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If you want to know how bad it can get with an insider, read about the utter nightmare that Chester Bennington of Linkin Park (R.I.P.) went through. For a guy who suffered from depression, I imagine this took a big chunk out of his life. This woman should be tortured. WIRED ARTICLE

Thanks. I'll be seeing a doc shortly for a physical anyway. I'll bring it up. Was just wondering if others worked around it. I appreciate the replies.

Within six months, the money made at either gig will be gone. Your reputation as a band will still have to serve you. You made the right choice, and so did your band.

So this is tangentially relevant to guitar playing. I was working with an Xacto knife (which I've done for decades upon decades) and for the first time ever, it slipped. I basically drove it through the side of my fretting index finger and the tip came out through the nail. I'm not squeamish about anything, but this one got to me. Blood everywhere, and it just wouldn't stop. But the most alarming this was it didn't hurt. At all. But I couldn't worry about that at the moment because I was leaving red stains all over the house. Fast forward 4 weeks to today. There was pain during the healing process as the swelling went down, and it has completely healed over. I can feel a tiny bit of scar tissue, but it's no big deal. What IS a big deal is that I can't feel at the fingertip. It's really numb to surface feel, and when I fret or put any other pressure on it, the feeling is - disconcerting. I think because I'm not getting enough feedback from my nerves, I feel like there is too much pressure on my fingertip and it feels like it could burst like a concorde grape. It's purely an illusion of perception. But it's definitely throwing me off. Is this something that will heal? I'm assuming not. If not, is this something I will get used to? With the number of guitarists here, I have to assume that some of you have had similar issues with finger damage. It's even worse when I play keyboards, which is my main instrument.

There's a Steinway store in an upscale outdoor mall in Indianapolis as well. I've seen a few others across the country recently. And you guys are right, they are in it for the long tail sale. The pressure sales thing is completely gone, as is the appealing to preventing your kids from becoming a juvenile delinquent. It may not work for other brands, but Steinway is in the sweet spot of massive brand recognition and perception of exclusivity. There are very few brands that have achieved that balance where 99% of people cannot afford or justify a single item that the brand sells, yet it is eminently desired and super ubiquitous. Maybe Ferrari and a few others... I went in there when I was in Indy for my kids' soccer tournament a few years ago, and I was happy to leave my contact info after a rep spoke with me very pleasantly for about 20 minutes. Every 6 months, I get a very gentle email from her. No pressure, no sales pitch. She obviously has kept very clear notes about our communications...that's something I did even as a sales guy at Guitar Center. It shows a professionalism that is lacking these days. And now that my kids are reaching college-age, I'm actually considering it. So the mall location may actually work in my case...it will take a total of 7 years or so.

Anytime you centralize a repository, you are inviting theft targets. Every Fortune 500 and major retail establishment I've done worked for (roughly 75) have had serious incursions that resulted in password theft. These are companies that use world-class security. Single sign on CAN work, but usually, to be really effective, you need a hardware component. My work computer uses a Yubi key (USB dongle). I have a 6 digit PIN that replaces all of the passwords I use on my companies systems (there are 8 different passwords). And in terms of crazy rules, as musicians, we have a fun way to create passwords with restrictive requirements. The trick is to stay consistent. For example, I used to use nonsense sentences, with consistent structure and "replacement characters". One password group: B4ck!nBl4ck H3llaB3lls D1rtyD33dsD0n3 So, AC/DC songs, up to the first three words, with vowels (except y) changed to numbers of special characters. Or: !isEXCLAMATION ,isCOMMA As long as you are consistent and it meets the password criteria, it should be fairly easy to create memorable passwords that are unique and robust. As a keyboardist, I also like arpeggiating across the computer keyboard, so you have shapes instead of words. I'm sure you get the idea. I use Dashlane to consolidate my personal passwords, and they are fairly confident that they cannot be hacked, but do you really believe that? But back to the point, I have nothing but sympathy for IT departments, but I know very few industries that are still deploying desktops PC en masse, and I presently work for an ultra secure and ultra conservative company.

I've never heard of a festival not REQUIRING contracts. And around here, anyway, a rainout clause is standard. What is not standard is what that clause stipulates.

That Pioneer Squid may be a solution for a lot of people.

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Thanks Dan! A bunch of ex-Lowdowners just went crazy getting Darkglass stuff, so I will give it a listen. AndI didn't know Tech21 had a blend. Will check that out as well. Much obliged!

Distortion...the good kind. I've been auditioning a lot of distortions and overdrives in the past week. I have a new project in mind, and it definitely calls for some processing. I'm purposely avoiding modeled and software overdrive and distortion for now because I'm looking for simplicity and immediacy. Oh, and no fuzz. There are plenty of great, well-known options for that. But I've come to the conclusion that I have never really heard an heavily overdriven bass tone live that I have thought of as acceptable. Am I going to have to go the route of ClatterAmy and run a clean signal parallel to the overdriven one? That's too much of a pain. Is there a really good distortion that lets you only distort certain frequencies? I'm not talking about EQ per se. I'm talking about distorting everything over 20k, for example, while leaving the low end pristine.

Just tried it, and....no. LOL. Takes a little bit of practice. I learned to do it in 4th grade from a teacher who was INSANE about DaVinci who originated it (urban legend...just reporting my experience).

"Antibacterial soap" is NOT redundant. "Soap" only refers to a substances ability to break surface tension. If you are right-handed, you should be able to write fairly well with your left hand if you write backward while also writing normally with your right (like a mirror image). Now I want a lefty reversed MIDI keyboard. I'd rather be hit by 100 guitar pick-sized pianos than by a piano-size guitar pick.

Reason 10 upgrade. Ableton Live upgrade.

It's probably worth noting that it's not a good thing or bad thing...it's just simple market forces and a savvy company willing to do the legwork to effectively take advantage of it. You should never tie selling price to cost of materials plus labor and marketing; that should be your checkpoint to make sure you are not shooting yourself in the foot. You should always charge what the market will bear. Dropping prices is always due to some other factor...the need for immediate cash flow, the need to drive a competitor or a product out of a market, or to target a secondary market after the primary market is saturated with your product.

I will repeat what I always say when these threads pop up lamenting or puzzling over price points. If you cannot understand why a Tyros or Genos is in the $5000+ price range, then you are absolutely not the target market. It's not for OMB/OMG enthusiasts or retired people, although I imagine that most people who would buy this fall into one or both categories. It's simply priced for people who are willing to pay that much. And I will say that I am surprised that there are not more keyboards that are non-pro focused in that price point. They aren't producing 500,000 of these. Gone are the days of massive overproduction. Supply management and much smarter business analysis have really reduced overstock and bad predictions. So if you cannot understand why an arranger keyboard costs more than their top of the line pro keyboard, that's OK; you're not supposed to.

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I'm sorry if this has been answered in this megathread, but has anyone tried the 9 series from EHX? The videos of the B9, C9, and M9 are incredible, but I'm wondering if there are some real life experiences anyone could share.

The feature-set looks good, but it will all come down to the user interface.

Reminds me of a Wishbass. All that glue gives a warm tone.

With a short set.

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Stew works for Carey Nordstrand now, and he's bounced back from having all of his basses trashed by Katrina. What a nice, nice guy. And he's a real proponent of "the sound is in your fingers"...none of his basses have tone or volume controls.

Since when is brain considered offal? It's quite the delicacy.

Mrs. Zeronyne would disagree. Sorry, I know this is a family thread.