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I just sat down ice cold frothy beverage in hand and logged on to AGF went to new post and found this made me sad that we have dwindled down to so few of us @ 8:15 EST on a Saturday night there should be at least a few new post.

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I wouldn't worry too much, it seems like the site goes through phases, and right now we're in a lull of sorts. I haven't had anything interesting to say for a couple weeks, and lots of life drama to deal with, so I've been reading threads, but not posting anywhere near my usual (which is about 20% of everyone elses lol)

Sometimes I worry too. I know this is kind of our place - for us that were before MOMO -, and we come and go and everything´s the same; few new members every month, and fewer of them interact after joining.

I know I can´t offer too much regarding guitar/gear/music knowledge or experience, so it´s not like I´ll be posting threads frequently, and as bleys21 Dan said, life has been in the middle for too long; for everyone in their own context. Speaking only for myself, I´m kind of dry lately.

I´m happy that I´ve come to know great people here. I hope this "low wave" ends soon and new activity starts.

The huge depository of information that brought many of us here being lost to the MOMO debacle definitely kills a lot of the drive through traffic.

We've become Radiator Springs off the interstate and out of mind without that traffic from Google searches.

The huge reduction in stock at Rondo and our lost shared bond to those instruments they sold has reduced the influx of new folks to stop to get welcomed in as well.

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honyock wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 11:56 am The huge depository of information that brought many of us here being lost to the MOMO debacle definitely kills a lot of the drive through traffic.

We've become Radiator Springs off the interstate and out of mind without that traffic from Google searches.

The huge reduction in stock at Rondo and our lost shared bond to those instruments they sold has reduced the influx of new folks to stop to get welcomed in as well.

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You make mucho much sense or in the language of us Appalachian Mountain folk "I show thanks you hit that nail dead center of the F***ing head".

I go to a couple of other forums but they're just not the same. To me The Gear Page is cold and snobbish in a way, The PRS Forum is way too corporate feeling and it seems more of an elitist forum and the list goes on. I was only on the old site less than a year when it was nuked but I had lurked the halls gathered info for at least 2 or 3 times a week for a couple of years before signing up and it was a great place and you that are still here keep me coming back because you all seem to be a great bunch of guys I like to hang out with even if it is just via the internet. Maybe we will rise again let's hope so.

Ok, it's now mandatory each and everyone learns to play 7 , 8, 9 string guitars. We will be waiting for your check-in.

Haha, I'll leave all that fancy extra string playing to Narsh... I can barely play the 6 strings I have now

mozz wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 1:16 pm Ok, it's now mandatory each and everyone learns to play 7 , 8, 9 string guitars. We will be waiting for your check-in.

I still play an Agile lp2500 everyday so there's that. I miss the old site but life is full of changes so Ill just hang in.

mozz wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 1:16 pm Ok, it's now mandatory each and everyone learns to play 7 , 8, 9 string guitars. We will be waiting for your check-in.

I have NOT made enough use of the 7-string I bought a couple years ago. Part of the issue is that when I finally get the nerve to learn how to play it more, I look into some songs I'm interested in learning and they're all in different tunings and most downtuned more than the strings I have on the guitar can really handle and I never get around to getting thicker strings, so it just sits there and looks pretty.

I am on and off, but then again I was on the old site too. One factor for me is that I spend so much time on the computer for my work. Especially over the past 18 months with the whole work at home thing. These days when I do have free time after work I'm doing things away from the PC.

uwmcscott wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:47 pm ...These days when I do have free time after work I'm doing things away from the PC.

Good! Those things I like to call "analog things", like actually playing guitar - which I haven´t, to be honest -, or exercising/walking, or reading a book - a real book, with real paper sheets -, or taking care of some "to do" things at home, or gardening, or talking with the people at home - kids, spouse et al -, or birding... anything away from an electronic device of any sort. I can even stay quietly looking at a dead point in front of me for long minutes, with my mind idling like a V8 motor in neutral.

I stop in more sometimes and less frequent others. It tends to depend on how much I’m playing. Right now I’m not playing much. About an hour a week vs a couple hours a day when I’m more motivated.

Right now work is still busy and stressful which has me worn out when I get home. I’ve also picked up an Oculus Quest 2 and VR is a blast and a good workout to boot. That has cut into what would have been guitar playing time, but the workout aspects have helped with some stress relief and I’ve shed a couple extra pounds.

