While staring at the Morris dash recently and considering lighting improvements, I again noticed how dingy the speedometer looked. On impulse, I went and grabbed the glass cleaner and some microfiber cloths to rectify the situation.  It didn’t work. It was the inside of the glass that was fogged with something. The speedo would have […]

Well, that’s it then. It’s 2023 and I’m 56. The way things have ran up until now, I have not required a mid-life crisis. Career, check. Working abroad, check. Wife, check. House, check. Kids, Check. Band, check. Small business, check. Travel, check. Even saw Australia, check. So where does a mid-life crisis fit into all […]

I love these!  I’ve been doing my part to support the Michigan state DOT. Every so often I get another one for my birthday, and drive it around for a while. I don’t know why any of these were not taken, but it seems the usual vanity plate crowd does not play much guitar.  I […]

Well, it’s christmas, 2019, and what should appear in my stocking? A nice new Sennheiser e609 microphone.  What better way to try it out than to make a recording with it on the 1966 Vibrolux , using the 1998 Stratocaster Deluxe?  This has been my main guitar for many years, I bought it new in […]

I’ve been buying tubes for a long time, and arguably I buy more tubes than most folks. In the last 10 years alone, I’ve documented several hundred tube amp repairs, many of them requiring tubes.  Over time, I’ve read a lot of opinions and evaluations on tube brands and sound.  In particular, the mysterious conversation […]

OK, so I only work on tube gear for hire. There are good reasons for that, but electronics is still my life and, for that matter, my liveleyhood.  I love building things, both solid state and tube-based, and even more so when that thing makes sound. One of the liabilities of my guitar pedalboard was […]

I have a customer, (or his friend, rather) who has sponsored the restoration of the guitar of his youth. I understand the owner’s health is not great, and his resources limited, so this is a laudable act of friendship.  As it turns out, the collectors rather enjoy this model, so I’ll post something about it […]

Sometimes you get a surprise, and sometimes, even when it’s bad, it works out.  A couple of years ago I bought some used JBL subs. We had been renting them for Rocket 8 gigs, once a month for several months, so at some point I decided it would make more sense to just buy them […]