http://hintersphere.com/ 2026-07-06T19:15:40+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/ http://hintersphere.com/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2011-03-09T04:34:56+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/5e3_kit_build?rev=1299645296 5e3 amp kit, [see build thread for ongoing update] Photos photos,, instruments text/html 2008-11-08T01:43:22+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/backyard_part_ii?rev=1226108602 The colors have sprung in my backyard so I thought I would put up some pics for the world. photos text/html 2008-11-08T01:48:29+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/bass_shielding?rev=1226108909 I recently shielded a Reissue 51 Precision Bass Guitar with some sheet metal and electrical tape. Next time I will use some adhesive copper tape designed for that purpose. Here's a photoset (with guestpass)... <http://www.flickr.com/gp/47875017@N00/v8e383> text/html 2007-10-14T20:05:41+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/binaural?rev=1192392341 This project is mostly solo acoustic guitar from 2001... 6th St Rag Book's Rag Memorial Solitude In Space music text/html 2008-12-02T18:35:52+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/blood_and_wax?rev=1228242952 This project was a series of recordings culled from drum and bass jams between Andrew and me. We explored themes until a few parts developed and then turned on the tape. The guitar parts were all overdubbed direct to computer in post production. The focus of the mix is the drum and bass parts. There was also some editing :) text/html 2008-01-14T02:38:48+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/china_2000?rev=1200278328 Finally managed to dig out these pics from a trip to China that I had the privilege to go on in 2000. I have been meaning to get them back up for awhile now. We had an amazing journey and a lot of fun. Highlights of the trip * Fresh Pulled Noodles in the Xi'An market * Pow Mua (sp?) soup in the Muslim quarter of Xi'An (More garlic and broth please) * Shopping for silk * Watching people dodge traffic * Wearing my winter jacket indoors * The Terra Cotta Army * Peking Duck * R… text/html 2009-01-01T18:26:17+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/christmas_fishing?rev=1230834377 This one is a blast from the past. Last Christmas I found myself in a Charter Boat with Uncle Jim, Cousin Andrew, my dad and our guide - Captain Ed Lewis. Quality Family Time. Our target was redfish. However we also managed to pull in Jack Crevalle, black drum and a whole mess of little catfish. text/html 2010-07-03T03:26:15+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/christmas_fishing_2008?rev=1278127575 Christmas fishing again, this time with Captain Rick Muldrow out of Yankeetown. We had a great time drifting grassbeds for trout and came home with a bunch ready to fry up. Delicious. Gallery ---------- photos,family text/html 2010-07-05T01:20:45+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/diy_mp3_radio?rev=1278292845 My secret santa for X-Mas 2009 was my Grampa Kriete. I thought it would be cool to make him a DIY Radio/MP3 Player pre-loaded with a bunch of songs he liked and also a bunch of songs I've played on. Ingredients Eventually settled on this circuit which worked out very well: text/html 2008-03-11T04:49:11+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/forays_into_garageband?rev=1205210951 Last weekend decided to see if I could get some decent simple drum sounds out of my Mac. Cubase requires an external midi device but GarageBand has this pop-up keyboard that maps to the actual computer keyboard. Setting = Rock Drums or something. Had this idea floating around for sometime, and I have not quite been able to communicate the actual feel of the idea. This was the big opportunity... and here is the first mix: text/html 2007-10-02T04:55:24+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/henry_otto_landis?rev=1191300924 Henry Otto Landis made his debut on Saturday, May 26th 2007 at 8:45PM. He is 8 pounds, 19.5 inches. He has crinkly hands and really big feet. Friends and Family can read more in the Internal Blog. text/html 2008-11-25T05:17:04+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/jazzcaster?rev=1227590224 This guitar is still hypothetical What to do with 3 dimarzio tapped stratocaster pickups? What would be a good way to prototype for alternate wiring possibilities on a stratocaster? What if we put these pickups on a modified jazzmaster body? (This would work on a strat also but jazzmasters