AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org

@igelsQTs No I am not Alex Jones. I support legalization of all drugs and less government. Adults should be able to decide if they want some amphetamine and not face legal issues from it. The whole war on drugs is keeping legitimate businesses from making jobs and bringing money back to communities.

Having a problem with people being able to buy amphetamine without excessive taxes or trouble shows a great amount of ignorance.

@igelsQTs They are both classified as the same disorder due to the symptoms involved and the common treatment. Genetically, it is suspected of being related to schizophrenia and autism. ADHD was discovered a few different times but it was during trials of a decongestant that it was noticed and during a trial of a pressor that it was noticed. The decongestant was amphetamine and the pressor was methylphenidate.

There is also the difference between the DSM and the ICD. The US doesn't have a problem with prescriptions of amphetamine and methylphenidate as cheap and potent methamphetamine is more easily available. Other countries have "problems" with illicit amphetamine use and there's a stigma with it. It should all be legal and not controlled.

@thor It was a lot like a cult and there are things that I still can't talk about that I went through. There was a paramilitary style training we went through and it was eventually taken out by the denomination. It wasn't something that I regret but that wasn't the worst experience.

@thor Amps are a more difficult choice as they change all the time. What used to be good turned to trash and so on. It's best to buy a used model that has been researched than a new one from a good brand.

A Squire Stratocaster is one of the best guitar options. They aren't trash guitars but they are very clearly budget models. A guitar tech can do the proper finishing, setup and install aftermarket pickups to make it sound indistinguishable from a Fender Stratocaster. These are actually used as touring guitars and some special models can cost the same as a Fender would.

I would recommend Fender Bullet strings in any Strat or Strat clone. They just work and have a better tone. String gauge will effect the sound and so will the type of pickup being used. I would recommend having at least one humbucker. All single coils will make it have that crisp sound but a humbucker has a bit more character. I'd recommend some gain so it gives it character but not a growl like distortion. It's a lot of work to get that golden tone with different guitars and amp setups.

The above is why Active Pickups exist. Active Pickups will make guitars sound the same and are mostly used as a base to add effects on so engineers can be sure of the sound on whatever it is used with.

@thor The beat of the drum isn't evil. Rock music just emerged from a denomination that was already not well received. The majority of denominations outside of Pentecostals would have never heard anything like it. That heavy 2 and 4 were used in the church prior to being used in rock. The old Stratocaster I played had a maple fretboard and it had gouges up and down the fretboard from around 35 years of play in the church.

@thor There was a reason why I played an American Stratocaster from 77 I think on a Roland amp from the 80s. Eddie Van Halen used that exact model guitar during the start of his career and went on to make the Super Strat. I had a Super Strat and played it on that amp. Both the Strat and Super Strat would have a golden tone with a little more gain than usual. Turn the gain up a little more and it would get to make a more driving tone. It was difficult to make that amp sound bad.

I think it was the biggest amp that didn't require a separate head unit. It was larger than the bass amp and it did have a separate head unit.

My point is that those environments are very supportive and provide far more practice and crowd exposure than anywhere else. Elvis came from the same denomination as I did. The church I played at was burned down 3 times by the KKK and had a diverse congregation. A safe space during those dark days.

@thor I played in a Pentecostal Church so it was around 1 to 3 hours per service but it could be 5 hours of playing with ease. I learned a lot about how to change up and add embellishments from The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers. Many of the songs played were around the same pace and complexity of Rockabilly. Pentatonic scales and Nashville Notation ruled.

@thor That's a relief. Funk makes any genre more fun to play or listen to.

@thor If you have a music store nearby I would suggest hanging around and paying attention to what the different musicians buy. With guitarists it's rather simple, they will go for the thicker strings or the very thin strings along with a thicker pick than normal. Ernie Ball Strings or better and they will probably talk about what they have and play. Drummers might be harder to find.

It's usually the equipment and tools that will be good indicators. If I hear SemiHard Body, that's almost exclusively Rockabilly and Jazz. That's also an extremely expensive guitar.

@thor I assumed you were referring to the drama that always seems to pop up in a band. Anything worth doing is worth doing well. There's not much room for error or even trouble with an instrument. My guitars had knife edge bridge designs so when a string broke it wasn't in tune.

My point would be that even if it isn't a serious arrangement, it can be problematic to find good musicians who aren't dicks and play that same subset of music. Not to mention what type of Jazz it is. Jazz can be very simple or extremely technical and pushing Music Theory in new directions.

@igelsQTs Tell dokter how bad it effects your life. Will gain concentration buff.

@thor I played guitar and bass guitar for a large church for 7 years. If you really want to join a good band, you're going to have to prove yourself. They want to know if you have the ability but also if you can perform under pressure. For me I had to be questioned by other musicians first and then I was allowed to play under supervision to a crowd of around 200 with the former guitarist judging my every move. He also taught me how to use that amplifier because it has no volume knob. That amp was a legendary Metal amp from the 80s with two separate gain mechanisms. I couldn't get to full power with hearing protection.

My point is that you might face some hazing to join.

@thor Have a server and use MIDI in a data stream to practice. As long as people are patient, it will work just fine.

@sharutiaburaddofouren Be sharp say nowt.

@thor Modular is better in my experience and that's where MCUs definitely have an advantage over hardwired solutions. I do like the solutions from the past that used no transistors. One of my favorite was the Stratocaster's single coil picking up 60Hz main current and using two single coil pickups that were offset to dual sample and cancel out the interference. This would be called the Humbucker pickup.

@xenmen I'll have to look into that. Most of my work is on RISC these days as the various designs can still hide secrets from me.

@thor I never found a valid use for my UNO. Using basic circuits was a better solution than having to program and hook up the UNO. I did see some impressive projects made with Arduinos and one of the best had to be with a Roomba.