Recent content by HamishR

To be fair there is a bit more to it than that. Sure, we might buy fuel at the servo but we wouldn't buy chocco there as well. We would buy chocky. Chocco would be silly. Not like chockas. Chockas is full. Got a spare seat ? Nah mate we're chockas. We used to get milk delivered by a milko...

Yeah nah mate.

That's a totally valid point. The number of syllables is a critically under-studied prerequisite of language. Sometimes using an expression correctly is just so tiring. Although in Italy the more syllables the better. Here in Australia we tend to be quite economical. And then being expected to...

I thought that's why you had guns in the US? "Its NOT COULD CARE LESS!!!"

Ever since I found the "Snap to..." thing DIYLC has been a lot more fun to use. What I like about Brian May: He has totally developed his own instantly recognisable sound in more ways than one. I admire that more than I admire Queen. I admire players who work on there sound, note choice, etc...

And the British have shell suits for...shelling?

Really? If you're wearing the right jumper you ain't sweating while you jump. You're just kinda comfy. I have no idea why we say jumper for a woollen garment for the upper body. But to call it a sweater implies that it's overdoing its intended function. Jumper implies the freedom to, well...

Degenerate I may be (Excuse the pun) but I like my wires to line up! I like BM's playing well enough, and I quite the sound. It's just in a different realm from what I usually like, and what I usually like can be quite degenerate.

That's a bit forward isn't it?

Sometimes I even leave the house without my phone. I remembered that I always used to and the world didn't end. I like talking to actual people rather than staring at a screen. As it it I spend way too much time on this bloody laptop!

Now that is how you definitely will ingest lead.

You make a very fair point! As much as stuff costs here - and living here ain't cheap, esp if you rent - I would much rather live here. But do i really need to say this again... Nobody calls them shrimps in Australia. They're prawns. There's even a famous expression here: Don't come the raw...

I built one following Chuck's ideas and it is a fantastic fuzz/OD. Just wonderful. It has a few more knobs but IMO they are worth it. I have built it and it works - I dislike having INPUT anywhere the 9V rail. Seems to me to be asking for problems. So while it may be off topic I can strongly...

Honestly the best "mod" you can make to a 5E3 is bias it properly. It's highly likely to be biased way too hot if you use the stock value cathode resistor. The 5F11 Vibrolux is a fave of mine. The cab is identical to a 5E3 so you can use a 1x12 baffle in it - stock is 1x10. Mojo will build it...

The kits are handy because you get everything included. When ordering parts for an amp build it's easy to forget some wire, or some particular screws you need for something. If you're building a plexi style amp then Valve Storm are wonderful - they seem to be an offshoot of the defunct kit...