Farfisa O.R. 200

 I LOVE DUMPSTER AMPLIFIERS. SEND ME ALL YOUR DUMPSTER AMPS.

 In all seriousness this is probably top 5 dumpster find material. i couldn't get this out of the garbage fast enough when i saw it. I must of looked insane all the way in the dumpster searching for all the parts that were to this amp. NO REGRETS! This amp sings, but it's got a small amount of noise and the reverb channel is kinda hairy. It was so much fun fault finding and bringing it back. These are rare opportunities and must be savored. I hope to someday capture the rapture of finding dumpster amps on film for all of you. it's a sight. This amp was originally made for organ, and farfisa probably created it as a compliment to their organ division. It handles guitar, bass and organ/keyboard/synth very well. An amp utility knife of the Swiss army variety. Not bad for free junk.

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 Details inside!
https://youtu.be/ZMQy4zhg25U

Junkyard Studio: Presto 8DG Vinyl record lathe restoration

Where to start? Since I was a young lad and in bands through high school and beyond I wanted to put my material to vinyl. My first band had even priced out making our first and only album a vinyl record. From that point on I was interested in vinyl production. I had forgotten about it for some years, because the means were so incredibly scarce and expensive. Then fate had guided me to my destination and it was in my hands at last. end of the story? LORD NO.

 Restoration is still under way, and mastering the entire vinyl production process might never happen for me. There are still big hurdles to overcome. It's been a labor of love that continues to give and hopefully will give more soon!

details inside:
https://youtu.be/5kB_sUvjTCE

Junkyard Studio: Pedal Board and supply build.

 If you play guitar at any level, you have been here. You plug in to play a few riffs, work out some new material and get side tracked by the mess of cabling and pitcher of noise pouring out of the speaker from your pedal farm. Well, enough is enough! I need clean channels of effects! and......and....and no money. Never fear, the scrapyard is near! Be amazed by what can be done with left over material from projects past!

details inside:
https://youtu.be/kefKP-1Yg9A

Junkyard studio: Hammond Leslie Build

The Hammond Leslie.

 I heard of the Leslie from a friend who was into Hammond organs, and boy could he play! From that point on, like a lot of these really great mechanical effects i had lusted after one. Modern day problems always got in the way. shipping, space, cost, that sort of thing. So i started what would become a 10 year project. I purchased the lower rotor, a few years later the upper rotor, then i sold out my p.a. system and had a 16 space rack sitting empty. It was a long slow process, and the final piece to the puzzle was my studio. For years i had been gathering the materials but had no space to put them all in. the day had finally arrived and i had all the bits to assemble it. It took many hours of experiments and building, but in the end i came out with a pretty great low cost, low space Leslie unit. I hope you agree!

Details inside:
https://youtu.be/C4iHxtiNzPM

Junkyard Build: Hammond vibrato scanner

 I first heard the Hammond vibrato scanner in a Hammond M-100 I was contracted to chop and add after-touch. It was glorious! Even with a slight motorboat. i considered that motorboat effect to be one of the sounds it can produce and we can use.

 So i decided to build my own stand alone unit. There are a few places that have already done this, with great results. I suggest you go seek them and find the information if your so inclined. I did and it helped me greatly on this build. This unit is basically another Doppler effect, but i feel it has character and potential that set it aside if by only a half step from it's other Doppler cousin's. I have succeeded in building the unit to a degree in video part 1, but i wish to further enhance the unit. I want the chorus switch option from the original design that takes the dry signal out of the effect leaving behind just the Doppler. I also want it to be able to accept signals on it's own without a two amplifier setup. this will be the challenge, and I'm looking into amplifier options to build in. Finally i'd like to simulate the motorboat effect on a switchable input and finish the chassis.

Details inside:
https://youtu.be/lJcV_LJrWPI

Be sure to keep an eye out for part two.

Welcome to Junkyard Studio.

Were happy to have you here.

For a long time I have been audio obsessed like many of you out there. I did not have the means to acquire all the fancy audio contraptions we have all heard of in the audio lore, the golden recording ages. That is why Junkyard studio and uncle Denny electronics exist. 

 Uncle Denny electronics is my in house provider of audio equipment. When in need they swoop in and fill the gap with recycled hand made products, all of which reside here at junkyard. Form over Fashion is the order of the day here. We like rusty barnacles, Rat rod experiments and just generally fun builds. This falls in line with our audio approach, it doesn't have to be squeaky clean to be good. We like warts on our audio sometimes. Who's Uncle Denny? well he wasn't my uncle. He actually didn't do a whole lot of audio as far as i remember, but that's not important. He was a hard working family man, and had a long standing profession in a power utility company. His pedigree in electrical practice was genetically handed down to me in the form of audio electronics. So we commend his legacy through uncle Denny electronics. 

Junkyard has always looked out for fun over all else. Fun mostly comes from overcoming challenges. fun is work, and we like having fun.

Introduction:
https://youtu.be/v1ikHfKL-Mo