Gear Drone Blog |
Hey wanted to let the few who actually check out my blogs to go to the direct link at geardrone.blogspot.com for any further blogs. I'll be transferring over all my blogs and keeping track of my explo...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:46:00 GMT |
Building a theremin |
First I'm going to say that this theremin is a kit that can be purchased at http://www.paia.com/theremax.asp From all the other kits that I've seen this one seems the most professional and inexp...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:46:00 GMT |
Damn Reverb Tanks |
I had this PA board from CRATE and it's been through hell and back. The entire time I've had it, which is about 10 years or so, I haven't had working reverb. In fact I assumed that it didn't have reve...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:20:00 GMT |
Running sound |
I ran sound for Rotten Robbie Productions on Dec 2nd. I didn't do a whole deal of work I only had the kick drum mic'd and the vocals. Really each band only had one vocalist so it wasn't even anymore d...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:23:00 GMT |
Amp is done/ moding LP |
I finely got my amp done. I switched out the fixed bias resistor from a 12K to a 6.8K to let me increase the plate current on my tubes, and I cleaned it all out with contact cleaner. Once I put the ne...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:59:00 GMT |
The probe is done. |
Last week I finished the probe. I kind of screwed up on it because I couldn't get the inside completely sanded down to where I wanted it. When I put the ceramic tube socket into the backlight tu...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 09:52:00 GMT |
Tubes/ biasing |
I got my tubes in mail (4 6L6GC, 5 ECC83s, one blanced ECC83s for the phase inverter), and I also got a sweet T-shirt. I ordered my tubes from eurotubes.com which I have to say was a pretty good deal....
Posted by on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:15:00 GMT |
Work on my amp |
Well I've got a Peavey 5150 II head and I'm going to put some new tubes in her and bais it. From what I've heard though it's really easy to bias this amp because you really can't get the tubes really ...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:11:00 GMT |
Latenight TV |
Latenight TV has got a significant difference in shows: Old Cartoons, Anime, B&W films, Old SCFI movies, and the dreaded infomercial. Do you see this stuff during prime time TV nope. This stuff is...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:26:00 GMT |
My current Guitar Setup |
Here is a list of what I got and how I run it. If anyone else plays guitar and reads this post your gear on a blog and let me know about it.Gear I've Got:5150 II Amp Head5150 CabinetEpiphone Les Paul ...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:47:00 GMT |
