Recent content by Pomaikai

Thanks,great tips! I was thinking I might as well wire it for 12AX7/7025 pinout at the same time. Would it be best to just change them both to 100k/1.5k cathode bias then with 120k grid like the SB12? The 240v tap on the CHB is lower than the 280v node on the SB12, but theres's an additional 68k...

I think that's the direction I'm going to go. The TL606 is kind of a know quantity, so I think the double baffle will get me further down the road of discovery on looking for the sound I want. If I want to change it up from there I can use my sealed Gauss 2x12 or TL506 with JBL E155-4. That's a...

I would love a vintage B15 for my recording studio, but I'm just a lowly guitar player and don't have the money to spend on something like that. So I've been working on putting together a poor man's substitute that will get me close to that kind of sound for recording from stuff I already have...

Bassist Maruiz Duda Released his "Lunatic Soul" Fractured album soon after my Mother and Father passed away within 6 months of each other. The whole album was very cathartic for me at the time, but the song "Anymore" still gets me.

There's LOTS of great new bands out there, but what do you LIKE? Who are you favorite old bands? Also there were many GREAT bands from back in the day that never got exposure or fame that are ripe for rediscovery. I listen to old favorites, old obscure stuff, and new bands that have a sound I...

I put this budget rig together for my daughter (<$500), it mostly hangs around the studio now but would be a nice gig rig too. 1/2 inch ply cabs shou-sugi baned and shellaced, sealed 2x12 with Fender labeled Gauss speakers (heavy, but compact), and a TL505 with a JBL E155-4. I dado'ed in the...

Back in the 80's I bought an Ibanez Fake Rickenbaker from a pawn shop in Watts for $99 and almost got shot in the process. I bought a slab of Ebony from Alembic and some EMGs and had a freind turn it into a fretless. I kept asking him if it was done, and it never was. I dropped it for a while...

Since you're a Purple/Sabbath fan, I always thought Ronnie James Dio sounded just a little bit like Karen Carpenter on Sitting in a Dream on Roger Glover's Butterfly Ball.

Besides all the well known standards, one of my all time favorites is Linda Lewis. Her "hits" if you could call them that were all 70s brit-pop, but she had great pitch, soulful, five octave range, and could sing anything. If listening to "not a little girl anymore" doesn't make you want to make...