Introduce yourself

I'm Barry, though I've been called many things in my life "Papa Bear" being my favorite, I'm a half ass guitarist who started modding pedals for myself and bandmates many years ago, I stumbled onto GPCB and attempted to start building pedals (I think I actually completed 3) Then a buddy on a Blues guitar site posted a Parthenon he built from here, so I checked it out and been here ever since. I don't play out much anymore I guess I'm more of a collector these days, although I do continue to try and master the instrument and occasionally play out with old friends or for captive audiences! I don't sing much as my singing tends to make people get up and move,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, usually towards the exits!
 
I’m just one of the Daves on this forum.

Originally from NZ, I’m now in Germany with my (German) family enjoying the wonders which make Europe.

Been playing guitar for close to 30yrs but it’s a “do it for happiness and fun” rather than being particularly good at it. Recently, I like to bend.

I somehow fell into IT which has a lot of parallels with pedal design. I’d love to get I to amp building but the cost is putting me off. For now.
 
Okay, finally getting around to write something…

Hey folks, I’m Nick. I’m a 24 year old undergrad art major (starting that back up for the new semester on Monday 🙃) from New York, but like most here, my bread and butter is music.

Been playing guitar for 17 or 18 years by now, and a variety of other instruments (as long as they’re not drums 🤬) for some amount of time or another. Been building pedals (with a few extended hiatuses) ever since 2014(?), which was spurred by how much I enjoyed the soldering with the first guitar I built— a replica of Eddie Van Halen’s frankenstrat that I began building in middle school. Since then, my interests have tended to lean towards the obscure and esoteric or bizarre and experimental— it’s my opinion that in the arts, tradition is stagnation, and something sounding or looking bad is purely contextual. There’s no such thing as a bad tone.

As far as music goes, I’m a big fan of a variety of genres (but I also thing genre categorizations are reductive and have no middle ground between being too broad and meaningless and being too specific to be any indication of style), but I’m especially a fan of Prog/Art Rock, Folk, Jazz Fusion, New Wave, Power Pop, and psychedelia. Some of my favorite artists include Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell, Todd Rundgren, Devo, King Crimson, Sparks, Oingo Boingo, 10cc, The Beach Boys, Ween, and of course Steely Dan (as evidenced by the geek out about solos earlier in the thread).

One last thing is that I’m a Star Wars nerd, a monty Python geek, and the type of idiot who thinks everything benefits from a half-baked pun or two. Bad puns and visual gags dominate my art (which by the way, is mostly sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking) and motivate many of pedal designs, while my songwriting is held hostage by wordplay with homonyms, malaphors, and linguistic gags.
 
Hi I’m Jimi, I am a…wrong group, sorry about that. I’ve been playing guitar for around 35 years. I played bass in bands all around the area for most of my 35 playing years. I used to drink professionally, but had to quit because of the “incident.” I’ve been building for a little over 10 years and I’m up to my ears in pedals. I started at BYOC, then Madbean. I think I found this place through other members who are also scallawags over at casa bean. Good people, cool help, and flamers are taken down with a swift and mighty kung fu chop.
 
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I am yet another David; DAJE is simply the first two letters of my first name and surname. You can call me David or Dave, I don't mind.

I have been playing guitar since the start of the 80s. I am old, but less so than some other folks here. I also play bass. And lap steel. I gig regularly on all 3 instruments, but never at the same time. Sequentially sometimes. I'm single, I play in a band with my ex, we get along all right.

I'm also a writer and have been published in a small way with some stories and articles and so on, and I'm currently working on a novel after giving up writing fiction many years back. Chapter one is pretty good, chapter two is coming together. So, yeah, should probably be working on that rather than posting on pedal building forums.

Pretty much everything in my life is an ongoing disaster except for the creative stuff. So I'm just trying to do that.
 
