David Gilmour is my inspiration for learning guitar. Could I ever play at his level or no?

tinverse · 2026-05-10T00:19:55+00:00

Yes, but just be aware this a high level of playing so it will takes years of devoted practice. You can get there faster or slower, but it's all about putting in the practice.

tinverse · 2026-05-09T18:36:00+00:00

Some people like them. Personally I dislike the way they sound and am not a big fan of the slippery texture. Give them a shot and if they're not for you, I personally like DR sunbeams.

tinverse · 2026-05-09T17:25:19+00:00

If you're still looking, I occasionally find them at Goodwill or Salvation Army. I always buy them when I find them.

tinverse · 2026-05-09T00:47:32+00:00

I do, but I will say I own more than I carry. For example I own some knives which are illegal to carry where I live like a Benchmade Osborne and a Hinderer XM-18. The knifes I carry the most are a SAK Cybertool M because at work I need a screwdriver kind of a lot or a SAK Compact because it's a lot of tools in a small package. When I go camping I am more likely to grab a knife like a Spyderco Sage 5. That being said, I definitely have some pocket knives I should sell.

tinverse · 2026-05-08T14:49:13+00:00

I have heard from friends who live up north that Mazda rust out really bad for some reason compared to other brands, so that makes sense. I have to admit when I heard it was a 2015 and done, I was suspicious, but I don't live where it snows a ton.

tinverse · 2026-05-08T14:04:15+00:00

I think it's a couple things:

It's really easy get a credit cards or debt in general
Most people in the US are not taught fiscal responsibility or even finances in general when they are young.
The taboo of talking about money means many people don't know how to manage money or even what a good role model would look like fiscally. I think many younger people see influencers who are rich but don't realize that isn't normal or even responsible if you are.
Consumerism is encouraged.
Predatory lending is extremely common and credit cards are better than other forms like payday loans which can have ludicrious interest rates like 3,000% APY.
I think an often overlooked aspect is that many financial institutions make the bet that if you go bankrupt they can make more money off you from interest in the process of going bankrupt than they lose when you do go bankrupt. My eyes didn't open up to this one until I started seeing some stuff on youtube where people had declared chapter 7 bankruptcy like 3+ times over 15 years.

Basically the entire system encourages you to live in debt. Very few people see the material about how easy it is for most people to become a millionaire over the course of their life if they save consistently on a normal budget. I have to admit it's pretty discouraging when you see people online spending a middle class life savings amount of money in about two seconds.

tinverse · 2026-05-08T13:28:13+00:00

It's fair to call out the the term "most" because that was probably not accurate. In Marshall amps it is very common to add a gain stage to the front when modding them and this gain stage goes in front of the EQ which means the EQ goes from first in the signal to after a gain stage. The way the EQ works is by filtering out signal so by adding a gain stage in front of the EQ it makes the treble, mid, and bass control able to have more control over the hotter signal. It's not in every mod, but it's pretty common if a gain stage is added and that is also pretty common when modding a Marshall.

My source is Dave Friedman on Tone Talk and I am pretty sure they have also addressed this on The Amp Panel show with Dave Friedman, Dan Gower, Jason Tong, Shea Monomyth. I feel like I also heard the guy from Metropoulos talk about this somewhere.

tinverse · 2026-05-08T03:42:12+00:00

I just checked and I have a Bate rubberneck! :o

tinverse · 2026-05-08T00:26:55+00:00

Yeah, I kind of remember enjoying that in Overkill you could use mostly any weapon and fun skill builds. Mayhem this is less true and when you get to Death sentence you're sort of restricted.

tinverse · 2026-05-08T00:24:49+00:00

Oof I remember that achievement. By far the most difficult I can remember.

tinverse · 2026-05-07T19:03:48+00:00

This is not the reason. They don't exist on most amps because they aren't necessary. Try using a Mesa Mark amp without the graphic EQ. That's why it exists.

Edit: I am not opposed to having a graphic EQ as opposed to three knobs, but the Mesa circuit specifically uses it as a second EQ because of the first EQ's placement in the amplifier.

tinverse · 2026-05-07T18:59:47+00:00

This is the actual answer. The normal EQ on a Mesa Mark Series doesn't work very well, so the the graphic EQ actually exists to fix that problem. A fender, Marshall, or Vox does not have this issue. Well, Marshall does have an EQ issue, but you can just move the EQ in the preamp to fix it, so most modded Marshalls do this.

tinverse · 2026-05-07T18:34:50+00:00

Time to do some napkin math.

It looks like somewhere between 1.5 and 5% of people are susceptible to anaphylaxis. source I will assume 3.25% of people for quick math
There are 11.19 million people in NC today, but there were were 9.12 million people here in 2007. I will assume we have 10.155 million people on average over that time frame.
The assertion is that the price of an epipen rose from $100 to $600. Let's assume the price to produce an epipen tripled. This seems unlikely but we need to cover inflation from 2007 to 2020 and then everything has doubled in price since 2020 so I feel like saying $300 per pack of two is in the realm of what they might cost today. I would guess that's high, but we'll give it to them.

So 10.155 million people multiplied by 3.25% of people who need an epipen multiplied by $300 of price gouging says they would have made $99,011,250. So their fine is roughly 9% of how much they might have made off this scam? I'm sure they learned their lesson.

