Yeah, heavier gauge strings are harder to play... Some guitars are sensitive to string gauge tension and may require a complete change of setup. Bridge height, intonation and truss rod adjustments. The same goes for the springs in a tremolo/whammy bar.
In the 60's Page and Beck were using banjo strings of a lighter gauge than guitar strings.
I read that Stevie Ray Vaughan played with very heavy gauge strings. One article said they are .013 – .017 – .026w – .036 – .046 – .056 Yeah... a wound G string!
I've been reviewing the Fitbit products (again) on their page and also on Amazon. The 'better' model is in the $300 price range and the basic version is half that amount.
I'm thinking "Do I want to do this?" There are also a few clones by other companies in the under $50 price range. Since it's Amazon, I could return it if I'm dissatisfied with my purchase. Many have Alexa built-in and some have the ability to answer/make calls.
I've been married to a cellphone with Bluetooth headset for years and I'm happy that. I can keep the phone in my back pocket and talk hands-free or rest the phone anywhere and not have to hold it to my head.
I'm curious about these devices having the ability to monitor sleep cycles, considering it's rare that I sleep any longer than 5 hours at a time.
Merm, I visited the CASIO website to find they still make that watch style in colors with the exception the data storage portion is gone. It's only a watch with a calculator.
If you are inside a car and someone slams the door, do you feel the air pressure it creates? When a tall tree falls, the air around it is displaced and it makes a sound as it hits the ground. Also... you can feel the earth move under your feet. A good word to describe this is thud.
With technology, there are sound pressure meters that register (in decibels) how loud a sound is. If you have a cellphone, activate the voice recorder application and speak into the microphone. There is a visualization of the recorded sound. Faint sounds only move a little and louder sounds the graph.
The image below shows both frequency with low notes at the left side and loudness where the taller bars are louder.
If you've been in a venue where they play loud music, you can feel the pulsations from the music. The bass having the most affect.
Alarms that flash a red light on the dashboard showing the system is armed is a good deterrent. A car place across the street where I used to work did alarms and sound systems and also installed kill switches so they cannot jump the ignition switch and drive the car. I've heard where people buy 'fake flashers' and not real alarms. I suppose it has the same effect.
Another story in the news was a would-be thief cranks a car up with a scissor-type jack stand and crawls under the car. The stand is on soft ground and the car rolls back slightly making the stand tip over. The car falls to the ground crushing the thief.
Thanks... I started the hobby/sport in 1975 and flew only nitro/methanol fuel on and off for 20 years. After a divorce and car accident, I stopped flying for a while. I picked things up again about 5 years ago and all the technology has changed. Electric motors and lithium-polymer batteries. Increased power over methanol, but flights are about 5 to 6 minutes where a large fuel tank of gas could get 15 minutes.
One thing is the size of the aircraft has doubled. The older machines had 250mm blades and most of us are flying 550mm or larger.
I saw an article last week that DeSantis claimed to know nothing about the bill. However, that was debunked as another report states he sees everything that's up for vote.
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bob, good to see you here!