1- When did you get started with electronics?
when i was a kid i guess.i was one of those kids that like to pull things apart to see how they work.
i got serious about it in my teens and early 20′s. i was a recording engineer and went to college
for electronics engineering so i could fix my own equipment.the studio folded and the repair business kind of took over.
2- Where did the name of your company come from?
actually, a friend just suggested it one day. i liked the way it sounded so i kept it.
3- What’s your favorite effect made by someone else?
i’m kind of mental for the early 80′s small box rats with no l.e.d.. they sound great regardless of the amp
you play them through and they’re insanely well built.
4- What’s the favorite effect you make?
recently i’ve been using the catastrofuzz for all my dirt/fuzz needs and i dif it quite a bit.
4.5- Favorite Fuzz
it would be a toss up between the aforementioned rats and catastrofuzz.i’m a sucker for overdriven
marshall type tones and like pedals that can do that sound as well as go a little into
fuzz territory as well.
5- What instruments do you play? Skill level at each?
drums – my father is a drummer and i started getting lessons before i can remember.
guitar- i’m proficient i guess.i’ve been playing for about 20 years.
bass – started playing bass between drums and guitar some time.i’m ok at best.
banjo,lap steel,piano – i’m terrible at all of these but enjoy playing them anyway.
6- Is making effect pedals your primary gig? If not, what is?
no.i’m a repair guy. i do mostly tube audio repairs and tube amp builds.effects pedals have become
a huge part of what i do over the last couple of years. i enjoy building pedals though and do it
whenever i have time.
7- Do you think about bass players before or after you prepare a circuit?
definitely before.there are issues specific to low frequency heavy instruments and certain
things i want to hear from a bass effect. so it’s always easiest for me to start out with a specific
goal in mind and work from there.
8- How many pedals do you sell a month?
it varies pretty wildly due to the way i operate.i would hazard to guess on average 10-12.
9- Triplet :
- E-bay: Savior or Curse?
curse
- Bassplayers: Foreground or Background?
foreground,of course.
- Color: Chartreuse or Magenta?
magenta
10- Any cool products in the pipeline you want to share?
not really at the moment – i’ve always got ideas but it may be a while before i get to implement them.
11- Anything else you want to add?
just want to say thanks to you for your site. it’s always awesome to meet a fellow fuzz junkie.
