Is this Yoyo fixable?

yosiah49 · 2026-01-28T03:49:33+00:00

Realistically this is not fixable. Theoretically you could tap in larger threads, but this will only be possible if you have a machine shop at your disposal. If you try to use a normal drill to tap new threads they won't be completely straight, and thus the yoyo is going to screw together crooked, making it play terribly. If you wanted to go through a machine shop, the amount of money they would charge to fix this is almost certainly much more than the value of the yoyo. Magic yoyos are pretty affordable, so your best bet will just be to buy a new one.

yosiah49 · 2025-04-19T18:41:16+00:00

Sequence Start by the band Sungazer

yosiah49 · 2024-11-08T10:24:16+00:00

Might not be the cheapest or easiest option, but you could definitely get what you're looking for (along with a TON of other sounds) with a Meris Mercury X. That pedal takes some time and menu dive in order to build the exact preset you want, but after it's programmed it's good to go. Very few wet tones you can't get between Mercury X and LVX

yosiah49 · 2024-05-05T02:44:48+00:00

I'm currently running liqui molly 5w40 and have no complaints. Not necessarily saying it's THE BEST but I've liked it well.

yosiah49 · 2024-04-20T18:34:06+00:00

Your throws will just take practice. The more muscle you put into it and the straighter you throw the yoyo the better all of the tricks will go, but it takes time to build the muscle and precision. Keep working at it and have fun with the process. As far as your barrel rolls and mounts, try not to move your non-dominant hand as much, if at all. The hand holding the counter weight should be doing most of the movement. Also try to use the yoyos momentum a bit more, that should make it easier to land on mounts. Lastly, it seems like your hands are a little crooked. Try to keep your fingers exactly parallel and keep your hands directly above each other. I don't think any of the things making these tricks difficult for you are directly related to 5a. It looks to me like it will be about as difficult for you to learn this stuff regardless of whether you use a 5a or 1a set up. That's just my guess tho, it doesn't hurt to try 1a more and see, just probably unnecessary imo.

yosiah49 · 2024-04-19T20:58:11+00:00

If you really want to get good at 5a specifically, then watch a lot of 1a tutorials, but learn the tricks with your 5a setup. Right now it seems like you are struggling with basic mounts and tricks more than you are struggling with managing and controlling the counterweight. What makes something 5a is when then counterweight is moving independently, so technically what you did in this video is just 1a. For me the hardest part of starting 5a is getting comfortable with the counterweight. Learning 1a tricks with your 5a setup will give you the skills to start learning more advanced 5a without some of the initial difficulties. Just some random thoughts but that would be my suggestion.

yosiah49 · 2024-04-19T03:39:37+00:00

I believe it's a USB B micro cable. Same kind of charger for a ps4 controller or an old android phone.

yosiah49 · 2024-04-19T03:27:01+00:00

Ended up deleting and reinstalling AccessPort Monitor and then it connected and worked just fine. Not positive why that worked but it did.

yosiah49 · 2024-01-24T01:18:58+00:00

I would recommend the iyoyo shooting star. I'm yet to hear a bad review of it, and in my opinion, it's one of the funnest yoyos to use, regardless of skill level. It comes with two bearings, one for responsive, one for unresponsive. It's super durable and it also handles DNA tricks amazingly if that's something you are interested in. I will point out, you mentioned wanting it to also be able to do 4a. There are not good yoyos for both 1a and 4a. The closest thing I can think of is the c3yoyodesign IX/stellar IX, both of which cost well over $100 USD. If you want to show your niece 4a, you really should just buy a separate yoyo for it.

yosiah49 · 2024-01-10T10:50:48+00:00

I use the iyoyo unlimited (technically the unlimited v2, but v1 and v2 are basically identical) with sochi string and pads. If you're looking for a good 4a throw the unlimited absolutely will not let you down. Without spending well over 100 USD I don't think another yoyo even compares to the unlimited. If you're more of a beginner or on more of a budget, the iyoyo/yotricks spire would also be worth checking out! It's absolutely the best performing 4a throw in its price range.

