Hey Dan And Mick, just had my 50th birthday last week and, while my goal was a 1974 Telecaster by my 50th, a mortgage, 2 kids and 2 cars made that an impossible dream. However, I celebrated with family all healthy and well, and used funds available to snag a Boss Katana Gen 3 100w head. I know, I know, it isn’t valve, but with its 5” reference speaker it’ll be a perfect wee practice machine for my home playing. Cheers for all you do!
@@rafalstachura Thanks so much! It's very exciting (to me). I've got 50 MkI and 50 MkII, but so far Gen 3 is way better (and I love my MkI and MkII)! Saving up for the 212 cab now!
48:40 tuning a 12 string: easiest, fastest way I have found to tune a 12 is to not try and get every string in perfect tune on the first major change in tension. Better to get all the strings close by going over the entire set 2x and a few hard strums before I try to fine tune. Then when tuning: only tune one string in each pair and then tune the other string to that string. If it’s just a tuning check then it can be done in under 60secs. However, best to not have to drastically change from one tuning to another on a 12 string. The extra tension of the doubling of strings means when the tension changes enough then the neck will move putting other strings out of tune so, keep it in one key. As to the question of getting 12 string tone on the cheap: easiest recording hack is to record a second track with the guitar restring with only the high set of strings in the 12 string pack (Nashville tuning).
About 12 strings - Mick, I just turned 50 also, so I know. I had a 12 string ric for a very long time, because thats THE 12 string to have. But what a pain! Two years ago I sold it and bought a reverend airwave 12. It stays in tune perfectly and holds it. Reliable as any Strat ever was. Can't recommend it enough.
Sorry I missed Dan's first Q&A back. I sympathize more with him now. Came to the UK at the height of summer and have worn a coat every minute I wasn't hiking 🥾🥶
I am lucky enough to have a g2 and a g3 with gigrig power solutions they are the back bone of my glorious tone with no nose . Dan and his crew have done an exceptional job and i would say that TPS would not have as good a sound as they have without it . I look forward to the weekly shows and the information you both bring to the table , love all the guests that you get on the show as well i hope for our sakes that TPS stays on for a long time cheers from Australia .
Thanks Gents great show, nice to see Dan the Man back from America ( looking toned and relaxed ) which isn't something one would normally associate with a trip to The States given the potion size's!! Anyway a Special Thanks to Mick for doing a sterling job whilst you were away. PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERYONE ❤❤.
As a crazy hillbilly and owner of about 9 vintage Peavey amps, I can say that they aren't always the easiest to dial in but when you do they are absolutely world-class! I have two Peavey Classic VT 100s (50-watt/ 2x12) and they are basically Missisippi Dumble killers with one of the coolest built in phasers you'll hear (for under $400 but I got mine for like $150 each😆 )! It's just a fantastic natural woody sound and has headroom for days but with tons of character and dynamic. Hartley Peavey was at the top of his game back then. I have more of a problem these days finding an old Peavey I don't love rather than one that doesn't sound good or doesn't work! This being said, I also own a hand-wired Deluxe Reverb, 2 hand-wired Tweed Harvards, and a hand-wired Brown panel Deluxe... so those are my "controls" in this tone experiment, lol. All my Peaveys are just as special as any of those amps and cost MUCH less. Can't really go wrong with any Peavey from the 70s or 80s. You might have to spend some time learning how to use it but it will pay dividends especially for the cost!
I'd love to see Alain Johannes on TPS talking about Eleven, solo projects, Chris Cornell, early RHCP and Pearl Jam, Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, PJ Harvey and many more. He's a pedal nerd and an EXTRAORDINARY multiinstrumentalist. Fan of expensive and supercheap stuff, creator of soundscapes, amazing right hand, cigar box guitar player and he has an incredible voice.
Classical is a great influence. If you want a good example in a place that you might not expect it, try Necrophagist - Only Ash Remains. Strongly classically influenced, very heavy metal, but to prove the classical influence, Muhammed seamlessly fades in Prokofiev Dance of the Knights. There are also plenty of virtuoso's like Paul Gilbert covering J.S. Bach etc. edit: I've had the Jam Wahcko for a week now, congratulations to TPS for that expenditure yet again.
Hey, guys, I just noticed a KOT on Tom Bukovac's board at the Vince Gill rehearsal. Right at the end of his first rehearsal post is his board. One thing he's always got is a Boss EQ. That could be an episode in itself. Cheers, gents; you're the best.
