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Hi all, I'm looking to get an initial set up for a new electric guitar and looking for a good shop or luthier, specifically someone experienced with floating bridges (floyd rose). Does anyone have any specific experiences or recommendations?

West side is preferred but willing to go further for quality.

I (32M) recently moved back to LA after a few years abroad and am looking to focus on some of my hobbies and expand my social circle - does anyone have any recommendations for photography focused groups or meetups on the west side? I'm especially interested in photo walks or collaborative shooting events but open to anything photography related

Hi all, I've been playing a lot of indoor volleyball around Tokyo recently but am starting to miss beach volleyball.

I have a portable beach net I would like to set up in the sand and play with some friends, only real requirement is having sand and being within ~1.5 hours of Shibuya Station. I know of Miyashita Park but the fee for groups is quite expensive (1万円/hr for evenings). I haven't been to any of the nearby beaches yet, but I'm also unsure if there are rules against setting up nets/lines or if there will even be enough space with the crowds. Any suggestions would be great!

Talked with someone on HelloTalk for a few days, had a decent chat, he asked if I would grab lunch with him, I said sure. We met at Ikebukuro station, grabbed some fast food and had a totally normal conversation, talked about food, sports and hobbies in our broken attempts at each others languages, had the usual awkwardness of meeting someone you can only minimally converse with, but seemed fine with no major red flags. Finished eating, he asked if I wanted to hang out at a park nearby, said he wanted to teach me more about Japanese culture.

We go to Tokiwadai station, walk to a small park, then he stops in front of a building right next to the park, then asks if he could "say a prayer for

Hey all,

I work for a large American corporation and am relocating to a team in Tokyo, with an office in Meguro.

I am starting to explore potential areas to live and am looking for experiences or suggestions for neighborhoods/areas. Some things I'm looking for:

• I'd like at least 40sq/m, and am looking at a budget of ~200k yen/month, with some flexibility on price.

• If possible, I'd like a quieter area with easy access to busier areas (is there a Tokyo equivalent to Queens?)

• Restaurants/shops are more important to me than nightlife

• 30 min or less commute. As I wouldn't be commuting often, I am less concerned about train crowds vs commute time. An easy bike commute would be a pl

Hey everyone, I'm looking for recommendations for adult piano lessons, ideally somewhere on the west side?

I'm not a total beginner, I played as a kid but found more interest in the guitar as I got older and have only recently rediscovered how much I like the piano and am looking to get back into it

EDIT: Hydra is sold

Both in excellent condition, both purchased new, just didn't click with them as well as I thought. Interested in a straight trade of both for a Roland System 8 or a Yamaha MODX

Otherwise, reverb links are below. Prices are OBO so make an offer. US only. I'm based in LA if you'd like to do a local transaction

Cobalt: https://reverb.com/item/39596299-modal-electronics-cobalt8-37-key-virtual-analog-synthesizer

Hydra: https://reverb.com/item/39596257-asm-hydrasynth-desktop-polyphonic-synthesizer

Eg: "Midi From All Ins EXCEPT ____"

In case I'm not asking the correct question, here's what I'm trying to do: I have multiple hardware synths with keyboards, and a Push 2. I want to be able to control the synths from two places:

1. their own connected keyboards

2. from the Push

but I don't want to be able to play hardware synth #1 from hardware synth 2/3's keyboard, etc.

I looked into just sending specific channels from the synths themselves but that prevents me from using the Push to control them since I haven't found a way to route to specific midi channels on the Push outside of user mode

With recent COVID travel advisories and my family living on the east coast, we're having thanksgiving dinner over Zoom. I'd rather not cook a whole turkey for myself, so I'm looking for somewhere I can order a thanksgiving meal from, any recommendations?