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D.o.S. wrote:

snipelfritz wrote:How can we poison old people so weed is legalized faster. We know it's going to be, but who are these people who actually still oppose it?

I say we all take personal responsibility and kill our grandparents.

It's not an age thing, it's that you're stuck in the fucking Midwest, dude.

Move somewhere that has an oceanic border. You'll be much happier.

I dunno dude, I'm kind of afraid of these alleged lobster mobs now.

Lobsters are one of those animals that seem really cute in cartoon form, but irl are kind of like big gross bugs you grab and rip apart to eat.

The whole ripping apart my once living food with my hands thing appeals to me, but the big old bugaboo thing doesn't.

Lobsters are gross. The lobster mobs are incrementally grosser.

Also, Terry Pratchett died. Bummer.

'Don't think of it as dying,’ said Death. ‘Just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush'

FedEx denied my claim twice for the guitar they damaged. Cool job, FedEx. You fucked up a sale, and now I have to pay to get this shit fixed.

That suck hard. I've heard that FedEx are notorious for being cunts about paying for damage. No care, no responsibility policy.

Nothing I build ever works. I'm sitting here with a non-functional Zero Good and a non-functional Big Muff. I can breadboard like a motherfucker, but my soldering sucks and I am just lost as to why these things won't work. I pour time and energy and money in, but more importantly, I put so much of myself into it and I end up frustrated and sad and disappointed. I just want to succeed at something.

Soldering is something that took a looooong time and many failed attempts for me to become passably decent at it. An extremely frustrating slog, but worth it.

agreee^ you get a feel for it over time... SMD stuff is every worse took my doing it for work to get okay at it

Cold sore. It hurts but I kind of like it. Hhnnnngggg

chuckjaywalk wrote:Nothing I build ever works. I'm sitting here with a non-functional Zero Good and a non-functional Big Muff. I can breadboard like a motherfucker, but my soldering sucks and I am just lost as to why these things won't work. I pour time and energy and money in, but more importantly, I put so much of myself into it and I end up frustrated and sad and disappointed. I just want to succeed at something.

You just need to practice. Build your self a heap of patch cables. Or just build a few simple effect kits on pcb. Big Muff pedal has a fairly high part count so there is more to go wrong and a nightmare to debug. Not sure about the Zero Good. Build a simple buffer and a Bazz Fuss then maybe a Meathead. Be obsessive about keeping the tip of your iron clean. I use a stainless steel scourer. Works great. Get yourself some magnifying eye glasses for identifying components and to check for solder bridges. But be patient and just take your time. I started soldering and building kits when I was 10. My dad was an electronics technician for a communications company so I had a good teacher to start with. But as far as breadboarding and designing circuits, I wouldn't have a clue. In the last year or so I have built about 20 Fuzz/dirt/boost/buffer kits. Only had 1 go wrong. It was meant to be an Astrotone clone. Instead it ended up sounding like a nasty, extremely fuzzy octave sounding destroyer of tone. Nothing like an astrotone.

I haven't played amplified music in weeks and its starting to drive me crazy.

KaosCill8r wrote:

chuckjaywalk wrote:Nothing I build ever works. I'm sitting here with a non-functional Zero Good and a non-functional Big Muff. I can breadboard like a motherfucker, but my soldering sucks and I am just lost as to why these things won't work. I pour time and energy and money in, but more importantly, I put so much of myself into it and I end up frustrated and sad and disappointed. I just want to succeed at something.

You just need to practice. Build your self a heap of patch cables. Or just build a few simple effect kits on pcb. Big Muff pedal has a fairly high part count so there is more to go wrong and a nightmare to debug. Not sure about the Zero Good. Build a simple buffer and a Bazz Fuss then maybe a Meathead. Be obsessive about keeping the tip of your iron clean. I use a stainless steel scourer. Works great. Get yourself some magnifying eye glasses for identifying components and to check for solder bridges. But be patient and just take your time. I started soldering and building kits when I was 10. My dad was an electronics technician for a communications company so I had a good teacher to start with. But as far as breadboarding and designing circuits, I wouldn't have a clue. In the last year or so I have built about 20 Fuzz/dirt/boost/buffer kits. Only had 1 go wrong. It was meant to be an Astrotone clone. Instead it ended up sounding like a nasty, extremely fuzzy octave sounding destroyer of tone. Nothing like an astrotone.