48:10 Speaking of the 12 string… can you imagine being someone like Lead Belly or Blind Willie McTell playing delta blues and ragtime and Piedmont blues on a 12 string, having to travel around the South from place to place and keep that guitar in tune!? Wow. And I bet playing that stuff on 12 string made their hands SO strong. AND playing Stellas and other catalog guitars. Good lord. Good luck 🍀!
The KMA Cirrus is a dual pedal, delay/reverb with massive expression capabilities, has a loop for the repeats, shimmer, sample and hold, dynamic modulation, long delay times, the reverb has envelope or dynamic modulation. It is a pedal that can be absolutely crazy.
I’ve been binging rackmount videos out of an abundance of nostalgia for my pre-guitar childhood and the music thereof. I have, currently, a few rack units that an older friend gave me when he bought a house. A pretty cool Lexicon reverb I’m very curious about. He knew I liked old school recording on my Tascam 4-track and we assumed I’d use them there. But I’m increasingly curious about using them for guitar. I have literally no idea how to do so, and all this is to say…just for fun…an episode about nostalgic rack setups would be really fun and interesting…giving a nod to pedals ancestors (of sorts). At the very least itd be a good reason to drag out the Jem! I predict that used racks will have a comeback soon because nostalgia rules the world. We’ll see.
Awesome! We’ve got some Tom Scholz rack stuff in the family (my dad and brother and I bounce gear around to each other all the time rather than selling it) and they sound fantastic. That stuff definitely has a sound.
I’ve never heard anything pedal/digital do anything that is pleasingly passable as a 12 string. I know they probably had an abundance of guitar techs at their bidding, but I can’t imagine the Heartbreakers (OR THE BYRDS) ever saying this is too hard to tune to bring. To many people have done it, and as a career, for it to be impossible.
For the 12 string emulator; what about a 2 amp setup. First amp is your regular guitar sound, second would have an octavepedal with the treble dimed back (so you have the doubling effect on the lower strings, but maybe cut off the very highs of the B and E by reducing treble). Just a thought!
3:12 OH SNAP! Dan went to Galaxy’s Edge!!! I’ve been three times and it is the best thing ever. We built lightsabers and flew the falcon and got up at 4am to make sure we got to ride Rise of the Resistance. ❤❤❤ (You get captured by the First Order 😉🤓) And also!! 30:28 What kind of gentleman asks a question like that!? 😂❤
Regarding Dan’s comments on Les Paul and SG scale length, I have an R8 Les Paul and a 61 reissue SG with sideways vibrola. The string tension is notably higher on the SG, more akin to a tele, with exactly the same strings as the Les Paul. I can put it down to the long length of string between the bridge and tailpiece maybe
2:32 Pro tip. NEVER do Disney in the middle of Summer. 😂 Next time plan a trip for January. Best time ever. You may even get to wear a jacket until noon!
My latest Jason Isbell style lyric (within the last 10 minutes) - "I don't understand it. You say you wanna pay me to sang. Well, I'll take it to the bank but I thank you really wanna yank my chain."
Thanks for the pedal recommendations. Will be looking at a Room 40 or the JHS Morning Glory. A little more research is required. Will be testing out the Les Paul with the tube screamer and the Big Muff.
I'm lucky enough to have been to an experience day, the one where Dean Cutler brought his guitars along. I'd love to go to another one, but understand why I can't. There was mention, a while ago now, of a larger TPS gathering. What happened to that idea?
For acoustics, a number of brands do 8 string acoustics, so two strings have the octave the rest are only one string, so less issues with tuning and enough of the 12 string sound
Dan, Ive got a question: when you say: " Give that piss toe, man!", are you a) having lunch at the local italian b) planning aye bank robbery?? ( loving that australian accent...), cheers, Kimmo
If you've been holding onto anything due to its resale value not meeting with retention value get ready to admit it's worth more to another-and SELL it (for any monetary increase over that spent).
I'd agree that not having regrets is a good thing, but surely that can only be reasonsbly applied to the decisions we take that influence our own lives for good or bad? It seems to me that taking the line "it is what it is, get over it" is not a very nice way to live when reflecting on our life choices that influence other people. So, not that simple. Also, being attached to personal objects is absolutely fine, it's one of the things that makes life worth living. Being attached to the empty thrill of constant consumerism is not good.
