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Will
@willdarden.bsky.social
Maverick progressive version of Ron Swanson with less drinking. Man of conviction. Prone to writing with fountain pens. Portland, Oregon.

GirlDad | Visual Artist (📷🖋️🎨) | Musician (🎸🎹) | Woodworker | Linguist (🇺🇸|🇯🇵) | Foodie | Xennial | Storyteller
Define “not too expensive”

I have some Chinese IEMs from Temu I adore.
March 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
There’s something special about that warm hollowbody tone. It’s missing a little bit of sustain you can get out of a LP, but it’s otherwise much more flexible.
March 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
ES-135? I have a 335 and absolutely adore it.
March 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
How do you like your Clean so far?
January 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I’m in process of building my first bass after building and repairing multiple guitars. Any suggestions?
January 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
There’s something amazing about wiring up a guitar and plugging it in after doing work on it. I love it.
January 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I love that feeling of quiet as the snow pads all the acoustic surfaces and changes how sound travels through the air. The soft cone of flakes catching the light of the street lamp as they fall.
January 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So, first and foremost, there’s no such thing as ethical consumption under our current form of Capitalism as championed by Milton Friedman.

Second, decreased support is still sending a message, even if someone is not yet perfectly compliant.
January 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Take a look at Nathan Tardiff from Noodler’s or the Goulets from Goulet Pen Company.

There are shitty people everywhere, which is why it’s so important to be the good you want to see in the world (or your hobby).
January 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is my primary pedal for dry tone. I have a CBA Clean stacked after it and my needs are completely met.
January 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There’s a way around this in the settings I believe, but I’m still testing. Are you limiting the mix on each output to just certain outputs from the DAW or input monitoring?
January 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
It’s not bus powered, but the USB cable *does* carry a ground. Power is via adapter.
January 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I replaced a couple of cables and re-ordered the signal chain which did the trick once the interface was grounded to the laptop. It may also be the TRS to dual TS adapter I’m using from the Clean — after putting it farther back it it helped.
January 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Already figured it out. It was an issue with my CBA Clean and one of the cables. Grounding the interface to the laptop helped.
January 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Here for all the guitar stuff.
January 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I get ground loops when I try to run stereo out of my Clean into my 18i8. It’s infuriating.
January 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Keep em on a shelf if you want very specific tones, but my default is my Strymon stuff. They take some learning, but it’s rare you can’t get exactly what you want from them.

Spendy, but well worth the coin.
January 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I have one each — Timeline and a BigSky. Depends on how much room you have on your board and how much you want to dance on it during a set.

For me, I prefer to dial my tone in and let midi do the dancing.
January 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
We’re lucky if our house is below 50% humidity on a given day.

#pnwlyfe
December 30, 2024 at 4:26 AM
My Timeline and BigSky handle all this well together.

That said, you’re not gonna get anywhere close to a true Trem unless you score a Leslie.
December 30, 2024 at 2:59 AM