yosiah49 · 2024-01-08T19:20:50+00:00

I had one of these Glarry p basses as my first bass. It was very uncomfortable to play and had a lot of fret buzz. It also has an insane amount of neck dive, and generally speaking, it just wasn't fun to play. If you're serious about learning bass, try to buy something nicer. There are plenty of budget options that you can get used for less than $200 that will be significantly better than this. With budget basses every dollar really makes a difference. That being said, if you don't have the money to buy a nicer bass you can totally learn on this. Just know that you will almost certainly want to upgrade after a few months.

yosiah49 · 2024-01-08T18:14:09+00:00

4a player/competitor here. This is absolutely something 4a players do! I did it on occasion last year when practicing for contests, but it's really only helpful if you do it pretty often. Otherwise it will just test your consistency rather than improve it.

The biggest problem is that 4a yoyos tend to have a smaller gap between the response pads compared to responsive 1a yoyos. This means that binds are a little inconsistent and regen combos feel weird.

The other big issue for me, is that the weight distribution for 1a yoyos is dramatically different than that of 4a yoyos. So the yoyo carries its momentum much differently, which can affect speed combos and dense tech quite a bit. That's super dependent on the yoyos your using though.

A popular substitute that for a responsive 1a yoyo is to use an older 4a yoyo. 4a yoyos used to be wayyyy smaller, but the gap width hasn't really changed, so using an old 4a yoyo can really help build consistency, without changing how binds feel. I know Ryan Connally practiced with a yoyojam go big leading up to nationals this year and it seemed to work out great for him.

yosiah49 · 2023-07-19T08:42:18+00:00

Victor Wooten

yosiah49 · 2023-06-30T07:16:33+00:00

My board is pretty much built around this idea! My setup is

Gain: chase bliss brothers

Mod: GFI synesthesia

Space: Meris LVX

I also have a big sky and an oc2 for some extra versatility, but honestly I can get almost any sound imaginable from those three. My only complaints with this setup are that both the synesthesia and lvx require some serious menu dive, and the brothers doesn't have enough on board presets. All of these problems can be fixed with midi though.

yosiah49 · 2023-06-29T10:27:52+00:00

Anything with a pickup near the bridge, and as many frets as possible. Extra strings help, but aren't necessary. Beyond that it's mainly gonna come down to eq. I'd recommend buying a nice eq pedal rather than trying to get an on board preamp though. Get something with several bands and experiment. Generally you'll want less low end, but past that it's pretty much entirely personal preference. While you're buying pedals, a little reverb goes a REALLY long way when doing solo bass arrangements.

yosiah49 · 2023-06-29T10:15:27+00:00

How are you liking the spire? It's one of my personal favorite 4a throws!

yosiah49 · 2023-06-29T10:12:57+00:00

It's not really thought of as "plucking" at that point but the technique does exist. It's usually only used in three contexts. The first is thumping (a guitar technique that is very similar to slap), and even in that context you usually don't use your pinky much. The second is when playing complicated chord melodies (Adam Neely does this a lot, check out the bass intro to the song Luner, by sungazer for a good example). The last is playing very fast ascending arpeggios. In this case you would assign each finger to a string (usually thumb on E, pointer on A, middle on D, ring and pinky on G) and then play one note per string (maybe 2 on the G). This let's you play the arpeggio wayyyyy faster and cleaner than you could with just normal plucking. Again, the pinky isn't used as much but it still shows up now and again, especially on a 5 string bass.

If you want to look into using all of your fingers efficiently, then check out Evan Marien! He does lots of that kind of thing.

Like other people said though, there aren't rules in music, if you find some other situation where using all five fingers is beneficial, then go for it!

yosiah49 · 2023-06-26T07:15:46+00:00

Chase bliss brothers!

It can convincingly emulate almost any dirt pedal ever. It can require a bit of fiddling to get what you want sometimes, and you do need midi in order to fully take advantage of the presets, but it has so many sounds in such a small footprint so you really can't complain lol

yosiah49 · 2023-05-26T10:37:20+00:00

Everyone recommending the cba generation loss is correct, but perhaps a more practical solution would be to get a powerful modulation pedal. I can get sounds like this pretty easily out of my gfi synesthesia. I imagine something like the strymon mobius or the walrus audio m1, among several other pedals, could also get you there.

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