2010
08.20

Ooo, there is a lathe on my kitchen counter.  I have been looking forward to this day for a long time.

A Craftsman 109 with a handful of accessories.  I’m tentatively looking forward to making things round with it.

2010
04.10

After living with my parents for so painfully long, I became rather accustomed to having my own basement shop.  And really, it was quite swanky.  Two workbenches, my drill press, and piles of reclaimed crap.

I love the dank.

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2010
01.27

By this point, most DIY synth enthusiasts have built one of Ray Wilson’s Weird Sound Generators.  Just in case you have been living under a rock:

www.musicfromouterspace.com


(I built my first WSG 6 years ago now.  On perfboard.  Does that make me a nerd bad ass?)

Anyway, my friend Pat approached me to build him one, from the kit.  And I obliged.

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2010
01.25

DL4 Switch Replacement

A few people asked about the type of switch I used, so here’s the scoop:

http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/PB-142/MOMENTARY-PUSHBUTTON-SPST-N.O.-4-AMP/-/1.html

$2.75 each, and they fit just fine.

2009
08.09

DL4 Repair

I bought my DL4 from a friend a few years ago for $75. The previous previous owner had spray painted it black. Switch C never worked right. It worked well enough, and I used it live for well over a year.

Here it is, on the desk o’ effects. Note the craptacular paint job.

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I figured it was the switch itself that was buggered. Line 6 doesn’t use an actual momentary stomp switch. The switch on the modeler pedals is just a metal poker that activates a tactile switch. Super chincy.

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2009
07.09

Hello world!

And this begins the arduous process of modifying the tubes.