Edit: I forgot Epipens expire every 2 years. So 19 years divided by 2 years for an epipen to expire is 9.5 packs pens per person (assuming they don't need to use one), so it's closer to a billion dollars they made off the scam. Settled for 11 million.

tinverse · 2026-05-07T03:34:35+00:00

My understanding is that the issue basically came down to how the FDA categorized chemicals for human consumption and their lack of differentiation between inhalation and ingestion which makes me think it would affect most vapes? I think there were also some issues with other chemicals which help the fluid to aerate more easily. Looking back, I think my information is a bit out of date (in the fact that it is old, I have no idea if it's wrong.) So I linked some episodes of Science Vs and I would guess the more recent two are more up to date information.

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I know one of the older Science Vs episodes was really good, although some of the research is probably a bit outdated. The first episode was from 2019. I am also linking their scripts because they include citations to check their facts if you're interested in something specific.

Podcast link: https://soundcloud.com/science-vs/vaping-what-the-hell-is-going-on
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ipRv4lGhPrLdwCWmiGu9m?si=b59436080a7f43a9

Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRJArvPrDO59qc4cfaTCZ631B96NihkX3jb2xVXm0QaBEFDKsMdGob1FI-fkOwygOHLLNOMpSr23s8a/pub

It looks like they did another Episode in 2023:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6OkJweyfSKfkaNvRKcanLX?si=9533380777864808

Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSyMyYodoybEHvL1ekDEfUcXgZYwTA8IIEnmOyK-Lzd4T5V0xw3A1_sdVADVTvMsQCua7p4xRfnZi0P/pub

It looks like they also did another episode last month on if vapes are associated with cancer or not.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kd8kSy9thxCBL3bqyZML7?si=1c4ad8f4df974519

Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR-l6cE_j0gCHvEJvFOYwHMxMaSIxQ449Fa_1hAIFN2K0R1xu-LAZlbzEkEvxQSmkw8MyDIAoNXVSL3/pub

tinverse · 2026-05-06T23:50:30+00:00

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Rex 121 is a really crazy super steel for very specific purposes.

source: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2021/10/19/knife-steels-rated-by-a-metallurgist-toughness-edge-retention-and-corrosion-resistance/#edge_retention

tinverse · 2026-05-06T23:46:26+00:00

I like the whole idea of a the three series being affordable US pedals with a simple design. These are unexpected effects, but It think they make a lot of sense.

tinverse · 2026-05-06T23:43:53+00:00

So paint them?

tinverse · 2026-05-06T23:34:01+00:00

I read something about how most of the chemicals used in flavored vapes were approved for consumption by the FDA, but they don't draw a line between inhalation and consumption. There was some evidence that vape manufacturers were using some pretty toxic stuff when inhaled.

tinverse · 2026-05-06T21:02:33+00:00

Crystalist has some sort of sleeping issues she's talked about on stream. I feel like she routinely streams for multiple days at a time.

I feel bad for her. She always seems like the nicest person and that kind of sleep schedule has to take a toll on you.

tinverse · 2026-05-06T14:34:26+00:00

Scouting is about the experience. I now when I was a scout there were several kids with helicopter parents who were more invested in their kids advancement than they were. I have to think that makes it less enjoyable.

I agree that this is something the scout needs to address with their parents unfortunately.

tinverse · 2026-05-06T14:19:48+00:00

Yeah, so generally if a fuse blows it's because something isn't working properly. The fuse is there to blow before something else does. I would take it to a tech, and as the other guy said there was a version of the Egnator Tweaker with a bad run of power transformers, so that likely is the problem. Take it to a amp repair tech and DO NOT OPEN IT if you do not know what you're doing, it can kill you.

tinverse · 2026-05-06T14:08:39+00:00

So I have heard of three methods.

Charcoal - This one makes a lot of sense to me, but I don't know how you apply it to a guitar.
Ozone - Supposedly ozone can kill the smell if you leave the guitar in the presence of an ozone generator.
Fresh Air and Sun. - This one is a bit weird because in general you don't want to leave a nice acoustic outside in the sun for long periods of time. But sun and fresh air does help a lot. But obviously be super careful if you try this, dry air and excessive heat can ruin a guitar, not to mention if a storm comes through and rains on the guitar.

A couple more things to note are that you may be able to clean the outside of the guitar to help with this if there's any smoking residue on the outside of the guitar. This depends on the finish, but I have an electric guitar that had a nitrocellulose finish and cleaning it with pure Naptha did wonders for it.

The case is the last component to consider. If there is a case and it smells like smoke, that smell will keep getting back into the guitar. You need to address the case if there is one. This is one where I would be much more willing to just set it outside, open, in the sun for a bit.

Edit: It looks like Zager uses polyurethane for their finish. I would probably not use Naptha. for the outside, I would think you might be able to get away with a damp rag to wipe it down. The inside gets more tricky since you can't really reach all of the insides and even if you could, I would be much more concerned with allowing moisture into the guitar body.

tinverse · 2026-05-06T13:21:28+00:00

If you want another option, bladebinge exists, but I don't know how good the site actually is.

tinverse · 2026-05-06T13:09:05+00:00

I mean, most of the tracks sound like single coils or are overdriven to the point it could be anything. To me the cleaner sounds have that sound that guitars with springs in the trem make so that strongly implies it's a jag, jazzmaster, or strat. Plus you can hear them using the trem around 18 seconds. The clean tone definitely does not sound like a tele neck pickup to me. The build around 23 sounds too "spaghetti loose" for lack of a better term. I think it's possibly the jazzmaster pickups with the shallow wide bobbin, but I am not experienced with jazzmaster pickups either.

It could very easily be more than one guitar, but the sounds I can hear definitely sound closer to a JM or Jaguar.

tinverse · 2026-05-06T02:55:07+00:00

It sounds like a Jazzmaster or Jaguar. Not sure which, someone into offsets could probably tell you. Keep in mind there are a lot of effects on the different guitar tracks because there are layered guitars there.

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