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Scarlet Seductress
I was having a jam with a buddy over the weekend when he produced his pride and joy, a Korg Miku Stomp.
I'd never heard of 'Hatsune Miku' before (a Japanese animated character who looks like a 16-year-old girl with long, turquoise hair). She is a music sensation in the Far East and has sell-out concerts all over the place. Apparently, they project her image onto a stage set like a hologram. Her voice is a computer synthesized sampling of a real person named Saki Fujita.
The effects pedal maps that vocalizing effect to your guitar producing hilarious results. I fell about laughing whilst playing with this!
Although I don't think I'd ever buy one, the novelty would surely wear off fairly quickly, I did start to wonder what guitar effect pedals everyone else enjoys. Do you have a favorite?
I'd never heard of 'Hatsune Miku' before (a Japanese animated character who looks like a 16-year-old girl with long, turquoise hair). She is a music sensation in the Far East and has sell-out concerts all over the place. Apparently, they project her image onto a stage set like a hologram. Her voice is a computer synthesized sampling of a real person named Saki Fujita.
The effects pedal maps that vocalizing effect to your guitar producing hilarious results. I fell about laughing whilst playing with this!
Although I don't think I'd ever buy one, the novelty would surely wear off fairly quickly, I did start to wonder what guitar effect pedals everyone else enjoys. Do you have a favorite?
Scarlet Seductress
Today, Evernote announced a change to its pricing plan alongside a new limitation for its free service. Both the Plus and Premium paid tiers get a price bump while the Basic plan now restricts you to just two devices.
The biggest sting is the fact the free Basic plan now limits you to two devices per account, like a computer and a phone, two computers, or a phone and a tablet. You’re also still limited to just 60MB of uploads a month. The Plus plan is now priced at $3.99/month, up from $2.99/month (or $34.99/year), while the Premium plan bumps up to $7.99/month from $5.99/month (or $69.99/year). The price increase comes from what Evernote says is a “significant investment of energy, time, and money.”
It was good while it lasted.
Scarlet Seductress
My latest pen purchase was a Karas Kustoms Fountain K in turquoise blue.
Gorgeous precision machined aluminium pen designed and manufactured in the USA. As well as the wicked anodised colours, Karas Kustoms also offer the pen in copper and brass versions which patina over time as you use them. Very cool!
Little bit more expensive than those mentioned above. I think I paid about £60 for mine, but hey, it's cheaper than a drug habit.
Gorgeous precision machined aluminium pen designed and manufactured in the USA. As well as the wicked anodised colours, Karas Kustoms also offer the pen in copper and brass versions which patina over time as you use them. Very cool!
Little bit more expensive than those mentioned above. I think I paid about £60 for mine, but hey, it's cheaper than a drug habit.
Scarlet Seductress
Quote by oceanrunner
If it's not too much trouble, I'd love some basic answers to some of these. I've had a few (very) cheap fountain pens over the years, but know very little about them.
My parents grew up dipping pens into inkwells on their desks, so I guess those aren't even "fountain" pens, just pens. At some point one of them found an old composition book, where you could see the ink getting fainter every few words until it was time to dip the pen again. Very cool.
Sure, no problem.
Dip pens are where it all started back in the day. Due to the impracticalities of using them, they are only useful now for calligraphy, drawing, and the only reason I use them, trying out new inks! It saves a lot of hassle cleaning if you can just dip a nib to try out an ink colour and then rinse it off afterwards.
Cartridge pens are very popular, but I've found that you have a very limited number of ink colours available to choose from which takes a lot of the fun out of it. You can, however, use a cartridge converter which is like a refillable cartridge. You stick one in your pen, then wind the mechanism which moves a plunger and draws ink up through the nib and feed. If you're going to buy one of these, make sure beforehand that it will fit your pen. They are not all the same size and some pen manufacturers have proprietary connectors.
The other types of fountain pen are eye droppers, which are basically hollow inside and you use an eyedropper or syringe to fill them. (Hint: Make sure you rub a little silicone grease around the threads to prevent leakage), and those with a built-in filling system like piston or vacuum pens. The advantage of these pens over cartridge pens is that they have a much greater ink capacity.
Good beginners pens depends entirely on budget. You can pick up a Jinhao Chinese-manufactured pen for a few dollars on eBay. They're not a bad pen for general writing needs. If you want something a little better you might want to consider a Lamy Safari or Pilot Metropolitan - those would both run you somewhere in the region of $15-30.
Personally, I love demonstrator pens. That refers to any pen that is transparent. I love to see the ink sloshing around inside, lol. If that is your kinda thing, you won't go wrong with any of the TWSBI pens. They're fantastic and relatively cheap starting at around $30 for the Eco model.
