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穂谷: New Amp: Part 2 - Let the Modding Begin...

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Charles Bland's blurg (hotani). New Amp: Part 2 - Let the Modding Begin. New tubes: 12AX7/ECC83 (preamp) and EL84 (power). This week I replaced the stock Bugera tubes with a pair from JJ-Electronics. I picked up the EL84 (power) and 12AX7 (preamp) from amazon for $25 shipped. Next mod: a new Jensen C8R 8" speaker. I'll get a Fender sound out of this thing yet. The new speaker should bring gobs of brightness to the sound which is still too dark and muddy for my tastes. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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穂谷: New Guitar Project: Epiphone Casino

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Charles Bland's blurg (hotani). New Guitar Project: Epiphone Casino. Several months ago I started listening to Grant Green. This is something I should have done 20 years ago. Green plays brilliant jazz guitar with a beautiful bright tone. After a bit of research I found out his sound came from a Gibson ES300. Which is a full hollow-body, thinline guitar equipped with a pair of P90 pickups. Since I started playing guitar back in the 90s I've been torn between the single-coil sound of a Fender Stratocaster.

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穂谷: New Amp: Bugera V5

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Charles Bland's blurg (hotani). New Amp: Bugera V5. Ever since I sold my 1966 Fender Super Reverb. Amp in 2002 (ish? I wondered when the itch to play electric would sneak up again. That happened earlier this year and prompted the purchase of a Chinese-made Epiphone Casino. And something to play it through (see above). I bought the non-vintage Casino so I could hot-rod it and turn it into something resembling a 60s era Gibson ES 330. I didn't just get a 330 because they typically run for $2500. There is a...

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穂谷: PS3 Slim Upgrade Pains

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Charles Bland's blurg (hotani). PS3 Slim Upgrade Pains. I've tried creating the USB drive in linux which did not work, so now I'll try booting into Windows and going that route. I miss the old days of PS3 upgrades. Apparently Ubuntu cannot make a FAT32 file structure worthy of the PS3 slim. Creating the drive in Windows worked. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). RMCB5 Profile - 2001 Audi A4. Morihiro Saito Shihan Videos. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.

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穂谷: New Pickguard on the Casino

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Charles Bland's blurg (hotani). New Pickguard on the Casino. New black 5-ply pickguard. Just got the new pickguard from Chandler Guitars. Yesterday. Ran me $40 shipped for a black 5-ply guard. The old stock one was white 3-ply. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). RMCB5 Profile - 2001 Audi A4. Morihiro Saito Shihan Videos. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.

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穂谷: 2011 Minnesota Spring Seminar

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Charles Bland's blurg (hotani). 2011 Minnesota Spring Seminar. Aikido on the 15th Yard Line. In early April, 2011 my wife and fellow aikido practitioner, Tyffany. And I joined the Minnesota Aiki Shuren Dojo. Were printed with "Aikido" kanji written by Morihiro Saito Shihan, under which were the names "Minnesota" and "Shiogama" indicating the partnership in aikido between the two locations and students of Saito Shihan. 2011 Spring Seminar Photo Gallery. Mark Larson Sensei and Shibata Shihan in 2008.

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穂谷: From One Crazy Keyboard to Another

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Charles Bland's blurg (hotani). From One Crazy Keyboard to Another. I'm moving (slowly) from Dvorak to the Colemak. Keyboard layout. Colemak has more keys in common with QWERTY and is still an efficient layout for faster typing. Also, typing this took a long time (but I'm getting faster! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). RMCB5 Profile - 2001 Audi A4. Morihiro Saito Shihan Videos. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.

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穂谷: Two Great Aikido History Links

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Charles Bland's blurg (hotani). Two Great Aikido History Links. I caught the aikido history bug this week and did some research into two of Morihei Ueshiba. S most influential teachers: Onisaburo Deguchi. If you have any interest in the origins of aikido and what O'Sensei was up to for much of his life, check out two great sources of info. In the first, a Jewish scholar studying in Japan wrote a condensed version/review. Of the book, The Great Onisaburo Deguchi. Stanley Pranin's lecture on Takeda Soukaku.

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穂谷: 2012 MN Spring Seminar with Shibata Kenichi Shihan

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Charles Bland's blurg (hotani). 2012 MN Spring Seminar with Shibata Kenichi Shihan. Shibata Kenichi Shihan trained under Morihiro Saito Shihan for over 25 years. His technique and presence on the mat reflects the deep understanding of aikido passed on from his master and the founder, Morihei Ueshiba before him. Saturday night we gathered for a buffet-style banquet, and some open-mic stories before finishing the evening at a campus pub. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). RMCB5 Profile - 2001 Audi A4.

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穂谷: Beep.

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Charles Bland's blurg (hotani). Outside my ninth floor office window several beeping vehicles erect the new Colorado History Museum. Sometimes I hear one backup beep. Then another might join in for a dissonant symphony of musical pain. A new-age jazz combo of electronic discomfort. To make myself feel better about my auditory irritation, I'm making a list of possible sounds outside that could outdo the daily construction concert. Several smoke alarms with low batteries. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).