Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope all had as wonderful of a dinner as me and mine did! Have a great holiday weekend!

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

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?

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!

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!

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!"

My first design via Adobe Illustrator that included the Cool Cat.

My next edition succeeding with ALL MXR.