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March 2010

Modding the Boss DS-1 – part 2

In part 1 I installed a selection of capacitors to sort out the noise issues commonly associated with the stock Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal. The next stage of my modifications was the Marshall JCM style tonal changes. cubisteffects gave me a selection of LEDs, capacitors and a a resistor to …

Modding the Boss DS-1 – part 1

The Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal is a fairly common pedal amongst guitar players. It was my first ever effects pedal, and I am sure it was many players first pedal.  It has very basic functionality, and especially after manufacturing of Boss pedals moved from Japan to Taiwan the quality of …

Building a backyard studio – almost finished!

Well my backyard studio is almost finished. I finished painting the door and doorway yesterday, and the carpet was laid today. There’s some touching up, and cleaning up needed due to my needing to rush the painting so it was done before the carpet was installed. I will do this …

Building a backyard studio – painting day

I took the day off work today to get stuck into the painting. The inside is now almost finished I have painted the ceiling, the skirts and architraves around the door and windows, and applied the first coat to the walls. Now I just have to apply the second coat …