With each new pedal build, I try to focus on some aspect that makes it a new challenge or something new to learn. My first pedal build ever (about 18 months ago) was a boost pedal. I decided I’d build another boost: this one using the MXR MicroAmp circuit. I used the General Guitar Gadgets… Continue reading Mini MicroAmp Build
Category: General
Guitar Effect Test Box
I’m in various stages of completion for several guitar effects at the moment and I’ll certainly try to write a post for each of those in turn. However, I first figured I should post about my guitar effect PCB test box I put together. I by no means first came up with the idea. Paul… Continue reading Guitar Effect Test Box
We Escaped!
Our nephew, Keith, invited us to one of the The Escape Game adventures. These are really popular and I can see why. Anyone who was a fan of point-and-click puzzle computer games (like me) would love getting to be inside the game and that’s exactly what this feels like. My older brother, Stephen, and Keith’s… Continue reading We Escaped!
I Tried Hot Chicken
No, not that I tried eating hot chicken. Having lived near Nashville for over a decade, of course we’ve eaten hot chicken. Though, I don’t ever order the crazy hot stuff. I stick to mild and actually enjoy eating it. No, I mean I tried making my own hot chicken here at home for family dinner.… Continue reading I Tried Hot Chicken
Tremolo Pedal Build
Christmas in 2018 was a lot of fun and my family got me a lot of wonderful things. Among them, my brother, Dave, got me a guitar pedal effects kit. This was a tremolo pedal, which is definitely something I wouldn’t have gotten myself. If you don’t know, a tremolo pedal modulates the amplitude of… Continue reading Tremolo Pedal Build
Repairing a Kid’s Bed
As part of my goals for 2019, I am going to try to write about some of my DIY and maker projects. So, here’s an unexpected one to start off the year… The other evening, I heard a thud and an “uh-oh” from my 11yo daughter’s room. Turns out, when hopping on to the bed to… Continue reading Repairing a Kid’s Bed
I just updated six #WordPress sites to v5.0 without incident and wrote my first post in #Gutenberg. The upgrade process was as smooth as possible and the editor is really nice. I was even able to tweak some HTML easily for an Instagram video embed. Nice.
Bob Clagett Answers My Question
One of my favorite YouTube channels is “I Like to Make Stuff” from Bog Clagett. He has a wide variety of projects, from home improvement to programming arduinos to making life-size toy props. And he seems like a genuinely inquisitive and nice guy while doing it, admitting to mistakes along the way as he learns.… Continue reading Bob Clagett Answers My Question
Woodworking
When I was a kid, my younger brother, Dave, and I would routinely watch Norm Abram build houses and projects on This Old House and The New Yankee Workshop. Our dad probably wasn’t (isn’t) the handiest guy with woodworking tools, but he could certainly build some small projects. But woodworking wasn’t a big hobby around… Continue reading Woodworking
Korean-American Day
My mother-in-law is a Korean-American in the sense that she immigrated to this country from S. Korea as an adult. She’s a naturalized citizen and has now lived in the US longer than she lived in Korea (by a over a decade). My wife is a Korean-American in the sense that, as you just read,… Continue reading Korean-American Day