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All tension, no release. Next!

First thing I noticed is that my custom footprint library imported flawlessly during setup. If the schematic drawing functions are actually substantially improved it would be a huge win.

Nope, most of us knew it was a wonky POS and we also knew that digital tech was inevitably going to be the way forward. The Chroma was another failed product that could’ve been great, I got my hands inside one after Fender bought the rights and it sounded killer when it worked. Pretty much the...

I have very well defined space limits, to the point where getting anything new would require getting rid of something else. And I’m fine with that, actually.

One of these days I’ll probably build up some modules, it’d kind of complete the circle back to my time working at ARP in the late 70s. I got to build a few 2500 wings, the only ones even ordered that year IIRC. This was right when Close Encounters was released and one of my bosses was the...

I just hoover new free iPad synth apps and keep a few of the best ones on my Pad, changing up every few months. But one of these days I'll get around to replacing the battery in my ancient Roland GR-09 and firing up my even older EMU rack sampler...LOL.

Yeah, some variation of that vid at least. That class was on like the first day of that job, which initially was a 7 month temp contract mostly counting fish tracks on a computer screen. So not what I envisioned at all, but it turned out that we rigged miles and miles of SONAR cable on the...

When I worked out on the hydropower dams on the Columbia River we had a mandatory safety class every year at the beginning of the fish monitoring season. The teacher was crazy hot and it was not that easy to concentrate by the third or fourth time around, but the message was no joke. The least...

A friend of mine was the first CTO of this newest version of Sunn, but unfortunately he had a falling out before they actually started shipping product. I use to be a warranty service provider for the company just before the Fender buyout, nice to see the name in play again! The other bassist...

I've done several bass amps with a similar format (which is very popular commercially, of course), mostly with the 700 watt mono ICE modules: ^^^ Preamp boards ^^^ ^^^ 700AS1 module mounted to Heatsink USA finned sink, then 3 mm aluminum case lid with powder coating masked off for sink...

Followup: Heyboer did end up offering me a very deep discount on a DR103 OT clone today, so I'll go ahead with that and look to move the 50 watter in a package deal with a NOS 60 watt version of the power amp board pictured upthread, along with a matching power trafo. The 60 watt board has a DC...

Long delayed 4 X EL34 bass amp build is finally moving along again: But today I noticed that the output transformer I bought 5+ years ago is actually the wrong model, so I pinged Heyboer to see if they might cut me a Bro Deal on the right one. The bolt mounting centers are the same for both...

My main thing is dead clean fretless bass and I have a DIY 500 watt amp and AudioKinesis cab that's as close to a reference grade FRFR rig as I can afford and/or have space to accommodate. That serves me well for acoustic instruments too. I use a little bit of room correction EQ on the amp and...

91% IPA and then Goo Gone for any sticky residue, if and when I bother.

FWIW, I’ve had a similar experience with certain products from Digikey too. One or the them was able to send me a release form, can’t remember which one it was though. This was for a simple toggle switch made in the US by C&K, I was furious but jumped through the same hoops twice, because I...

AmplifyFun sends you a pre-production proof for approval, and is much more flexible on artwork submission format to boot. My bet is that if it works at Tayda it’ll work for Spencer.

Just as a FYI, this is the Github repository for my open source DIY EQ pedal project: https://github.com/Passinwind/PW3B-LPF But I’d start with the Ginsly board, it’ll be much much easier and probably all you need for your use case.

"Maybe there's just a DIY 3-band EQ stomp project out there you could show me, or maybe there's already a pretty good pedal out there that's exactly this." Yep, here's a recent addition: https://www.pedalpcb.com/product/pcb140/ Nothing wrong with your idea though, but without pics and other...

I've done a few builds with the BTPA stuff, both the regular size for instruments and the thinner one for both instruments and patch cables. Actually doing a couple of thin shorties today with SP600 square plugs. I use mostly Neutriks, but have had good luck with Switchcraft and G&H too. And...

Fretted basses totally mess me up, but I started on fretless bass guitar in 1972 and was oblivious to how much I sucked! A few years later I ported to upright, but it was too impractical for my gypsy lifestyle. Then my only bass for a few decades was a fretless Travis Bean. Many years later I...