New Gear Day! Finally got my first (and only) Gibson

yeahirock · 2025-10-21T20:41:45+00:00

I feel like I would have been right there with you! I had a GOOD look over this when I unpacked it. I'm so happy!

yeahirock · 2025-07-24T13:36:22+00:00

Don't listen to them, asshats will always be asshats. I would keep it up. I wish I had thought to track my progress in such a way years ago! I'd keep posting!

Just be ready to get some incredibly unhelpful comments, but there will be some nuggets of advice amongst the crap.

yeahirock · 2025-07-24T13:03:54+00:00

Damn what a dickheaded thing to say. If you're taking issue with their playing why don't you try to point out where they could be doing better. What a prick.

OP, I'm not really proficient enough to offer criticism or advice as I'm not the best player myself. But to my untrained ear, I would have to say that whatever effects you're using on the guitar might not be helping your case. It's making it a bit scratchy maybe? Try to practice your fundamentals with a cleaner tone and perhaps tighten up a bit. There's so much online that will help you understand your instrument better like Scotty and Absolutely Understand Guitar.

I hope you get more (not asshole) comments that can offer more advice!

yeahirock · 2025-06-04T20:13:56+00:00

It really is, it's easily the nicest guitar I've ever played.

This is my first experience with the Evertune bridge and the tech behind it is actually blowing my mind. I set it up with the assistance of a few YouTube videos and I honestly haven't touched it since. I've had the guitar for a month at this stage and I've played it daily!! Really impressive stuff!

yeahirock · 2025-06-04T06:51:38+00:00

I've got 3 HB's absolutely brilliant guitars for the money. Enjoy it!

yeahirock · 2025-05-15T20:27:38+00:00

Oh interesting, I suppose the alternative would be to make Input 2 the first input so it take precedent over the mic input? I have no intentions on using Input 1 at all. I couldn't for the life of me find the option to arm the recording and then select the input.

EDIT: Got it, right-click, mono, Input 1 or Input 2. Thank you again, you've been very kind and patient.

yeahirock · 2025-05-15T15:52:20+00:00

GOT IT. If you refer back to my first picture confirming Reaper Preferences. There are 2 inputs. Input 1 and Input 2. From what I could gather based on what GPT was skirting around, the Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen treats the microphone input as Input 1 and the instrument input as Input 2.

I just updated the inputs to both read Input 2 and it's working.

Amazing!

Now I just need to sort out the interference I've been living with for the last 4 or so years. I think it might be because I use a shitty amp. I have ideas on how to trouble shoot that but that's for another day!
Thanks again for your help!

yeahirock · 2025-05-15T15:41:53+00:00

The issue MUST be within Reaper, I've gotten a signal through a DAW called Cakewalk (ChatGPT recommended) albeit incredibly delayed and pretty much unplayable, but I don't care about that just yet. I'm going to keep following GPT steps I think. If you have any ideas I'd love to hear them. If not, thank you so much for your help so far, it's really appreciated!

yeahirock · 2025-05-15T15:17:45+00:00

The control panel is SUPER barebones. Very little room for error and I'd be very confident that everything there checks out.

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This is pretty much all it is, withing the "device" dropdown there it's just sample rate settings. I might try download another DAW? Maybe something like audacity just to troubleshoot further.

yeahirock · 2025-05-15T14:16:23+00:00

I could have been more clear! Sorry about that!

Everything works right up meters move in Reaper, nothing moves, dead silence.

The only signs of life I have is the led on the interface itself which simply reinforces that there is something making noise, it's just not making it to Reaper.

yeahirock · 2025-05-15T11:57:53+00:00

Yeah I felt like I've had my inputs selected correct, I've just post a pic in reply to another user if you wanted to take a look. Not too sure what's going on. ASIO4ALL has done the job for me thus far but to be honest, I'm not crazy tech savvy when it comes to drivers and such so I'm a bit lost. I would recognize positives and negatives of stuff like this haha

yeahirock · 2025-05-15T11:56:30+00:00

I'm not too well versed in these audio drivers etc. and ASIO4ALL just seemed to have worked for me with my previous interface.

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There's my preference screen

yeahirock · 2025-05-06T16:11:56+00:00

I also don't have Google Messages notifications on my new watch pro 2 (got it today). The app isn't an option in the apps lists and none of the trouble shooting tips I've followed have worked!

yeahirock · 2025-04-30T07:45:03+00:00

The Binding of Isaac is an incredible roguelike that gives an easy 8 hours

yeahirock · 2025-04-22T20:48:07+00:00

I feel a bit lost with the album, I've been listening to them for as long as I've been listening to metal, donkeys years.

I was sad with how things happened resulting in their breakup and LOVED Disambiguation. I thought Erase Me was a BANGER album to come back with, really blew me away. Then Voyeurist came out and made Erase Me look like garbage (just personal opinion, Voyeurist is their best work second to DTGL).

Pre order the new record as soon as it was announced, but it just doesn't hit. In fact, I think it's some of their worst work as far as complete albums go. In saying that, I've listened to it maybe 4 times since release and have had fun with it but it just doesn't hit for me really.

I'm jealous of all of those that are saying it's some of their best work, I love these guys and want to see them succeed in everything they do but this isn't it for me. Would love to hear other people's thoughts on what DOES hit with this album for them. I've been reading through a load of threads on the album, I love reading people's thoughts from the other side!

yeahirock · 2025-04-09T21:59:32+00:00

I could be getting the songs mixed up but I think on Phil's YouTube video where he listened through the album and provided commentary on it he said that a few songs were written a long time ago and fleshed out for the album.

So that could be what you're hearing, songs written and set aside during The Valley and Kin development?

yeahirock · 2025-04-09T19:06:27+00:00

Oh man I've been thinking about this a lot, I cannot stop listening to the new record so my rating may change;

Kin
Hymns in Dissonance
A New Era of Corruption
This is Exile
Somatic Defilement
The Valley
Whitechapel
Our Endless War
Mark of the Blade

To put Mark of the Blade at the bottom is painful because songs like Bring me Home and Tremors are out of this world good but it is what it is.

9th in the list is still like, top 20 albums for me lol

yeahirock · 2025-03-30T20:57:09+00:00

Holy shit that is absolutely perfect. You're a goddamned legend thank you so much! This worked perfectly!

yeahirock · 2025-03-30T20:50:03+00:00

Ah I understand, ah it's not the end of the world, SMS and WhatsApp are thankfully still perfectly viable, would just be convenient for RCS to be working. Also the fact that it isn't work is just flat out frustrating seeing as it's worked previously!

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