#jack tuner

[castial]

I rewatched THE 10 year plan and oh, Myles is literally Jude and Brody is Buck!!! even his twins are still gay as hell

and gWAINE!!!!???

[abattyresonator]

Custom Card - "Batty Resonator"

Batty Resonator Level 2 DARK Fiend Tuner Effect 700/1300 If this card is added to your hand, except by drawing it for your normal draw: You can reveal it; Special Summon it from your hand. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can target 1 Level 4 or higher Fiend monster that is banished or in your GY; shuffle it into your Deck, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Dark Bat Token" (DARK/Fiend/ATK 0/DEF 0) with the same Level. You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck the turn you activate this effect, except DARK Dragon Synchro Monsters. You can only use each effect of "Batty Resonator" once per turn.

[pianotunerwolverhampton]

Tuning at the Wolverhampton Grand theatre for

'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue'

BBC Radio 4’s multi award-winning antidote to panel games returns to the stage with its sell out touring show featuring chairman Jack Dee

#jackdee #wolverhampton #grandtheatre. #yamaha #music #pianotuner

[reasonsforhope]

Here’s to some real-life New Directions! In one of the earliest awards handed out in the 76th Tony Awards telecast on CBS and Paramount+, history was made as Alex Newell became the first-ever openly non-binary actor to win a Tony award, in the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical category, for their showstopping role as cornpone character Lulu in the musical comedy “Shucked.”

Then, in the show’s final hour, that record was upheld by nonbinary actor J. Harrison Ghee, who won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical in the Marc Shaiman/Scott Wittman tuner “Some Like it Hot”, based on Billy Wilder’s classic 1950s comedy. Ghee, late of musicals such as “Kinky Boots” and “Mrs. Doubtfire”, was a favorite for their bold reimagining of the Jerry/Daphne role made famous by Jack Lemmon in the original film."

-via The Wrap, June 11, 2023

[thekingofgear]

Thom Yorke's Guitar and Bass Pedalboard for The Smile's June 2024 Tour

A photo of Thom's pedalboard at Stadtpark Open Air in Hamburg on June 8, 2024. One can also see the back of Robert Stillman's pedalboard.

Thom playing his modified vintage Gibson EB0 at Stadtpark Open Air in Hamburg on June 8, 2024 (Stadtpark Open Air).

The Smile’s tour back in March was their first since the release of Wall of Eyes on January 26, 2024. However, much of that album had already been recorded at Abbey Road in early 2023. As such, a lot of the instruments used on the album were already known, since the band had testing new tracks on the road since 2022. Even so, the band brought plenty of surprises for the March tour, using the new gear both to play tracks off the album and for songs that are as yet unreleased.

The band’s setup for the latest July tour is quite similar to their setup in March, but Thom continues to experiment with new effects on the top row of his guitar and bass pedalboard. As we mentioned in our last post, his vocal pedalboard has remained nearly identical for the past few years. On this tour, it seems that Thom is particularly interested in experimenting with analog delays for his electric guitar. He already had an EQD Disaster Transport and an EHX Deluxe Memory Man XO back in March, but he’s now added a Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude to the mix! (Thom’s Death By Audio Echo Dream 2 uses a PT2399 chip, which is technically digital but is meant function similar to analog delay chips, giving even more "analog" tones.)

Thom has also removed his EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter V3 (he actually did so before the tour in March). That pedal was pretty essential to Bodies Laughing, so it seems unlikely that the band will play that track again, unless Thom has decided to use a cleaner guitar tone for the track.

The bottom row has remained the same since the Smile's Nov-Dec 2022 Tour (analysis of that board here). Those pedals provide his core guitar sounds, and are used consistently to perform songs off of A Light For Attracting Attention.

Complete Pedal List

Bottom Row, Right-To-Left:

Boss TU3 tuner (for bass)

Boss TU3 tuner (for guitar)

Boss RE20 Space Echo delay

Death By Audio Echo Dream 2 fuzz/delay

Pladask Elektrisk Fabrikat V3 granular sampler

Death By Audio Interstellar Overdriver

Earthquaker Devices Astral Destiny reverb

Top Row, Right-To-Left:

Earthquaker Devices Disaster Transport Legacy Reissue delay

Earthquaker Devices Plumes overdrive

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man XO delay

Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude delay

Earthquaker Devices Blumes overdrive

Origin Effects Cali76 compressor

Earthquaker Devices Hoof fuzz

As in the past, there also appears to be an Electro-Harmonix Hum Debugger hidden under the shelf at the back of the board (look behind the Blumes and Meet Maude). Thom uses the Debugger to reduce hum when using his vintage bass guitars with single coils.

