So, I bought a bass. 5 String Ibanez SR405 to be precise. Its awesome. And now I can lay down backing tracks to all the stuff I record. Speaking of which, I’m working on a new song for which I’m sure you’re all extremely excited. Here’s a teaser.
I’ve got an internship for the next 6 or so months, which is giving me a lot more free time than I have during school, so expect updates to come more frequently (hopefully).
I finished it. Kinda. Woodwork is all done, need to make a new bridge, and of course the pickups aren’t perfect. Need to laser cut some covers and plates for the electronics as well…
I’m going to get someone to take good looking pictures sometime soon. Time to order a bridge and work on electronics!
Had one of the best shows EVER last night – 3 friends and I played 3 Trans-Siberian Orchestra covers at a Christmas Extravaganza show in Brockport NY. We played an extended version of Siberian Sleigh Ride, Wizards in Winter, and Christmas Eve / Sarajeva (aka Carol of the Bells). It went so well! (Which was great because we’d only been playing with our drummer for a sum total of 6 hours up to the show)
Videos shall come as soon as the people who videotaped it get the files to me, but rest assured they will be up on youtube asap.
So the wordpress theme I’ve been using broke when I updated wordpress, so I’m using this one temporarily / maybe permanently, gotta do some configuring first. Who knows!
Added some pictures of my current recording rig to the Equipment album… For some reason nextgen gallery wont integrate with my updates.
Anyways the new violin is coming along great – the new neodymium magnets on the pickups get the output nice and strong, the circuitry is working nicely (gotta fix a buzz on the tone control) and everything fits together and plays well! All the blue tape on the violin is temporary – I still havent attached the fingerboard yet, and im trying to keep the paint around the jack from getting to scratched up right now.
Just have to finish shaping the fingerboard and fit the bridge now, so close to completion!
Here is the very first sound clip of my hand wound electromagnetic pickups – http://www.skudmunky.com/handwoundviolinpickups.mp3
be gentle!
The pickups are pretty microphonic (hand wound, unpotted), and the strings arent perfectly balanced volume wise yet, since the distances from the strings to the blade arent all correct, but for my first try I think it’s not bad at all. Sounds like a violin at least!
