Shane_B.

It is our 19th wedding anniversary today. My wife's 44th bday yesterday and my 50th last week.

After many years of debate, analysis, and testing our theory we've both come to the conclusion that birthday/anniversary cake is in fact better than ...

I couldn't watch it all the way through. I got a severe anxiety attack. 

I got an email the other day from my last employer saying how great it is there now and asked me to come back. I left there 9 years ago and they still email me every year or two. I remember calling my wife and I broke down crying on the phone and told her I had to quit I couldn't take it anymore. I'd leave at 7am and get home between 10 - 10:30 pm 5 days a week and 7am to 5pm saturdays. It was unreal. You had to complete the calls they gave you before you could go home and the dispatchers were completely clueless as to how long certain jobs took. Ever replace the tub bearing in one of these new high efficiency front loading washing machines? FYI they are designed to fail. You end up with the empty shell with all the guts laying all over. They called it a shell job. Now have 5 of those to do in a 150 mile radius in rural Iowa on top of 8 other "quicky" calls. It was horrible. I haven't worked since and have just been doing my own thing. My wife has a good job so I can get away with it. This email says it all ...

18 hours ago, paulo said:

Salvatore's. Last. Internet. Persona ?

Shane's. Lovelife. Is. Phenomenal. ?

Oh ... you guys mean stuff like this. This is an alternate version of the original video. Little fun facts pop up throughout the whole video.

Fun fact that shocked me the most was the lady in red is Telly Savalas' daughter.

Ok. I'll bite.

What does S.L.I.P. mean?

17 minutes ago, paulo said:

Without the make-up ......

 

 

 

On 5/10/2021 at 8:08 PM, craigb said:

This was my non-live bass rig.

What's the 5th string for? LFE?

18 hours ago, paulo said:

It might be a good idea to rephrase that.

Can you use a capo on a bass?

9 hours ago, Fret Flintstone said:

 

Feel it well!

 

Hey Fret. Love the selfies. Whispering softly, "Call me.".

16 hours ago, craigb said:

All these left-handed people!  It's just not right... 

 

😜

I'm cursed. I'm right handed except for playing guitar. I tried to play RH and can't. I freeze up.

I think it should actually be the other way around. The hand you fret with should be what determines it. So technically I play RH imo and the rest of the world plays LH. 

Pianos are left handed if you stop and think about it. Otherwise the low end would be to the right ... Mind=blown!

I felt old 2 days ago when I turned 50.

3 hours ago, paulo said:

You're only really in trouble if the banjos start looking like a good idea.

If that happens, run away.

Well ... There's one other aged to perfection fine instrument there that's 🎼Simply Irresistible🎼 that could get me in trouble too. I'd sure love to demo that I tells ya.

I discovered the local music store that's 15 - 20 minutes from my house has the largest selection of high quality left handed guitars I've ever seen anywhere. In stock. Banjo's, Ukulele's, Mandolins, Fender, Gretsch, Martin, made in US, Mex, Chi.

They sell mainly online and have a big warehouse with everything in stock right there and a nice showroom too.

Link here.

5 hours ago, SteveStrummerUK said:

 

Hard to take him seriously seeing how he uses Reaper. Pretty hair though. *ducking for cover* 😁

I disagree with one point. He likes new strings for recording I don't like the sound of fresh strings on anything. But he's the pro so ...

I have a cheap Indonesian made Squire Jazz/Precision bass. I love it. Skinny neck, tons of pickup/sound options. No noise at all. 

That vid reminded me of a midwest talk show we have here called The Bob & Tom Show. They had a skit on there called Bass Talk.

14 hours ago, Sheens said:

haves enough speakers mate ?

Those pics remind me of when I was a kid. Pre-teen days. My dad used to take me to the town dump to explore. Back then it was open to the public and you could just drive back and dump stuff. People would move or someone would die and you'd go back there and all their stuff would just be sitting there in boxes. I got half my record collection from there.

But the cool thing was back then you could throw out TV's. They were mostly all the old, well not too old back in the 70's, console kind. I used to take a small set of tools with me and take the backs off. I had boxes and boxes of old vacuum tubes I pulled out of them and I used to take the speakers out and wire up in my bedroom. I had them chained all over the place. I had dozens of them them all around the room hooked up to my dads 8 Track/LP player/Radio console unit. Those old TV speakers came in all kinds of weird shapes and sizes. Anyhoo. Those pics caused a flashback, for more than one reason. Hah.

Can I get that in VST format? Perhaps on a subscription plan?

44 minutes ago, paulo said:

Does this make it 25% less ugly?😀

LOL I wish! I sure miss the SPE 8.5 days. That was a truly great customizable DAW.

I just cancelled my Sphere subscription and will buy the upgrade. I can get it for $112. That's about the best I've seen in a long time. Plus they just did an update to 5. 

Is that a bass guitar in your pocket or are you happy to see me?

So sorry to hear that. He will be missed.

I haven't even turned my daw on a few months. Haven't cancelled Presonus Sphere and never used those Melda plugs I got for a few bucks on sale.

I repurposed my daw monitor which was a TV back into an actual TV in my bedroom so I couldn't if I wanted to without a lot of hassle.

It's a real pain to try and log in and navigate sites from my cell which is all I use now. That's why I haven't gone in and canceled Sphere yet.

That said I have dozens of vsts I've downloaded and never installed. It's an addiction. I highly recommend boxing up your daw and walking away from it regularly. It helps you gain control of the situation.

2 years ago today I left the gym about this time of day to give the manager a ride home because his car was on the fritz. On the way back home a school bus ran a stop sign and totalled my truck and almost killed me.

The airbag blew my arm back against my head and severely sprained my wrist and broke my fingers. Gave me a severe concussion. Almost lost my right eye. Had my right foot jammed on the brakes and the impact rammed my leg back and messed up my hip. Caused tremors in my arms and hands.

I was lucky I was in great physical condition. I had lost an enormous amount of weight. Gained a ton of muscle. Had just won two weight loss/body transformation contests back to back. They said if I wasn't so strong especially in my legs I would have shattered my hip. At the time I could easily do 3 sets of 15 leg presses at 600lbs. 

I had to relearn how to pick guitar temporarily. I could only use a couple fingers for months. I still can't play like I used to. I've never fully recovered from any of the injuries but at least I'm alive. 👍

Anyway. Thanks everyone for being here.

24 minutes ago, InstrEd said:

Only a 4.3" Ed I'm disappointed 😆

Fixed.

Is it curved or straight?

10 hours ago, Fret Flintstone said:

@Shane_B - hasn't been seen since April 15. The similarities between this forum and Communist China didn't wear him down did it?

The people want to know.

Howdy. Thanks for asking/caring. Well, since the people want to know ...

Put simply I just don't feel welcome here. It has absolutely nothing to do with the forum members. I like everyone here even the ones I've get in to heated discussions with.

My posts are heavily censored while others that clearly violate the ridiculous TOS are allowed and I'm just done with it. It's not fun to be here anymore.

I bumped in to Guitar Hacker on another forum and said hello and asked him to pop in here. He completely ignored me and never showed up. As far as I remember I always got along with him and liked his posts. Bit's last communication that I saw/viewed was with me regarding the censorship. Haven't seen or heard another peep from him. He did say he got vaxed and was looking forward to getting back together with his band iirc. I'd put money that's where he is.

I still read once in a while but I'm rarely here. Take care.