Job Done

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The Leak amp head and it's 2 by 12 inch speaker cab are now completed. It only remains for me to install the new Op Amps into the preamp and take a listen. I hope it all sounds as good as it looks.

Morning Sky

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Wednesday morning in Ballybunion started with a very unusual sky. These shots were taken about half an hour after dawn. I captured the waxing moon with my 500mm Sigma zoom telephoto, that I bought recently in New York. It was hand-held, which accounts for the less than perfect sharpness.

Rare Machine

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Eamonn Galvin astride his 1972 Honda CL 350 twin cylinder street scrambler. This bike is probably the only example in Ireland, as it was manufactured solely for the U.S. market.

Up And Running

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The workshop and bench are now in service and used on a daily basis.

The Washing

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Because of a severe lack of funds, I have done no travelling recently. Therefore, no new photos. So here's a shot of my superb line of washing. The humidity was high in Ballybunion yesterday, so they took all day to dry, and even then, they were still a bit damp.

Leak TL40

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Marshall, Vox and Fender move over, the Leak TL40 is coming to town. The trusty 1950 Leak TL12 is able to push out 40 watts RMS (no aul "peak music power" nonsense here), when driven to full overload and tube saturation. It will be going into it's custom cab when I complete the preamplifier. It was a nice warm sunny day here in Ballybunion, so I thought I would come out of the workshop, into the fresh sea air and do a bit of sandpapering on the speaker cab.