The front edge of the Hum Debugger's silver enclosure and its footswitch can be just barely made out. The second image has increased exposure, revealing the "electro-harmonix" text on the face of the pedal.

Power Supply

Also note the evenly spaced white “blocks” in the shadows of the shelf. The white blocks are connections for power on The Gig Rig’s Distributor and/or Isolators units. These show that Thom is still using The Gig Rig’s Generator power system. Ed was the first member of Radiohead to use The Gig Rig’s power supplies back in 2014, when the company assembled their first custom pedalboard for Ed. Thom switched over around 2021, when The Smile played their first show on a Glastonbury live stream. The power supplies are clearly visible on Thom’s NPR Tiny Desk board from November 2022 as well.

Zooming in to get a better look at the Gig Rig power supply units.

Patchbay

All of The Smile’s custom black plywood pedalboards are fitted with patchbays at the back. A patchbay is just a set of jacks, which allow external cables to be plugged into the back of the pedalboard instead of connecting the cable directly to pedals on the board. The other side of the patchbay is connected to the first and last pedals in the signal chain with normal patch cables. This makes it way easier to set up the board, and also to swap out an entire pedalboard if there’s a mystery problem (as mentioned in our March Rehearsal Setup post, Thom and Jonny each have a (nearly) identical backup board).

Bass Guitar Signal Chain

The exact sequence of the guitar chain is too complex to guess at, but based on previous tours it’s possible to have a good guess about the bass signal chain.

Bass Guitar

Patchbay (input)

Electro-Harmonix Hum Debugger

Boss TU3 tuner

Earthquaker Devices Blumes

Origin Effects Cali76 compressor

Earthquaker Devices Hoof fuzz

Patchbay (output)

DI Box (sends signal to amplifier and FOH mixer)

Fender Super Bassman amplifier

Here's a bonus photo of Thom playing his vintage Fender Jazz bass during Read the Room at the Northside Festival in Aarhus on June 6, 2024 (photo by Joshua Mellin via Flood Magazine). Thom previously used his modified vintage Gibson EB0 bass for the song, but he's been using the Jazz Bass since the start of the March 2024 tour. His Hum Debugger pedal probably helps when he's playing this guitar, since the instrument features single coils.

[thebladeblaster]

Me as a Yugo and Speedroid fan after the new releases:

We got so much fr. The Shooting Star Dragon Equivalent for Clear Wing whose name is WAY too long. A Clear Wing tuner which was more unexpected. Along with more tech. Dang I had a hard enough time choosing extra deck cards. The final Clear Wing is an Omninegate that can be double tuned. I felt that in my soul. I can tell the implied story there. Yugo learning double tuning from Jack omg. That’s so cool. I love this. It can also alternately be summoned the accel synchro way as a Yusei reference.

The white coloration of the new Clear Wing reminds me of Chronjet Dragon Z fr.

Me:

[bikebound]

Vintage Days Winner: Harley-Davidson XR1000 from Minnesota’s @sbkstash, originally built by California’s Ron Bravo. Custom Champion chromo frame, Jack Hagemann hand-formed aluminum tank / tail, @kosmanracing yokes / quick-change reversible rear hub, @supertrappindustries exhaust, and engine built by Jim Kelly — Jay Springsteen’s former engine builder and tuner! Took "Best American Custom" at @amavintagemotorcycledays 2022, drawing the attention of Grand Marshal @kschwantz34, whose father raced a Champion-framed XR750, and just featured at @handbuiltshow 2023. Full story today on BikeBound.com. ⚡️Link in Bio⚡️ https://instagr.am/p/CrieL2wuyPX/

[anxso]

@ygoc-week day 3!

