more bass

so i decided today that i'm going to try and fix my dad's peavy bass amp. it's a powerhouse, and we have a single 12" speaker cabinet...yeah, it's a great amp....but it doesn't work. when you turn it on it hums for a bit, goes quiet, and doesn't work. the lights are a bit funky too...i opened it up and there's all kinds of roach eggs and spider webs and shit..and some things that're corroding. i'm hoping it's just a corrosion thing so i'm about to start resoldering some of the connections that don't look too good and scraping any rust that could bridge a connection and short it. *shrugs* i realize that with all the shit i know about electronics, so much of it is theoretical and generally fucked up. i know so little about practical electronics that it's kind of disheartening. i would REALLY like to learn how to fix things so that i can actually start applying what i know. i suppose with a detailed schematic w/ explanations, a signal generator, and an oscilliscope i could do a bit more with this...but yeah. kinda hard to come by.

i'm a bit tempted to try just calling up electronics repair shops and seeing if they need a hand around the place, and hopefully teach me shit. i'm just kind of timid. i realize that a lot with all this job hunting shit..i'm very timid. i think about going up to these people and asking for their money and i'm just like...shit...what're they going to think of me? i feel so useless a lot of the time like...all these jobs that i WOULD enjoy doing and learning...i just feel like i'd go there and be like..yeah i know nothing but you wanna gimme your money so you can teach me how to do it? but such is life...i suppose. one reason i kind of want to go to grad school....to really just go overboard and learn this shit like...like....like it's my job....

i also considered getting an electrician's licence...i wonder how hard that is....

aight, lunch, then some soldering, i'm out

tuna