Update. Here is the telephone mic. I had to replace the transformer and I mounted everything on a pc board all internal to the head. Sounds better than before and it’s more solid construction. It has a high gain and looks all Steam punk. Runs on phantom power .

Perfect for thet “Telephone” Sound or for that bluzy grunge harmonica sound.

I have a bunch more of these Carbon Elements and a few more transformers. I think I’ll build them up and sell them on Craigslist.

I put this image in a post on my Acousticats blog to give a visual for a gig we played last summer where there were a lot of flies.  This image alone brings 150 hits a month that blog.  So here it is on this blog . (Can you say link bait?)

I found this schematic on the Internets

Of course after visiting my neighborhood Radio shack They had none of the parts so I bought stuff that was close. I ended up with 3 resistors adding up to 21.6K a 1uf cap and the transformer is a audio output transformer (obviously the wrong one). I am still going to create another with the proper components when I get them but for now check out the link below for a sample of what this one sounds like.

telephone

Saw THIS article in google news.

Been thinking about what to do this summer that would be interesting and fun. and stumbled across the idea of guerrilla concerts.

Basically you go somewhere were you know there will be a crowd, Ticket line at a popular venue just before a major show. Parking lot where a fun run is being staged.. A political rally…you get the idea… Just show up and play.

Could get a fine could go viral…

The mission of the Idaho Wildlife Federation is to promote the conservation and protection of our natural resources, wildlife, and wildlife habitat for current and future generations.

To these ends I have donated one of the songs from my Tangled in strings CD for use in the I.W.F. Idaho Matters Project Songs of Idaho

The project will include music from a variety of Idaho musicians.

Keep an eye here for updates and release information

I keep finding myself coming back to this

Long day filled with shoveling rock and cleaning the pond. The weekend is winding down. time to

Chillax

Tim and me at the Record Exchange yesterday. We had fun. there were lots of friends that came bye.We learned a thing or two more about playing live without sound support. Damn generator noise.

see ya’ll next time

The new West Bench Neighborhood Association website is up and running and looks great!
Best of all is it’s infrastructure.  I designed it specifically to be ran by a team with different members having access to different parts. There is quite a bit going on behind the scenes, This is not merely a collection of pages but a full blown content management system.

The Secure Mail list server will allow for multiple lists with thousands of addresses.  there is support for Scheduled mailings, custom templates and subscription pages.

The Calendars and maps are Google which is great because of the added functionality allows for embedding subscribing and syncing

Check it all out at WBNABoise.org