The Golden Age of DIY

[stringsthings]

" ... A variety of books have outlined the history of soldering.  Many have tried to trace it well back to its beginnings ... Excavations seem to indicate that it originated somewhere close to the present country of Afghanistan ... we have found items such as jewelry and weapons that have been soldered - excellently, by the way ... through various dating methods and stylistic evidence it has been concluded that soldering must have been invented about 2500 B.C. ... "

excerpt from "The Basics of Soldering" ( Armin Rahn )

... therefore, the fuzz box must have been invented in 2499 B.C. ! 

[Paul Marossy]

" ... A variety of books have outlined the history of soldering.  Many have tried to trace it well back to its beginnings ... Excavations seem to indicate that it originated somewhere close to the present country of Afghanistan ... we have found items such as jewelry and weapons that have been soldered - excellently, by the way ... through various dating methods and stylistic evidence it has been concluded that soldering must have been invented about 2500 B.C. ... "

excerpt from "The Basics of Soldering" ( Armin Rahn )

... therefore, the fuzz box must have been invented in 2499 B.C. ! 

Nah, it took men about 2,450 years to invent the "transistor" first. 

[Galego]

2450? 49 AD?

[MoltenVoltage]

49 BC

[frequencycentral]

BC549?

[ayayay!]

BC549?

Ha!  Rick for the win!