It's impossible to explain a whole philosophy of being in a RUclips comment. If you want to understand it, a study of various types of Buddhism would be a good introduction. I'm not a Buddhist, but many of the central themes are relevant. In any case, the concepts of 'good' and 'bad' and 'getting over it' become almost irrelevant when you experience a state of conscious presence, instead of what most of us are locked up in most of the time, which is mind-identified psychological time. The reason TV news happens, the reason social media is wrecking people's experience of life, the reason we have interpersonal problems, the reason we are depressed and the reason humans inflict suffering on one another through ideology and hatred, is because they - we - inhabit a state of mind-identified psychological time… almost all of the time. Identification with thought and form is part of this. Just look at the news this week - and every week - and you'll see it clearly in action with devastating consequences. Now, the vast majority of people cannot comprehend //not// being this way because it has become the MO of the modern human, especially in developed tertiary-sector socio-political situations like the UK, most or Europe and the USA. The possibility of a different way of being - let alone actually contemplating giving it a try - seems outrageous because we all believe that our own thoughts are more important than the truth of actually being. In fact we all choose to believe tons of things, instead of actually taking the trouble to KNOW things. The belief in thought is much safer in our own minds than the actual truth of knowing and being. Choosing your thoughts and beliefs over the truth is insanity. If you do it to a certain level, they'll stick a straight jacket on you and lock you up - it's called psychosis. I could go on. The people who are most at peace and who are conduits for the least suffering for themselves and for the people around them are the people who fully comprehend - and here is the point - that it is what it is, and it can never be anything else. Suffering arises from wanting it to be something else - regret, hope, nostalgia etc - instead of accepting what is. Now of course wanting something else - wanting change - is really useful… but only as the spark to DOING something else and BEING something else, which most people emphatically do not do. They spend the vast majority of their time (their psychological time) consumed in their own thoughts. The more useful course, the more peaceful course, is to do what needs to be done in this moment without the burden of thought. That might be being consumed with grief, it might be building a shed. It might be selling a pedal, it might be practising the guitar. What it is not, at any point, is getting wrapped up in thinking or judging any of those things. Doing and being in the moment is something approaching conscious presence. Getting caught up in thinking about it is, eventually, insanity. So, as I said, it absolutely is what it is. And it can never be anything different. It is the most simple thing in the world. Cheers!
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Hey Dan And Mick, just had my 50th birthday last week and, while my goal was a 1974 Telecaster by my 50th, a mortgage, 2 kids and 2 cars made that an impossible dream. However, I celebrated with family all healthy and well, and used funds available to snag a Boss Katana Gen 3 100w head. I know, I know, it isn’t valve, but with its 5” reference speaker it’ll be a perfect wee practice machine for my home playing. Cheers for all you do!
All the best man and congrats on your new Katana 👍
@@rafalstachura Thanks so much! It's very exciting (to me). I've got 50 MkI and 50 MkII, but so far Gen 3 is way better (and I love my MkI and MkII)! Saving up for the 212 cab now!
America loves you, Dan! .... Ok, and Mick too!
Derek Trucks would be an amazing guest, i bet. So modest, so insightful and so good at guitar!
48:40 tuning a 12 string: easiest, fastest way I have found to tune a 12 is to not try and get every string in perfect tune on the first major change in tension. Better to get all the strings close by going over the entire set 2x and a few hard strums before I try to fine tune. Then when tuning: only tune one string in each pair and then tune the other string to that string. If it’s just a tuning check then it can be done in under 60secs. However, best to not have to drastically change from one tuning to another on a 12 string. The extra tension of the doubling of strings means when the tension changes enough then the neck will move putting other strings out of tune so, keep it in one key. As to the question of getting 12 string tone on the cheap: easiest recording hack is to record a second track with the guitar restring with only the high set of strings in the 12 string pack (Nashville tuning).
About 12 strings - Mick, I just turned 50 also, so I know. I had a 12 string ric for a very long time, because thats THE 12 string to have. But what a pain! Two years ago I sold it and bought a reverend airwave 12. It stays in tune perfectly and holds it. Reliable as any Strat ever was. Can't recommend it enough.
Sorry I missed Dan's first Q&A back. I sympathize more with him now. Came to the UK at the height of summer and have worn a coat every minute I wasn't hiking 🥾🥶
I am lucky enough to have a g2 and a g3 with gigrig power solutions they are the back bone of my glorious tone with no nose . Dan and his crew have done an exceptional job and i would say that TPS would not have as good a sound as they have without it . I look forward to the weekly shows and the information you both bring to the table , love all the guests that you get on the show as well i hope for our sakes that TPS stays on for a long time cheers from Australia .
