In 2023 I came across a youtube video where Joe Bonamassa explains the history behind his 1958 Gibson korina flying v, aka Amos. The guitar ...

Let me tell you about 22 year old Samuel. He was full of life and energy, but his biggest flaw was always thinking tomorrow was a better tim...

In my  previous Katana build  I simply took out the parts for the charge pump, as I didn't currently have them in stock. I figured in th...

My first guitar amp was a Crate GX-30M that had reverb and chorus, two effects that I didn't understand at the time. All I wanted was di...

As consumers, we all know the sad fact is that things are manufactured to fail. The technology we use day in and day out will one day give u...

The recent passing of Ozzy Osbourne dug up a few past emotions for me from the passing of other musicians who I also truly admired. There ha...

As an electronics nerd, and amateur guitar pedal builder, solder is one of the most important things to have on hand at all times. I'm a...

When I first started building pedal circuits I wanted to build a Keeley Katana clone. It seemed all the rage, so I figured I may as well hav...

In the previous entry I talked mostly about a Bluesbreaker circuit I had built which was inspired by a post I found on Reddit. Thanks to t...

On this day, Tuesday 22nd of July 2025, I sat outside blissfully putting together one of my most exciting builds of the year. Six months ago...