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The fuzz box kit has arrived. My first thought is that I'll have to paint it yellow in honour of my old Tonebender, and design a 'HIT IT!' graphic to ornament the footswitch.

• retreat:
  • determine date
  • book cottage
• instruments:
  • wire and setup guitar
  • wire and setup bass
  • build fuzz-box

...make a proper 'to do' list, and start ticking off items.

OK, here goes:

• make a proper 'to do' list

Now I've got Logic 7 Pro, so there should be no more issues with missing anything - from recording the first guide track through to burning a red book audio CD.

Today I bought a MOTU 828 Mark II and a pair of Alesis Monitor Ones.

Well, things have moved on since I last posted under this category. i've drubk a lot more winde for a start.

My current set-up is as follows:

So I've bookmarked some cottages that looked like good options for the project and made enquiries about availability early next year.

This is sad.. Really it is.

Some of the more assiduous amongst you may have noticed a brief hiatus on my progress blog. Well it's only bloody Xmas coming isn't it!

I've just realised that my set of first principles has one crucial principle - no the first pre-eminent first pr