Ah mate, that’s awesome 🙌 thanks so much 🤓🙏
Thanks Gents great show, nice to see Dan the Man back from America ( looking toned and relaxed ) which isn't something one would normally associate with a trip to The States given the potion size's!! Anyway a Special Thanks to Mick for doing a sterling job whilst you were away. PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERYONE ❤❤.
Emotion exist only within relationship. Emotions is only valid as it is the exchange between the receiver and the maker of things.
1:07:00 about having no regrets is very interesting. Thank you for that!
One of the many beautiful things about VCQ!
As a crazy hillbilly and owner of about 9 vintage Peavey amps, I can say that they aren't always the easiest to dial in but when you do they are absolutely world-class! I have two Peavey Classic VT 100s (50-watt/ 2x12) and they are basically Missisippi Dumble killers with one of the coolest built in phasers you'll hear (for under $400 but I got mine for like $150 each😆 )! It's just a fantastic natural woody sound and has headroom for days but with tons of character and dynamic. Hartley Peavey was at the top of his game back then. I have more of a problem these days finding an old Peavey I don't love rather than one that doesn't sound good or doesn't work! This being said, I also own a hand-wired Deluxe Reverb, 2 hand-wired Tweed Harvards, and a hand-wired Brown panel Deluxe... so those are my "controls" in this tone experiment, lol. All my Peaveys are just as special as any of those amps and cost MUCH less. Can't really go wrong with any Peavey from the 70s or 80s. You might have to spend some time learning how to use it but it will pay dividends especially for the cost!
I'd love to see Alain Johannes on TPS talking about Eleven, solo projects, Chris Cornell, early RHCP and Pearl Jam, Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, PJ Harvey and many more.
He's a pedal nerd and an EXTRAORDINARY multiinstrumentalist. Fan of expensive and supercheap stuff, creator of soundscapes, amazing right hand, cigar box guitar player and he has an incredible voice.
Classical is a great influence. If you want a good example in a place that you might not expect it, try Necrophagist - Only Ash Remains. Strongly classically influenced, very heavy metal, but to prove the classical influence, Muhammed seamlessly fades in Prokofiev Dance of the Knights. There are also plenty of virtuoso's like Paul Gilbert covering J.S. Bach etc.
edit: I've had the Jam Wahcko for a week now, congratulations to TPS for that expenditure yet again.
I love how Rosie disappears into Mick's shirt. The "Dumbo ears" gave me a chuckle!
Re: 12 strings, I converted mine(acoustic) to an 8 string, only doubling the D &G, gives enough of the flavour
Hey, guys, I just noticed a KOT on Tom Bukovac's board at the Vince Gill rehearsal. Right at the end of his first rehearsal post is his board. One thing he's always got is a Boss EQ. That could be an episode in itself. Cheers, gents; you're the best.
the music and gear stuff i really dig, extremely informative, the presentism stuff on the other hand is comedy gold.
48:10 Speaking of the 12 string… can you imagine being someone like Lead Belly or Blind Willie McTell playing delta blues and ragtime and Piedmont blues on a 12 string, having to travel around the South from place to place and keep that guitar in tune!? Wow.
And I bet playing that stuff on 12 string made their hands SO strong.
AND playing Stellas and other catalog guitars. Good lord. Good luck 🍀!
The Snouse Blackbox 2 is my favourite bluesbreaker clone! I use it with an SG and it sounds phenomenal. It has endless tone customization as well.
My favorite Les Paul Overdrive pedal is a ThorpyFX Gunshot
The KMA Cirrus is a dual pedal, delay/reverb with massive expression capabilities, has a loop for the repeats, shimmer, sample and hold, dynamic modulation, long delay times, the reverb has envelope or dynamic modulation. It is a pedal that can be absolutely crazy.
Much love from the cornfields of Iowa!
I’ve been binging rackmount videos out of an abundance of nostalgia for my pre-guitar childhood and the music thereof. I have, currently, a few rack units that an older friend gave me when he bought a house. A pretty cool Lexicon reverb I’m very curious about. He knew I liked old school recording on my Tascam 4-track and we assumed I’d use them there. But I’m increasingly curious about using them for guitar. I have literally no idea how to do so, and all this is to say…just for fun…an episode about nostalgic rack setups would be really fun and interesting…giving a nod to pedals ancestors (of sorts). At the very least itd be a good reason to drag out the Jem! I predict that used racks will have a comeback soon because nostalgia rules the world. We’ll see.
