Uncle Humjaba
09-16-2005, 03:05 PM
In summary: HP Pavilion 8396 --> Crate GX30 Guitar Amplifier
In story:
Ok, so my friend has this 5 year old guitar amplifier that doesn't work anymore. I have this 8 year old HP Pavilion 8396 (looks much like the ones Defyant starts with). It works as good as new, but we have no use for it, so it was destined for the dump
One day while I was dozing off in school, it hit me. "Why not put the computer in the amp?" At first I kept the idea to myself, thinking it was "nerdy". But I told my friend about it, and he was just as excited about it as me. Yay. From there, the ideas just kept flowing. "Lets build speakers into it!" "We could replace the front where the speaker could be with an LCD screen!" "Put plexiglass in the back with a cold cathode under it!"
But we start out simple. So we're just going to get it in there and working before we pimpify it.
I'm not good at these worklog things (I like to get it done as fast as possible; don't stop to take pics) so sorry in advance.
In story:
Ok, so my friend has this 5 year old guitar amplifier that doesn't work anymore. I have this 8 year old HP Pavilion 8396 (looks much like the ones Defyant starts with). It works as good as new, but we have no use for it, so it was destined for the dump
One day while I was dozing off in school, it hit me. "Why not put the computer in the amp?" At first I kept the idea to myself, thinking it was "nerdy". But I told my friend about it, and he was just as excited about it as me. Yay. From there, the ideas just kept flowing. "Lets build speakers into it!" "We could replace the front where the speaker could be with an LCD screen!" "Put plexiglass in the back with a cold cathode under it!"
But we start out simple. So we're just going to get it in there and working before we pimpify it.
I'm not good at these worklog things (I like to get it done as fast as possible; don't stop to take pics) so sorry in advance.