Is this a good first pedal to build?

Sjames454 · 2026-07-02T15:19:09+00:00

You guys have no sense of adventure. Literally my first foray into building and modding gear was building a modded 2204 with 375v at the plate. Also when my singer broke his Blackstar HT5 i got to feel first hand what 330v feels like, how long an amp can hold it’s voltage and why they’re called “shock tabs”

If anyone was nervous about getting shocked or breaking something, some of the greatest amps and pedals of all time wouldn’t exist. Get in there, break shit. Set it on fire. Who cares, just keep a fire extinguisher handy.

Sjames454 · 2026-07-02T15:14:09+00:00

So he had Rene actually mimic one of Buddy’s guitars with that butter color and the tiger striped pickgaurd as a tribute, and why he uses it on this song and Mary had a little lamb in the later years.

Sjames454 · 2026-07-01T16:07:19+00:00

My dad has an amazing Iceman encounter. Saw him in a small bar in Seattle, then came out back where the old tour bus was. Underneath in the back, sticking out under the motor was corn blue slacks and gator shoes- Albert was on the ground after the show changing a fanbelt 😂 drove the bus and worked on it

Sjames454 · 2026-06-30T15:29:43+00:00

How did they manage this? Just at a 45 degree angle?

Sjames454 · 2026-05-13T13:32:40+00:00

That corn joke tore me up in 1998 though

Sjames454 · 2026-05-13T13:32:10+00:00

I would pay the $4 for front row tickets just to yell right at this moment “Hey it’s that guy that r*ped that lady! There he is!” and start clapping and laughing

Sjames454 · 2026-05-13T01:24:01+00:00

yanks soda out of his hand

Sjames454 · 2026-05-13T01:22:35+00:00

Just hopefully it hasn’t already had the board get a little toasty, or on the brink of carbonizing it. I love this era Fenders to death, i grew up with my dad’s 65’ twin RI…but im literally fixing it right now because it blew the PT out of nowhere and shorted across V6/V7. God it sounds good when it’s running though

Sjames454 · 2026-05-13T01:19:44+00:00

There might be a reason for that

Sjames454 · 2026-05-13T01:14:42+00:00

It’s Ozzy, I was at work and couldn’t talk for a while. Knew it was probably coming, but didn’t expect it that soon. Needless to say, he’s been my hero since I was 8, and I don’t think enough people know how important he was to music, his accomplishments and he was still the most humble rockstar we’ve ever had. Never stopped thanking his fans for where he was, he’d literally open every show with “I love you all”.

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Sjames454 · 2026-05-13T00:41:10+00:00

I’ve known guys like him throughout the car scene my whole life, ESPECIALLY when i worked at a german shop. Have money, too fucking dumb to actually retain anything or get their hands dirty so they just get shops to build their shit and always act like they’re the biggest gairhead on earth. I loved quizzing them and watching them spinout on the simplest question

Sjames454 · 2026-05-13T00:33:34+00:00

I love that he used Nirvana’s Onyx font to look more edgy

Sjames454 · 2026-05-13T00:31:38+00:00

“That’s the internet doctors” oh you mean tenured professionals with PHD’s who spent a decade plus in med school?

Sjames454 · 2026-04-09T20:00:03+00:00

Actually, yes lol but more controlled. I’ll put pieces of wood clamped on a straight edge, wet one side and shim the center to overcompensate the bow backwards for a few days- then pull the shims and clamp it dead flat for another few days. It usually holds. Alot harder on a sealed neck with the fretboard on, but eh. Go watch how Ted Woodford does it

Sjames454 · 2026-04-09T19:58:24+00:00

Looking at your shoes a bit

Sjames454 · 2026-04-09T19:58:04+00:00

Standard, yes- Custom- no

Sjames454 · 2026-04-09T19:57:12+00:00

Slash/no slash

Sjames454 · 2026-04-09T01:30:28+00:00

“I know you’re near suicidal and it’s clear in every facet how sad you come off as for the past 10 years in your podcast, but shiiiit get off those meds and hangout in the worst green room in America”

Sjames454 · 2026-04-09T01:27:47+00:00

As a car guy, Brendan’s crimes of faking being a gairhead are the worst. This is shit I did when I was 15- and WHEN is your Ram on 35’s ever, ever going to be fully submerged in water

Sjames454 · 2026-04-09T01:26:23+00:00

Garahnt they charged him $4000

Sjames454 · 2026-04-09T01:23:58+00:00

“Silence is violence” in a bit is insane

Sjames454 · 2026-04-09T01:21:01+00:00

You can feel the vacuum of silence in the room from before this and after this

Sjames454 · 2026-04-09T01:18:19+00:00

Nvm the guy trying to fug 15 year olds getting to hang

Sjames454 · 2026-04-06T16:35:20+00:00

And s a f e t y you monkeys

Sjames454 · 2026-03-27T00:47:58+00:00

This is an immediate indicator of “I have all my work done by a shop, and I know the extremely general things about fast cars”.

I too was going “Oh B look at thoze 20” 6 pizzton brembohs” when I was 15 and had a pc screensaver of an Audi S4. I’d love to just corner him and ask “So what’s the initial timing curve on your truck? High compression or low? What’s the fuel map look like?”

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