YU-GI-OH! 5D’s — RAIN ORICHALCUM

DECKS! Rain once had her archetype of choice countered in tournament, so she swaps decks often thanks to the lingering paranoia.

I mainly did it so I could give a lot of variety to the duels and give love to both 5D’s era and older decks that don’t get to appear in the anime! There are a handful of original cards, but I’ll go over those later. First, introducing a nice collage of ace monsters/cards representing her archetypal decks!

She uses a Blue-Eyes mixed with good dragon cards as her “primary” deck and I ABSOLUTELY made an original line of Synchros: Orichalcos Dragon/Orichalcos Deuteros Dragon/Orichalcos Tritos Dragon :o) Also, because she has the anime-esque Timaeus, Hermos, and Critias cards, we get to see a lot of neat fusions! Like Hermos + Exploder Dragon, for example, making an equip spell that prevents destruction by battle, destroys the monster it battled with, but prevents battle damage

The Crimson Dragon card didn’t exist when I wrote my series, so I made my own 😂 YES they get attack and effect names! YES the characters yell them out! YES I had so much fun with this The Crimson Dragon 8-Star, LIGHT Attribute [Dragon/Synchro/Effect] [2500 ATK / 2000 DEF] 1 LIGHT Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monster(s) When this card is Special Summoned: you can target one of your opponent’s monsters. As long as this card is on the field, that monster’s effect is negated. (Ability Name: Crimson Masquerade) When this card battles a monster targeted by this effect, during the Damage Step only, this card gains ATK equal to the ATK of the targeted monster. (Ability Name: Crimson Star Flight) At your End Phase, you can send this card to the graveyard; special summon it during your next Standby Phase. (Ability Name: Crimson Molting) and a good old season 2 leveled up version of him! Akakiryu of the Sacred Flame 12-Star, LIGHT Attribute [Dragon/Synchro/Effect] [3000 ATK / 2500 DEF] 1 LIGHT Tuner + 2 or more non-Tuner monsters When this card is Synchro Summoned: You can destroy all Spell and Trap Cards your opponent controls. [Ability Name: Ignite the Sacred Flame] Once per turn, if this card is targeted by your opponent's card effect (Quick Effect): you can negate and banish that card. [Ability Name: Sacred Cinder Disarmament] Once per turn, you can deduct 1000 ATK from this card to target one monster on the field; banish that target. During your next Standby Phase, this card's ATK becomes its original (printed) ATK. [Ability Name: To Sacred Ashes]

AND NOW a fun excerpt from the fic with Akakiryu because I adore fire descriptions my friends. (From Jack's POV, and you will see Beelzeus here, I be giving the enemies some OP cards too haha)

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Rain tossed her head back. A crack of lightning lit her grin.

“I am not running.”

Fire blazed to life. Orange sparks licked the air. Water hissed against flame, and steam flooded the ground. I shielded my eyes from the blaze with my forearm. The flames spurted from the earth itself and raced around the port in a circle. I shouted, “Rain!”

“No use,” Syd said. “She’s gotta be burning alive by now, and thanks to her own psychic powers.”

My brow furrowed. The way the fire had come to life was similar to a night of war several months ago. This blaze wasn’t causing destruction, though. The memory gave birth to a mad idea.

I stretched my arm towards the flames. Fire licked my fingers. Instead of raw pain, a kind warmth found me – one I had known before. I glanced out from the awning and up to the sky. The red flare reflected against the black clouds: the full glyph of the Crimson Dragon.

Rain dropped to her knees among the flames. They clung to her skin, hair, and clothes without leaving scars. Maroon marks on her pale face, shoulders, and arms pulsed with a bright, red glow like a slow heartbeat. Fangs protruded from her kind smile. Her hands clasped together. Rain said, “White Stone of Legend tunes with Horus LV8 and Exploder Dragon. With one LIGHT tuner and two monsters, I call upon the legendary power of old.”

The flames leapt from the ground and spiraled into a pillar from her place of prayer. Cinders sparkled around her, leapt towards her duel disk, and formed a white-hot rectangle. A trio of humongous green rings formed as a column towards the sky. Their color tinged red. Rain’s eyes shot open, and their irises shifted to crimson. Her whisper echoed across the bay like the shouts of thousands. “Synchro Summon: Akakiryu of the Sacred Flame.”

