One Mean MoogerFooger

Ok, this thing doesn’t even look like a guitar effect, more like an analog synth washed too hot.

Tremoloes seem to get treated as the orphan of the stompbox world. Though a lot of amps have them built-in, as a dedicated guitar effect they are few and far between. Nothing out of the Thoman catalog appealed to me except for a piece of gear coming out of left field. It is the MoogerFooger by synth maker Moog, and you’re excused if your thoughts stray to some of Samuel L. Jackson’s lines in Pulp Fiction

Soldering for St. Peter

I’m on a ZZ Top trip lately, and so I decided to put “Pearly Gates” pickups into my PRS SE Bernie Marsden Les Paul Style guitar. For the uninitiated, “Pearly Gates” ist the nickname Billy F. Gibbons has given his apparently near-heavenly ’59 Les Paul. And some heavenly tones it does have, and a beautiful ‘burst maple cap, too. For my PRS, nothing can be done about the latter, but I tought I’d try to get a grittier Texas Blues tone with those pickups from Seymour Duncan. And it was a premiere for me soldering on one of my guitars. So, here goes:

The stage is set. Note the wiring diagram from the Seymour Duncan website on my laptop.

Golden Gig

No, that's not my Strat

I’ve a case of “stage” fright today. You see, it’s my first gig.
Nothing fancy or public,

Re: Blogging

Starwatching

From xkcd, a ‘blog you should follow, if only for the alt text hover links that go with the webcomics.