Tag Archives: technique

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

One of the common questions I get is about LED’s and what resistor to put in there to get the right brightness and not blow the piece to shards… So, you can do the maths… you can get all highbrow … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Correct Soldering

Posted on December 22, 2010 by

Argh! The dark art of correct soldering! For many soldering is seen as something that doesn’t take a lot of thought (read mental attitude) or preperation…after all… you’re just glueing some bits together. Mmmm. Let’s list the problems that people … Continue reading →

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Taking it further

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

Tim’s brilliant article yesterday got me to thinking about how I have used this coaxial effect in a practical way.  I’ll cut straight to the chase: When mic’ing up your cab Tim suggested using two microphones on the speaker, one … Continue reading →

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