Recent content by HamishR

I had an experience like that once when explaining oral sex to my young son. He would have been around 12-14 I guess? He asked what it was so I told him. He screwed up his nose and said "Ewww!!" So I told him that he wouldn't be saying that once he had tried it. He looked at me in horror - " you...

"I was born in Boronia (a suburb of Mebourne about 20 miles east of the city). I first lived in Orchid Ave (a street), near the train station (station where you can catch and disembark trains. A bit like a subway but not under the ground). When I was a kid (small person) there was a paddock...

Ha! They're often mistaken for owls, apparently. They sleep through the day imitating bit of tree branch so can be very hard to spot. I was born in Boronia. I first lived in Orchid Ave, near the train station. When I was a kid there was a paddock across the road with ponies in it and at the end...

Anywhere near Boronia? I'm a bit jealous. It's usually pretty rare (and difficult) to see a Tawny Frogmouth let alone a pair.

Well you can tell by the way I use my voice I'm a sheep. Bah.

They look great! The Sacrificial Lamb/Alter Destiny is a fave of mine - just a fantastic fuzz. I wouldn't mind trying the Reezafratziz or whatever it's called - I've heard good things.

Is that a pair of tawny frogmouths?

Ha! It took me a while but I spotted a mistake! MXR put the name Super Comp ABOVE the switch. You almost had me.

My favourite part of our trip was the "Valley of the Giants" near Walpole. It's in a forest of Karri and Red Tingle trees. Karri are the tallest trees in our state. Not quite as tall as redwoods but not so far off. Red Tingles look to be a kind of taller, straighter version of our jarrah trees...

More coast at the Gap:

When we were down south we stayed in Albany, which is the biggest town on the south coast of Western Australia. We pronounce it closer to how Americans would say "owl-bany". Not all-bany, like the one in New York. Albany is very hilly, used to be a major whaling centre and has a few distilleries...

I was down south (as we like to say here) last week. Walking back to the car from Elephant Rocks (near Denmark - a town in SW Australia, not the country) we were heading through sand dunes on a path and I said to my wife "This looks like dugite territory". No sooner had I said that than we...

The Tim is different from a Timmy. I traced an original early Tim belonging to a friend and found a difference to the original Timmy other than just the boost. The original Tim had a 4n7 cap across pins 6 & 7 which the Timmy didn't. I suspect there were other differences over time - most...

I know nothing about that pedal but the circuits of a DC30 and a Supro are very different.

Interesting... They are described in similar ways but sound quite different really. I like both the Hotbox and the Tush. The Tush can be one helluva lot smaller though! I tend to use both at fairly low gain levels. The Tush has a more complex sound once it starts distorting and you play more...