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The starcaster headstock looks like a shoe.

That's some of the original filth on there from the last time I toured over a decade ago.

Do you find a big difference with WIMA vs non-WIMA caps? I'm never sure if my noise floor is from a long run, single coils, high gain just taking its toll, our component choices (or, more likely, all of the above).

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I use Posca pens - they're an acrylic marker. When I first started I tried using cheap acrylic paint and brushes but I've only ever really doodled with pencils and pens and I couldn't make brushes do what I wanted (either because they're the wrong tool or I haven't practiced enough). The Posca...

I handpaint all my enclosures. I tend to prefer stupid doodles (ie spongebob with a gun, buff pikachu).

This did the trick! Specifically this page: https://www.marksescon.com/blog/2023/6/30/kintsugi-or-a-deep-dive-into-deciphering-the-elusive-dynamic-sag-circuit-in-the-smallsoundbigsound-overdrive There's a note on the schematic of the Dynamic sag (the first schematic) that recommends that the...

I bought a handful from either amplified parts or stompbox parts in 2022. I think it was to build a couple mofeta preamps and, I want to say, for use in rat variants (although I think the rat buffer takes a 5458 so I'm not sure why I had extras?).

Did you swap out the LEDs in yours to get it working properly? I think I may have worded my initial post poorly - D2 looks like it's getting voltage and the LED flickers as voltage passes. I have no idea what kind of voltage is moving through (is it a guitar signal, is it just voltage from...

I've tested with the trimmer in different positions and no luck. I'm going to test for shorts at the SPDT since I'm not hearing any difference between the 10uf and 1uf caps and possibly try swapping Q5. I think I've got a 5089 from Tayda in Q5. Their transistors always feel like a bit of a roll...

I'm trying to track down what's going on in my fornicus. The threshold pot and the weight and sag switches aren't doing anything perceivable (I feel like a 10uf cap should be very obvious). I know signal is passing (I audio-probed everything to check), I've verified the components are correct...

One of the things I like about this forum is the complete intolerance for bullshit. Pick any post from the last 10 pages. The reactions are almost all some take on the barfing gif. Reddits pedal community is, first of all, way too credulous of JHS, and barely makes an effort to criticize...

I'm glad you liked it! I had this idea that I was going to do six songs with a "side-a" (can you have a side-a on a digital release?) being more black metal and the other half, "side-b," being more shoe-gaze (because I was playing in standard tuning with mid-gain drives and fuzzes) and the...

A few people here were into what I was doing last time I put out music. I finished this a few days ago: https://adistantmirror.bandcamp.com/album/an-empty-room Most of the signal chain is DIY. I've got a Kewpie fuzz on one guitar, Brown Betty on the other. My baritone and bass are running...

I got it for $300 because "one of the little light bulbs wasn't working." Still one of my luckiest finds on a buy/sell site. Old Traynors sound incredible.

The youtube algo was serving this to me too. I appreciate the costume gimmick. It's weird and it's obviously got people talking. Cutting through noise to do music promotion is next to impossible so even if it puts some off, it's probably worth doing for them. Musically, the drummer seems to be...

I haven't posted in a while. I've been bouncing between finishing these guitars: I may or may not have gotten tenure/promotion at the university I work at. If yes, they're a congratulatory gift to myself. If not they're a means to ease the grief of rejection. I wired the JM up with a...

I've probably posted my baritone here before - it's one of my favourite instruments. It's a warmoth partscaster, so 28 5/8" scale. Setting it up so that it's comfortable and sounds alright was a bit of a learning process. I settled on 62-13 strings tuned to Drop-G. Beefier strings brought mud...

I'd definitely hate listening to only 3 records for an indeterminate amount of time and would probably prefer silence. But for the sake of participation: Wu-tang: Enter the 36 Chambers Neko Case: Fox Confessor Brings Floods Lingua Ignota: Sinner Get Ready

It took some time for the pro-10 to grow on me. I think I ran it through the wrong amp and set the tone knob on the ODR side where I thought it should sound good vs where it did sound good (I think I tied some caps in parallel to get some values I didn't have and screwed that up so my tone sweep...