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@ReinaldyRafli There are noiseless single coils, which can have a dummy coil to get rid of the hum. It won't sound exactly like a pure single coil either, but can be a good alternative if hum is a great issue. I don't get much problems in Sweden, but we have 50 Hz in the power lines instead of 60 (I think, there is some difference at least), which I think makes it less of an issue.

@BraddSzonye, bet @Dom gets provision from Alfred ;). Bought the blue-ish one on his recommendation, great for beginners at the keyboard, but doesn't dumb it down too much if you already know some music.

Note that splitting a humbucker will not give you a "true" single coil sound. Being able to mix it can create interesting possibilities though.

In that way, you have the possibility to go from full humbucker to just one coil, and all states in between.

@ReinaldyRafli You can modify most humbuckers to allow for split humbuckers. (Or rather, you modify how the connection to it are set up) Most guitar repair dudes should be able to do it. If you, like me, do not use the tone control, I can recommend changing that into a split control, a so called "spin-a-split".

Funny how those with most rep cry hardest for downvotes and such...

Felt a bit out of character...

Petulant frenzies are becoming the order of the day in this place. Somewhat sad.

I think I got the hang of it, thank you.

Sheesh.

Ok, this is obviously a hot potato, I don't particularly care, so let's drop it.

He got five upvotes on the comment...

I think this got personal for some reason or other...

I don't see the big deal, and I don't think it's worth more discussion. He's just stating the rules of the network, not some personal agenda.

Whenever there is a discussion going on in comments, I know it's going out on a limb, and know the discussion is subject for removal.

Well, you don't know of all the times you didn't get notified :).

So that part is not out of the ordinary.

Ok, there are usually no names mentioned just a "comments are not for discussions".

Sounds like a lot of people would get spurious message notifications then...

Does it parse the comment for names without the "@"?

I think mods are encouraged to remove unnecessary debate. Usually I dont see @-pings to the ones involved when discussions are removed.

@JCPedroza: I think you're kinda harsh on Matthew in this case. I didn't see the discussion before it was removed, but I have been involved in discussions being removed, and mods adding a similar comment.

I was thinking about maybe getting a Kemper, but then made a last attempt to stay true to the old school stuff.

Just bought one, and I'm very pleased.

@RoryAlsop: Have any experience with attenuators for tube amps? (Know you are using more modern technology usually...).

@RoryAlsop Interesting chart for sure. Was surprised that math was such an outlier, but when you think about it there are lots of short questions to be had in math. Also, I guess there are a lot of math tests being studied for at any given point in time...

I did refrain from editing this time, in order to not have to relive the previous discussion. I still think we could do something to avoid the itchy closing fingers. If not for Slim's edits, I think it would have been closed. It might still be closed, even though Slim's answer is providing good information.

A good example of an equipment question, which serves us better open than closed: music.stackexchange.com/questions/32819/…

Great minds...

@BobBroadley: You deleted your enclosure answer? I don't think it was wrong. I should remove my reference to it, unless you want to un-delete...

@BobBroadley: Not familiar with him either, sorry.

I think authors, especially those who's been around as long as Bob, are capable of reverting edits they don't like.

I also reacted on the overly polite attribution in that answer. Mentioning another user one time should be enough.

And now Ornette Coleman is gone too. Truly one of the greats...

I still think most of the bad cases will be caught by the base rules that apply for all SE:s. I was only referring to chucking the rules invented here, mostly by people who has now left.

Hasn't the time come to wipe most of the rules and go with the current community instead of the one that left?

We'll see how it goes! Time for bed over here, see ya later.

If changes are proposed and have support from the current community, I believe that we can change old decisions.

Well, if someone doesn't voice their opinion, they can't complain after the fact.

@JCPedroza: Stumbled over Tundra by the group Lakker. Sounds pretty sweet, have you heard about 'em?

I think off topic questions should be off topic. If we want to keep some, they are not off topic and the close reason should be removed.

Also, if there's a reason to close, people will vote to close.

I think some of the identification question should be off topic, like "what's this track I heard ten years ago". I think there's a way of doing so, while not having everything off topic, in unor's answer.

This is a forming community; a lot of the people who where here in the beginning are now gone. Maybe people are starting to see that the knee-jerk "make up all kinds of rules is the basis of all SE:s" isn't working so great for all SE:s...

@JCPedroza: Makes a lot of sense.

A lot of music to dig into though...

Schönberg is a name to check out, but the body of work is impressive, so it's hard to get a handle. I bought a box with quartets by him, Webern and Alban Berg, so I have some starting point.

The perfect stranger is a mix of tracks conducted by Pierre Boulez and tracks performed on the Synclavier. Great stuff.

He did records with the London Symphony orchestra too, which he was disappointed in, since he felt they played badly. I can't hear anything wrong.

@JCPedroza The Yellow Shark is pretty amazing.