I can't warm up to other forums... I lightly participate on TalkBass and TDPRI, but there are so many users on TalkBass, it's like trying to drink from a fire hose. Whenever somebody posts a thread, it's up to 10 pages in like 3 minutes, and it seems like not a single one of them actually reads the thread (or the opening post, for that matter), before rushing to vomit their opinion on the page. It's not a conversation... Nor is it an environment that's conducive to developing a rapport, or a relationship with other users. I just feel like I'm in a seething ocean of anonymous strangers, who are all screaming for attention. I only go there occasionally to check the classifieds if I'm looking for something, or to see what's new in the bass world, and I rarely post... Why should I? Ninety-seven people have already said what I was going to say... The only time I post there is if I catch a thread when it's relatively new, and I can answer the question, or provide some info that nobody else has yet. Otherwise, I just lurk.

TDPRI is a little slower paced and easier to tolerate, and it's not as cork-sniffy as say, the Gear Page, but I have a real hard time dealing with all the resident know-it-alls who think their opinions are facts, and will openly berate you if they disagree with yours, or if you get something wrong. A couple of weeks ago, in a thread discussing nitrocellulose lacquer and finishes in general, I made the heinous mistake of mentioning that the automotive industry switched from nitro to poly because of yellowing, and nitro's self-destructive nature, forgetting that the industry first switched to acrylic in between. Well this one guy came at me like I was the dumbest thing on two legs, accusing me of spreading disinformation, and blah, blah, blah... My point was that nitro is an unstable finishing product that the automotive industry abandoned. Whether they went with acrylic or poly directly after that is irrelevant... But somebody had to get their big-boy pants on to condescendingly show the world what they know... I told him that a simple, friendly correction would have sufficed, and that the snark was entirely unnecessary... I haven't been back since. I've gotten replies to that post, but frankly, I don't even want to look at them.

I would love to participate in a community of other bassists, or people who love Teles as much as I do, and I'd get a lot more attention for my build and project threads on those forums, but it just doesn't seem worth it to put up with all the assholes and narcissists. Or to post on a forum where you know nobody is going to actually read what you're writing, because everyone is in too much of a hurry to get their two cents in.

We don't seem to have those problems around here.

The community aspect is what keeps me coming back. The support for others, the "in" jokes, etc. When TMC was having issues with the neighbours/utilities, I was genuinely concerned for his well-being. I miss the advice and good counsel of others who have vanished for a variety of reasons.

Most of the internet seems to be about bashing others, where we support (and enable) each other. Heck, the fact that this place is here speaks to that community spirit.

Yeah, the numbers may have dwindled, but it's still a good place to be.

Who misses the days when someone would announce they were leaving and never coming back?

thepezident wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:27 am Who misses the days when someone would announce they were leaving and never coming back?

Was Scott Grove here? JK

BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 1:02 pm

thepezident wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:27 am Who misses the days when someone would announce they were leaving and never coming back?

Was Scott Grove here? JK

Oh, those were the good old days when people would come in an rant about Scott Grove. LOL I guess that guy ain't even on Youtube any more. Have not heard anything from him in ages. I guess he shot himself in the foot when he started calling his subscribers "dumb motherf**kers"

Gergo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:19 pm

BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 1:02 pm

thepezident wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:27 am Who misses the days when someone would announce they were leaving and never coming back?

Was Scott Grove here? JK

Oh, those were the good old days when people would come in an rant about Scott Grove. LOL I guess that guy ain't even on Youtube any more. Have not heard anything from him in ages. I guess he shot himself in the foot when he started calling his subscribers "dumb motherf**kers"

Guess Scott knew who he appealed to.

I have a short fuse since uncontrollable events of 2019 (my worst year ever), so I understand when people go off the rails. I certainly do it myself. But I also try to keep a leash on it because yes, communities like this seem increasingly important. This is one of the good ones as far as I am concerned.

BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 1:02 pm

thepezident wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:27 am Who misses the days when someone would announce they were leaving and never coming back?

Was Scott Grove here? JK

Pink Jimi?

We just need more posts.

Maybe we should bring back politics?

<ducking>

nomadh wrote: ↑Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:18 pm We just need more posts.

Maybe we should bring back politics?

<ducking>

Watch out for the . . . .






FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT - THIS IS A JOKE

We need a new posters with a sad dog stories, like Digger's.

No big deal here, but after being a regular here for 10 or 12 years.....I just got tired of being laughed at and mocked. (You know who you are)
That doesn't mean I'm going out in a "blaze of glory" like the pezident describes.....I just don't feel like contributing as much as I used to.

Perfect Stranger wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 2:57 pm No big deal here, but after being a regular here for 10 or 12 years.....I just got tired of being laughed at and mocked. (You know who you are)
That doesn't mean I'm going out in a "blaze of glory" like the pezident describes.....I just don't feel like contributing as much as I used to.

Not here. You were wiling to help me select certain pedals over others!