Anarchies Crossover Design
Integrating the Drivers Crossover Goals This design is intended to be my best work and the centerpiece of my main listening spot in my home for the foreseeable future. To meet that goal while not spending time and… Read More
Anarchies Construction
Moving to reality Limitations My available tooling is minimal, really minimal. So doing a complete build from scratch requires some careful planning and extra attention to detail to get everything done correctly. I’ve been using this limited arrangement… Read More
Epique Micro Subwoofer
Super compact subwoofer for a truck cab with limited space. Design Goals This build was targeting a commercial truck cab. The full size van cab has an empty space under the passenger seat appropriate for a small subwoofer… Read More
Anarchies – 3 Way Speaker Design Concept
Project Planning Design Requirements For my ideal home speakers destined for my small basement listening spot, there were just a few requirements that I wanted to hit. Woofer Selection Generally, there are tradeoffs for the 3 requirements of… Read More
Tower of Power
Design Goals This system was originally designed and built back in about 1998 when I became serious about gigging as a bass player and wanted a system worthy of the task. The goal at that time was to… Read More
Besta Subwoofer
IKEA furniture hack into a real Home Theatre subwoofer. Design Goals This project was born of necessity to replace a 30 year old DIY cabinet that had been beat up over the years and left in pretty rough… Read More
Shia LaBoom
A Bluetooth and battery powered boom box Design Goals This build was conceived to create a portable speaker that could be transported and used on battery power with good bass performance and output. The size and weight needed… Read More
The JPG – A vintage inspired speaker
I’ve wanted to get this design on paper for a while. My dad did a pair of large 15″ 3 ways when he was young, and I grew up with them as inspiration to get into speaker building… Read More
New Application – Music Library
A new application has been published! The Music Library database is a file for folks with a lot of local music files to keep track of that are sick of bloated software tied to services or hardware to… Read More
Wogg Music Video – High Tide
It’s been a year, which is about the right time to complete a new music video production. This one was targeting my core strengths with the funk rock bass, and showcase the use of slap style on my… Read More
SuperNova Minimus Speaker Build
SuperNova Minimus, a vintage Realistic Nova 15 re-design. Why build this? The main purpose of this build was to revitalize a pair of Realistic Nova 15 cabinets from the mid 80’s. The cabinets have been in my family… Read More
Music Video – Acustatic
This tune started out as a riff on the fretless acoustic that I played with for a while before deciding to turn it into a completed song. The bass is the main feature here, with the guitar tracks… Read More
MicroSat Speakers
Compact 2 way satellite speakers for use with a subwoofer. Design Goals The primary goal for this design is to provide accurate +-3dB response from 20kHz down to 100Hz. The primary purpose was not to be a stand… Read More
Indy 8 – Powered 2.1 system subwoofer
A self-powered 2.1 system contained in a compact 8” subwoofer enclosure. With the addition of a signal source and a pair of small satellites a fully independent full range system can be setup. Design Goals For the subwoofer,… Read More
ISO El-Cheapo
An inexpensive Isobaric loaded subwoofer when the most bass is required for the smallest amount of money in a small enclosure. This was an upgrade for an older cabinet that had used Pyle 10” woofers. The old woofers… Read More
DIY Bass Amp PPA100
A Portable Practice Amplifier for bass guitar, designed to have a far more accurate frequency response than the typical commercial offerings. This design goal makes it suitable for a mono music blaster, a keyboard amplifier, or whatever needs… Read More
Advanced Speaker Design Simulation
Before you start making sawdust in the shop, there are a whole host of tools available to the DIY speaker enthusiast that can help you estimate and design your speaker on your computer. For engineering nerds like myself,… Read More
Some more Wogg music in action
Here’s another basement funk tune produced with a video. This tune was created on Father’s day 2016, and produced in a single afternoon. The camera was rolling as I tracked, and it took me a while longer to… Read More
New CD dropped – Acceptably Sloppy
After 10 years of creating and collecting basement funk tunes, I’ve thinned out the herd and gathered 15 tracks that were deemed acceptable. The tunes range from kicking funk, straight rock, acoustic jams, to mellow out semi electronica…. Read More
Wogg in action
I had the crazy idea of taking video of a basement creation and editing it together. This jam was started with some old Acid rock loops for percussion, then written and arranged on bass with the drums added… Read More