AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@social.cleverlibre.org

@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.

@thor It's crazy to think that the Arduino and Raspberry Pi have replaced the 555.

My M5StickV still makes me feel giddy when I use it. The object detection, tracking and capability is still amazing for what it is. I bought this thing and it was more capable than a gaming PC with an HD camera. Don't underestimate cheap hardware. That was my first RISC V experience. Dual core RV64GC in a tiny package.

@thor Go the theory route with a little background on the 328P UNO. Bridging the gap between circuit logic and more powerful solutions. A general purpose MCU that is flexible, inexpensive and focuses on minimalism.

C should be easy to learn in this context and will help to explain how everything works.

That's my take on it.

@thor The illusion of free will? I sometimes wonder if it actually exists and if evolution has conditioned us to make decisions that are the result of the conditioning. The decisions of soldiers manning nuclear launch sites seems to imply that free will might be an illusion but is key to our survival as a race.

It's just a thought. A greedy algorithm that takes interdependence and the needs of the many into consideration.

@thor Even the old Raspberry Pi Zero can do this. The Pi 4 is capable of much more.

So are Hackerspaces free? There aren't any around me.