A tornado of pure flames ripped to life on the pier. Gold and red blended like a blazing autumn. Black clouds scattered, and rainwater evaporated. Fiery wings extended from the twister. A lengthy, skinny tail whipped from the phenomena, and the fire scattered from the dragon’s body. Akakiryu opened its mouth, revealing a bright, yellow tongue matching the startling color of its eyes.

Rain pushed to her feet, reached out her fist, and lifted her index finger. “Ability one. Upon summoning, all of your spells and traps are destroyed. Ignite the Sacred Flame!”

The blaze returned to the earth, tearing through Syd’s backline. The remaining Block Dugout and Nightmare Wheel shattered. Rain’s Blue-Eyes White Dragon was freed from its torture. Syd said, “So what? A fancy light show don’t mean nothin’. You got 3000 attack, which don’t match up. Even if it did, Beelzeus here can’t be destroyed.”

Rain extended her middle finger. “Ability two. By deducting 1000 attack from Akakiryu, I banish one monster on the field. Beelzeus is judged not fit for this world by the strength of a god.”

“Not so fast!” Syd said. “I discard Effect Veiler from my hand to negate your monster’s abilities!”

Rain’s ring finger popped up. “Ability three. Once per turn, I negate an ability that targets Akakiryu and banish the offender. Sacred Cinder Disarmament!”

Akakiryu spit a flare into the sky. It landed on the ghostly Effect Veiler, locking it in a fiery bubble. The sphere closed to crush the monster. Rain said, “Ability two continues! To Sacred Ashes!”

Beelzeus shied back from the intense heat of Akakiryu. The dragon flapped its wings forward. A pair of flame tornadoes approached Beelzeus. The twisters spun around the black dragon. Beelzeus attempted to flee the encroaching fire to no avail. The tornadoes captured Syd’s Synchro. Their ferocity enticed a pained roar from Beelzeus. Akakiryu’s attack spiraled faster before dissipating with nary a whisper.

“Shit,” Syd said, “the hell kinda card is that?”

I found the strength to stand. “A dragon who does not lose.”

“Akakiryu’s current attack is 2000,” Rain said, “equal to your remaining life points. Direct attack! Blazing Crimson Flight!”

Akakiryu unfurled its wings. A golden flare danced to the tips. The dragon’s cry deafened the quaking thunder. Akakiryu dove onto Syd and skimmed the ground, leaving the bay ablaze. His holler could barely be heard over the roar of the flames.

A slice caught my attention. Akakiryu cut down my runner and held it in his two claws. He lowered it to sit on its wheel beside Rain and curled around her. Black ashes from the destroyed monsters clung to her sweaty skin. Her criminal mark glowed with the golden reflection of Akakiryu’s light through the dirt.

Rain beamed at the glowing monster. She leapt towards its snout and wrapped her arms around it. I was taken aback. Instead of worshipper and god, she embraced Akakiryu like a daughter to a father. Much to my surprise, the dragon shut its eyes and leaned into it.

With a chuckle, I said, “Welcome home.”

--------------- From Ch. 76, "Prayer from a Heart of Roaring Flames" (Again, just a writer - image credit for header in alt text!)

[homeoftone]

A fun in house custom hardtail strat build for personal and demo purposes. Body made in house, neck is currently a Japanese made Hosco. Hardtail bridge with Grainger guitars brass ferrule block. Descendant B.C.B bridge with Trent Guitars saddles. Satin ‘oyster white’ water based open grain paint on body and headstock face, water based clear lacquer on neck, McNelly Silvercaster and Wild Range pickups, TBX tone pot, hipshot open gear locking tuners, side jack socket and in house made acrylic tort pickguard and headstock faceplate. Good fun!

