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A photo of a DIY guitar pedalboard. It consists of two horizontal planks of wood screwed into two shallowly-angled pieces on either end. The two horizontal pieces have strips of velcro on them, and there's three pedals attached to it. The cables are extremely neat and tidy and mostly tucked away underneath the body of the board.

A photo of the pedalboard sitting in front of an Orange (and coloured orange) guitar amplifier.

That was a HELLA productive day off, look at my pedalboard! Everything is so neat and tidy, I'm fucking STOKED at how well it came together.

our house diy music darkroom guitar guitar amp pedalboard

Posted on 5 September 2022, 17:09

A photo of a small scruffy blonde dog lying half-asleep on his side with his back firmly against two of the spokes of the base of an office chair. The front half of him is also in a nice patch of sunshine.

Today we have the double-whammy of lying extremely dangerously under the chair, but also in the sun.

beanie our house dog darkroom beanie lying on or under things

Posted on 5 September 2022, 9:56

A photo of an Orange Rocker 15 guitar amplifier which is clad in bright orange vinyl and looks like it came directly from the 1960s, plus three guitar pedals sitting on the floor in front of it (an overdrive, a noise suppressor, and a looper).

Ahhhhh, this is so much fun! Creating a chord loop and turning the drum kit on (which is matched perfectly to the rhythm of the loop you recorded), then playing over the top of it. Definitely excellent practice for getting my timing up to snuff. And that overdrive pedal is so good, I get fantastic distortion now without having to crank the amp volume too high.

our house music darkroom guitar guitar amp

Posted on 2 September 2022, 21:42

A photo of the slightly-off-white Boss "NS-2" noise suppressor guitar pedal. It's an austere-looking unit with three black dials with white faces on the top of it.

Last pedal arrived! Now the interminable wait until the end of next month for the guitar itself. Lots of fun to have with my current one and the new pedals in the meantime though!

our house music darkroom new toys guitar

Posted on 1 September 2022, 14:48

I also bought a spring-loaded coffee tamper for the espresso machine which arrived today. Fits the portafilter like a GLOVE, and first impressions of the improvement are very positive. I'm keen to see how it goes with my single-origin straight espresso tomorrow morning.

our house darkroom coffee

Posted on 31 August 2022, 14:30

YESSSS.

our house music darkroom new toys guitar

Posted on 31 August 2022, 13:01

A photo of a grassy backyard with a wooden fence, and directly behind the fence is a two-storey house. In the upper window of the house a grey and white cat is sitting in front of the blinds looking down at the ground, where a small scruffy blonde dog is up on his hind legs looking up at the cat and barking.

The neighbours behind us have cats that love sitting in the upstairs window, and if Beanie happens to see them he get gets VERY fussed and has to bark about it.

beanie our house dog darkroom cat updog

Posted on 31 August 2022, 11:25

A photo of satay chicken with mixed vegetables on a plate.

A photo of a bowl of vanilla ice cream topped with Ice Magic and crushed peanuts.

I had another rubbish night's sleep last night (my right thigh muscles and lower back have been sore, enough that it keeps me awake if I don't take ibuprofen), so I called the physiologist and managed to get an appointment this afternoon. After a bunch of stretching and questions and testing, he reckoned it was most likely because my back is REALLLLY stiff and it's not quite pinching a nerve but enough that it's causing signalling weirdness to my leg. He gave me a thorough massaging and I've got some exercises to do and will see how it goes and will go in again next week.

So tonight we went out for Thai for dinner and bought some crushed peanuts on the way back to take @[email protected]'s advice with the ice cream and Ice Magic from last time, and HOT DAMN was she on the money! 👌🏻

our house portrait mode ice cream thai stanhope ice magic

Posted on 30 August 2022, 20:05

A product shot of an electric guitar. It's black around the edges and fades into raw maple in the middle of the body as well as the headstock, and has three pickups (two humbuckers and a single coil in the middle).

A product shot of the Boss SD-1 "Super Overdrive" guitar pedal. It's BRIGHT YELLOW and has three dials on the top of it. Fun fact, this pedal has been around since 1981 and still kicks huge amounts of arse.

A product shot of the Boss RC-5 "Loopstation" guitar pedal. It's in a handsome red colour and has a small LCD at the top with a dial next to it and some buttons that light up red and green.

A product shot of the Boss NS-2 noise suppressor guitar pedal. It's an austere-looking unit in white with three black dials with white faces on the top of it.

I've been eyeing off one of Ibanez's guitars for a little while now, the Nita Strauss signature "JIVA10", and was going to get it when my bonus comes in at the end of next month.

I emailed the music store (I buy all my big stuff through Musos Corner, they're based in Newcastle and are really good) and they said that guitar is a special order and that if I ordered it now it'd arrive in late September, and they can take it out of the box before they ship it to me and make sure all is well and that it's all set up right and tuned up and such. So I figured fuck it, I'll get a head start and buy it now so it'll arrive at the end of next month. 😛 Also picked up some pedals as well, I'm REALLY looking forward to using the RC-5 loop station, apparently a looper pedal is absolutely brilliant for learning guitar with, and this one actually has a bunch of drum kits and styles in it so you can practice along to something more interesting to keep with than a straight metronome.

Also, just LOOK at that guitar, it's so PRETTY. 😍

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Posted on 29 August 2022, 21:10

A photo of a two litre tub of Bulla vanilla ice cream and a bottle of Ice Magic chocolate ice cream topping (which Wikipedia helpfully informs me is called "Bird's Ice Magic" in the UK and "Magic Shell" in the US).

I have no idea why but I've been uncomfortable in bed for the last week-ish and not sleeping very well, and today I'm feeling generally all-over achy. Decided to make myself feel better by going trashy and hitting up the shops to buy some vanilla ice cream and Ice Magic and let me tell you, it's pretty excellent.

our house darkroom food ice cream ice magic

Posted on 28 August 2022, 20:17