[sdiy] Hot Rod SynthDIY

[Michael Ruberto]

>
>CHICKENHEAD knobs?  Hmm.  I probably have a few of those on my
>equipment.  Are these those old old knobs that had a pointer like a
>chicken beak on it?  Cool name, I've never heard it before.  Where
>have I been?

I think it's guitar player slang.

>
>Too bad you can't put those LEDs inside your eyes and turn them on
>and off with mental power...  That would look diabolical!  I made a
>cyclops halloween mask with a half ping-pong ball for an eye.  I put
>a light bulb inside it and wired it to a drycell and a microswitch
>which I operated with my tongue...  Scared the crap out of a little
>neighbor girl and had to stand there while her mother made shame on
>me...  she got double candy...
>
LMAO!! You dirty old mean old man! Think about it, you went through all that 
trouble and effort - wiring the microswitch and lamp just to scare some poor 
kids. That says something. hmmm where's my notebook ;-)

Hey I'm guilty too. One year I set up my old bands PA system in the garage. 
I wired a mic into a Boss SE50 effects processor set to it's quad pitch 
shifter preset. When the trick-or-treaters came they were greeted by THE 
VOICE OF CERTAIN DOOM!!! After scaring a handful of kids away the neighbors 
called the police about the noise. The cops thought it was funny too and had 
to each get a turn at the mic before making me turn off the amps.

M. A. Ruberto