[elexnorislingtxn]

✨ + 💀 ?

ty for the ask !!!!!

okok

sherri - i stole her name from an old western show bonanza

hmmm god

mark - litrally stole alex tuner's persona name ++ schwartz from the song

being abandoned

alexander - take a gamble LOL

big spaces

diamante - rich old money names on pinterest

love

joe - hardy boys (joeseph hardy)

being alone

arabella - the song

losing everything (LOLLL)

finn - a regulus black fic (also stole her backstory/living on a mountain in ireland from that)

idk magic

fiona - the song (cigarette smoker fiona)

men in general

jaqueline - the song/a series of unfortunate events

change

ivor - the songs jaqueline and van tango

spiders LOL

gregor - the song jaqueline

death (hes an immortal vampire)

aethel - a really trashy fantasy novel

herself

gorawynne - a welsh names list i found on google

WICKED/idk being left behind (literally all my ocs have that fear tho)

tracy - the song tracy jacks

silver

john - some blur song i cant remember rn

his wife (tracy)

theodore - idk ive liked this name since i was like six soooo yeahhh

aethel/himself

and yeah !!!!!

[biblicallyaccuratepigeons]

Because of the most recent rb:

An apocalyptic world I made up. Mc up there is listening to music late at night, when suddenly cir family wakes up and starts shambling to the front door–But Something's Wrong oooooooo. Their eyes are glowing a whitish-blue, and they don't seem to notice cim when ci puts cir hand on their shoulders. Ci hides in a doorway to see what's happening. When cir little brother opens the door, a giant obsidian Creature is waiting, and promptly devours mc's numb, unresponsive family. How shocking! Ci quickly creeps to a hiding spot, but in cir panic, one of cir earbuds falls out. Ci can hear in the exposed ear a soft whirring, so soft, so gentle, so calming and friendly. It's only the music still playing in cir other ear that saves cim from being completely carried away. Recognizing this, ci sluggishly replaces the earbud, and immediately cir mind is clear again- just in time to see that the Creature has entered the room, and begun to make its way towards cim. As soon as the earbud is fully in, however, the Creature lifts its satellite-dish-like head and turns it around, looking confused. It circles the room, its head swiveling frantically like some dog or cat trying to find a smell, and as it passes mc, it's all ci can do to keep quiet, but it finds nothing and leaves.

After a millenium, or perhaps a millisecond, of waiting, mc leaves cir hiding spot and starts to pack a backpack. A flashlight, some batteries, some food. Ci also seeks out cir cat, and finds her hiding beneath the couch, ears flattened against her skull, pupils and fur blown all the way up. She calms a bit at mc's soft, feathery soft murmuring, recognizing her name and the voice who spoke it, but refuses to leave her spot until mc opens up a can of tuna. After she's swallowed all of the can's contents, eyes and ears darting here and there, she's calm enough that mc can gently lower her into the backpack.

Ci creeps out the open door and makes cir way to the nearby shopping district, ducking between shadows with cir hands plastered to cir ears, desperately keeping the earbuds. Through them, ci occasionally hears loud metal or rap playing, sometimes from cars with huddled and shaking people, sometimes from other wanderers who clutch little bluetooth speakers in their white-knuckled hands. From cir place in the shadows, ci notices that the Creatures–there are so many Creatures–tend to take a wide berth around those beacons of presumably earsplitting melodies. After ci passes the empty street and enters the nearest electronics store, ci's grateful to find that, even though all of the speakers have been looted, there are still noise-cancelling headphones left. Ci takes three pairs, hanging two around cir neck and putting one over cir ears before swiftly switching the plugs in cir phone's jack. Feeling safer, ci flits as smoothly as ci can to the convenience store, opens a can of wet food for the cat, and formulates a plan over a bottle of water and some donuts.

Ci makes cir way back home, grabs cir little brother's acoustic guitar and tuner, and loads everything securely into a wagon, which ci attaches behind cir bike. Ci raids the nearest plant nursery for as many crops and medicinal herbs as ci can fit, then the bookstore for guidebooks for how to grow and use them, and follows the river out of town, away from the Creatures.

Out in the country, ci builds a little house out of materials ci finds. Ci spends cir nights awake, slamming away at the guitar's strings and singing at the top of cir lungs until ci's hoarse, and spends the rest of it with cir headphones on, humming to cirself. During the mornings and evenings, ci plants cir crops and maps out the area. Daytime, now marked by a sun which hangs like a pendant of onyx in the white sky, is the only time it's safe to sleep.

And that's it. Mc lives alone on a little sanctuary with cir cat, offering asylum to those who come across cim.

[gear-project]

Annon-Guy: Batman Arkham Scenario

I suppose to wrap things up about who's able to face the Combat and Predator (Stealth) Maps.

