Thursday 17th January
Today I decided to make a housing for the speaker and amplifier I made yesterday. I wanted to play around with the aesthetics, and make something out of bits of old wood I found in the studio. I like the idea that what I make does the same job (more or less loudly!) as my mini Marshal amp, but looks completely odd. An unbranded, unrecognisable means of broadcasting sound. In the end I came up with a flat panel 21x15cm, and 3cm deep (like a book). It has a small hole on the top surface for the LED and another above the speaker. When I played a recording through it I discovered that I could place different-sized, up-ended tins and glasses over the hole to subtly filter different frequencies. The action was a little like moving a glass over a Ouija board in a Victorian séance. A far cry from my chubby little Marshall…