Awesome! We’ve got some Tom Scholz rack stuff in the family (my dad and brother and I bounce gear around to each other all the time rather than selling it) and they sound fantastic. That stuff definitely has a sound.
The strymon brig is the most analog sounding digital delay out there. It's full of character and worth the cash imo
Regret has no place until all options are exhausted. But, when is that? How and Who is limiting the time available for the option to change?
If you’re doing the 12-string show, it would be great to include a Line 6 Variax to see how that holds up for its simulation.
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Jack White gets some crazy good guitar shenanigan going… he’d have to be gear headed enough to talk to you.
Lovely to hear you both! Dying for news about... STRINGS. Out of stock for so long! Is there a PLAN afoot?
There is! They’ll be back soon….
I’ve never heard anything pedal/digital do anything that is pleasingly passable as a 12 string. I know they probably had an abundance of guitar techs at their bidding, but I can’t imagine the Heartbreakers (OR THE BYRDS) ever saying this is too hard to tune to bring. To many people have done it, and as a career, for it to be impossible.
For the 12 string emulator; what about a 2 amp setup. First amp is your regular guitar sound, second would have an octavepedal with the treble dimed back (so you have the doubling effect on the lower strings, but maybe cut off the very highs of the B and E by reducing treble). Just a thought!
That little tid bit about regret was really really well put Mick!
3:12 OH SNAP! Dan went to Galaxy’s Edge!!! I’ve been three times and it is the best thing ever. We built lightsabers and flew the falcon and got up at 4am to make sure we got to ride Rise of the Resistance. ❤❤❤
(You get captured by the First Order 😉🤓)
And also!!
30:28 What kind of gentleman asks a question like that!? 😂❤
Regarding Dan’s comments on Les Paul and SG scale length, I have an R8 Les Paul and a 61 reissue SG with sideways vibrola.
The string tension is notably higher on the SG, more akin to a tele, with exactly the same strings as the Les Paul.
I can put it down to the long length of string between the bridge and tailpiece maybe
2:32 Pro tip. NEVER do Disney in the middle of Summer. 😂 Next time plan a trip for January. Best time ever.
You may even get to wear a jacket until noon!
Very generally, Gibson have used both 24 3/4 and 24 5/8 scale length over the years, generally the 5/8 earlier
My latest Jason Isbell style lyric (within the last 10 minutes) - "I don't understand it. You say you wanna pay me to sang. Well, I'll take it to the bank but I thank you really wanna yank my chain."
Thanks for the pedal recommendations. Will be looking at a Room 40 or the JHS Morning Glory. A little more research is required. Will be testing out the Les Paul with the tube screamer and the Big Muff.
too bad uncle larry hates gettin’ on planes otherwise I’d love to see him on TPS
TPS tour around Nashville?
Thought the same thing...
I have a Music Man 112 50w I've had for over 20 years. Worked great in my early punk band days, but now it is way too loud.
On the topic of potential guests, would love to see y’all host Joff Oddie from Wolf Alice! 🤘
HELL YEAH! DISASTER TRANSPORT FOR THE WIN!!🎉
Ya know, David G has a new album coming… 👀👀👀
Would love to see Ben Howard on the show, with the kind of sounds he gets you know he's got to be a pedal geek
and He only lives down the road, but, isn't a lover of the fame game. Perhaps difficult to get him on cam.
The new Beach Boys 12 string simulator also has the delay before the doubled string
Tom Bukovac does use a KOT, been on many of his boards for years.
Dan's play out ETW's "Got To Get You Into My Life" 💚
Yeah 🙌🙌
I'm lucky enough to have been to an experience day, the one where Dean Cutler brought his guitars along. I'd love to go to another one, but understand why I can't. There was mention, a while ago now, of a larger TPS gathering. What happened to that idea?
The idea is fermenting for maturation sometime in 2025… Dan and Katherine are very keen to make it happen. And if Katherine is keen, it WILL happen.
Each lightweight wah now comes with a pneumatic nailgun to secure to any surface!
J Mascis would've been good to see on tps
Mick's over here, like, "No Ragarts" haha
"It's is my life" Jon Bovi
Tyler Bryant would be epic.
