All articles from the Bad Screamer series As usual, modelling germanium transistor circuits can only go this far, what you actually get in reality can be different from the simulation. Also, this is about putting components into their unusual modes of functioning: getting a pleasant to the ear distortion can’t…
Gardening
Tomatoes are still going strong
This no-name species passed to me from my family, AKA “my grand mother’s tomatoes” aren’t stopping at all: this is what I’ve gotten today, and I picked them two days ago last time. Small but tasting so great
Cocktails
Gin – Tonic augmented
This is a weird one but very tasty. Like gin tonic but with richer taste and aroma.
Guitars
Harley Benton HQS «High Quality Strings»: no they aren’t
So I’ve got these to test them. Cheap, 2.88€ a set. Colored ends. Pretty cardboard box. But how good are they? After putting around 50 hours in (on the StripCaster): they aren’t. Right after putting them on, the wound strings were already lacking in high freq content but now it’s…
Gardening
Gorria Peppers
This is a famous South of France variate from the Basque country, these are better known as Piments d’Espelette after the village that made them famous. You can’t call “Espelette” any peppers grown outside of this village though 🙂 Last year they were miserable in my garden, very low yield….
Guitars
Gold-o-Caster final touch
Gold-o-Caster series The very last thing that was left to do: replacing the black pickup switch tip with a golden one. Spot a difference 🙂 Before: After: The “gold” color of the tip is not exactly the same hue as the gold of the buttons or of the control plate,…
Art
Rapid sketch
In the Alps, staying there for a week
Gardening
Daily haul
Tomatoes and tomatillos
Gardening
First Salsa Verde of the season is in the making
(with a twist: added some green unripe tomatoes to the mix) The full recipe:
Audio
Bad Screamer: more gain
All articles from the Bad Screamer series This one is very similar to the Bad Screamer: adding a mid-boost version, the difference being the gain stage has a Darlington pair, increasing maximum available gain (by a lot). I made this modification thinking ahead about using the same schematic but with…
Cocktails
Pink Grenade
Another pink cocktail 🙂
Gardening
Tomatillos
They grow very well in containers and suffer less from slugs. Soon will be making home-made Salsa Verde 🙂
Guitars
Stripcaster HH – 2
Continuing from the part 1 First couple of oil coats to seal the wood against the dust and the dirt. Next making a pickup routing template and the routing out the cavity The combination of the previous pickup and the new pickup cavities makes for a weird shape 🙂 Testing…
Cocktail tips
#1 Replace ice cubes with frozen fruit for a new taste to discover #2 replace the base alcohol by one that’s similar.Like Havana Club by Cachaca, Scotch whiskey by Irish and so forth. Makes a handful boring cocktails into many new ones to discover #3 replace one citrus by another….
Guitars
Stripcaster HH – 1
Another low stress project! I’ve got an old Harley Benton with a maple neck and an alder with translucent finish body. The body finish is really cheap and uneven and I don’t like its color so going to strip it to bare wood that seems nice enough to let it…
Guitars
Harley Benton DC Jr – more mods
This was the previous mod. Of course I wanted more modifications, here they are 🙂 First, a blue neck on a red body was fun for a moment but at the end I stripped the blue paint off <to add the pic of the back> Then, I wanted to add…
Cocktails
Alt Barbie
Sweet and sugary! (I know, ANOTHER pink cocktail, but I like red bitters!)
Gardening
Replanting to outside
Time for the seedlings to see the real sun:
Cocktails
Pink Drink
More pretty drinks. Can’t remember what cocktail recipe I was basing it on. Kinda sorta Old Fashioned but for modern hipsters.