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by tmotomm
Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:42 am
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Silverface Bassman 10 - any good?
Replies: 11
Views: 5804

I bought the bassman 10 for $300. It's so damn rad. I modded mine to more blackface/super reverb specs. I'll probably throw some nicer speakers in it. They are some lightweight oxfords? in it right now?

Throw a boost and some reverb in front of it and DAMN. I play in a really loud band where I go ...
by tmotomm
Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:00 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: pictures of your gear here
Replies: 4546
Views: 1228870

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by tmotomm
Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:52 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Pickup height
Replies: 14
Views: 3826

the thing is a low pickup can get muddy and a high one breaks up.
by tmotomm
Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:26 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Soldering with Surface Mount
Replies: 10
Views: 2608

haha. yea. quite embarrassing.
I use a soldering iron at the shop, which is a 40 watt iron. I think we just changed the tip on the iron. I took solder off with a solder sucker.
This was a total slap on the head on my part.

Well, I just have to figure out how the traces run. Is there an easy way of ...
by tmotomm
Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:56 am
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Soldering with Surface Mount
Replies: 10
Views: 2608

Ok... so before you guys scoff at my horrendous soldering job, I know it's bad.

I just got more and more frustrated. It wasn't taking the solder. I couldn't get at the lead. I think I broke a resistor. Ugh. yea bad.

Well do you guys think it can be rescued?
I was thinking maybe I could solder ...
by tmotomm
Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:39 am
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Soldering with Surface Mount
Replies: 10
Views: 2608

Soldering with Surface Mount

So I bought this spring king off ebay. Awesome fucking pedal. I came across a spring king mod where one wires up pots for delay time and feedback. Now, I'm pretty handy with the soldering pen, but fuck surface mount shit. I suppose I'm a tad bit frustrated. I soldered in a 25K pot to the delay time ...