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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope all had as wonderful of a dinner as me and mine did! Have a great holiday weekend!
Friday, November 19, 2010
Speaking of RecycledSound.net...
Someone on Strat-talk.com today was wanting to get a larger tube amp but feared living in an apartment he couldn't or shouldn't. I passed along the info on the Power Plug 6/12 Attenuator.
This thing has saved my household volume levels! Plus it cuts some AC Grounded Amp hum/noise while it's at it. Doesn't suck tone or change your tone at all. The video from Greg says it all.
I've bought 3 of them from him but only use one right now. My Super Sonic doesn't like to attenuate past -12db but that really does the trick. I've sold the other two to friends who love them as much as I do!
For example, my Super Sonic was too loud for the house at volume level 1. I can now easily play at volume level 4 and have my tubes working a little harder, getting the most out of my 6L6 power amp tubes. Drives it nicely but doesn't flub up my sound either.
Greg is a great guy to work with. Check out his amps too! RecycledSound.net
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Jensen 12" Electric Lighting Speaker
I also picked up one of these today. Greg at Recycled Sound (recycledsound.net) had a slightly used one for half price. I tested it in my Fender Super Sonic 112. A great sounding speaker. It's not yet broken in, so it's hard to compare to my Weber 12F150B that I'm currently using. I would say that it's a great effort by Jensen to combine that classic Jensen/Fendery tone with a modern speaker for high gain amps of today.
Update: VOX Wah & Little Big Muff
Tested both units this evening. The VOX Wah is very sensitive but with some getting used to, works great. Not a tone sucker as the reviews said. Introduced NO extra noise.
The Little Big Muff (LBM hereafter) is just that...Little. :( Compared A/B to my old one (NYC hereafter) it's tinny & metallic sounding. Not what I'd really call a fuzz but more of a thin metal sounding distortion. NYC is full, lush, fuzzy but not fizzy. A gorgeous fuzz and it just loves to be in front of that wah! I guess I didn't know how good I had it....but still...IT'S JUST SO BIG!
So, the LBM goes back to Guitar Center and the VOX is a keeper. I guess I'll just have to design a bigger pedal board, huh?
The Little Big Muff (LBM hereafter) is just that...Little. :( Compared A/B to my old one (NYC hereafter) it's tinny & metallic sounding. Not what I'd really call a fuzz but more of a thin metal sounding distortion. NYC is full, lush, fuzzy but not fizzy. A gorgeous fuzz and it just loves to be in front of that wah! I guess I didn't know how good I had it....but still...IT'S JUST SO BIG!
So, the LBM goes back to Guitar Center and the VOX is a keeper. I guess I'll just have to design a bigger pedal board, huh?
Gotta love the Guitar Center used website!
I have my RSS reader check the newly arrived items daily for me! I spotted these two things at my local store and just picked them up.
Little Big Muff
I love my Big Muff NYC. It's a real big boy too! Takes up tons of space on my board but sounds oooh sooo good! I tried out the Little Big Muff Tone Wicker back in September but sent it back. It, strangely, sounded different from the original. So, I've heard some good things about the regular Little Big Muff. And for $40, I thought I could give it a try. I'll test it out when I get home today and update later.
Vox Classic Wah Pedal
Next thing I found was this dedicated wah pedal for $40, as well. I've really enjoyed playing with a wah for the first time with my M9 but would prefer to have my wah before my fuzz. So a dedicated pedal should take care of that. Lot's of mixed reviews on this unit. Some say it's noisy or spiky at the toe position. We'll see. Might be the sound I'm looking for, might not me. I'll test it later, as well!
Little Big Muff
I love my Big Muff NYC. It's a real big boy too! Takes up tons of space on my board but sounds oooh sooo good! I tried out the Little Big Muff Tone Wicker back in September but sent it back. It, strangely, sounded different from the original. So, I've heard some good things about the regular Little Big Muff. And for $40, I thought I could give it a try. I'll test it out when I get home today and update later.
Next thing I found was this dedicated wah pedal for $40, as well. I've really enjoyed playing with a wah for the first time with my M9 but would prefer to have my wah before my fuzz. So a dedicated pedal should take care of that. Lot's of mixed reviews on this unit. Some say it's noisy or spiky at the toe position. We'll see. Might be the sound I'm looking for, might not me. I'll test it later, as well!
I hope my friends at the Guitar Center Little Rock don't mind that I nabbed these photos they took of the units. :)
A great new photography product that needs your help!
C-Loop Single Strap adapter
For years I've had a love/hate relationship with camera straps. Mostly hate. They get in my way so much. Never where I need them, but necessary for peace of mind. I really like this idea and it's build quality. I hope to be a contributer soon.
Check it out, contribute, help out budding inventors!
For years I've had a love/hate relationship with camera straps. Mostly hate. They get in my way so much. Never where I need them, but necessary for peace of mind. I really like this idea and it's build quality. I hope to be a contributer soon.
Check it out, contribute, help out budding inventors!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
My Adventures in Effectsville, Part 1
After years of simply plugging a guitar into a tube amp, I decided to finally, really try finding effects that I liked and wanted to work with.
It started last year buying a Danelectro Cool Cat Fuzz v1. Nice fuzz, cheap. Being a novice to effects, I thought it might be best to just get some kind of multi effects unit. Being strapped for cash at the time, I bought a Zoom G1.n. It got used for about 2 hours then found it's way back into the box. I hated it! Awful sounding, hard to edit/configure. But you get what you pay for!
I then decided I would start buying analog pedals. I loved my newly acquired MXR Dyna Comp & MXR Phase 90, so I thought "Hey, why not build a pedal board with JUST MXR pedals!"