Nib types are entirely personal preference - it just depends on your particular style of writing. I prefer a broad nib because it just suits me better. It puts a thicker line down on the paper for a more bold script. One tip I read was to write a lowercase 'e'. If the ink bleeds into the top loop so that it is filled in, you need to use a finer nib. As for gold nibs, they just offer a little more flex and are great for adding a little line variation to your writing. They are an expensive option and I would only recommend upgrading for a fairly substantial pen. Steel nibs work perfectly well and cost pennies.
As for inks, lots of pen retailers sell sample bottles of 5ml if you like to try a lot of different shades without spending big sums of money on numerous full bottles. Diamine are a very popular British manufacture of fountain pen inks which can be purchased anywhere in the world, including the states. A bottle of their ink would set you back about $15. Noodlers is a U.S. brand of similar pricing but have some exceptional inks available. One of my personal favourites is Apache Sunset (image below). If you really get into it and what to try out some super pricey stuff, check out manufacturers like Caran d'Ache and Pilot Iroshizuku.
When it comes to cleaning your pen, some are easy to maintain and others are a pain. The TWSBI pens all completely disassemble making it a doddle to take them apart and give them a flush through. Others will only allow you to put out (friction fit) or screw out the nib and feed. Those you just need to rinse under the tap until they run clean. Use some kitchen towel on the nib to draw the remaining water out of the pen and then you're ready to refill it. As with cleaning and maintaining anything, YouTube is your friend. You can find videos of people cleaning just about every pen ever made on there. Some people insist on you using distilled water or pen flush solutions, but it's not really necessary unless you live in a very hard-water area.
Sorry if this was overkill. I got in the pen zone.
L x
Scarlet Seductress
My current favourite ink is Emerald of Chivor which is part of J. Herbin's 1670 line. In the UK you're looking at approximately £14 for a 50ml bottle.
As the name suggests it is a rich, vibrant emerald green base with amazing highlights created by suspended gold particles. It works especially well if you use a broad nib that puts a lot of ink down when you write.
Depending on the paper you are using the ink can show some outrageously gorgeous turquoise and red sheen. I absolutely love it.
As the name suggests it is a rich, vibrant emerald green base with amazing highlights created by suspended gold particles. It works especially well if you use a broad nib that puts a lot of ink down when you write.
Depending on the paper you are using the ink can show some outrageously gorgeous turquoise and red sheen. I absolutely love it.
Scarlet Seductress
Anybody interested in / use / collect fountain pens? I've been collecting and using them for a few years now and occasionally pick up some nice antique pieces on eBay.
This being a writing site, I just thought I'd see if there was anyone else who enjoys shunning the sterility of the ballpoint for the artistic flair of a classic fountain pen.
If anyone has any questions, I'd be happy to try and answer them.
- What would be a good beginners pen?
- What is the difference is between all the available nib shapes and sizes?
- Is upgrading from a steel nib to a 14/18k gold nib worth the cost?
- Where do I start with bottled inks?
- What's the best way to clean a fountain pen?
- etc...
This being a writing site, I just thought I'd see if there was anyone else who enjoys shunning the sterility of the ballpoint for the artistic flair of a classic fountain pen.
If anyone has any questions, I'd be happy to try and answer them.
- What would be a good beginners pen?
- What is the difference is between all the available nib shapes and sizes?
- Is upgrading from a steel nib to a 14/18k gold nib worth the cost?
- Where do I start with bottled inks?
- What's the best way to clean a fountain pen?
- etc...
Scarlet Seductress
Quote by MadMartigan
I'll only read this is there's a poem that utilizes Cadbury Cream Eggs in some kind of super kinky, super weird sex act. You can do it. I believe.
Would you settle for a limerick?
Up her coochie she'd pop a cream egg
Until it melted and dripped down her leg
It was all gooey and thick
But just perfect to lick
Until she blew like big powder keg
Scarlet Seductress
Quote by moon81
With due respect to all the authors here, I feel JC72 has put up some great piece of work which is worth reading and appreciating. But, strangely, he is not getting the due credit he deserves. I am really upset, as I am a member here for quiet some time and never saw such discrimination happening. I know my words wouldn't make any difference if people have already formed opinions. His poem was not published after repeated submissions. Also, his poem below is worthy an RR but no one cares. This is not what I expect from Lush.... very sad...
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/love-poems/white-light-lust.aspx
Perhaps not everyone shares your opinion.
Scarlet Seductress
Quote by lollipopgirl
Why in some peoples profiles are the image numbers really long and meaningless.
Is it as i suspect they are copied from porn sites????
The media server stores hundreds of thousands of uploaded image files. For it to work correctly, without there being 20,000 images named 'bigcock.jpg' for example, a random string of numbers must be generated and appended to the filename to make it unique. That is what you are seeing.