The Placebo

The Placebo presents a workshop taught by Elliot Hallmark:

Topics Covered Include:

• How to read circuit diagrams
• Electric guitar theory (or how its supposed to work)
• Common guitar wiring layouts (or what it might have looked like before someone else messed it up)
• Soldering technique (or, how not to do an embarassing job on your friend’s guitar)
• Diagnosing and fixing common problems (sound cuts in and out, crackles when you adjust the volume, and just plain doesn’t work).

You are encouraged to bring your malfunctioning guitars, basses and other pick-up based electronic instruments (they’re all the same, but keyboards, amps, and stuff are completely different). You can fix them at the workshop with a little help. Also, bring your cables and we can even give your mics a go. If you do bring something to fix, bring whatever tools you need to open it.

Note: We’re not saying it’s impossible to fix your basket-case guitar, but there won’t be time in this workshop to do complete rebuilds.

When: Saturday, March 24 at 3pm
Where: The Ink People, 411 Twelfth Street, Eureka, next door to the Muni (map)
Cost: $2-$5 sliding scale (as always, your $2 annual Placebo membership is required)

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The Placebo presents a workshop taught by Elliot Hallmark:

Topics Covered Include:

• How to read circuit diagrams
• Electric guitar theory (or how its supposed to work)
• Common guitar wiring layouts (or what it might have looked like before someone else messed it up)
• Soldering technique (or, how not to do an embarassing job on your friend’s guitar)
• Diagnosing and fixing common problems (sound cuts in and out, crackles when you adjust the volume, and just plain doesn’t work).

You are encouraged to bring your malfunctioning guitars, basses and other pick-up based electronic instruments (they’re all the same, but keyboards, amps, and stuff are completely different). You can fix them at the workshop with a little help. Also, bring your cables and we can even give your mics a go. If you do bring something to fix, bring whatever tools you need to open it.

Note: We’re not saying it’s impossible to fix your basket-case guitar, but there won’t be time in this workshop to do complete rebuilds.

When: Saturday, March 24 at 3pm
Where: The Ink People, 411 Twelfth Street, Eureka, next door to the Muni (map)
Cost: $2-$5 sliding scale (as always, your $2 annual Placebo membership is required)

This entry was posted on Saturday, March 24th, 2007 at 3:00 pm and is filed under Calendar, Skills. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.