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I recently took my Epiphone SG (which was borderline unplayable for years when I tried to raise the action drastically by myself with zero know-how when I was young and dumb) to the local guitar shop to be setup for C standard. The guitar is now holding in tune better than it ever did in the past, but I am getting a decent amount of fret buzz on the 6th and 5th strings. I had kinda figured that with a professional setup this wouldn’t be an issue, they used .12s for strings and did a bit of work on the nut to get them to sit right.

I’ve been playing guitar for many years now, but purely as a bedroom warrior, my knowledge of basic maintenance like setups is extremely rudimentary, so forgive

“We just wanted to take a minute to thank you for pickin’ up our latest recording of...Octobuh Rruhhsst”

That followed by Josh’s Frankenstein’s Monster monotone voice describing their disciplined recording process, wow, what an opener.

Love it.

Perhaps it's because I'm a gloomy sadsack, but some of the music I'm digging the most lately is pop with depressive, downtrodden lyrics. Something about the combo of lilting melodies and lyrics centering around heartbreak, regret, and self-hatred evokes a very captivating mood for me. I'm assuming I can't be the only weepy fuck out there who enjoys such music, so any albums that spring to mind for you?

I'll list some examples of what spurred me to make this post, along with some honorable mentions.

Great Examples

Shaun Harris - Shaun Harris. Probably the best example of what I'm looking for currently, lush pop/soft-rock sung by a man wish

Kinda surprised I haven't seen anything about this on here yet, Reuzel promoted the fuck out of it and my barber was telling me about it for a month before it was released. Maybe because Reuzel is seen as a bit 'basic' compared to all the home brewed products on the market? Still it seems most here have only positive things to say about at least one or two Reuzel products.

Anyway, I've been using the Extreme Hold for a few weeks now and I've gotta say I love it. If you've ever used Reuzel's Fiber pomade, it's basically a much stronger version of that. It breaks down super creamy, slightly gritty, and goes into the hair very easily. The hold I would say is much more 'stiff' than it is 'heavy

So if anyone was like me and ordered a jar of Atlas quite soon after it went on sale, there's a good chance some of you have had a chance to use it by now. I just got mine today and gave it a whirl, interested to see how other experiences line up to mine.

For me, it's definitely a mixed bag product. There are aspects of it which I love, but others which really disappointed me.

The good: Everything about the feel of this pomade screams 'classic', in the best sense. Maybe an overused word when describing oil based pomades, but this really does feel like a modernized Tres Flores/Black & White/Sweet Georgia Brown, in terms of the creamy greasy breakdown, and the shine in the hair. Not

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Petro-based firm holding pomade which apparently has an wasy wash out. Drops tonight at 4pm PST (7 EST). I'm pretty excited for it, since TT is such a killer company. Anyone else gonna give it a try?

I'm assuming that since this is a sub about hair, most of us must have a preferred barber or stylist we go to when we want to get a slick cut. Who do you go to and where? Best case scenario some people in similar regions might get a new spot.

Anyway after a while of circling around all the popular shops in my area, I settled on Black Door Barber Co. in Portland Maine, Curran does a fucking killer job. Check it https://www.instagram.com/lonewolves/?hl=en

What about you guys?

It seems like a matte finish product is always the most sought after by posts I read here and elsewhere, and is certainly very popular going by all the clays and pastes on the market these days. Now I don't hate a matte finish, I do throw in some clays to my styling routine and I enjoy the results. But I also love having a high-shine hairstyle, I think it just happens to work well with my hair type.

So what are your favorites to give you a shine on the level of Danny Torrence? So far I've tried:

Layrite Supershine - I like it a lot, great smell and finish, and when added atop Layrite's Original or Superhold it reduces helmet-head and makes the hair re-combable without water. That said,

And yes I did check the faq first haha.

I've only started using pomades in general earlier this year, starting out with the common water based suspects such as Suavecito, Layrite, Imperial, etc. While I love Layrite's various lines and still use them quite often, I've more recently began branching out into oil based options in search of a more classic look.

So far I've tried:

Tres Flores

Black & White

Dax's Wave and Groom

Goon Grease

Lucky Franc's medium

Murray's

Royal Crown

Reuzel Pink

I've been enjoying each in varying amounts, but I'm struggling to get exactly what I'm going for due to a couple reasons.

First, I often find that I'll end up with thin locks of hair sticking