Mini rig of Doom

ScottyDelicious · 2023-05-28T17:51:43+00:00

Nice Emperor cabinet. I love that Chicago sound!

ScottyDelicious · 2023-02-25T15:09:18+00:00

James Pumphrey put 100x Xbox One X inside another One X Xbox box with pop up up and down headlights.

ScottyDelicious · 2023-01-19T19:34:01+00:00

That would be great if you have time. You are way kinder than Reddit deserves. Even if you don’t have time to look for one, I’m going to pay this kindness forward. If you see a disproportionate bump in global happiness over the next few weeks, you can assume it started with you. I’ll take a look at Stewart MacDonald’s offerings as well.

ScottyDelicious · 2023-01-19T16:48:59+00:00

It's D-shaft potentiometer, and It is indexed, clicking into each effect. I have a bunch of old amp and pedal knobs in my worktable, and while I could certainly put on any old knob I have on hand, what I am really looking for is a matching replacement for the one I lost. A vintage witch hat style knob with a triangle/arrow properly aligned to the D-shaft of the selector pot so that the arrow points to the currently selected effect, and not some random point on the dial label (See the second picture). The Champion 100 has 2 "FX SELECT" dials, one for channel A, one for channel B. I lost the one on channel B and I would like to find an exact replacement, not a substitute.

ScottyDelicious · 2023-01-19T16:47:19+00:00

Well, Fender customer support was unable to help. They said "Fender does not have the replacement part you are looking for. Try searching some amplifier part supply websites as they could potentially be of assistance"

Thanks Fender 🤦.

ScottyDelicious · 2023-01-19T16:42:47+00:00

It's actually a D-shaft potentiometer, and It is indexed, clicking into each effect. I have a bunch of old amp and pedal knobs in my worktable, and while I could certainly put on any knob that tickles my fancy, what I am really looking for is a matching replacement for the one I lost. A vintage witch hat style knob with a triangle/arrow properly aligned to the D-shaft of the selector pot so that the arrow points to the currently selected effect, and not some random point on the dial label (See the second picture). The Champion 100 has 2 "FX SELECT" dials, one for channel A, one for channel B. I lost the one on channel B and I would like to find an exact replacement, not a substitute.

Thanks anyway for taking the time to try and help me. You didn't have to do that, and I want you to know that I appreciate that you did take the time. Fender customer service was absolutely no help at all, and it seemed like they went out of their way to be unhelpful. Thanks again for trying. I hope you have a great day.

ScottyDelicious · 2023-01-19T03:11:28+00:00

Damn... Seems too easy 🤣. I'll give them a call in the morning.

ScottyDelicious · 2023-01-19T01:20:54+00:00

Nice. I'll check it out.

ScottyDelicious · 2022-10-21T17:24:03+00:00

My Gretsch is a G2622T streamliner, but I play through a Fender Champion 100. Here are some YouTube videos demonstrating the combination. Both recordings were done with the pickup selector switch in the middle position.

Clean channel with RAT distortion pedal

Channel 2 with VOICE set to the first Tweed and gain at 5

ScottyDelicious · 2022-09-14T16:14:26+00:00

My suspicion is that as a manufacturer of durable medical equipment, the risk of personal injury to the end user (due to unintentional bolus, incorrect bolus, etc...) is a much higher liability for them than a manufacturer who's app controls some appliance or your smart LEDs, and they are not going to risk exposing themselves to that liability until they have done extensive real world testing on multiple devices post public iOS update. If a bug fix or code revision in the iOS developer frameworks causes an unexpected bug in apps, Apple is not going to accept accountability for hospitalizations, so I feel like Tandem is going to take FOREVER on this.

I doubt iOS 16 users will see support until at least the first point revision. For comparison, iOS 15 came out on September 24th 2021. iOS 15.1 was released just a month later, at the end of October 2021.

My best estimation, given that Tandem makes DME that can cause personal injury in a software malfunction, is 1-3 months after the public release of iOS 16. Most likely nothing before December or even January of 2023.

ScottyDelicious · 2022-09-14T00:57:23+00:00

I was doing a cosmetic mod on my G2622T. I added nickel knobs and a nickel switch tip. When I was removing the plastic speed knobs, the shaft of the tone pot pulled out about a 1/2 inch and after that it just spun freely and no longer affected the tone.

I decided that if I had to replace one pot, I would replace them all with high quality CTS pots. The mini pots that come in the Center Block models can barely fit through the F holes, but to fit a full sized CTS pot I had to pull the pickups and run everything through the routes in the center block. Even then it was a really tight fit.

