litchfield Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Before posting a topic, please use the search engine to see if your question was already answered. If you find a related thread, or one that answers your question, feel free to revive it to get more opinions. The reason I am saying this is the fact that we have weekly topics on: Neck Angles Body wood Pine (Not a suitable wood. Quit asking. Not a tonewood, or even a hardwood) Scale length Body templates Routing templates Logo decals Kill switches Also, please keep your posts in the appropriate sections, for instance; pickup questions go in electronics, acoustic soundboard questions go in acoustic and hollowbody. It gets frustrating to members old and new to have to sort through this. Thirdly, please, for the love of God, please to not post multiple topics on the same question for any reason. Not only is it obnoxious, but it is a waste of everyone's time. If you dont feel like you are getting the response desired to a question, feel free to bump it to the top of the page in that area. However, this should not be abused, such as bumping a topic every five minutes. Furthermore, please do not post a reply out of ignorance. Meaning that if you do not know the answer to a given question, dont just give an answer because it seems right to you. That will only create confusion. Finally, I am not a mod, nor am I trying to behave as one. I am simply a member of this forum trying to make things easier for all. Nor are any of these comments aimed directly at anyone. Quote Link to comment
Hotrock Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Yup I've got to agree. Just one question though...... ..........Can I make a body out of pine? Quote Link to comment
litchfield Posted July 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 NO! Need to edit that into my post. Quote Link to comment
Strange Fruit Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Good thinking Jeff, this makes so much sense. Only thing i dont like is it might seem the same as MIMF's "READ THIS BEFORE YOU POST OR PREPARE TO DIE" thing. but hey, we need something to stop proplr posting again and again about the same damn thing. Quote Link to comment
Southpa Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 NO! Why not!!?? Just kidding! I agree as well. If you want to bump a topic you could just open the thread and type TTT meaning "to the top". There are also other forums to get info and some more insight on what you want to do. Fender discussion page and MIMF are a couple. Obviously, you would be asking these questions because its related to something you've never tried before. It doesn't hurt to tap more than one source you will definitely find something. Quote Link to comment
Ki swordsman Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 but............... what is.......pine? Quote Link to comment
Curtis P Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 I hear yea on the search function, and sometimes i neglect it too from now on, the search function is my new best friend! Curtis Quote Link to comment
Dr. Jabsco Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 AMEN i second that and ill try to keep my discussions on pine to a minimun. Quote Link to comment
Biohazard Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 I agree completely with litchfield's comments. Quote Link to comment
Jehle Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 I have mixed feelings about all that. Some of the repeat questions are from noobs who really don't know about everything yet, let alone the search function. My own pet peeve (of which even I am guilty) is the first post that details what they want to build. They are usually very specific on wood, pickups, fretsize, brand of poo tickets, etc... Oh, and I see nothing wrong with pine. Quote Link to comment
Dr. Jabsco Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 The biggest thing that bothers me is when people talk up a storm about how kickass thier guitar is gonna be, and what parts and wood they are using and all that, and then they never follow through, they just kinnda stop posting, and give phoney reasons for it. Quote Link to comment
stevenh Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Oh, and I see nothing wrong with pine. Oh, I love pine! It's so pretty! Quote Link to comment
Dr. Jabsco Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 actually, its not that bad looking. I built a 'practice' guitar out of pine to hone my cuttin skills. and once sanded it looks decent. Quote Link to comment
erikbojerik Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 I totally agree with the MIMF sentiment; you could post a question there that was answered 5 years ago, and their heavy-handed sysop will smack you down with the barest of justifications. This is my way of saying "Thanks Brian & Wes, for making this a really open forum". There is a much greater tolerance around here for suffering fools compared with MIMF. Quote Link to comment
Dr. Jabsco Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 yah, deb (sysop) is kinnda mean.. Quote Link to comment
stevenh Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Oh, I love pine! It's so pretty! I wasn't serious. I built a body out of pine, and it wasn't up to par. Sap was everywhere. Quote Link to comment
Dr. Jabsco Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 oh, i havnt had any sap problems. the sand paper gets a little gunky, but i just scrape it with brissles Quote Link to comment
JPL Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 I totally agree with the MIMF sentiment; you could post a question there that was answered 5 years ago, and their heavy-handed sysop will smack you down with the barest of justifications. This is my way of saying "Thanks Brian & Wes, for making this a really open forum". There is a much greater tolerance around here for suffering fools compared with MIMF. Damn I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels that way. I read all the rules and tried really hard to live up to them but next thing you know i'd get slammed by the post nazi. It got to the point that I was afraid to ask anything so I would just lurk. And now I rarely check out the site at all. It's a shame, it's a great group of talent but... To be fair I think they are doing it with the right intentions, they want a clean, professional site and many of the rules have to do with the very old software they are using. I have no hard feelings for them and wish them the best of luck, they provide a great service. Many thanks to Brian and the mods for keeping us kids in line without taking all the fun out of it. Quote Link to comment
Setch Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Can we please not turn this into another MIMF bashing session? If this thread tells us anything it's that the rules people seem so fond of decrying at the MIMF are actually beneficial to an effective exchange of information. Goodwin's Law. Quote Link to comment
Ki swordsman Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 obsessive locking forums get annoying too where they lock a thread as soon as an answer to the question is posted it's still all about discussion isn't it? Quote Link to comment
Devon Headen Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 I'm leaning more towards the MIMF now. When I first came to this site it was fun, but very informative. The past coupe've month have been ridiculous. I'm looking at 4 or 5 new pages of posts everyday. 90% is useless, and 9% has already been discussed copiously in the past. Really the only things I even bother to look at much anymore are some of the works in progress, and the GOTM. I think the tech sections should be a lot more like the MIMF. It doesn't feel good to get censored, but it saves all the rest of us LOTS of headaches. If the MIMF would update their software, I doubt if I would even come here much. I guess what I'm saying is THINK before you post. If it's off-topic, take it to the off topic section. Also, Brian, is there any way to just search for new posts in the tech sections? Quote Link to comment
litchfield Posted July 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 By mentioning repeated threads, I was refering to when someone post a thread with their questio, the rephrases it, or just re posts a new thread. I did not intend to get all "Read before posting, or die", I simply would like to make it known that it is frustrating. I am sorry if this got taken the wrong way. Like I said, I am not a mod, nor amI behaving as such. Quote Link to comment
litchfield Posted July 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Also annoying: Posting your username as a topic title. I personally will not respond to such topics. Go ahead, call me an @$$hole for it. Quote Link to comment
Ki swordsman Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 @$$hole jst kiddin Quote Link to comment
litchfield Posted July 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Thanx, but we both know some one will seriously do it Quote Link to comment
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