I Quote Myself
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Quotes
porn stars are paid for the enslavement of their body. programmers are paid for the enslavement of their mind. products of both are being downloaded for free on the internet. oh, the irony.
Crate V33H
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Guitar
Another amp head. I think it's amp head number three for me :D or four?
I've modified this amp to "SLO" mod. Demo.
Features:
- 33 watts
- three (or four) 12ax7 preamp tubes
- four el84 power tubes
- massive OT and PT
- reverb tank
Internals
If you want to to the mod, the schematics is here.
Again, HIGH VOLTAGES INSIDE AND CAN KILL YOU. If you don't know about electronics then do not open your amp. I'm not responsible if you kill yourself.
I've modified this amp to "SLO" mod. Demo.
Features:
- 33 watts
- three (or four) 12ax7 preamp tubes
- four el84 power tubes
- massive OT and PT
- reverb tank
Internals
If you want to to the mod, the schematics is here.
Again, HIGH VOLTAGES INSIDE AND CAN KILL YOU. If you don't know about electronics then do not open your amp. I'm not responsible if you kill yourself.
Bugera 6262
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Guitar
Got this two months ago. It's cheap and sounds good IMO. Here's a demo
Features:
- two channels (clean/crunch and lead)
- seven 12ax7 preamp tubes
- four tube doctor branded 6L6GCs
- massive PT and OT
- 120 watts with 6L6s or 100 watts with el34s
I replaced the stock tubes with JJ EL34s. At one time I had the tubes biased a little too hot, that I almost cooked the amp. Sounds amazing though. For those who want to replace the stock 6L6 power tubes with EL34s, I recommend a bias voltage of 42v.
Love 'em vacuum tubes.
I also made some modifications to this amp to give it a little more punch. By replacing the 1n4007 rectifier diodes with ultra fast uf4007, gives this amp a cleaner sound and a big "thump" in the bass section. I also replaced the cheap MIC filter caps with better ones.
IF YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ELECTRONICS THEN DO NOT OPEN YOUR AMP!!
High voltages inside and can kill you. Seriously.
Features:
- two channels (clean/crunch and lead)
- seven 12ax7 preamp tubes
- four tube doctor branded 6L6GCs
- massive PT and OT
- 120 watts with 6L6s or 100 watts with el34s
I replaced the stock tubes with JJ EL34s. At one time I had the tubes biased a little too hot, that I almost cooked the amp. Sounds amazing though. For those who want to replace the stock 6L6 power tubes with EL34s, I recommend a bias voltage of 42v.
Love 'em vacuum tubes.
I also made some modifications to this amp to give it a little more punch. By replacing the 1n4007 rectifier diodes with ultra fast uf4007, gives this amp a cleaner sound and a big "thump" in the bass section. I also replaced the cheap MIC filter caps with better ones.
IF YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ELECTRONICS THEN DO NOT OPEN YOUR AMP!!
High voltages inside and can kill you. Seriously.
Chinese Democracy
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Music
This album is amazing. Truly a new sound for GNR. Headed by Axl Rose and with the help of Bumblefoot/friends, I really don't miss Slash and the old guys.
For those who keep on whining for Slash and the old guys, please grow up.
Wass Up, Wass Up?!
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Events
Updates.
Two months ago I went back home to Manila for a three day vacation.
Then went to London UK for a week of training. It was a blast. Got to see London (and the bridge, LOL), Big Ben, ride the London Eye and Stonehenge. And the icing on the cake, get drunk in a real Irish pub.
Then went back to Sydney.
I Became a dad. Can't wait to go back home next month to Manila. Still waiting for my daughter's passport. Have it stamped so they can move back here with me.
Two months ago I went back home to Manila for a three day vacation.
Then went to London UK for a week of training. It was a blast. Got to see London (and the bridge, LOL), Big Ben, ride the London Eye and Stonehenge. And the icing on the cake, get drunk in a real Irish pub.
Then went back to Sydney.
I Became a dad. Can't wait to go back home next month to Manila. Still waiting for my daughter's passport. Have it stamped so they can move back here with me.
My Zendrive Clone
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Pedal Mods
I call it Aling Minda's Zencoco Drive. It's a Hermina Zendrive clone that I built for myself.
Modded Boss GE-7 Review
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Guitar,
Pedal Mods
by Nathan Manansala of Blue Jean Junkies
I've compared the stock GE-7 with your modded GE-7 na. Got to gig with the modded pedal last night. cheesy Works as expected. Nice fat boost (if thats what you're using it for) for solos.
