This photograph is a pretty accurate depiction of what I actually looked like when Canada won the gold. This is saying a lot since, I don’t normally get into sports, nor even like hockey for that matter – I find it too chaotic, and rushed. Soccer (football) is more calculated, I feel like its more of a strategical game than ‘lets throw our bodies, sticks, arms, legs in the path of the puck, and hope it goes into the net’.

In the end, I got pretty into the whole Olympic spirit. I watched way too much sports, and even a couple times, watched it online at the office. I only regret missing the biathlon – something about skiing and shooting rifles just seems right to me

In the end, Canada beat the record for “Most gold medals at any winter Olympics” with 14. The crowning achievement was the hockey game between Canada/USA. When we finally won – lets just say the American players didn’t look too happy. After that – there were some pretty funny comments on Twitter & Facebook – but the one I loved the most was last night. I was watching TV and my housemate had Entertainment Tonight on. They did a quick segment on the olympics, and finished it off by saying “USA wanted to win the gold, but Canada had to” – *insert sarcastic crybaby emoticon here*

Expect something cooler / plugged in later this weekend when I have a moment to do that.

Xotic EP-booster

Since before I go the Klon & Skreddy Screwdriver pedals, I had been wondering what I’d use as a lead boost. The Xotic EP-Boost caught my eye for a couple reasons. Apparently it sounds fantastic, Small footprint (its about half the width of your regular Boss effect), and I love when pedals have the power plug on the top (instead of on the sides), it makes placement on the board much easier. – and for the time being, I think i’m set. This pedal configuration is wicked.

So i’ve had my eye out for one of these pedals around Toronto for a while now, but for some reason they’re hard to come by. The only way I could have gotten one, is ordering from the US, or from an eBay store. LUCKILY Lauzon’s Music had one in stock (last one – yesssss! score!). So I picked it up. Can’t wait to get it on the board.

So here is how i’m going to set things up:

Turbo Tuner > Fulltone MDV-2 > Skreddy Screwdriver > Klon Centaur > Empress SuperDelay > Xotic EP-Booster > Divided by 13 JRT 9/15

I’m using the Klon as a mild overdrive to give my amp a bit more of a kick. I’m running my Divided by 13 JRT 9/15 pretty hot, using a Weber Micro Mass attenuator so its already cookin’ – the Klon just gives it a bit more oomph. The Skreddy is giving me over the top fuzz/drive tones – big fat loud and raunchy.

I’m lovin’ this setup, can’t wait to get the Xotic on my board! Zing!!

The Klon pedal arrived today! Yay! So stoked to try this thing out – I hope it was worth all the hype!

In other news, I picked up a Skreddy Screwdriver pedal last night as well. Haven’t played with it for more than an hour, but its certainly going to be a staple on my board. What an amazing pedal. Very Fat sounding. I’ll post some photos, and a review as soon as I get a chance!