Hey Steemit community, I'm Aaron from El Paso, Texas. I have a couple of hobbies and I love to talk people's ears off about them. But what are people interested in here?
Options!:
- I design and build vacuum tube amplifiers! Here's an example of a finished unit:
And one of the rats nest wiring I do inside!:
A schematic for the first amp I designed (which is full of faults! I was still learning! don't copy unless you want a mediocre sounding amp!):
And a demo video with some sound one of them makes!:
At some point, I plan to design some really simple ones and do a step by step guide to anyone who wants to build an inexpensive tube amplifier. Hopefully in the near future!
Then 2. I also play music, though at the moment I don't really have anything recorded that I think is broader internet ready. If there is interest, I could pursue that more. I play punk-ish powerpop. I kind of feel like music on the internet is information overload though and likely plan to keep that hobby more an IRL thing than an internet thing.
And 3. Photography! I wouldn't say I'm a professional, but I drive a lot all over the country and sometimes I end up in photogenic places! I don't entirely remember where all these were taken, various places in Texas, Colorado and California, but I can keep better track and stories in the future!:
And 4, lastly, I do instructional videos for repairing things. Right now I just have a few of repairing friends' cars. This has been my primary source of social media based revenue so far. I feel like I need to find more common things to work on though, car repairs are somewhat specialized by model for a lot of things.
I dunno, what do you all think? Or should I just not have a theme and just throw spaghetti at a wall in all these categories?
Love your photos, you are very talented.
I studied electronic music and like your amps too.
I don't think you have to choose; just post great stuff about each thing you find of interest and share your projects in detail..
Thanks! Adding the photos part here was actually totally a last minute thing, I've never much thought of myself as a photographer, but looking back, I do like how a lot of these came out. We'll see, I think I'll post things of interest to me for a while and see what other people like too. Or if nothing else, just kind of like a public journal.
I'm planning a bunch of amp projects once I have more seed money or buyers lined up, I can knock out about 3 a week if they are moving, so hopefully there will be some more to show and I can keep some interesting designs coming.
I suppose I'll just make posts I would want to read and see where it takes me.
Aaron, Welcome to SteemIt!
It has been a long time since I have seen a vacuum tube. Great post!
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Thanks! Yeah, vacuum tubes are still actually very common in guitar amplification for the way they overdrive, but for some reason, most amps don't actually display the tubes, which I try to do more, because they look really neat. I like trying to do a bit of a retro-futurism theme in showcasing them while still making something actually functional and practical to play with.
Welcome to Steemit @buttspritz, I vote electronics. I probably would have gotten into electronics. As a kid I always wanted to get the Radio Shack 101 electronic experiments, but they never had it in stock. How about a tutorial on soldering?
You figure something out, just don't spend to much time cleaning the spaghetti off the wall.
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It's never too late to start! I never did anything with electronics until about 3 years ago. Actually, my first project was just jumping right in the deep end and designing and building an amp. Then it needed some tweaking to sound good so I learned from that. Sometimes throwing yourself out to sink or swim is the best way to learn.
I'd definitely like to do more tutorials on things. I've been planning it for my YouTube channel, so no reason I can't bring a bunch of it over here too.
Welcome to the platform, I wish everything work out for you. It’s not easy here but not difficult neither but just ask an extra effort, engagement is the key good luck I’m @goodaytraders Start by following people and they will do the same.
Thanks, I appreciate that! I'm kind of doing a bunch of things all over the place to entertain myself and pull in a few dollars here and there if possible, but I'm not hugely concerned with "Making it big" here. Just more a curiousity of what people would enjoy seeing sort of thing. We'll see how it goes! Thanks for the encouragement.
Welcome to Steemit. I hope you like it as much as I do. I'm following you already. I like those pictures. Connect with me: @lulita
Thank you! I'm planning a few trips this summer, so hopefully some neat photo ops come out of that. I'll check out your blog too.
Thank you
From what I've seen, Steemit is definitely a place that you can make all 4 of those things work, from the same page. Personally, I think music and photography would do best, though. Welcome! I'm fairly new, as well.
Sounds about right, that is a bit more accessible to most people I think. I've just got to work on my recording skills! There are a bunch of neat bands out here in El Paso that don't get the exposure they deserve because it is so far from everything else. It would be neat to record and share some of them, as well as my own stuff.
I love analog and tube amps! Besides sounding better they are aesthetically awesome. Upvote!
I agree! I'm hoping I get more projects so that I can try out new circuits and new ways to showcase them!
Just put out whatever content you feel is good enough, and see what happens! Good luck!
very cool. blog subject matter on whatever moves you. love the amp work and the circuit photos, gnarly.
Thanks! Yeah, I love the wiring pics. I want to do one inside of a clear chassis at some point so all the wiring shows. Just have to figure out how to keep out the RF interference!
Focus your blog on what YOU really enjoy. If thats all three, then theres nothing wrong with that! You don't need to have a specialized blog. In fact I sort of wish I had historically been less specialized with mine, now I can really only post about science with this account. I have a variety of other interests but it is what it is. So I say don't limit yourself.
Thanks for the advice! There is something to be said for having a specialized thing because it can give you a more engaged following. I also kind of feel like I should stick to things I'm better at rather than being mediocre at a lot of things. Quality control can be important.
Then again, I sometimes think I'm overly self-critical and consequently don't output enough. I'm 31 and just getting around to putting things out there I've been doing since I was a teenager because I've been trying too hard to do quality control. At some point, I need to lay off that a bit.
Being overly self critical is something that I also struggle with. Its easier said then done to lay off it a bit lol.
Hope the best in this new & challenging environment. I write about several topics that call my attention, from travel, life to science and technology. Here are some of my last posts, that if you can, read them and leave some comments - it will be great.
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@indepthstory/anyone-can-address-this-note-and-let-all-i-am-the-only-one-know-comments-and-or-explanations-i-do-not-have-a-clue
https://steemit.com/steemit/@indepthstory/i-was-almost-convinced-but-what-happened-what-on-earth-is-going-on
https://steemit.com/life/@indepthstory/rio-de-janeiro-is-one-of-those-items-that-must-be-placed-in-the-bucket-list-and-one-day-definitively-visit-we-did
https://steemit.com/health/@indepthstory/i-have-three-kidneys-now-how-about-that
Best of good luck in the STEEMIT arena …. have given you my upvote for the welcome, and of course hope you will follow me .!!
@indepthstory
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Find your niche, something you are passionate about that does not feature elsewhere here. You will build a following in no time
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Welcome to the community, Aaron! Follow me at https://steemit.com/@bitgeek
Welcome to Steemit! :)
the tube amp looks really nice!!
repair videos would be very much appreciated.
welcome to the steem community!