Yle saa tällä hetkellä yli 600 miljoonaa euroa vuodessa kansalaisten verovaroja – automaattisesti. Kyseessä on yksi maailman parhaiten rahoitetuista julkisista yleisradioyhtiöistä, mutta mitä me oikeastaan saamme vastineeksi? – Valtava määrä viihdeohjelmia, joita kaupalliset toimijat tuottavat jo muutenkin – Ajankohtaisjournalismia, joka on toki korkeatasoista – mutta poliittisesti yhä homogeenisempää ja arvoliberaalia – Sisältöä, jota nuoret eivät enää edes katso, vaan siirtyvät TikTokiin, YouTubeen ja striimialustoille – Samaan aikaan Yle kilpailee kaupallisten medioiden kanssa, ottaen niiden mainosrahat ja yleisön, vaikka ei edes tarvitse rahoittaa toimintaansa itse Mikä oikeuttaa näin valtavan budjetin tilanteessa, jossa leikkaamme koulutuksesta, sosiaalipalveluista ja puolustuskyvystä? Miksi esimerkiksi yksityiset sanomalehdet kamppailevat hengissäpysymisestä, mutta Yle paisuu kuin valtio valtiossa? Vai onko tässä kyse pohjimmiltaan siitä, että Yle on poliittinen ase? – Se muotoilee kansallista todellisuutta, mutta kuka valvoo valvojaa? – Miksi Yle ei esimerkiksi julkaise kunnolla kriittisiä dokumentteja EU:sta, Natosta tai vaikkapa kulttuuripolitiikasta? – Onko Ylestä tullut pehmeän vallankäytön työkalu, jonka tarkoitus on pitää suomalaiset tietyn mielipideilmaston sisällä? Mitä mieltä sinä olet? Pitäisikö Ylen rahoitusta leikata, kohdentaa uudelleen – vai lopettaa koko Yle ja vapauttaa media markkinoille?

Guitars used to mean something. They were a middle finger to the world. Six strings screaming rebellion, pain, and truth. Hendrix set his on fire. Cobain smashed his to splinters. It was raw, ugly, alive. Now? You’re all just influencers with calluses, polishing your Strats for Instagram likes and TikTok loops. You don’t play guitar to say something. You play it to sell something. Your “brand,” your “vibe,” your sad little bedroom aesthetic. You’re not artists, you’re content creators with $5000 pedalboards you don’t even know how to use. The algorithm’s your god now, and it’s turned your “rebellion” into a 15-second clip with a lo-fi filter. The 60s and 90s weren’t perfect, but at least they had soul. Now? You’re too busy color-matching your amp to your wall art to notice your music sounds like a Spotify ad. You’re not dangerous. You’re not even interesting. You’re just another cog in the content machine, chasing clout while the guitar’s corpse rots in your hands. And don’t give me that “Gen Z is saving guitar” crap. Those kids are just aping your nostalgia, recycling riffs from bands you jerk off to on vinyl. The guitar isn’t dead—it’s worse. It’s a zombie, shambling through your curated feeds, and you’re too busy posing to notice the stench.

I put two guitars through the same amp settings and couldn’t tell which was mahogany and which was alder. Can we stop pretending it makes a difference on electrics?

I put two guitars through the same amp settings and couldn’t tell which was mahogany and which was alder. Can we stop pretending it makes a difference on electrics?

No amount of contouring makes up for the weird balance and horn digging into your ribs. I said what I said. Sorry Hendrix fans

I’ve been playing daily for years, but for the past month, I’ve just been stuck. Same licks, same routines, no excitement. Even new gear didn’t help.

I’ve been playing for over a decade now, gigged small venues, recorded a few EPs, taught students, nothing too fancy but not a complete beginner either. I wanted to love tube amps. I bought into the hype early. Owned a Vox AC15, a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, even flirted with a Mesa for a while lol. But after years of use i feel like: They’re insanely expensive compared to what solid-state or modeling offers now. Tubes wear out. Biasing, microphonics, noise. It’s like owning a vintage car. You can’t push them to the sweet spot at home without annoying the neighbors. And they’re heavy as hell. Like actually miserable to move to a gig. Meanwhile, modelers and modern solid-state amps sound damn close, cost half as much (or less), and give me consistency and volume control. At this point, it feels like tube amps are more about identity than practicality. I know tone is subjective, and that’s fine, but am I crazy for thinking tube amps just aren’t worth the hassle anymore unless you’re a collector or purist?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRDqYFpaTd4

I've only seen Americans talking about it, but do people actually boil their guitar strings or is it just a joke?

Muistan vielä joitakin vuosia sitten kun paikat kuten ylilauta oli täynnä ebin meemejä kun taas nykyään ylilauta on täynnä vaan kiimaisia setämiehiä kuolaamassa Mirellan kainaloille...

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