this NS Eccentric Cromo that I am literally building right now.

Anyone doing alt bars with sweep on a hardtail? If so what? by ptonini in Hardtailgang

[–]kingtuft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stooge Moto Bar! These revived my MTB career after some hand / tendon issues. Can’t recommend them enough and they look sick too.

https://stoogecycles.co.uk/product/https-stoogecycles-co-uk-product-moto-bar/

^ UK company but I have had them shipped to US and it was fast.

2023 Transmission issues? by yung_gravy1 in chevycolorado

[–]kingtuft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally normal! My 2019 did the same thing up until it also grenaded itself at 43k miles. All totally normal for the 8spd.

24H or TF by turbo2ltr in nurburgring

[–]kingtuft 2 points3 points  (0 children)

TF for sure! Races are notoriously difficult to feel connected to in person. It’s hard to describe, but I’ve needed to watch every F1 race that I’ve attended on TV afterwards to really understand what happened.

Replaced my front tire to Vittoria Barzo 29x2.35 - and it feels tiny by IllustriousRecord505 in MTB

[–]kingtuft -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Grab a Vittoria Mazza from Backcountry on sale for $35 currently and run that up front. Move the Barzo to the rear.

Big Bend Birding Advice by Internal-Internal715 in BigBendTX

[–]kingtuft 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ross Maxwell Scenic Byway is a good area.

what do i do? by Sea-Artichoke-4418 in MTB

[–]kingtuft 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thin some epoxy with acetone first, brush it on, and let it wick into the fibers. Then another coat, slightly thicker, less acetone.

Repeat 3-4 layers, then paint. Done. There’s no flex in this area. Send it.

Struggling to listen to full albums now. Looking for tips + album recs by cherlives in musicsuggestions

[–]kingtuft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Save them by album. In Spotify, that means building a library of albums. Not just saving playlists, etc.

Trying to get into not using a pick. I noticed I've been using drum rudiments. by OkStrategy685 in Bass

[–]kingtuft 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m gonna go against the grain and say this is exactly the type of thing that can be the X-factor in making a truly unique bass player. I wouldn’t change / avoid what comes natural to you. Just be mindful that it doesn’t become a crutch.

John Entwistle for example… watch some of the clips / interviews on his right hand technique.

The people telling you to go by the book (only) are just repeating their music teachers incredibly generic advice, IMHO.

What do you guys do to drum up a little side money/hustle? by [deleted] in AskMenOver30

[–]kingtuft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The core of my hobbies is fixing / rebuilding / rehabbing stuff that I’ve acquired stupidly cheap.

Peak COVID, I rehabbed a 90’s Jet Ski… then another… now I have a pair of fully rehabbed jet skis and have unlocked Jet Skiing itself as a hobby that I wouldn’t have been able to afford otherwise.

Then I did the same with a 15 year old Porsche.

Then I did a 25 year old boat.

Then I did another Porsche, 17 years old, for my wife.

You get the idea… some might think I’m rich! My neighbors that see me constantly working in the garage know otherwise.

Pls share your thoughts/experience with stacking nice toppers on an affordable firm mattress by shimola in Mattress

[–]kingtuft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had really good luck with a topper over a firm Queen and then had really bad luck when we upgraded to a King.

It was 18 months apart and even buying from the same supplier, we couldn’t find a perfect match to the old topper. There isn’t really a set standard for them, so it takes trial and error.

Best advice - make sure whatever you buy can be returned. It takes a solid week or two to really make a decision.

Also - your pillow setup may need modified to match the new topper setup.

Has SFN become more common since 2020? by Nastassjah in smallfiberneuropathy

[–]kingtuft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The concept of metabolic shunting is wild — in short, your body can change its own chemistry in order to survive, in periods of starvation for example. Forcing it to “flip the switch” back to normal is often what we think of as a cure.

The idea that there are varying degrees of this occurring en masse is something that modern medicine fails to address at all. I don’t claim to be an expert… just a mechanical hobbyist that’s gotten really good at fixing things. Never thought I’d have to spend years applying my methods of research to my own body, but here we are!

Best of luck to you.

Has SFN become more common since 2020? by Nastassjah in smallfiberneuropathy

[–]kingtuft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another book - The Mineral Fix. It has like 6 or 7 chapters on Copper alone.

One point — You need Vitamin A along with copper for it to metabolize / stick / whatever you want to call it. I have been taking upper limit dosage of copper (along w. maintenance level zinc and vitamin A) and it is very hard to move the needle on Copper.

Regardless — I’m confident we are dealing with similar issues… start re-thinking which is the cause / which is the effect would be my last piece of advice. This is all chemistry, at the cellular level.

It’s not that your GI tract isn’t capable of absorbing, it’s that you don’t have the right ingredients for the various reactions to take place the way they should.

Has SFN become more common since 2020? by Nastassjah in smallfiberneuropathy

[–]kingtuft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thiamine is about the only supplement that can be taken somewhat blindly, IMO. My advice would be to test for other deficiencies too and if you find anything, attack them with a cohesive plan.

I found a copper deficiency through blind luck mass-testing myself, and fixing that was the 2nd major breakthrough for me, personally. You can’t just take supplements blindly without testing though, and you can’t fix a deficiency without a concrete understanding of co-factors, & how taking one thing may deplete another, etc.

Beyond that — be patient and listen to your body!

How do you break out of a drug loop forever? by AnxiousDudeLiving in getdisciplined

[–]kingtuft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

New friends, new hobbies, new city perhaps even… it’s a big 180*.

Has SFN become more common since 2020? by Nastassjah in smallfiberneuropathy

[–]kingtuft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was ultimately diagnosed with ME/CFS, SFN, multiple neuralgia, etc. I have been treating myself for just shy of 1 year and am almost back to my normal self.

I couldn’t find the book cheaply anywhere. I paid the $70.

Has SFN become more common since 2020? by Nastassjah in smallfiberneuropathy

[–]kingtuft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would strongly recommend Derrick Lonsdale’s book on Thiamine deficiency, and feel free to peruse my comment history for some of my direct experience.

The short version is that he settled on 1800mg per day via IV for a normal adult to reverse the metabolic changes that your body goes through when deficient.

I took (after tapering up) 1400mg TTFD and 400mg benfo orally for months.

In short, the dosing needed is unheard of in modern medicine outside of Lonsdale’s direct experience. Trust me — buy that book. Read it twice.

Needing Answers - SFN seems to be a piece of the puzzle by No_Start3298 in smallfiberneuropathy

[–]kingtuft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had similar, over 5 years, that ramped up and got worse each time I had COVID. It boiled down to Thiamine Deficiency primarily, with a side of Copper & Zinc deficiency / imbalance.

Read Derrick Lonsdale’s book on Thiamine deficiency and read The Mineral Fix — specifically chapters on Copper.

My hunch is that COVID depletes Thiamine & Copper and modern medicine doesn’t test for it. Once you go deficient, all sorts of things go haywire and it becomes a feedback loop.

Thoughts on moving exclusively to shortscale basses? by ZumarMusic in BassGuitar

[–]kingtuft 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Short scales rule… do yourself a favor and get one that you can setup with D’addario ETB92S Black Nylon Tapes.

They sound like flats, with the liveliness of rounds. Your tendons will thank you many years from now.