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March 28, 2012
At last! The console is wired up and now all it needs are some running lights and a lid holder-upper. I thought I broke it on Monday. I had one of the inputs wired backwards, and in sussing that I must have knocked off a speaker wire, because one side flat didn't make any sound. I thought I had blown a transistor or something. Nice to find a loose wire like that sometimes.
The first song on the radio after I had it working again was Reelin' In the Years, which rocks, of course. Next I tried that Montovani album on the phono section. There is nothing quite as creepy as a Montovani violin gliss through a 40 year old GE console. Gotta sample that.
Now from my mixing board record out jacks I can run a headphone extension across the room to the console and "reamp" anything I want through it. I tried the latest Summer Thieves song first off, and then Kid A - sounds wonderful! I'm tempted to get some bean-bag chairs and pillows and move the mix position to the floor in front of the thing.
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March 23, 2012
Linzi came by yesterday and we started work on her project. Queen of the Capo she sez...
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March 21, 2012
Thanks to everyone who enjoyed St. Paddy's Day with us last week. We're back there again tonight.
Malone will probably attempt to play that new bazooka again- hopefully from a seated position it won't wail as much...
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March 13, 2012
Ever so slowly...
This is one of the "handles" of the front of the console. Now there's a 1/4" jack in it.
Hopefully it doesn't detract from the sleek Mediterranean design...
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March 10, 2012
The schematic for the console was thoughtfully stapled inside- the printing so tiny it takes a magnifying glass to read. I was stymied for a time by the thing, 'til I discovered a second schematic under the first, which detailed the power amp sections. Found a couple of likely-looking wires and patched in a 1/4" jack... sucess! It accepts line-level signals! It even accepts Stratocaster level guitar signals! Not sure how it manages to do this, but a strat sounds awesome played through it.
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March 04, 2012
Really enjoying the sound of my new console. I'm about to try to add an input so I can re-amp stuff through it.
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