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Archive for December, 2007

The Electronics Lab is born!

December 27th, 2007 by Andrew Cockburn
Posted in Andrew's Amp Building Journey
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OK, its been a while - the move went smoothly, but was a lot of work. After I dealt with the essentials, such as somewhere to cook, and sleep, then the nice to haves (somewhere to watch TV, an office to work in) I was free to start work on the garage, or electronics lab as I like to call it now :)


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The Laurel and Hardy lick..

December 17th, 2007 by Ciaran B
Posted in Married to the metronome
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Before I get into the main part of my post, I’ve got a little bit of advice. It’s been a particularly difficult week. Practice was a real struggle, as real life tends to get in the way! As you will know, it’s hard to switch into gear, with lots of things working on your mind. However, as these things do, it’s got past it’s low point, and we’re back on track. So if your practice schedule gets disrupted by excrement making physical contact with a hydro-electric powered oscillating air current distribution device, don’t panic. :D


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The pre-planning, pre-start up pre-post

December 11th, 2007 by MickeM
Posted in MickeM builds a guitar
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Might as well get this  blog post started already, even though I don’t have the plan a hundred percent set, I lack some tools and I haven’t got all the wood I need. Never the less, the past months or half year or so it has formed in my head a plan to build my own guitar and I’ve slowly got started buying plenty of tools that I need and a couple pieces of Mahogany and Maple for the body and neck. Any day now I’m going to a company that sells veneer wood where I’m picking up my fingerboard.


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