u/GrimmandLily

Anyone found a good exercise to mitigate hip pain? I tend to get a nasty ache in my hip when sitting and also while I’m on the treadmill and of course sleeping. I do wall squats, calf presses and obviously treadmill exercises so my legs are decently strong but I’m not sure if I’m overlooking something that might focus on the hips more. I’ve tried the hip abduction machine but weirdly, I don’t have enough mobility to get any decent ROM.

How many of us have signature guitars and such from artists we don’t actually like/know?

I like certain aesthetics on guitars and unfortunately sometimes that means buying a signature model from someone I’m not a fan of or I’ve never heard of. In my head it feels a little weird but I like what I like. Wondering who else does this?

Thought about this today because I had to make 4 trips to Lowe’s to buy cement pavers and sand and my dumbass didn’t consider wearing gloves until the last load so my hands are all chewed up for no reason.

This is probably obvious for people that have played for awhile but for the newer players, make a toolbox for your guitars. It can be literally a little box or bag but it’s a lot easier to change strings, adjust your bridge/nut/truss rod/etc if you have everything in one spot.

Also, everyone knows about string winders but I got an electric one a couple years ago and it makes changing your strings or loosening/tightening for an adjustment ridiculously easier, especially on headstocks where the tuners are kind of close together.

For those of you that play songs that aren’t metal, are you one of those people that just uses the tone you love for everything or do you try and get a tone similar to the song you’re playing?

I’m sitting here playing some classic rock stuff and I like to use my normal thrash tone for everything so it sounds like “me”. Just curious what others do. This is meant to be a fun discussion, so hopefully it goes that direction.