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Fuzz Box Girl’s medical bills
If you don’t know who Fuzz Box Girl is take a look at her site: http://www.fuzzboxgirl.com She makes pedal demo videos – sexy ones even! She exploded on the pedal review scene in June of 2011 with her YouTube channel. FBG would post a new video or post at least once a week [...]
Ampeg B-15na schematic B-12na portaflex
Ampeg B-15na Schematic B-12na While borrowing a friends Ampeg B-15 portaflex, it started to cut out and the output tubes (6L6′s) had the lovely blue arc. It’s time to fix her up. I have my suspicions on what is wrong with her, but that is another post. Anyways I take her apart and low and [...]
MP-1 sound samples
Here are some sound samples of the MP-1. Recorded with a Telecaster with a 60 something Ampeg Fliptop. Shure SM7 in the grill and a Beyer M500 about 2.5 feet away. MP-1 Slight remix <- sounds better MP-1 Get the MP-1 now for $147 at the pre-order pricing!
Pre-orders for MP-1 Fuzz pedal
MP-1 fuzz pedal aka Mellifluous Pussy Announcing pre orders of Inductor Guitars first product, the MP-1. Otherwise known as the Mellifluous Pussy fuzz pedal. (Or Percolator for the G-rating crowd) The MP-1 is a Harmonic Percolator clone with a few tweaks. It has a 2N404a germanium transistor for the first stage, germanium diode clipping on/off [...]
Rickenbacker Refinishing Final
And it’s finished. (Pun intended) After 2 coats of oil/wax and a light buffing, it’s all put together. It’s a 100% improvement, god damn I hate thick poly finishes. Why not just make the body out of plastic resin with a faux wood grain decal underneath? Seriously pics don’t do this bass justice. Marc is [...]
Rickenbacker Refinishing part 3
The Rickenbacker Bass now has 8 or 9 coats (I lost count) of tung oil, linseed oil and poly blend. 1 part of each with a little bit extra of the linseed oil to thin it out. Worked like a charm. Nice film build up but still very thin. After each coat I waited 24 [...]
Rickenbacker Refinishing part 2
This is how the Rickenbacker looks after sanding off the poly. It is down to bare wood. This was much faster to sand than the Tele due to the fact that the Rick doesn’t have any pore/grain filler. I did not sand down the fret board – that will have to wait for a [...]
Rickenbacker Refinishing part 1
Yet another refinishing project. So my friend Marc at Bassline-shift has a 1990′s Rickenbacker bass with a terrible divot (for a lack of a better word) on the neck. There was a section on the neck where there was no poly finish. It affected the playability. This is how it came from the factory! Really? [...]