Evertune needs to jump on the opportunity to produce a 12 string bridge. 🤷🏻♂️ Would be a game changer for those who have to have the 12.
Taylor makes a bariton 8 string with the D and G strings doubled.
Well Swindon is pretty close to the Cotswolds. I’ll allow it.
would love to see Grant Nicholas or Annie Clark/St Vincent as potential guests.
Jhs panther v1.5
Ehx memory boy deluxe
Both have loops
If one were to let go a portion of peripheral awareness might one also enjoy an increase in proximal awareness?
For acoustics, a number of brands do 8 string acoustics, so two strings have the octave the rest are only one string, so less issues with tuning and enough of the 12 string sound
Uncle Larry has a KOT on his main board
very excited to see the two of you; enjoying a rainy evening in Nashville. cheers boys.
I’d love to have some of that down here in Duval. But it would probably just make it even more humid 😂. Enjoy!
You've got a standing invitation to anything the orchestra does Dan and Mick. Just get in touch and let me know!
the warthog is a SHO running into a rat with LED clipping ;)
I believe Uncle Larry used to own a KOT.
Dan, Ive got a question: when you say: " Give that piss toe, man!", are you a) having lunch at the local italian b) planning aye bank robbery?? ( loving that australian accent...), cheers, Kimmo
Dod rubberneck has a loop
and it's rubberneck feature will send you to space.
Hearing Catherine cough during this genuenly made me feel sad. Hope everyone feels better soon!
If you've been holding onto anything due to its resale value not meeting with retention value get ready to admit it's worth more to another-and SELL it (for any monetary increase over that spent).
I'd agree that not having regrets is a good thing, but surely that can only be reasonsbly applied to the decisions we take that influence our own lives for good or bad? It seems to me that taking the line "it is what it is, get over it" is not a very nice way to live when reflecting on our life choices that influence other people. So, not that simple.
Also, being attached to personal objects is absolutely fine, it's one of the things that makes life worth living. Being attached to the empty thrill of constant consumerism is not good.
It's impossible to explain a whole philosophy of being in a RUclips comment. If you want to understand it, a study of various types of Buddhism would be a good introduction. I'm not a Buddhist, but many of the central themes are relevant. In any case, the concepts of 'good' and 'bad' and 'getting over it' become almost irrelevant when you experience a state of conscious presence, instead of what most of us are locked up in most of the time, which is mind-identified psychological time. The reason TV news happens, the reason social media is wrecking people's experience of life, the reason we have interpersonal problems, the reason we are depressed and the reason humans inflict suffering on one another through ideology and hatred, is because they - we - inhabit a state of mind-identified psychological time… almost all of the time. Identification with thought and form is part of this. Just look at the news this week - and every week - and you'll see it clearly in action with devastating consequences.
Now, the vast majority of people cannot comprehend //not// being this way because it has become the MO of the modern human, especially in developed tertiary-sector socio-political situations like the UK, most or Europe and the USA. The possibility of a different way of being - let alone actually contemplating giving it a try - seems outrageous because we all believe that our own thoughts are more important than the truth of actually being. In fact we all choose to believe tons of things, instead of actually taking the trouble to KNOW things. The belief in thought is much safer in our own minds than the actual truth of knowing and being. Choosing your thoughts and beliefs over the truth is insanity. If you do it to a certain level, they'll stick a straight jacket on you and lock you up - it's called psychosis.
I could go on. The people who are most at peace and who are conduits for the least suffering for themselves and for the people around them are the people who fully comprehend - and here is the point - that it is what it is, and it can never be anything else. Suffering arises from wanting it to be something else - regret, hope, nostalgia etc - instead of accepting what is.
Now of course wanting something else - wanting change - is really useful… but only as the spark to DOING something else and BEING something else, which most people emphatically do not do. They spend the vast majority of their time (their psychological time) consumed in their own thoughts. The more useful course, the more peaceful course, is to do what needs to be done in this moment without the burden of thought. That might be being consumed with grief, it might be building a shed. It might be selling a pedal, it might be practising the guitar. What it is not, at any point, is getting wrapped up in thinking or judging any of those things. Doing and being in the moment is something approaching conscious presence. Getting caught up in thinking about it is, eventually, insanity.
So, as I said, it absolutely is what it is. And it can never be anything different. It is the most simple thing in the world. Cheers!
@@ThatPedalShow and this, gentlemen, is why we all love TPS. Keep doing what you're doing! 😎
Get Eric Clapton on, he still lives in England I think