Getting Started with Arduino

This is becoming a new obsession… I first saw these when I was doing research on the Perspective Aerial quad-copter. This little board is an open source microcontroller (with 14 digital input/outputs and 6 analog inputs) that is programmed via USB. Complete, assembled boards can be found on eBay for about $30. Just add a […]

DIY Oktava 319 Mic Mods – Part 1, introduction

More than a year ago Jess and I purchased a pair of Oktava 319 microphones with the express intent of having them modified by Michael Joly at Oktavamod.com. Several years ago Guitar Center was blowing these out at $89 each. They currently go for about $300 new. We found them on Ebay for less than […]

DIY – Classic studio compression

I’ve seen plenty of preamp kits and microphone mods in Tape Op and on the internet. It’s relatively easy to find complete kits to build your own Neve or API preamp clone. There are several tube preamp kits around as well. Only recently have I come across DIY plans for the next link in the […]

DIY/kit guitar effect pedals

Monday night I ordered parts to mod 2 of the foot switch pedals I currently use for my electric guitar setup. My amp is a Peavey Classic 50 2×12, which has a double foot switch – a channel select switch (normal/overdrive) and a reverb switch.  That’s fine, except there are no indicator lights to let […]