Friday, 20 October 2017

Old family Pics - malaysia

 These pics were taken in 2009 in KL Malaysia
My Aunt Judy's house
Old ... old family pics ... I think this is my great granddad and great grand mum
My grand ma is somewhere here. Not sure who.

Grandma


mum is second from left.
Third from left is colin.
Aunty judy is second from right.
Uncle conrad is extreme right
The house is in KL. Address is 1 Weld Lane. 
The house was built in a rubber plantation.
Its built on pillars. Notice the stairs leading up into the house.
There is a trap door. which protected the occupants from wild animals like tigers.
This house was on a hill. a really beautiful house.
Cars would usually be parked under the house.
There was a kitchen behind. .... a corridor to the kitchen.
Always, kitchens were separate to the house.

My grandma is extreme left. Grandpa is the middle tall figure.

 Aunty rita is extreme left;
Uncle steven is second from left.
Next ... my Grandma 
Extreme right is Aunty Enid
The pic was taken in KL .. 21 Yap Kwan Seng Road
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Uncle colin,,, below

Roseanne and Christian


Me & Joanne in Malaysia ... early 1970s ??

Grandpa and Grand ma

Is is a certificate that grandpa received from the pope.

It came with a medal for meritorius services to the church


Extreme left.. Aunty Judy. Uncle colin and grandma.

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2009... my bedroom in KL ... aunty judys place




Breakfast with Aunty Judy

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Old pics of the old house in KL //// 21 yup kwan seng road.
The car is a Austin 7
Its number plate is B2943
There was a garage behind the car. Behind this was the kitchen.
Thew kitchen was always separate to the main house. Cooking was considered a messy business.
The trees behind were inhabited by monkeys.
I remember they were rumbutan trees, My grandfather used to get angry when he heard the momkeys and he used a catapult to frighten them away.

The pic below is another view of the same house. The driveway ... notice the Austin 7.


The front porch of the house.
There was a little bench on the bottom left. My mum and dad used to always sit there.

The ramp was built because of flooding.



the old tennis court. Judy and grandma.


The front of the house.

My grandpa was a excellent pianist. The piano in the back was his.
Aunty judy and grandma.

The day Judy received a award for service to the govt.



Aunty rita is extreme left.





The wedding photo of my grandpa and grandma.


My family were so religious. notice the altar in the back of the photo.


The two babies are possibly uncle Colins two kids.

Letf Aunty Judy, Aunty Bing, Grandma, Colin Dad Mum 

Me and joanne... bottom right.

Pic taken in Australia

second from left is brother Lawrence ,,, principle of St Johns,
ST Johns Institution was a Catholic Boys school  but it took girls for matriculation (years 11 and 12).
In KL 
This is where my parents met.

To the right of brother lawerence are:
Grandpa, Grandma, colin, mum, aunty judy and conrad


This is my grandma with either Judy or Conrad

Thursday, 19 October 2017

EHX -Little Big Muff Pi - "The Op Amp Muff "

Some pics of this beautiful vintage pedal.
It's a Electro-Harmonix Little Big Muff with the rare Op-amp circuit.
Up until 1978, the traditional Big Muff circuit used four transistors.
But in an effort  to reduce costs operational amplifiers were substituted. These versions can be found
in the V4 & V5 PCBs. Model Numbers: EH3003A, EH3003B, EH1322, EH1322B, EH3003.
Some of the same circuit boards used in the Big Muff V4 were also used in the Little Big Muff
The Big Muff has 3 knobs: Volume, Tone & Sustain. The Little Big Muff only has a Volume knob.

My version uses a walmart DC 9V, centre +ve

The Op-amp versions are often describes as "grungier" than the traditional transistor designs.


The PCB is labelled EH-1322.
Thus its a version 4 or V5.
Its the Op-amp version.

The RC4558 is a Dual General Purpose Op-ap.


The UA741 is also a general purpose Operational Amplifer.





The Pot ID: 1377840.
Thus the date : The 40th week of 1978
 The Muff guru Kit Rae describes the Op Amp Muff thus:
"I am including this as a legitimate Big Muff, even though it was not built on the classic Muff four-stage circuit. It was intended to sound like a Big Muff and was released in the same box as Version 3, so I feel it must be included as a true Muff version. Plus, I, and many others like them. It has a huge, crushing Big Muff sound. Though not quite the same as the organic transistor tone, is was very unique. Supposedly only a few thousand of this version were made".

"Version 4 is likely the Big Muff circuit heard on most of Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream and Pisces Iscariot albums, so that should give an idea of the potential of this version. This is the rarest of the two op-amp Big Muff versions".(KitRae.net)

Links
Electro-Harmonix Time Line
KitRae - The BigMuff OP Amp version