Archive for March, 2009:

Boss TR-2 rate LED mod

One of the latest pedals to join my pedal board is a Boss TR-2. This tremolo is a classic effect and is probably on many pedal boards around the world. There are two revisions of TR-2, the first one suffers from a volume loss when the effect is on, the second does not. If you [...]

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Kill switch

Just wanted to share an easy trick / modification for your guitar: the kill switch. A kill switch is a switch that mutes the sound of your electric guitar when activated. Dead simple but really handy, and it can be used to make cool sounds Tom Morello-like sounds. As you can see on the picture [...]

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Macbook pro trackpad conversion (continued)

Following my previous post and Johnny USB’s suggestions, I attempted to make a pad for my ‘isolated’ Macbook Pro trackpad. The work consisted in: Shortening the USB cable so that the trackpad can be installed as an extension to the Alu Keyboard. Make use of some weird foamy synthetic clay that I had waiting in [...]

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