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Why is it that whenever we discuss something in here my wallet gets lighter haha.

I like that pedal a lot. I liked the review for it as well. With the way tech is going I think the day isnt far where they'll sell you a little silver box with some plug points and everything else goes through your phone.

If I get a Jackson it will be a one of a kind in the guitar collection. Everything else looks classic but this would stick out like a sore thumb. Maybe I'll make a trip next month and this time just walk out with a Jackson instead of thinking about it.

This is why we don't drink around our instruments haha. I think enough pedals have found their way to the sin-bin in the early days because someone thought they could reach over for a whiskey while they were playing.

I absolutely love the one on the left.

Every two years or so I'll say yeah I want a Jackson and not just any Jackson a Rhoads Jackson which is the only one I can actually stomach (sorry @Happy Blue). And thrice now I have gone into a store to try one out (p.s. this store is very very far away so I make a day trip out of it) and then I'll go there and say no matter what I am walking out of this place with that guitar. The reasons below are why I have passed on them thrice. First Time That body is very nice to look at but in practicality's sense it just doesn't work for me. I like the neck, love the form-factor but then you get that neck dive which I have some discomfort with. I tell myself I'll get over it and I say just get one and you'll make it happen. I then walk around the store and find a second-hand Telecaster and now i'm stuck. I let it go and go home with the Tele. Because its a tele and we don't get the super nice ones here very often and this is an op I can't pass up. Second Time My jazz bass's tuning peg comes off so I go into the store and they have a King V hanging in the corner. The owner tells me that its a great guitar (which guitar store owner wouldn't) and then he proceeds to tell me that he'll cut me a deal. So I say sure, go out for a coffee while they fix the peg and when I come back I think this is it I am going to get one. Only to then walk around the store again and this time I pick up a Marcus Miller Sire Bass instead. P.s. That bass is imo one of the best value for money instruments you can buy but it requires you to treat it with a lot of careful handling and it is heavy. The tone however is very nice and its actually retired my Fender Jazz. So, strike two. Third Time I was going to be teaching someone's kid how to play bass over the summer just before the pandemic so I figure I need to get an instrument he can learn on as most parents will go out and buy a guitar that will ruin the experience. I want something cheap but I also want to be able to use it later if I want to. I find a really nice Squier in another shop that is closer to home. I then see this And I think yeah its time I have f'ed around too much with this unhealthy habit of not buying these guitars and tell the guy i'll come back in two weeks to pick it up. He says its okay because no one touches these guitars here so it will be around. I get busy and three weeks pass but I go back and now the guitar is sold. I'll own one before I kick the bucket I am sure but when is the question. I keep telling myself this is the year but it just doesn't seem to happen. I also think if I got one I'd probably spend a lot more time in a different genre of music just because it lends itself very nicely to hard rock and metal. This is all my mom's fault really. When I was learning and very young the guy in the music school I went to had a Jackson in this really nice purple finish and I thought it was one of the best things I'd ever seen. I think that's where the strange love-hate comes from and why I am able to pass them up so easily instead of just saying I want one and being done with it. I could just order one online but I generally like to try what I am playing especially with electric guitars as I've found over time that buying something online isn't all its cracked up to be with these brands we dont get here so often (Fender and Ibanez excluded).

One of the best things going around is you need instrument X to sound or play a particular genre. I used to have a person I played with who refused to play anything but a Fender P Bass and he literally had something bad to say about anything out there. One day we went into a jam and someone said hey man listen to my brother playing Another One Bites the Dust and he instantly said that bass sounds so good it can only be a FenderP and my friend starts giggling and say nope that's a Yamaha. It didn't even take a second for him to change his opinion and find flaws in the bass playing post that. I quite like the SMG videos and more so for the very reason you like them, straight, to the point and no messing about with the consumer. If it does X it will do X and that's it, backed up with a bit of science to reinforce the fact. I always feel like I missed an opportunity to get a real chugging machine and stayed on the more classic rock path but after watching that gentleman in the demo playing all that stuff on what conceivably could end up being an Ibanez purchase for me has made me think I might just give it a go again ... Or a Jackson, I have a silly love-hate relationship with those guitars and why I like them is something I have never been able to explain.

Think a whole section of the guitar amp world went quiet after that video came out.

Sounds a bit muddy that doesn't it? Or maybe its just my ears

LOFL

@Dr. Gonzo @Happy Blue Spent a little time today with the band going over a Porcupine Tree song and we wanted to change the intro with a little bit of a difference in the way the song comes in. Mostly shimmer and delay on the guitar parts and a delay with sub-push on the bass and some octave pings (bass). Pardon the poor audio quality, this is not via the DI but just the room. https://voca.ro/1kA3JTyxRNIw Thoughts? Original

I think there are challenges like Nintendo having a pro ecosystem for network play across Asia, etc but I still think game-devs can overcome it. Someone wrote Net-Code for Rollbacks this cannot be as complicated. And yeah Sony loves DRM and cross-function shutdown more than Nintendo does.

Thats okay shes getting it for the Switch so we still can I really wish dev-shops would start thinking more about cross-play to give customers the opportunity to play with friends.

Got it on PC. Lent my Switch to my sister for a bit to finish Luigi's Mansion

Took a break from Elden Ring to play the new TMNT game and have to say its very good. The dev team that did this also did Streets of Rage so its no surprise they've got some of the elements in that made that a great release. Finding folks to play co-op would make this even more fun.

Selaco Joke Cum Mod Replaces Blood Effect Following Complaints (kotaku.com) How to tell the folks who play your game that you "really" like it. Although it will open up a nice little niche for colour-blind folks who have a hard time identifying colors if this actually turns into a base mod for other games.

Hideo Kojima Appears During Xbox Stream To Tease Announcement (kotaku.com) I hope he ditches the weird trip hes on and does something action-based instead of mystery-based. But, this is Kojima and the chances of that happening are slim to none.

I don't know what to make of it. Has a bit of No Man Sky mixed with Mass Effect if you ask me.

Seems like a fun game if you're a Switch owner.

Tekken is one of the few FGC games that requires a lot of finesse to actually play really well. Some of the long combos on King are a little ridiculous.

Surprised more folks weren't into Contra. It was quite the game for its time and the co-op imo was better than the single-player.

Apple Products Set to Use Common Charging Point | Time I like this a lot. The fact that you need to carry around so many chargers for everything you own is a PITA.

The bigger issue was that they even had to go back and do a remake. Yeah its the fad right now but the original should be left alone and they could have spent all that time focusing on a new series with better mechanics. Instead they went down this path and then had to pull it too. I figure someone in marketing said something to the effect of "have you seen the internet traction stating they love PoP XYZ. We should do a remake since it will be easier". FWIW UB Montreal has a really good dev-team so theres hope yet. I always hoped a bigger studio bought the IP out and then called the boys and girls at Mercury Steam to do a remake. Even if it was a side-scroller I'd bet money it would turn into a Platinum game.