Bay Area DIY Electronics Swap Meet 08/19/07

[soggybag]

Anyone interested in checking out the:

Musicians and DIY Electronics Swap Meet
Sunday August 19, 2007
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
(The next reminder for this event will be sent in 7 days, 3 minutes.)
Location: 924 Gilman Street
Street: 924 Gilman Street
City State Zip: Berkeley, CA

Let me know if anyone is interested in meeting up the swap meet.

[dickwiewy]

Yeah that'ld be great! I can't understand why I'm the only one responding to your query. Hey I haven't been to 924 Gillman since I was a punk kid. Lemme know if you're gonna do it ok? Thanx, Noel Grassy

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

I've just posted the time & place to the synth-diy mail list, so here's hoping.
Can people just rock up with stuff or do you need to book?(Afraid I'll be a no-show, it's a lokng way from Melbourne Australia)

[soggybag]

This is put on by the Bay Area DIY Electronic group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BADIYEG/cal

They did one last year it was kinda fun. I was a little disappointed as most people were looking for cash rather than trade. But it was pretty fun none the less. There was a group, of what looked like burning man folks, that had piles of old military gear and boxes of old surplus tubes and things.

I think you can just show up and request a table/space. You might check with Gilman or the BADIYEG group on Yahoo.

I'll be there. I live in the city so I will probably take my bike on BART.

[object88]

Ah damnit!  The Gilman is practically in my backyard, but I'm going to be a few hundred miles away that day.

[tiges_ tendres]

I hope I can go.  I'm in Redwood City, which isn't far enough away for any lame excuses!

[soggybag]

Right on, hope to see some people from the list there.

[ErikMiller]

Glad to see that you'll be there again, Soggy. Thanks for posting the information here.

For more information about getting a table, etc., go to http://www.euthymia.org/Swap/

Spaces are first-come, first-served, and the door opens for sellers at 10:00 AM. I'm going to try to be more vigilant about enforcing the door times this time; last time it was just kind of all over the place and there were plenty of buyer-only's there before 11.

From 10 to 11, you have to have a sellers' tag or be with someone who does. After that, the more the merrier!

From the responses I've been getting, I anticipate a larger event than the January one.

[soggybag]

I'm hoping to be there again this year. It was fun last year.

I'm debating about getting a table. Does anyone else want to split a table? I don't have that much stuff to swap/sell.

[soggybag]

Anyone on the list want to meet up at the swap?

I'll be there wearing my Electric Wizard T. It's black with a gold psychdelic image, which inlcudes the words Electric Wizard but they are totaly unreadable.

[jonathan perez]

dammit!

if, by chance, i play my cards right, i might be able to go...i cant remember if i had plans for sunday.

[aron]

DIYstompboxes.com T-Shirts!!!! I wish I could go!

[mdh]

I might come by.  I'd be driving from Davis, though, so I need to see if I can set aside a few hours.  I don't have anything to trade, but I may be buying.  Is there generally a pretty broad selection of stuff?

[soggybag]

Last year people were selling lots of different things. Overall the whole event was not that large. Gilman street is not a big venue. There were guitars and used effects. A guy had a bunch of synthesizer stuff. There was a giant table of military surplus, old tubes and radios and things.

[tiges_ tendres]

My wife says I can go!  See you guys there

I will be bringing the following stuff:

Univox ec-80 echo chamber
Tons of guitar pedals
a big pedal case (huge!!!)
60's Gibson melody maker (somebody hacked it up)
Bass body configured in poth P and J styles

I hope people want to trade with me.  I almost thing I should get a table but my wife doesn't want to stick around that long.

Oh, and I'll be wearing and echoplex t-shirt.

[Cardboard Tube Samurai]

I wish we had this sort of thing here in Australia

[tiges_ tendres]

I had an awesome time today!  Great to meet you Mitchell.  I will let you know how my build turns out!

I wish I had got there early and got a table.  I brought more stuff to trade than some guys who had tables brought!

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

I wish we had this sort of thing here in Australia

Well, if you decide to hold one in Melbourne, I promise to come.
Even if it is south of the Yarra!