It started last year buying a Danelectro Cool Cat Fuzz v1. Nice fuzz, cheap. Being a novice to effects, I thought it might be best to just get some kind of multi effects unit. Being strapped for cash at the time, I bought a Zoom G1.n. It got used for about 2 hours then found it's way back into the box. I hated it! Awful sounding, hard to edit/configure. But you get what you pay for!
I then decided I would start buying analog pedals. I loved my newly acquired MXR Dyna Comp & MXR Phase 90, so I thought "Hey, why not build a pedal board with JUST MXR pedals!"
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| My first design via Adobe Illustrator that included the Cool Cat. |
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| My next edition succeeding with ALL MXR. |
Friday, November 12, 2010
“To all the (guitars) I've loved before...”
I thought today I'd make a list of all the guitars I've owned since I was 12. Mainly just to see if I can remember them all. I have had a long history of buying, selling, buying, selling. I love buying them, but can't seem to justify having a huge collection of instruments I don't play. Regretful? Of course! If I had the money, I'd try to buy back several. So here it goes, by the year:
1983
Lotus 1979 LP copy, Rosewood, Red Metallic (Traded)
1984
Ferrari Strat copy, Rosewood, Black on Black (Traded)
1985
Kramer Striker 100ST Black with Rosewood (Traded)
Banana headstock with original floyd rose non-locking trem
REGRET!
REGRET!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
On the graphic design side of things...
Just finished putting together a website for Children First, Inc. A local daycare here in Little Rock. They are extremely happy with their new site.
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| childrenfirstinc.com |
The entire site was designed in Adobe Illustrator, assembled in Apple's iWeb application with the addition of some "bend-the-app-to-my-will" hand coding. I find iWeb to be a great visual web design app. I can copy and past graphics directly from Illustrator with great results.
Actually, the BurnettGuitars.com site is also designed and assembled this way!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Sure helps having support...
I love that my wife is not only brilliant with sewing, quilting, crocheting, not to mention successful professionally, but she's also pretty good with a guitar and a lover of music, too!
The guitar she's holding is one that I built for her. She picked out the prefinished 1 piece swamp ash body with a blue burst paint job. That thing is heavy too! Close to 8lbs!
I loaded it up with some Am. Deluxe Tele pickups, vintage brass barrel bridge, standard wiring, electrosocket jackcup, and a 2006 Custom Telecaster Fender rosewood neck.
Sounds wonderful! I'm a lucky man!
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| My wife and I with our '69 Thinline & Custom Teles (resp.) |
The guitar she's holding is one that I built for her. She picked out the prefinished 1 piece swamp ash body with a blue burst paint job. That thing is heavy too! Close to 8lbs!
I loaded it up with some Am. Deluxe Tele pickups, vintage brass barrel bridge, standard wiring, electrosocket jackcup, and a 2006 Custom Telecaster Fender rosewood neck.
Sounds wonderful! I'm a lucky man!
"The Bastard" – the little tele that could (maybe!)
The first time I saw the Fender Custom Shop "La Cabronita Especial" I fell in love. With it's looks, with it's sound, all of it.
But for $5000....hrm....nope!
So I found Marc Rutter (Rutters Guitars) on tdpri.com selling custom sugar pine bodies. I had him make me up one based on the blank I chose with routing for Filtertrons, tele style, rear control rout, chopped bridge mount, forearm contour and a belly relief (like a strat). It's gorgeous and only cost $90!
But for $5000....hrm....nope!
So I found Marc Rutter (Rutters Guitars) on tdpri.com selling custom sugar pine bodies. I had him make me up one based on the blank I chose with routing for Filtertrons, tele style, rear control rout, chopped bridge mount, forearm contour and a belly relief (like a strat). It's gorgeous and only cost $90!
Welcome to my new blog!
It’s been a long time coming. I’ve been so busy doing other people’s projects, getting married, moving and much more to get around to creating a new site.
Along with my major life changes, professionally I’m no longer concentrating soley on graphic design and photography. My musical self has re-emerged!
Some time around the end of 2008, I decided it was time to head back to playing guitar. I started when I was 12, played in several bands in my teens and early 20’s, worked at recording and then headed long into a career of advertising. Only stopping to play at the lake or for a few friends but not actively pursuing it as a stress relieving, happiness invoking hobby that it is today.
I started it off by the notion that I should own a “proper” Fender Stratocaster for once! I shopped around but eventually fell in love with a 2006 60th Anniversary model Powerhouse Deluxe Strat in Caramel Metallic from Jacksonville Guitar in Jacksonville, Arkansas.
Since then, I’ve purchased a few more, built a few, in the process of building more and experimenting with tube amps and floor effects.
I hope to talk a little about all the equipment as well as document my projects here, uploading pics to the portfolio gallery. Also, along the way I’ll be doing graphics projects and adding them to the portfolio galleries, as well.
Along with my major life changes, professionally I’m no longer concentrating soley on graphic design and photography. My musical self has re-emerged!
Some time around the end of 2008, I decided it was time to head back to playing guitar. I started when I was 12, played in several bands in my teens and early 20’s, worked at recording and then headed long into a career of advertising. Only stopping to play at the lake or for a few friends but not actively pursuing it as a stress relieving, happiness invoking hobby that it is today.
I started it off by the notion that I should own a “proper” Fender Stratocaster for once! I shopped around but eventually fell in love with a 2006 60th Anniversary model Powerhouse Deluxe Strat in Caramel Metallic from Jacksonville Guitar in Jacksonville, Arkansas.
Since then, I’ve purchased a few more, built a few, in the process of building more and experimenting with tube amps and floor effects.
I hope to talk a little about all the equipment as well as document my projects here, uploading pics to the portfolio gallery. Also, along the way I’ll be doing graphics projects and adding them to the portfolio galleries, as well.
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