Hello all, my name is Roberto (or Rob is fine), one of a few friendly neighborhood Canadians around here, chemist by day and musical electronics tinker by night, with a few minutes of terrible (guitar) to slightly-less-terrible (bass) musicianship in between that is not befitting the 15 years I've been playing the instruments :censored:. I've been inside the world of DIY electronics for a long time because of my dad and ham radio, and I started building pedals on perf and veroboard about 10 years ago and have now expanded into the wonderful world of PCBs and UV printing. I appreciate immensely all the knowledge and camaraderie of this community and am super happy to be a part of it.
 
Guardians of the analog said:
Sometimes I think the obnoxious fans are what makes me go from tolerating an artist to hating them. Can't you just like them, do you have to base your whole personality on them? Like get a life 😂 Zappa, Floyd, SD and so many of those type of bands have those fans. Even if they are good you can't change my mind at this point 🤷
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I get what you're saying. But finding a band that scratches the itch so hard that you find yourself obsessing... That's like one of the few things that gets my heart rate up anymore. And I agree with @Bricksnbeatles that when someone is obsessed they aren't (necessarily) trying to change your mind. They've just reached that higher plane of enlightenment and can't help but to share.

Or nerds be nerdy and it's just that. I think that's what it is for me.
 
I am Chris, named after Yul Brynner's character in The Magnificent Seven. I am 42, married for 16 years, and have 4 kids aged 11 (girl), 9 (boy), and 4 (twin boys). We live in Maryland, where the panhandle meets the rest of the state.

I currently work as a consultant for a healthcare data informatics company, where it's python and SQL all day. 100% remote, so I have delusions of pedal work during work hours, that unfortunately never happen. I have a Masters degree in IT with a specialization in Software Engineering. I have been working in IT "professionally" since 1999, when I joined the Army Reserve. I was a Staff Sergeant (25B3O) when I rolled out in 2008. I don't miss the Army, the extra money was nice though.

I started down this path trying to save money when there was talk of starting a band with a friend from high school. No band, lots of money spent, and I see no end in sight. I am not quite sure how I ended up here after BYOC, but many PCBs later, I will be busy for years. I have 2 actual builds. 1 that works (Aion Helios) and 1 that currently doesn't (BYOC Crown Jewel). Oh, and then there's the kit guitars and basses. I fear the day amp building gets added to the list. You all are horrible enablers, so it's just a matter of time.
 
My name is Tom. I'm a software engineer by trade. Mediocre guitarist who builds pedals at night. Lately, I've been doing embedded systems and the apps that surround them. Work with a couple of guys who used to do engineering for Fender, DOD and Carvin. Dabble in amp building, as well. Built some pedals in college, about 35 years ago. Took it back up about 10 years ago and have built a lot of pedals. I give a lot of pedal away to friends. My wife thinks I need to sell some because they are piling up in the basement.
 
tcpoint said:
My name is Tom. I'm a software engineer by trade. Mediocre guitarist who builds pedals at night. Lately, I've been doing embedded systems and the apps that surround them. Work with a couple of guys who used to do engineering for Fender, DOD and Carvin. Dabble in amp building, as well. Built some pedals in college, about 35 years ago. Took it back up about 10 years ago and have built a lot of pedals. I give a lot of pedal away to friends. My wife thinks I need to sell some because they are piling up in the basement.
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So.... embedded systems......

Ever work with STM32? If so I may have a proposal for you. I'm a hardware guy that occasionally pretends to do embedded systems, but I'm over my head on something and am at the point where I'm ready to enlist help.
 
Hi, I’m Damian, a Graphic/Web Designer from Madrid, Spain. Born in Argentina in 1973, I live with my 19yo son, two cats and two ant colonies.

I play guitar, had a couple bands in my 20s, and started building pedals a few years ago (before the pandemic) because I’m pretty bored of my IT job.

I like Fender offsets, solid state amps and pedals with very few knobs. Nice to meets you all! 😊
 
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