I played bass in a few metal and new wave bands in the seventies, but I am not talented, and I was lazy. More into the lifestyle instead of working at my craft. I have a few recordings I dig out every now and then when I feel nostalgic.
My talent was in sound. I have a good ear and understanding of how sound works and could make things sound as good as possible in a given room. Things like phasing and harmonics, to bring out or lose certain tones, and to make sound appear from different places. One common example is the King Diamond song “The Candle”, where part of the organ intro appears to pass under your feet. Or the Kraftwerk song “Antenna” where various sounds pop out from different parts of the room. Drives my cats crazy as they look trying to see what’s there. Anyway...
Life gets in the way, and I had to make the choice between overdosing in a hotel somewhere or getting my **** together and living a normal, middle class life. Middle class won. But I still had this itch to express myself.
I now build from scratch tube guitar amps. I also repair and restore tube amps. I only build a few because each one is a labor of love, only shared with people who appreciate them. Sound and quality wise I put them up against any amp, anywhere on the planet, as far as tone and sound go. I proud of the fact that they look factory built, not like something out of some guys basement. And by built I mean totally built; I lay out the chassis, bend the metal, drill and punch the holes, paint and apply lettering and logo, cut wood on my saw to build the cabinets and finish them. Takes about a week of unhurried work to make one from clean sheet of paper to plugging in.
The photos are two random pix, there’s been others but top one is the first one I built, the “head” unit is my current one.
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