At gig levels, and the way i set it, its just like a regular GE-7. Last night i used my Edwards e-lp-98lts with skatterbrane A2's into a keeley rat then GE-7 then some small 1x12 laney (kung anong model man yung nasa route 196). Like I said, it worked just like its supposed to, just like a regular GE-7. Its an EQ pedal anyway. No "it made me sound 10x more musical" miracles here. cheesy Plus, the way i set it isn't extreme at all (400=+3, 800=+5, 1.6k=+5, 3.2k=+3, the rest at 0, level anywhere between 0 to 5 depending on how the amp reacts to the boosted frequencies) so yung gains of using higher quality components isn't that obvious. I use it massage the right frequencies into place as opposed to hammering them into submission.
Those gains I only saw this morning. I made 3 vids. I used a Burny lc-70rr with SD '59/JB pups. I kept it on the JB (the noisier of the 2 pups) the whole time and didn't play at all. The guitar was just there to introduce regular guitar electronic noise. The amp is my old Marshall 8040 on the clean channel cranked up to 8 (which is why i couldn't do any actual playing; maaga pa e). Everything is connected with cables I made myself (klotz cables and neutrik connectors). I tested the EQs 2 bands at a time, all the way up (which is the wrong way to use EQ for guitar). Level at 0.
So, here are my err... findings:
1) 6.4k and 3.2k - halos identical. both pedals sounded hissy. which is to be expected. you're boosting white noise frequencies from the guitar electonics and cables after all. medyo finer grained lang yung hiss from the modded pedal pero hissy pa din cheesy
2) 1.6k and 800 - here you'll start hearing the difference na. at these frequencies (where most guitar's "meat" is and the frequencies normally boosted for solo work to cut through a dense mix), the modded box was considerably more quiet here.
3) 400, 200 and 100 - again, you'll immediately notice how much more quiet the modded pedal is at these frequencies. in fact, at these frequencies, yung hiss you hear from the stock pedal is almost non existent on the modded one.
you can actually hear these differences dun sa vids i made with my crappy digicam and its crappy built in mic. cheesy
so yun. arjin, good on ya mate. cheesy i'm keeping this. grin i'll post the vids in a bit or send them to you.
I've compared the stock GE-7 with your modded GE-7 na. Got to gig with the modded pedal last night. cheesy Works as expected. Nice fat boost (if thats what you're using it for) for solos.
At gig levels, and the way i set it, its just like a regular GE-7. Last night i used my Edwards e-lp-98lts with skatterbrane A2's into a keeley rat then GE-7 then some small 1x12 laney (kung anong model man yung nasa route 196). Like I said, it worked just like its supposed to, just like a regular GE-7. Its an EQ pedal anyway. No "it made me sound 10x more musical" miracles here. cheesy Plus, the way i set it isn't extreme at all (400=+3, 800=+5, 1.6k=+5, 3.2k=+3, the rest at 0, level anywhere between 0 to 5 depending on how the amp reacts to the boosted frequencies) so yung gains of using higher quality components isn't that obvious. I use it massage the right frequencies into place as opposed to hammering them into submission.
Those gains I only saw this morning. I made 3 vids. I used a Burny lc-70rr with SD '59/JB pups. I kept it on the JB (the noisier of the 2 pups) the whole time and didn't play at all. The guitar was just there to introduce regular guitar electronic noise. The amp is my old Marshall 8040 on the clean channel cranked up to 8 (which is why i couldn't do any actual playing; maaga pa e). Everything is connected with cables I made myself (klotz cables and neutrik connectors). I tested the EQs 2 bands at a time, all the way up (which is the wrong way to use EQ for guitar). Level at 0.
So, here are my err... findings:
1) 6.4k and 3.2k - halos identical. both pedals sounded hissy. which is to be expected. you're boosting white noise frequencies from the guitar electonics and cables after all. medyo finer grained lang yung hiss from the modded pedal pero hissy pa din cheesy
2) 1.6k and 800 - here you'll start hearing the difference na. at these frequencies (where most guitar's "meat" is and the frequencies normally boosted for solo work to cut through a dense mix), the modded box was considerably more quiet here.
3) 400, 200 and 100 - again, you'll immediately notice how much more quiet the modded pedal is at these frequencies. in fact, at these frequencies, yung hiss you hear from the stock pedal is almost non existent on the modded one.
you can actually hear these differences dun sa vids i made with my crappy digicam and its crappy built in mic. cheesy
so yun. arjin, good on ya mate. cheesy i'm keeping this. grin i'll post the vids in a bit or send them to you.
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