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Thank you from Mr. Black and the Pixie Project!
Tremendous news everybody!! All 50 ThunderClaw pedals for the Pixie Project sold by 10:47pm Oct. 30, 2014!! This is wonderful news and on behalf of the Pixie Project, we thank you! We still have to pull reports and push buttons on calculators to determine the total raised, but I have a feeling it will be felt by all involved (and to be involved) with the Pixie Project. Special thanks to Jesse L. who kicked in at the top level of $400. Dude, the world needs more people like you. Next time you're in Portland, beers are on me personally.But it...
NAMM Tour Diary
Day 1 ----------- 9:02 a.m. - Kirk arrives at Jack's house and is happy to find that he has recovered from the malaria he was suffering from the previous two days. 930 a.m. - We pick up Justin and quickly hit the road. Music Choice: Big Business - Here Come The Waterworks 10:13 a.m. - We stop for coffee at a drive-thru Starbucks. Justin says "fuck starbucks" and we promptly drive him to a drive-thru Dutch Bros. We talk about the tattoo artist who has the dick tattoo market locked down. Not tattooing on a dick...but tattooing dicks...
A little about Circuits to Cure Cancer
We've been working with our good friends at Blakemore Effects on a fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. We've donated one of every pedal we make, including the SuperMoon, TunnelWorm, Eterna, DoubleChorus and the Boost Tiger! To make it easy on ya, we made a video. Dig it, and visit Circuits to Cure Cancer to learn more about who's who, what's what, and just how you can do yo thang:
You want the truth? You can't HANDLE the Truth!! More than you need to know about power supplies
I'll tell ya what: the last fucking thing I want to think about is a power supply. Talk about a glamour-less experience. The best one you can get doesn't do ANYTHING to your sound. Nothing at all. Makes it sound like its not there. Here I am working my ass off to make shit that changes your tone for the better, and the power supply's job is to make sure it doesn't. At all. I should be making power supplies. If you haven't guess it already, this edition of Straight Jive is going to discuss some power supply theory, the...
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