..and that’s why they call me, bad company.

Just actually went out on a Sunday.. at 10:30 to see The Cabin in The Woods with Crystal, then to Wal-Mart Neighborhood market for broccoli, cauliflower, and green beans (which Crystal eats raw, and where I also acquired a small rice bowl free-like off the Coinstar machine), went to the Yacht Club pier and just kinda walked around in the cool breeze and talked, then took her home. It’s now 2:48, I’ve a literary/arts magazine to complete (woo.. lots of drag.. drop.. blegh), then school at 9. All nighter, no regrets whatsoever (kickass night honestly) and I see Jesse is still awake so here’s a shoutout via text post, “yo”.

…fuck yeah is all I really have to say right now, I feel awesome

Actually got around to redoing the pedalboard. I’ll post a pic or two later perhaps (the wiring on the bottom is messy but I can live with it till I get my Lava Cables.. then it’ll be OCD perfect :3)

Chain now goes:

Tuner ->

Voodoo Labs 4-True-Bypass Loop -> (in order from 1-4) Mojohand Colossus -> Bearfoot Effects Honey Bee (@6.5/7V) -> Boss CS-2 (mod’d a bit) -> Tube Driver

From the Voodoo labs output it goes to an Xotic EP Booster running @ 16V into an MXR Carbon Copy running at 12V but I’m gonna probably replace the CC w/ a Malekko 616 (@12V) or 919 (if it ever comes out.. >_>) and a 616 Lo-Fi in a dual TB loop sometime and then into a Malekko Chicklet (which I’d like to replace with a WET reverb sometime as well)

All the pedals w/ the exception of the Tube Driver and VL Quad loop are powered by a PP2+.

..now to order those Antiquity surfs, pots, paint, and maybe some new knobs/pickup covers so they all match in parchment.. yeah.

So.. I’m thinking of changing my pedalboard around.. hm.. gonna add a few true-bypass loops so I can put in a few more pedals w/o deadening the tone. Also thinking about replacing my neck/middle pickups in the white strat w/ Seymour Duncan Antiquity Surfs (the “neck”/non RWRP for both ‘cos having a RWRP mid pickup is terrible with an overwound bridge, makes pos. 2 way too tinny) and probably gonna replace the wiring harness with some better pots (closer to 250K too, my vol. is friggin 199K.. no wonder the neck sounds muddy as hell with the tube driver..) and probably slap in the Super-Vee Bladerunner bridge I have for it too while I’m at it. Only stock part left on this guitar is the body/paint! Though I’m considering refinishing the body in olympic white nitro and spraying a tinted nitro clear over it so it looks a little.. creamier. Ought to look sexy w/ the mint pickguard n’ such. Not gonna “relic” it though. Which is such a stupid thing that people pay for honestly.. $2,000 extra in some cases for a Fender Custom Shop ‘cos it’s pre-beaten up.. meh, different strokes n’ all that. Speaking of relicing, the nitro on the neck is sooo silky smooth now that I’ve “played it in”.
/end thoughtstream

Now to actually accomplish some of this.. maybe the pedalboard today and the strat later this week.. :)

It’s ’90s alternative night all up in this bitch. I’m feeling an allnighter if only because fuck it why not?

Woo, spending a Monday night/Tuesday morning restringing my lax sticks to La Grange.. hell yeah.