getting some playing in.
Lunch will be some more Fareeka based veggie burgers ( I made enough for a week) with all the fixin's.
Maybe with some yukon gold potatoes with olive oil and apple cider vinegar.
Here's a glimpes of yesterdays rays with the rosy L-2000.
Got any recent G&L porn we haven't seen?



I got a deal on some TI power brights...light light gauge .008's . So that's what I have on the ASAT now.
It's making me slow down and pay attention a bit. You have to sorta 'get small' (remember that Steve Martin sketch?) .
On a whim I grabbed a thick custom pick and things got easier and more controlled. I've never really been a thick pick guy, Usually using a .73 or .88 for guitar and 1.0 for bass.
This one could be corian, maybe bone...but it's pretty slippery. I'll have to find the vendor I bought it and others from to be sure.
It sounds great with no clacky noises.


Have you done anything lately that takes you a little out of your comfort zone ( dif. strings , picks ,posture,
style, ..??)
I spent a while rolling tubes on the old Mesa Mk 1 , the new JJ's all around gave yummy cleans .
swapping out some old sylvania's 12Au7-A 's helped the 'cream factor while exploring the overdrive possibilities.
I still haven't got the reverb working, I can hear the tank but nothing is driving it.
I swapped out identical accutronics tanks, rca interconnects, V5 (which drives the 'verb)...no reverb

Interesting though, depending on the load on the reverb send line, I have another gain stage available
with the reverb pot on the back controlling it. I could use that for things

A few days later I found the footswitch that came with amp so I bet that might make the revrb work.
It's possible this was modded a long time ago. I'll have to trace things out sometime.

Any old tube radio fans here?
I didn't know this was a radio when I bought it (says 'amplifier' on the front). It is battery powered .
The tubes can still be sourced. This ones from 1927 . I couldn't pass it up at a thrift shop for 25 bucks.
The top three dials are for tuning the crystals, apparently all three must be in compliance for the signal to come through clear.





I've been using the casey tru-oil for a few necks recently, this PRS bass neck is looking nice.
About 5 coats...I think it might be ready for a final polish and buff.


I'm looking forward to seeing the progress on Darwin's 3 year old MM project, anyone else have some recent
time consuming projects that you are willing to share with us ?
Here's a friend that I chased with my camera...I know there are some nature shutterbugs in the group,
maybe some random wildlife shots for us?

elwood
edit: ...and would you play one of these?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Bender-Dis ... 4ac7327cc9