To successfully play digital music though my HiFi several software components play a part.
It’s not just about throwing numbers at a digital to analogue converter.
Raspberry Pi music player. Software
Electrics for my home made guitar
My original plan to wind my own pickups was thwarted because I was unable to source the necessary magnets. Taking the easy, but expensive route I purchased a pair of the “must have” pickups of the time. Di-Marzio “Dual sound”. This is basically the four conductor version of the then popular “Super Distortion” hum-bucker pickup. Continue reading “Electrics for my home made guitar”
The Electric Guitar I built at school
Back in the 1970s, before the internet, I built a guitar in the workshops at school.
This is the result Continue reading “The Electric Guitar I built at school”
The PlecRec Record Cleaning Machine.
I buy a lot of vinyl from charity shops and car boot sales. It often needs a good clean. Commercially available machines are good, but you don’t see much change from £500, so I built this.
Hardwood Plinth for Dual 505 turntable
The plinth and cover on my Dual CS505-2 turntable were rather tatty after 30 years, so I built this to smarten things up and make the form match the function.