Jack-O', Haehyun, Answer, Nagoriyuki, Giovanna, Goldlewis, Chaos, Bedman? and Asuka/Asuka#.

Guest appearances by Chimaki, Fanny, Leopladdon and Judgement.

Jack-O' plays similarly to Harley Quinn, actually... i.e. she sets traps for targets (her servants do the work, basically). She's very acrobatic, so combat's not a big deal to her, she was forced to learn stealth from Asuka to keep herself hidden from the Merciless Apocalypse early on.

(Side note: Aria Hale is nothing like Jack-O'... she had a high intellect but it was not based on Computer A.I., and her physical capabilities were very limited... she was just an ordinary lab geek when she dated Frederick.)

Kum Haehyun is very combat-oriented due to family techniques, but Kum's pride as a Tuner gets in the way of "stealth" so she's not suited for it. She's better off as a Doctor/Healer like she currently operates as. She'd rival Batman in terms of medical techniques (Bruce Wayne's father was a surgeon by the way... probably not as good as Faust was, but still...)

Answer is a Ninja, so Stealth is a given, he's not AS gifted as Chipp is in the combat talents, but he's been training, so maybe one day he'll catch up. He spends a lot of time on the phone though, so not much time for heroics unless Chipp calls in a favor.

Nagoriyuki was buried under a BUILDING for 60 years, that's pretty stealthy if you ask me! Aside that, his combat abilities are second to almost none save Sol. In terms of stealth technique he's a Vampire, so his potential is probably very high... but his pride as a samurai probably prevents him from taking underhanded "stealthy" measures... so I'd assume he prefers to confront people directly.

Giovanna works for the United States Secret Service... that's pretty stealthy work in and of itself, though she much prefers to relax on the job, she's still a professional in both combat and stealth.

Goldlewis: his background is VERY STEALTHY, but he won't tell you anything even if you ask. The guy is all about black ops, despite his rotund size. Combat wise, it's easy to see why he's the SECRETARY OF ABSOLUTE DEFENSE.

Happy Chaos: Stealth and magic are his fortes, though originally he knew next to NOTHING ABOUT COMBAT... he basically used the Backyard to download the knowledge in to his brain and learn from there. He isn't really a fighter, but his skill with a gun will make people hesitate to draw. Whoah... he knows Gun-Fu!

Bedman? The 8th Generation High Density Bedframe was built with Romeo's specs (and powers) in mind, so being a combat machine that can fight Gears (and even Vampires) seems to be part of what it was built for... in terms of Magic potential it can only do a limited amount of things via Bedman's influence, otherwise it's a hunk of junk without that Magic power driving it. The fact it's heavily damaged means things like combat and stealth are very limited for it.

The only reason the Bedframe is still decent at combat is because of its drive to protect Delilah. By the way, Delilah is very good at Stealth and Magic power, but combat is something she's still scared of, being 12 years old isn't easy.

Asuka # "Sharp" Being a "combat clone" of Asuka Kreutz, you'd think combat would be second nature to him, but you'd be incorrect... neither Asuka or Asuka #R are very good at physical combat... in fact they BOTH get tired very easily!

The fact Asuka R. Kreutz is also over 170+ years old with a body that got reduced to the youth of a child for a few months means he's not really built for physical activity in the first place. Of course, he probably still needs the exercise.

In terms of Stealth, all Asuka would need to do would be to cast Invisibility and that'd be the end of that. His Magic makes everything ELSE look very easy. Asuka Sharp is no exception either.

Still, between the two of them, I wouldn't expect either of them to play vigilante any time soon... they're better off sticking to Science.

Switching Gears... Fanny was an old assistant to Dr. Faust a great many years back and was still searching for him last we saw in GG Petit. She's a sweet young girl, stealth and combat really isn't her thing, though she probably has techniques to keep up with Faust at least.

She inherited her giant Needle weapon from her mother, who was also a Nurse years ago.

Raymond (Judgement) was originally a Scientist who worked for the P.W.A.B. and Sacred Order, so combat was something he observed on the daily, but this also made him deranged.

He later took his research to Isene Island and did diabolical experiments there to the poor residents, so despite becoming a cool-looking character, his morality is really suspect.