are awesome!) Hmmm... text/html 2008-11-22T20:01:36+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/les_paul_wiring?rev=1227384096 [Click for PDF Download] Features * Master Volume * Master Tone * Blend/Neck Cut * 3-way Option Switch (4PDT) * Outer Coils in Series (up) * Standard Wiring (middle) * Reverse Phase (down) * Reversible Modification instruments text/html 2008-01-14T05:38:26+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/london_in_december?rev=1200289106 Here are Michelle's pics on flickr Gallery post123, photos text/html 2007-04-01T15:34:24+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/messing_around_with_dokuwiki?rev=1175441664 So far we have installed the latest dokuwiki, and added the blog plugin. Our plan for this site is to enable a public and protected blog with discussions. We have changed the default template to one that uses a sidebar for better navigation. This template needs to be customized and we need to do a whole bunch of stuff to make this thing look more like “HinterSphere” (whatever that may be). text/html 2009-04-13T01:07:07+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/my_speeding_ticket?rev=1239584827 So I get this speeding ticket in Columbus GA, for traveling 40 in a school zone during the restricted hours when the speed limit is 25. Here is the scoop... Sequence of Events 1:30 - I stop for a late lunch at my favorite Vietnamese restaurant, by myself. The restaurant is located *inside* the school zone. I neglect to notice or make a mental note of this. The school zone sign is not flashing when I pass by it. text/html 2008-02-29T03:17:13+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/san_jose_cr_in_february?rev=1204255033 Gallery photos text/html 2008-11-12T05:06:00+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/some_nyc_photos?rev=1226466360 Mick called me yesterday or the day before as his car was heading into Manhattan from the Brooklyn/Queens side of things. He was listening to the radio and a bluegrass version of Hey You by Pink Floyd came on the radio. It was a nice gesture and reminded me that I had to upload some of these pictures. When you leave a place you've lived for awhile you miss the people that you knew the most. Also, the place itself lives in my mind in the same manner of someone loved deeply who is no longer around… text/html 2007-02-18T18:24:51+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/song_for_andreas?rev=1171823091 Last night I was fiddling with my guitar and out came this riff that made me think of my good friend Andreas. Coincidentally I needed an excuse to try to make some recordings with GarageBand. This is my first foray into GarageBand. <http://hintersphere.com/ForDre.mp3> text/html 2009-02-09T04:27:01+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/ten_summers?rev=1234153621 Latest Mix: History * 20090207 - Guitar + Vocals * 20090208 - Beefed up the guitars. music text/html 2008-11-08T01:20:16+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/washburn_di14?rev=1226107216 This project took the wiring design I used on the Harmony and added a blend control, and bypass toggle to the mix. It also consolidated pickup control into a single 6 position rotary switch. New Features * upgraded pickups to GFS "Crunchy PAF" chrome covered 4-wire humbuckers * upgraded tuners to chrome Wilkinson EZ-LOK minituners * custom wiring options including reverse phase, alternate middle position and coil cut options. * frets leveled and crowned text/html 2010-07-03T03:26:15+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/wax_potting?rev=1278127575 Magnet Swap The Harmony is outfitted with GFS Crunchy PAF chrome covered humbuckers. Last month I swapped the ceramic magnets with AlNiCo 8 ones. This inspiration came from a 1977 Ibanez Les Paul Copy. Those pickups are wound to about 7k resistance (both the neck and bridge, pretty evenly) with AlNiCo 8 magnets. I noticed that they are brighter with a boingier, more dynamic, musical quality. The GFS Crunchy PAFs are wound to about 10k neck and 14k for the bridge. Out of the box they have a thi… text/html 2017-12-17T20:58:27+00:00 http://hintersphere.com/hsblog/external/zot_s_dream?rev=1513544307 Info If anyone happened to be wandering around the big bad internet wondering what happened to the Zot's Dream website, it is archived here: <http://zotsdream.hintersphere.com/> ...and all of the flyer and music downloads should still be working just fine. I did take down the part where we were looking for a bass player though. This is available purely for posterity.