If it makes you feel any better, I built for the first time in ages the other day and man, was it rough. Got the circuit together in about a hour, but then had to spend an hour troubleshooting why it wasn't working, come to find that I made a bunch of dumb mistakes all over. It happens to all of us dude

I just about went ape shit and nearly started punching my hand into the ground because I can't even write with it without it tensing and locking up so bad. All I wanted to do was write a list of things to organize my thoughts so I can try to figure out what the fuck to do with my life. The tendonitis in my right arm won't go away and I feel like I'm seriously going to have to quit doing all the things I love for who knows how many weeks in order to heal it, if it's even heal-able. I'm sure all the physical labor at my job is doing it wonders, as well as my dumb ass working out all the time. I'm gonna look at some doctors, though I have a suspicion they'll just tell me all the same stuff I've read all over the internet already.

I'm feeling very lost, directionless and indecisive right now. I get excited to play bass because that actually doesn't hurt my arm if I play with my fingers, but then I think to myself "I hate my job so goddamn much right now. I should be focusing on a real career instead of new toys." So I feel like I can't even enjoy myself without feeling guilty.

Do I bite the bullet and just go to school for whatever piques my interest, and hope that something grabs my attention? I worry that I'll just be adding more to my plate than I can handle if I'm not passionate about it.

Has anyone here been in a similar lost and directionless but extremely discontent state AND found their way out of it? What did you do? I'm about to lose my shit. I'm so sick of getting up at 4:45 every morning and going to a job I don't care about that isn't leading me anywhere in life, only to come home tired and feel mostly alone every day.

Rant rant rant. Sigh.

Achtane wrote:Soldering is something that took a looooong time and many failed attempts for me to become passably decent at it. An extremely frustrating slog, but worth it.

Yep. In retrospect it's amazing that I can do it at all based on where I started.

gunslinger_burrito wrote:I just about went ape shit and nearly started punching my hand into the ground because I can't even write with it without it tensing and locking up so bad. All I wanted to do was write a list of things to organize my thoughts so I can try to figure out what the fuck to do with my life. The tendonitis in my right arm won't go away and I feel like I'm seriously going to have to quit doing all the things I love for who knows how many weeks in order to heal it, if it's even heal-able. I'm sure all the physical labor at my job is doing it wonders, as well as my dumb ass working out all the time. I'm gonna look at some doctors, though I have a suspicion they'll just tell me all the same stuff I've read all over the internet already.

I'm feeling very lost, directionless and indecisive right now. I get excited to play bass because that actually doesn't hurt my arm if I play with my fingers, but then I think to myself "I hate my job so goddamn much right now. I should be focusing on a real career instead of new toys." So I feel like I can't even enjoy myself without feeling guilty.

Do I bite the bullet and just go to school for whatever piques my interest, and hope that something grabs my attention? I worry that I'll just be adding more to my plate than I can handle if I'm not passionate about it.

Has anyone here been in a similar lost and directionless but extremely discontent state AND found their way out of it? What did you do? I'm about to lose my shit. I'm so sick of getting up at 4:45 every morning and going to a job I don't care about that isn't leading me anywhere in life, only to come home tired and feel mostly alone every day.

Rant rant rant. Sigh.

. I feel you bro. 6 years ago I was at the same point. Bullshit job at the steel factory. Failed band after band, and totally loss for musical creativity cause of my shit mood. I focused on what I was good at and how much income I would need to love however the fuck I wanted. After that I looked at careers that would bring the income I desired within my interests. Than I buckled down and went to school. Some of the worst times I had was during the middle of this. School plus bills and life and work all at the same time is fucking brutal. But you have to look at the ending man and how awesome it will be. 6 years later I'm about to obtain my cpa, mutippe business degrees and I work at nights as a dealer at a casino. Things are still hectic and ruff. But it feels a lot better now that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Just focus on what you need in life to be happy and realize it won't come right away, your going go have to work at it brother

kbithecrowing wrote:I haven't played amplified music in weeks and its starting to drive me crazy.

I'm doin the same since I culled all my gear man. Starting to recover a little financially so I went to the local music store to see if they've got those new Orange practice amps In yet.
They don't even stock Orange anymore.
Lame.

Also you other dudes need big hugs.
BIG HUGS FOR YOU.