He also died not long after due to his miscalculation on Inus' powers as a Demihuman (Underworld King).

If he'd managed to survive though, Combat would come very easily for him, but I doubt he'd be all that interested in Stealth as a concept.

Moving on, LEOPALDON:

A large Megadeth Class Gear who "hides" in the Antarctic continent. That's pretty stealthy despite their size.

Leopaldon used to rescue humans who got stranded in Snow Storms on the continent, and it's semi-unclear if the P.W.A.B. even knew he existed or not.

Sol apparently met him once, but that's all we know, honest!

Sentient Gears aren't exactly geared for combat, as they are pacifists in nature (despite being built as weapons, they dislike being treated like weapons).

Still, make no mistake: LEOPALDON IS A MEGADETH GEAR.

That means Leopaldon's combat potential is immense, enough to level a city in minutes if not seconds. Somehow a group of thugs surrounding Leopaldon would be the height of folly.

Leopaldon does his best not to get noticed by humans, so he's gotten pretty good at stealth, but it might be only a matter of time before he gets fully discovered... maybe Ky can help him out one day?

Lastly, CHIMAKI:

A prideful Mononofu Samurai if ever there was one.

His sword is nothing to laugh at.

But, in terms of tactics or stealth... or even thinking...

Well... don't expect much.

Don't mess with Chimaki's topknot and you'll be just fine. He'll leave you alone in peace.

Unless you offer onigiri... then he may follow you home.

[eatingstringcheese]

tune to my heart - kyoka jirou

in which kyoka's girlfriend needs a tuner for her guitar

warnings: none

A soft knock came from Kyoka's door, a rhythmic tapping with a special meaning. With a smile Kyoka shouted towards the door. "It's open."

The door opened with a slight creak, revealing the face of Kyoka's girlfriend, Y/n. The girl smiled as she quietly closed the door. Crossing the room she sat down on the electric piano bench across from her girlfriend. In her hands was a f/c electric guitar with a painted design on the back.

"I hope you're not too busy."

Kyoka set down the pair of drumsticks in her hands. "No no it's fine. I was just working on some new rhythms."

"Ooh, that sounds fun. Anything specific?"

Kyoka shook her head, her earphone jacks swaying with her head movement. "Is there anything you needed or did you just come to see me?" Kyoka gave a smile to her girlfriend.

Y/n covered her mouth and chuckled. "Yes and yes." She gestured to the guitar in her hands. "I was trying to play something new but I think my guitar is out of tune and I was wondering if I could borrow your tuner?"

Kyoka nodded. Stepping up from her seat she walked to a shelf full of musical equipment and pulled out a guitar tuner.

"Oh you are so amazing. Thanks babe!" Y/n jumped up and kissed her girlfriend on the cheek. After a moment of fiddling with her guitar's strings and plucking random notes she handed the purple tuner back to Kyoka.

Pulling a plectrum, Y/n began to strum a few notes. The smile on her face grew before she began to move her fingers with delicate expertise all while strumming the pic against the strings.

With a flourishing bow, Y/n grinned at her girlfriend. "Thanks babe!" She set her guitar on Kyoka's bed and Tackled her girlfriend into a hug. Kyoka smiled, wrapping her arms around her girlfriend.

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[roquewithq]

Alright, last one!!!

(This is like a dumber, maybe more cringe version of fanart, but it's just making a guitar for friends as a sign of admiration :] )

This final one is a dedicatory to the very great @aftonsparv-bugzz !!!! (Friend, sorry if you did not want to be tagged!)

On with the description! :]]

Here we have a guitar in the style of a Jag-Stang, with a very special space themed finish! (Or at least, that's what I tried to do..)

It's got a shiny green pickguard (and pickup switches), and a Maplewood neck + fretboard!

The fretboard has some cool little star inlays! That's something you don't see often :] isn't that awesome!?

We have some regular Fender-style tuners that have some shine to them :]

It's got two uncovered ceramic humbuckers for a twangy sound, along with a jazzmaster styled tremolo system (although the whammy bar is not featured here!), the bridge has some rolling calibration which makes sure it will stay in tune no matter what! And with low action at that for comfortability!

