AbstractLinguist

u/AbstractLinguist@beehaw.org
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Car, though I have a plug in hybrid and fill up the tank once every 2-3 months. Public transit is a joke in my city, and while I do bike to the few places I can safely get to (work is actually one of them, weather permitting), it’s just not something I’d feel safe doing for most commutes.

The Microsoft Sculpt keyboard is my perfect keyboard. They discontinued it a couple months ago, but you can still find them in Amazon. Tented and split (though it’s one solid unit, so no customization) with a separate wireless numpad for exactly the reason you described. Typing on anything else makes my fingers go numb after about half an hour.

Still thinking about trying a fully customizable one someday though, but I’m not sure it’s worth the expense for me

I’ve been working on transitioning between barre chords and major 7th chords (specifically the voicing that uses just the top four strings with fingers arranged in a diagonal).

Going from the 7th to the barre is easy enough, but transitioning back with confidence and accuracy is proving challenging

on Testing the waters here · c/guitars · 3 pts · 3y

It sure is! Haha, our culture lives on outside of Reddit!

I’m glad you like this one. I’ve never been a huge fan of the Tele look, so once I saw my first offset version, I knew I had to have one. Then after a couple years of modding other guitars, I decided to just build one. Turned out super fun to play

on Offset tele build · c/guitars · 2 pts · 3y

Usually I’m more of a fan of solid colors, but the classic butterscotch color on a Tele feels right, even if it’s a Jazzmaster shape.

And yeah, this is white pine. Super light, I love it

on Testing the waters here · c/guitars · 3 pts · 3y

Oh, and yeah, whatever prevails, prevails. I tried to make one myself a few days ago, but beehaw just kept failing out on me. Not sure if they just let anyone make a community or if it’s more of a process.

Whatever. R/guitars was my favorite place on the internet, and I just want to help rebuild that here

on Testing the waters here · c/guitars · 1 pts · 3y

lol, don’t we all?

If you ever do another build, I strongly recommend Bootstrap. Super affordable, hand wound, and they sound fantastic. Only downside is you may have to wait a couple of months for them to be shipped.

Bootstrappickups.com

on Offset tele build · c/guitars · 2 pts · 3y

Thanks! I’ve just been teaching myself how to do setups and mods and soldering and whatnot over the past few years, and that all culminated in this project.

Super fun. I want to build more now