After a career at the bleeding-edge of technology, I find myself working with about the oldest of low-tech electronics - vacuum tubes. But there is a reason the best stereo systems in the world still use tubes to this day, and to prove I'm a good guy, I'm going to spare you all the boring detail as to why
A good friend of mine makes guitars for a living and was bemoaning the fact that a) he could not find a nice small practice amp with the right sound quality and b) his wife asked him to 'get his junk' out of the living room every time he left his usual guitar amp there for more than a few hours.
And so, the idea was born, a living-room-friendly guitar amplifier with the best possible hi-fi sound you can get.
Pretty soon I'll be making a stereo version for those folks that want to play iPods instead of guitars.
I've been at it a few years now & getting busier all the time. Until I started, the only woodworking I'd done was putting up a shelf (badly), so I'd a pretty steep & fast learning curve. Making the cabinet's is the part I really enjoy most. The circuitry etc is fun too, but not as gratifying as making sawdust.
Within only a few months of getting started I was asked if I'd like to send one to David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), by his manager, for him to check out. He actually took it home with him, so they needed another for the studio . . .
Shortly after that, I got my first review in Acoustic Guitar magazine - which was very favorable - then another in Vintage Guitar magazine. Picking up artsist endorsements has helped too - Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) and Al Petteway have both been wonderful supporters.
Hopefully, I'll be able to avoid going back to the corporate jungle . . . .
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