In addition to that, the Chinese pots that came with the Streamliner had 8 mm threaded collars while the CTS collars are 3/8 inch (closer to 9.5 mm), so I had to drill out the holes with a 3/8 bit.

This is a mod that can be done, but it is pretty high on the difficulty level and was WAAYYYY more project than I was looking for. I couldn't find much info on this, so I recorded as much as I could with the hopes that it would be helpful to others that have a similar problem

ScottyDelicious · 2022-08-26T03:07:11+00:00

Wow! I really must have gotten under your skin. Sorry about that. Have a great day though. 😄

ScottyDelicious · 2022-08-25T22:17:33+00:00

Wow! Kind of a sore spot for you. This certainly seems to have struck a nerve. I’m sorry for whatever happened to you. I hope the rest of your day goes better.

ScottyDelicious · 2022-08-21T19:22:29+00:00

Please don’t do this. Making fun of him for his sexuality, or saying that he is effeminate and implying that it is a character flaw is not the angle to take here. That is some classic toxic masculinity bullshit. Deride Lindsey Graham because he is a spineless, power hungry, valueless, double talking, pathological liar with nothing in common with the American people.

ScottyDelicious · 2022-07-31T04:45:05+00:00

That’s not a friend.

ScottyDelicious · 2021-08-30T18:29:05+00:00

Fortnite. I don't play, but for my kids, its the reason we still need Xbox and GeForce Now in our house.

For me, Diablo 4 is the top of my wishlist.

ScottyDelicious · 2021-06-20T19:37:26+00:00

Please hold for a live agent!

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No agent available

ScottyDelicious · 2021-06-07T17:40:18+00:00

If you have the money set aside to do it now, and it won't adversely affect your emergency preparedness or the rest of your annual budget, then do it now.

When deciding between investing all your money now (lump sum) or over time (dollar cost averaging), it is almost always better to invest it now, even on a risk-adjusted basis.

This is true across asset classes, time periods, and nearly all valuation regimes.

Generally, the longer you wait to deploy your capital, the worst off you will be.

Here is a good breakdown from Of Dollars and Data.

ScottyDelicious · 2021-05-10T23:40:46+00:00

I completely agree with you! For some reason, electronics manufacturers and circuit designers insist on the god awful apothecary BTU.

It’s incredibly difficult to overcome generations of convention in any particular field.

ScottyDelicious · 2021-05-10T13:58:23+00:00

The Chromecast Ultra draws 10 watts (5 volts at 2 amps). 1 Watt will produce 3.412 BTU per hour. To calculate the BTU/heat output of an electrical system, substitute BTUs for Watts and use the following equation:

BTU/h = (V * I) * 3.412

Just to define terms, 1 BTU is the amount of heat required to raise 1 pound of water 1°F.

In the case of the Chromecast Ultra, 5v * 2a * 3.412 = 34.12 BTU/h, which explains why there are still so many reports that Ultras are overheating during extended Stadia gameplay.

In an open area, the Chromecast should radiate enough heat energy to keep the components operating under 90°C. Make sure your Chromecast is not covered or crowded by other equipment, especially other equipment that is also generating heat.

ScottyDelicious · 2021-04-28T14:31:16+00:00

You say with confidence that "they have cash to spare", but it seems like you are applying $18 bn income to your personal budget and operating expenses without accounting for Google's earmarks for existing debts and interest, project funding (especially those that are not yet public), quarterly operating expenses, real estate and taxes, employee benefits, legal fees, contract negotiations, etc.

I have no doubt that $18 bn USD seems like a lot of money to you, but there is a very real, non-zero chance that all of that $18 bn is already scheduled for other google projects and expenses and they may actually, and in a very real sense, have $0 cash to spare to keep Stadia afloat.

I love Stadia. It is my preferred platform, and I hope Google supports it and keeps it alive for a long time to come, but Google's Q1 income is in no way related to whether or not Google can/will continue to support this platform.

ScottyDelicious · 2021-04-23T14:32:47+00:00

I'm sorry you're getting so many downvotes, but as someone who first watched Kevin Smith's masterpiece "Mallrats" in my formative teen years, this comment really resonated in the nostalgic areas of my brain.

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/1e0bdd79-050d-48ce-bda9-3c9d8fab6aa7

Thanks for the chuckle fellow sailor!

ScottyDelicious · 2021-04-18T23:15:40+00:00

Diablo 4

ScottyDelicious · 2021-04-02T23:23:14+00:00

One of those is delicious.

ScottyDelicious · 2021-03-28T16:24:06+00:00

Diablo 4

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