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Behold, the Ulti-muff!*: [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bobbass4k/media/20150503_203114%201_zpsi7e4bmx5.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/bobbass4k/20150503_203114%201_zpsi7e4bmx5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bobbass4k/media/20150503_203147%201_zpsytyh4jgn.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/bobbass4k/20150503_203147%201_zpsytyh4jgn.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I got sick of using and building muffs that weren't quite right for me, so I set about designing the ultimate muff for my needs, then after checking some schematics realized I was designing a supercollider, so this is basically a tweaked supercollider with an oscillation mode and a noise gate. It's sublime, I will never need another muff. Using 4001's for clipping in the second stage makes a surprisingly big difference. Excuse the messy wiring job, I embrace the ethos of function over form. *The Ulti-muff name is subject to change on account of it being terrible.

DR DDT's are absolutely fantastic, they're all I use now and I play in D standard, drop C and and drop B. They retain the same tension, so you can get the same string tension in a lower tuning without changing gauge. I play 55-115's now but that's just my preference, 45-105's would be fine for D standard.

[quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1429427870' post='2751218'] I cant stand Record Store Day. I understand why in theory it's a good idea, but it never works like that. It feels like it actually penalises the people who support their local Record shop all year round, as it makes it harder to get any of the releases you might want. Independent Record shops can't really not do it though, as I know that the takings on that day for my local shop last year were more than the rest of the year in total. I went in the day before and bought Sleep's Holy Mountain so I'm happy anyway. [/quote] I must confess, I don't actually go to my local record shops at any other time, though that's primarily because none of the ones in York cater to my taste. Back when I was spending most of my weekends in Manchester I always made a detour to Piccadilly Records and bought a fair few things. For those asking, I was after mcluskyism and the Swans EP. The Swans EP may well turn up elsewhere and I'll keep an eye out, but I'm not optimistic about mcluskyism, it's an RSD exclusive reissue and they re-issued another mclusky album for 2012 RSD, I couldn't make it into a store and it took a couple of years to find a 2nd hand one at a reasonable price (only 1.5 times the RRP), for the few months after they were all £70+

[quote name='tonybassplayer' timestamp='1429371910' post='2750914'] Tell me a little more as I have never heard of record store day. [/quote] It's basically a publicity campaign to promote independent record stores (obviously they're doing a great job on raising awareness...). Loads of bands and labels release limited one off exclusives that are only available through participating stores. The big stores get massive pre-opening queues and it can get a bit aggressive. The idea is to promote old fashioned brick and mortar stores and get people in the door. The reality is that traders buy up everything and hock it on eBay, shutting out the genuine fans. [url="http://recordstoreday.co.uk/"]http://recordstoreday.co.uk/[/url]

So today was Record Store Day. There were two of the exclusive releases I really wanted. For those unaware, you're not allowed to reserve or pre-order any of the exclusives, the idea is to drum up interest and hype and get you in the store, but you can ask your local shop to make sure something is on their order. I was a bit sneaky this year and "ordered" my decidedly rock records at the impossible to find store that specializes in Dance/Techno/Club records, with the idea of maximizing my chances. Turned up 10 minutes before opening to a queue of about 10 people. Doors opened, and most of these 10 people proceeded to scoop up literally everything, including, between them, all the copies of the two records I wanted. They didn't even look at them. And that was it, for another year. The same thing happened last year. 30 minutes later, multiple copies of both the releases I wanted were on eBay. The cheapest was 3 times the store price. I'm all for the idea of Record Store Day, but this is what happens everywhere, every year. traders buy everything then hock it on eBay. It's the same problem as ticket touts, only this problem is much easier to deal with. A simple one copy per customer limit would do so much to help, or limiting everyone to five records. But the shops don't care because they always sell out their stock, and RSD don't care because they get massive queues which are great publicity. I don't really see why I should continue to prop up brick and mortar stores when they seem to actively be preventing me from giving them money. Rant over.

Yeah I did my own opto, it's worked pretty well, I think the problem is most layouts/recommend you use a 3mm LED but the couple I've done with those have never worked properly, for this one I used a spare ultra bright red 5mm and it works a treat. The clari-not is ostensibly a vibrato fuzz, but it's a bit weirder than that, plus I added the switch is to bypass the fuzz. It's cool for weird noises, which are kind of my thing. The layout and demo vids are here if you fancy a snoop: [url="http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/mid-fi-electronics-clarinot.html"]http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/mid-fi-electronics-clarinot.html [/url]

Mid fi clarinot I've been meaning to build for a while: [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bobbass4k/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150408_213000_zpsbugdscjd.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/bobbass4k/Mobile%20Uploads/20150408_213000_zpsbugdscjd.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bobbass4k/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150408_213011_zpsfxsjrotd.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/bobbass4k/Mobile%20Uploads/20150408_213011_zpsfxsjrotd.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Bit sloppy on the inside but it was a tight fit and it worked first time so I don't really care. First opto containing circuit I've built that worked first time too, they're usually fiddly bastards.

[quote name='plunkrock' timestamp='1428330287' post='2740255'] I quite fancy trying my hand at making a GGG tuned muff, does anyone know if there is anywhere in the UK that sells an equivelant kit or do I just have to suck up the extra import charges? Cheers [/quote] Fuzzdog (formerly poodle) is the UK equivalent, I've never done of his kits but I've heard good things. Personally I don't like the GGG muff, I think the civil war is better for bass, with the appropriate bass mods, but most of the muff versions only differ in slight component values, and a lot of them were actually intended to sound the same. If you really wanted to do the GGG muff just check what values are different from the Poodle kit. I'd recommend doing a mids mod, you can either add a switch or a pot.

Anyone know a good place to get LDR's? After low light resistance and super high dark resistance, something like 1K/10M would be ideal, bitsbox, ebay and my other usual goto's have been a bust.

I don't get Blur, and by extension, Alex James. I just don't get it.

There's a lot of bands in the increasingly meaningless "post-rock" categorization that have a huge influence from classical music and carry it a lot of it over in terms of structure and expression, if not necessarily obvious sonic aesthetics. Yndi Halda are one of my favourite bands, and to my ears, they make classical music, just with drums and guitars. And a violin: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBUEjrOI6kA[/youtube] There's also bands like "A Winged Victory For The Sullen" doing it a bit more obviously: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NySFyRdnqB8[/youtube]

Finally got one finished again. 2 days early too. Please forgive me for the fade out, I don't know what came over me. [url="https://soundcloud.com/bobbass4k/anisotropic"]https://soundcloud.com/bobbass4k/anisotropic[/url]

Mines currently at 5:20, will I be facing the firing squad if I don't trim it down?

My current working arrangement:

D'oh, my late entry will be submitted shortly, because I suck at organisation.

The jacks are the wrong way round too, input on the left, output on the right. Personally I wouldn't go near them on that alone. It's just unnecessary.

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1422813004' post='2677062'] I'm too old to work in 8ths. But I can vacillate randomly between 4/4 and 5/4 to such an extent that the casual listener might think it's just out of time. However, I feel that said casual listener will have turned it off in disgust well before they'd reached any conclusions about the non-linearity of time, maaaan! [/quote] I'm thinking 5/4 too (well, 5/8), although there's also a 13/8 thing that I might try and work in. I WILL submit an entry this month. It will happen. Scouts honour*. I see a ghost train emerging from some haunted woods, so mine'll be dark and heavy, but still driving. * - I was never in the scouts.