RetiredUnit1
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I saw NRPS in concert back in the day. I can't remember much about the concert tho, except it was really good...... So was the weed, ergo the lack of memory lol....
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Mentaltossflycoon
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Jeff here, stay home dad of 2. Met my wife in the music dept. in college. We both burned out on the "pro classical" musician lifestyle pretty quickly. She ended up in medicine and I in social work. No surprises why it was my career that was jettisoned. Money, of course but there were also some very dark times in that field. Never again.
My parents were both music educators so I was privileged with lessons throughout childhood in piano, upright bass, guitar, and trombone. I specialized on bass trombone when I was a gigging freelancer but took tenor gigs too, taught privately, church ringer, theater pit, symphony subbing, recording. I was what they call.. a trombone prostitute. About 15 years ago I started saying no to everything except jamming with my friends on bass and I've never been happier. It's been all bars, clubs, parties, festivals, and circuses ever since.
That led to reconnecting with an old friend who built me a bass when we were in high school. He was still building and he invited me to come mess around in his shop. We ended up having a sweet workspace inner SE Portland for a few years. Couldn't afford to keep it with the crazy rent increases in PDX. I'm not a pro by any means but I consider "luthier" to be one of my hats. I'm not doing a ton of it right now due to chronic back pain from a car accident but I did attend the steel string construction class at the American School of Lutherie 10 years ago which I highly recommend.
I already had a soldering iron. When covid hit I needed something to keep me sane. Turns out something like 50 diy pedals was just the ticket. First pedal pcb I completed was the quarantine fuzz and I am very thankful to have stumbled into this little community. Thanks for all the "go build somethings!!!" Now go build something!!!
My parents were both music educators so I was privileged with lessons throughout childhood in piano, upright bass, guitar, and trombone. I specialized on bass trombone when I was a gigging freelancer but took tenor gigs too, taught privately, church ringer, theater pit, symphony subbing, recording. I was what they call.. a trombone prostitute. About 15 years ago I started saying no to everything except jamming with my friends on bass and I've never been happier. It's been all bars, clubs, parties, festivals, and circuses ever since.
That led to reconnecting with an old friend who built me a bass when we were in high school. He was still building and he invited me to come mess around in his shop. We ended up having a sweet workspace inner SE Portland for a few years. Couldn't afford to keep it with the crazy rent increases in PDX. I'm not a pro by any means but I consider "luthier" to be one of my hats. I'm not doing a ton of it right now due to chronic back pain from a car accident but I did attend the steel string construction class at the American School of Lutherie 10 years ago which I highly recommend.
I already had a soldering iron. When covid hit I needed something to keep me sane. Turns out something like 50 diy pedals was just the ticket. First pedal pcb I completed was the quarantine fuzz and I am very thankful to have stumbled into this little community. Thanks for all the "go build somethings!!!" Now go build something!!!
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PunchySunshine
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Dylan Sunshine here. Yes, my mom was a hippy.
I started playing guitar in 1982. I gave it up for a couple of years in high school to DJ instead. When I returned to guitar I actually had some rhythm. I had a music scholarship for college and that almost sucked the life out of it for me. I've had a few bands over the years. My first real one was a garage punk rocker. My last was one was r+b. I appreciate original music in any form as long as it's good. This includes Steely Dan!
I live in Colorado with my wife. After losing our daughter ten years ago we are finally figuring out how to keep on living. This forum has been a such wonderful resource of generosity of encouragement, humor and knowledge.
I started playing guitar in 1982. I gave it up for a couple of years in high school to DJ instead. When I returned to guitar I actually had some rhythm. I had a music scholarship for college and that almost sucked the life out of it for me. I've had a few bands over the years. My first real one was a garage punk rocker. My last was one was r+b. I appreciate original music in any form as long as it's good. This includes Steely Dan!
I live in Colorado with my wife. After losing our daughter ten years ago we are finally figuring out how to keep on living. This forum has been a such wonderful resource of generosity of encouragement, humor and knowledge.
mwpedalparts-maggie
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Hi, this is Maggie from MW pedal parts, living in Shenzhen, China.
As the company name, I offer pedal parts, but excluding PCB actually.
Mainly worked for the custom enclosures, electronic parts, knobs, etc.
Also I have made out some public sale vintage enclosures, such as the MK1, Zonk machine, Octavia, Fuzz, etc... and there is more coming in future.
As the company name, I offer pedal parts, but excluding PCB actually.
Mainly worked for the custom enclosures, electronic parts, knobs, etc.
Also I have made out some public sale vintage enclosures, such as the MK1, Zonk machine, Octavia, Fuzz, etc... and there is more coming in future.
kungpow!
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Hello! First post! I recently joined this forum.
Been playing guitar 30 years. First modded my Tube screamer... hmm.. around 2007. Also, my wah. Then built a bunch of General Guitar Gadgets kits. Then moved to vero layouts, and built quite a bit for a while. Then work and life got busier and I didn't build anything for years. About 2 years ago, got intrigued by Boss dirt pedals, and modded a DS-1 and SD-1. In the past year, slowly got back into building. Did my first pedalPCB about 6 months ago, a Muroidea. I've just completed my 2nd, the Muffin Fuzz board, built to Stomp '75 spec. Check it out!
First time using a 1590xx enclosure. I wanted this to have a big, industrial feel that a muff deserves! I love these knobs! Big ass pedals rule!
My muffs
Been playing guitar 30 years. First modded my Tube screamer... hmm.. around 2007. Also, my wah. Then built a bunch of General Guitar Gadgets kits. Then moved to vero layouts, and built quite a bit for a while. Then work and life got busier and I didn't build anything for years. About 2 years ago, got intrigued by Boss dirt pedals, and modded a DS-1 and SD-1. In the past year, slowly got back into building. Did my first pedalPCB about 6 months ago, a Muroidea. I've just completed my 2nd, the Muffin Fuzz board, built to Stomp '75 spec. Check it out!
First time using a 1590xx enclosure. I wanted this to have a big, industrial feel that a muff deserves! I love these knobs! Big ass pedals rule!
My muffs
