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Danny G · April 18, 2014, 01:28:28 AM

It's a crybaby I modded to fuck. Switch is a 3pdt I put in for true bypass.

I recently put it at the front of my chain and been running off battery power as I can't afford another right-angle adapter at the moment. On a fixed pedal board that is packed up when not in use. So it's not a power issue from the jack or dead battery from being left plugged in.

I'll just have to take the fucker apart and recheck wires in solder joints. Not sure when that'll be.

I'll hook it up again tomorrow. May be as simple as dead battery, then trying it out on an amp that was fucking up before I realized it was fucking up.

Yeah, I'll try the simple solution first...

I'm getting really really REALLY fucking tired of trying to fix shit.

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Lumpy · April 18, 2014, 01:57:21 AM

They make a .182 bass string?

mutantcolors · April 18, 2014, 02:00:04 AM

There was a pic of an Electrical bass going around with a .190. Think it was the Bongripper guy.

Danny G · April 18, 2014, 02:11:41 AM

Ok. For shits and giggles just hooked the wah up for two seconds using a diff combo amp to see what happened.

It worked.

However, the main problem I was having with the wah was it not working when I actually NEEDED it to (ie going into a guitar solo mid-song).

This is at least an improvement, tho not out of the woods/clean bill of health just yet...

edit: just checked to make sure I unplugged it before walking away... Hahaha ugh

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VOLVO))) · April 18, 2014, 02:41:54 PM

I will send you one of those adapters, goddamn it.

Danny G · April 18, 2014, 04:12:21 PM

Ha!

(That would be really awesome of you)

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Corey Y · April 18, 2014, 05:09:11 PM

Quote from: mutantcolors on April 18, 2014, 02:00:04 AM
There was a pic of an Electrical bass going around with a .190. Think it was the Bongripper guy.

Yep, Ron's, I'm pretty sure he uses Circle K strings. He tunes it to F.

VOLVO))) · April 18, 2014, 08:39:26 PM

What power supply do you have

Danny G · April 18, 2014, 09:17:28 PM

Have a One Spot to power TU-2 which is daisy-chained to everything else on board except wah, which is now before it on signal chain

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jibberish · April 19, 2014, 08:25:47 AM

hey mutant, cool it with the drums. the richters are going off all over potatoland. wtf?

mutantcolors · April 19, 2014, 05:31:29 PM

Earthquakes - not just for California.

Look up Big Lost fault scarp in an image search.

Danny G · April 21, 2014, 10:16:47 AM

As for my wah, it would certainly make a lot of sense re: dead battery and the symptoms it's been exhibiting: works when first plugged in (battery low) and then not working shortly after when mid-song (what little power remains being drained), as well as why nothing is obviously amiss when I open it up.

Will use it while tracking guitar for Ocean of Stars demo later this week, see what happens.

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showdown · April 22, 2014, 01:38:43 PM

A friend asked me to build him a bass, so I went out today and got some sipo mahogany.

Should be just about enough...

VOLVO))) · April 22, 2014, 05:25:24 PM

Are you going to finish this one? :-D

showdown · April 23, 2014, 01:30:14 AM

Heh, probably, but in my own time as usual

The Tele is pretty much done now, I'm just going to leave it for a little while to cure the finish.

Danny G · April 28, 2014, 10:51:20 AM

It was the battery. Wah works fine.

Derp.

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VOLVO))) · April 28, 2014, 10:59:22 AM

Hahahaha, goofball.

Good work, Danny!

Jake · April 28, 2014, 11:15:03 AM

My dad once tore an engine completely apart that was only out of gas.

VOLVO))) · April 28, 2014, 11:25:27 AM

We did that to my brother's Suzuki bandit once.

Corey Y · April 28, 2014, 11:50:55 AM

Quote from: Jake on April 28, 2014, 11:15:03 AM
My dad once tore an engine completely apart that was only out of gas.

This made me laugh out loud at this at my desk. Quite loud, all the way out.

mutantcolors · May 01, 2014, 04:08:02 PM

3D print of the vaulted masonry bungalow shell.

jibberish · May 02, 2014, 03:26:40 PM

Quote from: mutantcolors on May 01, 2014, 04:08:02 PM
3D print of the vaulted masonry bungalow shell.

that looks stout as hell. nice. are you going to perform weight/stress tests on it to see what it can really take?
so we need to use my Styrofoam bead-cement blend idea and rock out. main structure skeleton formed from welded rebar, blow in the styro-cement into forms.
get them hurricane approved and pwn the state of florida. super insulating,fireproof, super safe. I totally want a house like that. fuck the shipping container idea heh.

shit, all those clowns in the CA scrub fire zones would be into this. no more roof damage from those insane winds and no more burned doewn house.

mud surfers are on their own....

mutantcolors · May 06, 2014, 03:11:31 PM

If you are serious then I am in.

The plug in I used to help develop the preliminary versions of the design calculates forces created within the shell and gives you a green light to proceed with a structurally sound form by way of denying you anything but a 2D diagram if there are equilibrium issues or areas beyond stress limits. As stated, the concept works in pure compression, so I couldn't at the moment say what it's tendency to cave in from a lateral force (hurricane) would be, but those are things that can be addressed with construction detailing.

jibberish · May 06, 2014, 03:37:11 PM

I love to sling ideas. 99% hit the cutting room floor, but it keeps the thinking going on. you never know when a real opportunity reveals itself.

could the structure be lowered? like cut 1/3 off the bottom? the upper part already has a less wind resistant curve to it. the ceiling height to floor space seems kind of tall, at least from a 1 story assumption, so maybe some vertical wall could go.
also I see where the architect/engineer could easily slide a couple of auxiliary supports or cross-braces in to prevent x-y failure without really restructuring.
also,it seems that the right thickness of wall would make this thing strong as hell in any shape, let alone a compression optimized one.

"hi, no I don't live in a ranch, I live in an igloo on acid. it costs nothing to heat and uses no grid electricity unless someone is microwaving or vacuuming or using some other big draw appliance. you cant burn it down, knock it down or have to watch it screw up as it ages. why, what do you live in...." heh.

mutantcolors · May 08, 2014, 02:18:07 PM

It is manipulable. Some of the height was to address the fact that it (they) are sited in the Thai/Cambodian steppe where it's hot as fuck 24/7/365 so you give space for that hot air to get away from you. Keep in mind as the height lowers, the angle on the wall increases and the the vault shape becomes less efficient as the compression forces move into the realm of thrust.