Origin of your pedal "brand"

[PRR]

> When I think in a dead astronaut, I only see Mr. Gagarin

Lot of dead astronauts:

US: http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/l_astro.asp

Roger Chaffee, 'Gus' Grissom, Edward White - Apollo 1 fire

Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Francis Scobee, Michael Smith - Challenger explosion

Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Rick Husband, William McCool - Columbia accident

Karl Henize 10/5/1993 heart attack while climbing Mt. Everest
David Griggs 6/17/1989 training mission plane crash
Stephen Thorne 5/24/1986 private plane crash
'Pete' Conrad 7/7/1999 motorcycle accident
Edward Givens 6/6/1967 automobile accident
Bill Lenoir 8/26/2010 bicycle accident

Wally Schirra 5/3/2007 heart attack
Alan Shepard 7/21/1998 leukemia
'Deke' Slayton 6/13/1993 brain tumor
G. David Low 3/16/2008 colon cancer

Known US and USSR as of July 30, 1971:

Also: Valentin Bondarenko, March of 1961, and Grigori Nelyubov, February of 1966

[kaycee]

Meanwhile, back from the space race..

Retro-Electro. The Missus came up with it (about 3-4 years ago), because its old stuff and electronics - she didn't know that it was already the name of some kind of electronic disco sub genre. There is at least one other builder out there using the same name, but I don't care if he don't - I'm not expecting market domination any time soon....

[Güero]

> When I think in a dead astronaut, I only see Mr. Gagarin
Lot of dead astronauts:
US: http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/l_astro.asp
Roger Chaffee, 'Gus' Grissom, Edward White - Apollo 1 fire
Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Francis Scobee, Michael Smith - Challenger explosion
Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Rick Husband, William McCool - Columbia accident
Karl Henize 10/5/1993 heart attack while climbing Mt. Everest
David Griggs 6/17/1989 training mission plane crash
Stephen Thorne 5/24/1986 private plane crash
'Pete' Conrad 7/7/1999 motorcycle accident
Edward Givens 6/6/1967 automobile accident
Bill Lenoir 8/26/2010 bicycle accident
Wally Schirra 5/3/2007 heart attack
Alan Shepard 7/21/1998 leukemia
'Deke' Slayton 6/13/1993 brain tumor
G. David Low 3/16/2008 colon cancer
Known US and USSR as of July 30, 1971:

Also: Valentin Bondarenko, March of 1961, and Grigori Nelyubov, February of 1966

Yeah! You're right!
Those braves mens and women that died for the space conquest deserve my respect.
But Mr. Gagarin was the first man in space, I was referring to this fact.

[darron]

i'm sure i posted last night, now it's disappeared. even subscribed me...



i was working for a band as a guitar tech and they nicknamed me "dazatron" as a geekyspin of my name "darron". down the track they said i should open my own line of guitar pedals and call them "dazatronics" so:

[garcho]

inspiring builds dudes!

[rousejeremy]

  What a finish! Looks like flame maple

[Perrow]

What a finish! Looks like flame maple

Let's see if memory serves me.

-Flames are done with a Dremel and a (metal) brush.
-Paint is translucent and thus the flames shows through.
-The "etching" is laser engraving.

About right Darron?

[darron]

What a finish! Looks like flame maple

Let's see if memory serves me.

-Flames are done with a Dremel and a (metal) brush.
-Paint is translucent and thus the flames shows through.
-The "etching" is laser engraving.

About right Darron?

Spot on. I reckon it will catch on.

It's powder coated. There are clear and candy colours that came on the market some time ago now. Not many places stock them but you can get the powder yourself off the net.

While we're talking technique, I suppose this is semi-relevant to the topic.

[ayayay!]

BigPapaMods.

4 kids.  Passionate about pedals since I was 15.  Kind of a towering fella.  And, it's catchy.

[rousejeremy]

What a finish! Looks like flame maple

Let's see if memory serves me.

-Flames are done with a Dremel and a (metal) brush.
-Paint is translucent and thus the flames shows through.
-The "etching" is laser engraving.

About right Darron?

I'm stealing everything you just said, except for the laser engraving thing, that's beyond me.

[darron]

I'm stealing everything you just said, except for the laser engraving thing, that's beyond me.

told you. it's taking off!
same concept:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Simulated-woodgrain-for-metal-boxes/step8/Final-boxes/

[rousejeremy]

Thanks for that link. Time for a faux flame maple box with a 59 LP burst finish, some bullsh*t circuit in there to emulate Billy Gibbons and call it "Pearly Gates".

[rousejeremy]

BTW, I call my stuff Rousetech. My buddy suggested it while we were drinking beer at The Molson Amphitheatre while Blue Rodeo played.

[Ice-9]

I'm stealing everything you just said, except for the laser engraving thing, that's beyond me.

told you. it's taking off!
same concept:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Simulated-woodgrain-for-metal-boxes/step8/Final-boxes/

Yeah I do a similar effect on my pedals by sanding the surface down with quite course sandpaper before powder coating, it leaves a brushed aluminium effect. Here is an early one I did while trying to get the process correct.

[BDuguay]

I need 'pesto' 'splained to me please.
B.

[B Tremblay]

I need 'pesto' 'splained to me please.
B.

Well, here's a pesto pizza that I ate.

[lopsided]

Mmm Pesto.

[BDuguay]

I need 'pesto' 'splained to me please.
B.

Well, here's a pesto pizza that I ate.

Either I had a strange MAC glitch yesterday or I was the victim of an April Fools day joke but I swear on my Klon Centaur that this thread was titled 'Origin of your pesto "brand"

[Renegadrian]

PESTO PIZZA?!  WHY?! OMG
Pesto is an italian sauce to go with pasta...I guess that pizza tastes anything but pesto...

[arma61]

PESTO PIZZA?!  WHY?! OMG
Pesto is an italian sauce to go with pasta...I guess that pizza tastes anything but pesto...

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