• InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Thank god I'm not alone.

    I had a terrible moment where I wondered if I had middle-aged senility. I thought I was looking at a chart other people could understand but for me it was numerical mass of confusion.

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        GraphTech was a mistake.

        I have no idea what the bizarro world inforgraphics are called so I made up a term.

        • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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          2 years ago

          GraphTech is a Canadian aftermarket guitar hardware manufacturer who mostly specializes in Teflon-impregnated synthetic bone used for nuts and saddles. They also make some amazing -- albeit overpriced -- tuning machines that use gear ratios matched to specific string gauges, so that you have a consistent number of turns for each tuning peg. This makes tuning super heavy gauge strings (e.g., a 65 gauge low "E" string [that is downtuned to C or C#] or the low B string on a 7-string, etc.) much less twitchy because of the much shorter gear ratio for those strings (e.g., 39:1 instead of the usual 18:1 or 16:1). It's pretty helpful for keeping things in tune when you do multiple takes or overdubs.

          On-topic, the infographic in the OP is the result of the unholy union of "graphic design is my passion" and data visualization nerds not being bullied enough.