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Ribe_FireRain


Mental instability at its finest and aspiring punk rock musician. PS: Buy a creator a coffee to keep him awake? https://ko-fi.com/firerain

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  • 150 weeks
    My Very Last Blog Post - Goodbye

    As of now, I think the time has come to finally abandon my Fimfiction page. I don't particularly want any involvement in the MLP community any longer and I hold no interest in continuing to be an active member. While my page remains open to everyone, I've logged out permanently and don't think I'll return to it or use it again. No more blogs, no more stories, no related content - it's over.

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  • 150 weeks
    I'm never going to be the person that... (Facts of life)

    I'm never going to be the person who goes out drinking with friends in the pub at the end of the week,
    I'm never going to be the person to enter a stable relationship,
    I'm never going to be the person to cry for those who won't cry for me,
    I'm never going to be the person who gives up over a little tough break,

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  • 150 weeks
    Either stay or leave. Don't play me about.

    If you're staying, stay.

    If you're playing around with me, kindly fuck off. I'm not in the mood.

    Either follow or don't follow. It really is that simple. Make up your mind already.

    Thank you. :ajsleepy:

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  • 150 weeks
    Need a distraction from your low mood? Here's an old photo of my guinea pig :3

    Because I'm sad and because my guinea pig is an adorable fwubby enchanted squeaking potato, here's Oscar laying down and snuggling into his brother, Guinness's guinea bum. Don't ask why he did that, just look at how cute he's being. Requires all the ear rubs. Should have called him Sir Purrsalot. 🐹

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  • 150 weeks
    ''Applejack, are you gay?'' French Translation - if you're interested.

    Back when I introduced this story a few years ago, I was approached by a French Translator called Rainbowsoarin007 and they requested me to allow them to turn my story into a French translation for viewers in that part of the world and those who speak it.

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Feb
6th
2020

It crapped out on me · 12:07pm Feb 6th, 2020

A couple days ago, I was running sound checks on a few of my guitars. When I went for my Custom Shop Fender Stratocaster, it crapped out on me.

It was a bit twitchy when I bought it, probably because some of the parts are dirt cheap, but that's not to say it's a crap guitar in general. Before, the five-way selection switch was causing me issues when I played it. On the bridge, it was a bit dodgy, often cutting out if I lightly knocked it with my arm when I strummed, or sometimes randomly, so I'd have to jiggle it until it powered back up or I had to slap the pick guard to get it to work again. For some reason, the middle selection doesn't work, either. Those two were the biggest issues with the guitar.

Now? I can only get the neck pickup to work out of the three single coil pickups there are, but that was only after I took it apart to see what was going on. I've never conducted a repair for a Strat selection switch, so I didn't tinker with it over fear of breaking it completely. Instead, I used contact cleaner to see if that was the problem. Nope, after that, I tried it this one time during a sound check and now I can only get a signal on the neck pickup. :ajbemused::facehoof:

It's always got to be the things you love, hasn't it? It wouldn't bother me as much, but this guitar is one of my two main guitars. That, to somebody like me, is a royal pain that I can do without, especially when I kinda need it for recording purposes. And I know nothing of electrical repair when it comes to selection switches, so there's that on my to-do list.

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Darn. Sorry to hear that my friend

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