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[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 55 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I hate to break it to you but a life size Nami "figurine" isn't a hobby item.

[–] Guamer@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago

It's a commitment

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 48 points 1 month ago

Marriages can fail, but the hurdy gurdy is eternal.

[–] ComradePlatypus@hexbear.net 43 points 1 month ago

4 Sybians is kind of excessive.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 42 points 1 month ago

$8000 is nothing, why would she be upset? Surely my experiences, as a tech bro redditor, are universal.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is it a Star Citizen JPEG?

[–] Emtity_13@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

How did you know

That's so exciting. I'd never heard of anybody being able to 100% their Funko Pop collection before.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 34 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Guys: a Podcast About Guys: with Bryan Quimby

[–] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ne1 got an RSS for the slop? Heard there's a solution forthcoming to the routine of feeds changing; shammy, kingdex, etc

[–] moonlake@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

I don't know if you can set up an RSS feed from this but there is a patreon archive on kemono

[–] moonlake@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

unironically the best podcast, shout out to my pineapple guys pineapple-cool

[–] Grandpa_garbagio@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Bunch of crossovers with the YKS fellas as well, pure grill pill vibes

This is exactly what came to mind. Such a great podcast

[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I miss Street Fight and hope Brett's doing well sicko-wistful

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Same. He seemed to be having some mental health struggles towards the end of SFR

[–] CriticalOtaku@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bro, you don’t need 8 different Warhammer armies

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

but he do need 8 identical Warhammer armies that are different chapters of space marines

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago

I didn't know you only thought of me as a hobby... kitty-birthday-sad

[–] Sephitard9001@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

soypoint-1 Max capacity freighter in Star Citizen soypoint-2

[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 29 points 1 month ago

Buying a nvidia GPU is reactionary. This is me, your wife, and I've just been told.

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago

Me seeing this post ten billion times on

  • stevehoffman dot tv

  • quadraphonicquad

  • audiokarma

  • tapeheads

Please help, half of my hobbies are dominated by DAE WIFE BAD, BALL AND CHAIN, SHE SOLD.THE STEREO type boomer guys. I am desperate.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 27 points 1 month ago

hey folks, I just wanted to pop in to say someone wired me $8,000

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 27 points 1 month ago

When the hobby is high class Vietnamese prostitutes

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 25 points 1 month ago

Life sized replica of the hexbear

[–] CredibleBattery@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago

buying 500 cigars be right back

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Spill the beans, wtf is it?

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] blobjim@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

golden-ticket I stole it from Mr Wonka!

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh, are you into sim racing as well?

You can tell many of the people into it are 50+ because they keep talking about THE WIFE.

A real Hattori Hanzo (replica) sword with cradle and certificate of authenticity, signed by David Carradine

[–] shath@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

i told youre wife

[–] TomBombadil@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

The finest of Apes

anyone told her yet?

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Finally putting that 10% towards your Cybertruck, eh?

Don't let that old ball and chain, that old battle axe, tell you what to do.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Dealer wanted 45% up front but promised me a good deal and said it’ll keep 85% of its value within the next 25 years. Would’ve bought it for myself but got it for the wife to shut her up!!

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Two Soldano SLO-100 half-stacks, and you aren't even in a band? jesus-christ

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Oh yoooo I just picked up their SLO pedal and it sounds really good! I run it into a Matamp for the old Matt Pike tone, but it works p good into the return loop of a peavey windsor too.

Caveat - I am a soldano fan but not connesiour, so idk maybe theres better stuff out there for getting that tone. Wanted to get something different for recording tones.

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh hell yeah. I got the solid state mini SLO head just before the pedal came out, and I've been wanting to try running its effects loop send into the return on my Laney Ironheart. I've also got a Blackstar AMPED 1 for pairing with various pedal preamps, and I'm 99% sure that setting that to flat preamp/6L6 power amp emulation mode should identical to (if not better than) using the IRT120's loop. I need to try it once I get time to clean all the stray computer parts out of my studio room.

Rabea Massaad did a shootout comparison between the 100 watt SLO head, the 30-watt SLO, and the solid state mini SLO head, and yeah, there's definitely something missing in the treble/presence bands on the mini SLO/pedal circuit, but I think they're close enough that you won't be able to tell the difference in a mix, especially if you mix in a bright/brittle sounding high-gain blend amp track just behind it to compensate. At that point, it's probably less effort to just use an amp sim and be done with it, but sometimes you just need an excuse to reamp a phase-inverted DI track through something ridiculous like a 6505 MH purposely dialed in to sound like fried assholes (not difficult), or maybe a Rocktron Piranha on the "broken AM radio" setting (yes, it actually shipped with this). vivian-shrug

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hell yeah a lot of that Laney gear is super sick. Have fun! What do you think of the 6505 mh? I've got my eye on one of those Victory class D amps, the Kranken one sounds like it could be cool

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The 6505 MH is one of those EL84 jobs -- IIRC, you hate those, so you probably won't like this either. The 5150 Iconic is better overall, does that block letter chugga-chugga a lot more easily, and it sounds like they just released an EL34 version recently that addresses some of the complaints with the 6L6 model's voicing. As for the MH, yeah, you can EQ out the EL84 honk with a 7- or 10-band in the loop, but I'm also worried about reliability on mine. I've had it open and didn't see any visibly leaking electrolytic caps and the power tubes look fine, but it sure as hell acts like something in the power amp stage is near the point of failure. With no guitar plugged in, I can make the red channel oscillate just from internal circuit noise by turning the pre-gain above 3 and the post-gain anywhere past 5. Some amount of that is normal on a 5150/6505, but this is pretty absurd. Maybe it's just worse on the mini head because of PCB layout or something.

The Kraken is great! I was eyeballing the preamp pedal version at one point until I realized it was just a 5150 clone on steroids, and I've already got that covered. I was looking for something JCM800/JMP-adjacent, and ended up going for the Carvin X1 preamp pedal to pair with that Blackstar power amp. It's pretty cool having a Fender blackface clone for a clean channel and a hot rodded-to-hell-and-back JCM on the lead with a switchable 5-band EQ, but mine also seems to pick up local radio stations. I'm remembering why I mostly stick with solid state heads; I can see the fucking broadcast tower from my front yard.


Edit: Oh yeah, the Laney. The Ironheart was their attempt at a "modern metal" amp -- it's closer to a Dual Rectifier/5150/SLO circuit than any of their legendary doom metal/Marshall clone stuff (Supergroup, Pro Tube, GH100, etc.). Funny thing is, the EQ section on it is so absurdly tweakable that you can pass it off as a Dual Rec or a 5150 just by fiddling with a few (well, a half dozen) knobs. Unfortunately, something about the output wattage control causes the amp's "sweet spot" to move around drastically depending on where you set it, so it can be an absolute pain in the ass to get dialed in. And the "boost" feature is just a flat volume boost with no bass/treble cut, so it can cause the input buffer stage to fart out if you already have a drive pedal in front of it. And I think mine needs some solder joints reflowed on the green channel because heat from the power tubes causes some intermittent volume drops. Amazing cleans, though, and the distortion is brutal once you get it where you want it.

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[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Oh that Eurorack synthesizer is gonna cost WAY more than that... but the cables give off that "mad scientist from 50s horror film" vibe

[–] TC_209@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

when ur darksydephil and wwe champions is running a hulk hogan-themed event:

[–] videogame@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

What pinball machine did you buy

[–] Ithorian@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Train simulator with most of the dlc?

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago

Bro, I'm sure that NFT will gain value over time

[–] HexbearGPT@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago
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