Nick Glover

My web site seems to be having some issues. Sometimes the link bar doesn’t show up properly, but every time I think I need to fix it, it starts working again. Maybe my theme is just screwy. At any rate, I will likely be making some changes soon so that the audio section more accurately depicts my audio work. I will probably also be removing the video section in favor of a link in the sidebar to my YouTube page.

Speaking of audio, I recently finished a mix for one of my band’s songs, “Now That We’re Home.” Check it out at that web site. The link is in the sidebar. We should soon have enough material to get a demo going, so that’s exciting.

For those of you that actually read this blog, I’m sorry I don’t post more often. There isn’t a whole lot going on in my life right now, so I’d rather not just bore everyone with mundane things like what I ate for breakfast (it was granola, like every other day). If something exciting does happen, I will be sure to let everyone know.

Having finished my pedalboard, I got a little antsy for a new project and decided on another guitar pedal. This time I decided I was going to paint it and make it look good. My original idea was to just paint it bright orange, but I tried labeling it with permanent marker and messed up, so I had to sand it down. It looked cool partially sanded, so I repainted it and went with the “distressed” look. I still have to paint the bottom, but I think it came out pretty well. I used a waterslide decal for the top to make sure I didn’t mess up the labelling again. The decal is a little crooked, but you’d never know by looking at it now.

This is a shot of the enclosure after beign painted and sanded down. I believe there is a layer of clear finish on it, too.

After painting, the next step was to build the inside. I made it a lot harder than it had to be by buying all the parts separately instead of just ordering a kit, so I kept getting the wrong ones and having to make new orders. Putting it all in the enclosure is a pain, too, because you have to keep putting it in and taking it out to solder things on. But now it’s done.

And here is the finished pedal (except for painting the bottom). It looks pretty spiffy, if I do say so myself. If you want to hear how it sounds (hint: awesome), check out “Now That We’re Home” on my band’s web site. The distorted guitars (which are most noticeable during the chorus) are all using this pedal going through my Fender amp.