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John S. Jacob

Behind-the-Scenes of the Virtual Band

In the first month of shelter-in-place I, Natasha, and other musicians recorded parts for a Virtual Band performance. I received the…

Apr 20, 2020

Virtual Band. Electric guitar, vocal, drums, piano, bass, vocal and acoustic guitar.

Apr 20, 2020

Behind-the-scenes of Facebook Live stream

On Sunday, April 5 Natasha, Eliott, and I performed a song on Facebook Live. Shelter-in-place was in effect, so we were limited to the…

Apr 11, 2020

Natasha playing drums, John singing and playing guitar, Eliott playing keyboard.

Apr 11, 2020

Expression Pedals

I’ve been testing expression pedals for my Kemper Profiling Amp. I already have a Mission Engineering EP1-KP (the green/black pedal on the…

Jun 25, 2017

Expression Pedals

Jun 25, 2017

Raspberry Pi computers in Natasha’s kindergarten classroom

Natasha moving from fifth grade down to kindergarten provided me the opportunity to re-architect her classroom’s computers. For a while I…

Sep 3, 2013

Raspberry Pi computers in Natasha’s kindergarten classroom

Sep 3, 2013

My first Bombfell clothing shipment (Bombfell review)

Like many people, I am a reluctant shopper. Well, not exactly. I enjoy shopping in general. I dislike clothing shopping. I think it’s…

Mar 7, 2013

My first Bombfell clothing shipment (Bombfell review)

Mar 7, 2013

Razor Blade Shave-Off Round 3 Results and Overall Winner

Third round of the Razor Blade Shave-Off completed. Since the three Round 2 finalists performed similarly from an objective closeness/nick…

Feb 19, 2013

Razor Blade Shave-Off Round 3 Results and Overall Winner

Feb 19, 2013

Electric guitar equipment rack

While prototyping a pedalboard, two events prompted me to reconsider the pedal board idea. (1) My Boss GT-8’s input exhibited some noise…

Feb 11, 2013

Electric guitar equipment rack

Feb 11, 2013

Razor Blade Shave-Off Round 2 Results

Second round of the Razor Blade Shave-Off completed. One blind-tested razor blade a week for seventeen weeks. 119 post-shaving forms…

Jan 28, 2013

Razor Blade Shave-Off Round 2 Results

Jan 28, 2013

Prototype Pedalboard

I’m prototyping a pedalboard for my electric guitar effects gear. The first phase was stabilizing the gear I need. The second phase…

Aug 20, 2012

Prototype Pedalboard

Aug 20, 2012

Razor Blade Shave-Off Round 2

First round of the Razor Blade Shave-Off completed. Last year I bought a razor blade sampler. After many months of using a new blade a week…

Jul 10, 2012

Razor Blade Shave-Off Round 2

Jul 10, 2012

John S. Jacob

John S. Jacob

Software developer, electric guitarist, runner, scuba diver, singer, husband, father. https://about.me/jsjacob

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