I also pulled out the guitar and dusted off Native Instruments Guitar rig 3 with the Kontrol foot pedal board. I discovered that this version has not been supported since 2013. I got it working by telling them that I wanted an upgrade to the latest version. It still sounds pretty good. I bought a spark amp too that should arrive this week.
What new hobbies/activities have you taken up during lockdown?
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gippyz
Likes Dirt
Work around the yard, fire pit, vege beds etc as posted before and a bit of lego...
Turned this
Into this
And soon into something else.
I got into LEGO as well!! The Star Wars nerd in me bought and built the infamous falcon. Trying to get r2d2 and bb8 now.
dropotaro
Likes Dirt
I don't know where the penguin came from, I just did some reading as you sparked my interest. The penguin was originally made by Gretsch in the 50s. They never advertised it and sold around 50 of them. They re birthed the penguin recently.
The Story of the Gretsch White Penguin
With only a handful originally created, the White Penguin deserves the "rare bird" moniker more than almost any other guitar.
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Fred Nurk
No custom title here
To be honest in a lot of ways open-handed makes more sense but isn't really the done thing. It's also somewhat harder if your left isn't your dominant hand, which probably stops most people. Mike Bordin from Faith No More is a lefty playing a standard kit, and what a drummer...
The Reverend
Likes Bikes and Dirt
For me it's been more of what I love outside of bikes, 4 string and 5 string bass guitar.
Started playing probably about 7 yrs ago but played saxophone before that so the concepts carried over. Definitely improved as I'm home more.
Started playing probably about 7 yrs ago but played saxophone before that so the concepts carried over. Definitely improved as I'm home more.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
I was loving it until the the Aberdeen flag. It's all the way with Celtic over here
2 games played and you's are awarding yourself the league
Check the gap to second, will be bigger this year.
Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
I don't play, but I discovered Dire Straits (and therefore Mark Knopfler) when I was fairly young. For the really intricate stuff, isn't being a lefty an advantage?
safreek
*******
I thought people didn't like rangers, and they are still on top. Or was that rangas2 games played and you's are awarding yourself the league
Check the gap to second, will be bigger this year.
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PINT of Stella. mate!
Many, many Scotches
I'm not sure how you can improve on an unbeaten season when you're already down a game in week two but then numbers (particularly in the accounting department) have never been Rangers strong point.2 games played and you's are awarding yourself the league
Check the gap to second, will be bigger this year.
frenchman
Eats cheese. Sells crack.
All this bullshit about darts and none of you lazypricks even open a packet of benson and hedges
PINT of Stella. mate!
Many, many Scotches
Au contraire mon ami. The oche in my shed is definitely of the old-school Jockey Wilson style
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
2nd place has more losses ? make 2 of those draws into wins ? Pretty simple.
20-21 we ended up with 10 wins more than 2nd.
Aberdeen, less than half the wins for 4th place
I use 'we' loosely, I have not followed Scottish football (or any) in about 17yrs now.
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
Not so much new stuff, just doing more of stuff I'd already been doing as side stuff. For a few years, kayaking has been my off-season replacement for sailing, but with limited riding options in lockdown, it gets a bit more of a workout. Only flat water in my limited range, but I do some mild whitewater when distance limits allow. The other thing is sailing my radio-controlled yacht. Mental exercise more than physical, as for any RC stuff; there's a bit of mind-bending involved in correcting one's perception of how the thing appears to be going from the operator's platform, vs what it's really doing.
PINT of Stella. mate!
Many, many Scotches
Admittedly I may have gone a little overboard when shopping for this (lot of time on my hands at work/in quarantine) but it’s been totally worth it…
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Nice setup ! Now... can you fire off those torpedos/bombs and mess the places up ?
EDIT: First comment in Insta... no.
Lazmo
Old and hopeless
Last year, we had some kids at home, so we had a lot of table tennis on the back deck, going on... in the good weather.
Since then, we are more empty nesting... we have been riding everything I know of, in the region.
So, for me, at home, it has been music.
Best of all is jamming with my Amy and her very talented Man, and my youngest daughters also very talented Partner... we have had some fun.
On the guitar front... I've gone down the Wet/Dry Guitar Amp rabbit hole, with a new pedal board that makes that happen. It has all FET based very smooth overdrive, and sounds awesome at home, but I doubt it would be so obviously good gigging. Hopefully, I'll get back to you on that eventually.
Drums-wise, I picked up an old Tama kit that was in a church since '88. So, sorted the hardware, isolation mounts, new heads, redid the bearing edges on the toms, then swapped the 12",13" power toms for a 10" Mapex which mounts nice and low and I painted to match the faded cream of the the kit. Added a 6.5" maple snare and some nice pies. Love it. It is a really easy setup and I want to use it gigging, but yeah... that's a way off.
More recently, I picked up a three quarter sized P bass... an Artist MiniP. Really having some fun with it. I have a real Fender P bass and an EB3 at home, but this things short scale is way easier to play for a (crappy) guitarist like me, and its tone is absolutely as good as my more expensive offerings.
So yeah, playing a lot of music...
Since then, we are more empty nesting... we have been riding everything I know of, in the region.
So, for me, at home, it has been music.
Best of all is jamming with my Amy and her very talented Man, and my youngest daughters also very talented Partner... we have had some fun.
On the guitar front... I've gone down the Wet/Dry Guitar Amp rabbit hole, with a new pedal board that makes that happen. It has all FET based very smooth overdrive, and sounds awesome at home, but I doubt it would be so obviously good gigging. Hopefully, I'll get back to you on that eventually.
Drums-wise, I picked up an old Tama kit that was in a church since '88. So, sorted the hardware, isolation mounts, new heads, redid the bearing edges on the toms, then swapped the 12",13" power toms for a 10" Mapex which mounts nice and low and I painted to match the faded cream of the the kit. Added a 6.5" maple snare and some nice pies. Love it. It is a really easy setup and I want to use it gigging, but yeah... that's a way off.
More recently, I picked up a three quarter sized P bass... an Artist MiniP. Really having some fun with it. I have a real Fender P bass and an EB3 at home, but this things short scale is way easier to play for a (crappy) guitarist like me, and its tone is absolutely as good as my more expensive offerings.
So yeah, playing a lot of music...
PINT of Stella. mate!
Many, many Scotches
The footage in Insta is from DCS World which is a fairly full-on simulation of actual fighter jets and helicopters and whatnot. You can blow shit up and it's a hell of a lot of fun although being a fairly hardcore sim, it's also a bit of a headfuck. Depending on the ordnance used you might have to punch in the GPS coordinates and altitude of your target beforehand/set fuse times or dispersal heights/program laser guidance - all at the same time as flying the aircraft!
The downside is that you're restricted to handful of (admittedly fairly large) maps and the graphics aren't photo-realistic
Microsoft Flight Sim on the other hand is a bit more benign and user friendly. You can't blow shit up but everything's easier to fly, you're unrestricted in where you can fly and it streams satellite imagery from Microsofts version of Google Earth to make it look like the real-deal.
Edit:- here’s some footage from MSFS taken from above the airfield in Perthshire my old man and I used to go skydiving at when I was a young’un.
steve jobs' pancreas
Eats Squid
Anyone in Melbourne that has picked up fingerstyle guitar during the lockdowns should be at about this level now
tax fraud takes serious skill and application
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