It's got a master sound and a master tone knob, along with a top mounted amp jack, which can be used with right angle cables for a better playing experience!!

It's got uneven cutaways that part to the sides which allow for easy access to higher frets without compromising hand position!

The electronics use 22 American wire gauge cables for reliability!

That's all, I hope you find it cool, friend!!!

//that's it with the guitars, by the way, I know they were only three, but, c'mon, I can only think of so many designs in one day...

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Screw it, gonna start posting random lore about my world without much context outside of random stuff I add in advance.

As a quick little note, I want my world and story to be a video game, the story telling medium is just for me, books take too long to write, shows are just a hard NO, and movies are weird. When it comes to web comics or a graphic novel, those are somewhat on the table.

This post will be the basics, nothing but the fundamentals and what not.

So where to start? Main characters.

First is Jack, full name: Jack Notrad, nickname: Merchant. He’s a guy who wanted to be an adventurer and technically got that wish. Now he’s a part of a global conspiracy, working with a god of darkness, learning the dark past of the world and trying to stop a supposed “day of reality’s end”. Fun facts: he loves savory food, knows how to sew, has some sorta neurodivergent trait, and always keeps a half compass half stopwatch gizmo in his backpack’s front pocket.

Nightmare is next. The outcasted god of darkness and current benefactor/partner of Merchant. Nightmare is seen as a cruel god, one who rules the night and all that’s evil. Although some is true, not all of it is. He isn’t evil, he only governs the darkness, and he has literally no control over people and their evil habits. He has a lot to go over but for now, I’ll just say that he hopes to one day be able to see every person grow and change. Fun facts: he hates paperwork, likes reading random books made by mortals about the mind, believes that darkness is needed to see the light, and can sense the despair and problems of people within his “domain”.

Next up is the Necro-Bard. A cocky, undead bard who wields a guitar scythe that is a whole can of worms in of itself. The Necro-Bars is just the scythe, the corpse is just an empty husk. The scythtar is an ancient relic of a titan of death, made to be wielded by the strongest beings of the world, Bards. The fear instilled by the Necro-Bard’s ballads are enough to make Lucifer shiver in fear. “Fun” facts: the scythe oozes a tar like liquid from a skull at the end of the tuners, the corpse is constantly rotting and is at least one overexertion from breaking, the titan is still alive and can sense the scythtar’s melody being played, finally the scythtar can create crystals that can steal people’s souls when touched.

Those are like the three main characters, at least for what I dub as act 1. Merchant and Nightmare work together to take down the Necro-Bard’s take over, not much else to it. They do meet a lot more threats and allies along the way though, so there is that. That’s about it for now, might continue this some other time when I get the urge again.

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Dynaco Addendum Addendum...

From The Department of Redundancy Department:

Looks like I am going have a few days of uninterrupted solitude in which to dive back into the PAS3X and replace the broken three-wafer Source Switch. Roomie heads out of town for a few days on Sunday.

This will entail, of course, breaking the system down temporarily and ironically un-doing half of the stuff I have already done and re-doing it again.

Namely, unsolder every wire from the new back-panel RCA jacks (without damaging the the new jacks in the process), and then installing the new (used) Source Switch, and re-soldering the RCAs with the leads from the replacement switch.

There are also some other cleaning/rewiring things I have to do to the switch itself, before I put it in. The guy stripped it of the big square flat caps that are wired in between two of the three wafers.

I will re-route things temporarily to the Altec computer speaker system until I'm done with the PAS completely. Then I will finish the wiring-up of the rest of the System, including my venerable Rat Shack mixer, which will allow an array of additional inputs and tape options.

I'm not gonna lie...it's gonna be hard to power the Dynaco down to do the repairs! I have been turning it on as soon as I wake up, and not shutting down until i go to bed. The FM3 is an amazing tuner, it hones right in on the signal from KDFC and it stays rock-solid all day.

I forgot just how much I loved listening to the classical radio station all day! KMFA in Austin and now KDFC here in The Bay...it is a way to still feel connected to a real sense of community by simply turning the tubes on, no matter how isolated I am, I know that by tuning in I'm listening along with thousands of other lovers of classical music every moment of every day. There's something about that which will never translate to any other medium.