What a great bunch of people

[Mark Hammer]

If you look at page 34 of this month's Guitar Player magazine, there is a brief article by Dave Barber describing the benevolent activities of a bunch of pedalmakers, many of whom are regulars or semi-regulars here.  We've seen hints of it now and then, but I had no idea they would be so successful.  Makes me hangmy headin shame to know that I didn't join in and help out.

The combined efforts of those who contributed pedals for sale to raise funds for Tsunami relief have resulted in some $10,000 being raised and donated to the American Red Cross and Save the Children.  

It's wonderful thing to know that one's hobbies could do good, and an almost equally wonderful thing to know one is surrounded by, and in regular contact with, people who make a point of doing good.  

Well done, folks.  Well done.  (Nice pic of Jack's pedal too.)  You deserve the praise.  This also probably the one time when no one grumbled about how little the parts cost, relative to the purchase price! :wink:

[puretube]

http://www.guitarplayer.com/story.asp?sectioncode=2&storycode=8580

[vortex]

Well done indeed!

[dosmun]

Here were the totals:

Totals as of 5/03/05

$242.50 Monster FX Swamp Thang Trem
$202.50 Maxon Real Tube Compressor
$210.00 Maxon Real Tube 880 Overdrive
$295.00 Maxon Real Tube 881 OD/Dist
$227.50 Xotic Effects RC Booster
$197.50 Xotic Effects AC Booster
$376.01 Sweet Sound Mojo Vibe
$810.00 Red Witch Fuzztron
$147.50 Effector 13 Vintage Fuzz Maker
$530.00 Red Witch Fuzztron
$481.67 Red Witch Fuzztron
$253.77 AMZ Plexi Stack Overdrive Fuzz Distortion
$162.50 OZFX Tsunami Relief Fuzz
$272.67 D*A*M MK II Tsunami Edition (one of a kind) tonebender
$200.00 Cusack Screamer Tsunami Edition #2 of 5
$560.00 Analog Man Sunface Tsunami Edition 1 of a kind
$232.50 Cusack Screamer Tsunami Edition #1 of 5
$371.78 Skreddy Pedals Zero Fuzz #0 special Tsunami edition
$212.50 MI Audio Blues Prototype Tsunami Edition (#1 of 3)
$163.49 MI Audio Crunch Box Tsunami Edition (#1 of 3)
$227.50 MI Audio Octodrive Tsunami Edition (#1 of 3)
$425.00 Red Witch Fuzztron #4
$209.17 Ibanez EM-5 Echo Machine REBOXED
$208.10 Cusack Screamer Special Edition (#3 of 5)
$167.50 Cusack Screamer-Fuzz, Tsunami Relief Edition #1 of 5
$237.50 Barber Direct Drive SS Special Tsunami Edition
$153.50 MI Audio Blues Prototype Tsunami Edition (#2 of 3)
$151.00 MI Audio Crunchbox Tsunami Edition (#2 of 3)
$223.60 MI Audio Octodrive Tsunami Edition (#2 of 3)
$169.17 Cusack Screamer-Fuzz, Tsunami Relief Edition #2 of 5
$1,812.67 Tsunami Relief ..Red Witch Fuzztron #5 & FINAL !
$153.59 Ampeg Scramber Clone Tsunami Relief Edition
$143.50 MI Audio Blues Prototype Tsunami Edition (#3 of 3)
$175.00 MI Audio Crunch Box Tsunami Edition (#3 of 3)
$143.50 MI Audio Octodrive Tsunami Edition (#3 of 3)
$153.50 Cusack Screamer Tsunami Edition (#4 of 5)
$202.19 Barber Direct Drive SS Tsunami-Relief Edition
$255.55 Foxrox Octron Prototype Tsunami-Relief Edition
$177.59 Cusack Screamer-Fuzz, Tsunami Relief Edition #4 of 5
$179.00 Ampeg Scrambler Clone Tsunami Relief Edition
$280.00 Timmy (little brother of Tim) Tsunami Relief Edition
$410.00 Clark Gainster Tsunami-Relief Edition
$150.00 Cusack Screamer-Fuzz, Tsunami Relief Edition #5 of 5
$182.58 MI Audio Super Classic Distortion
$305.00 BJFE Sea Blue EQ Tsunami-Relief Edition
$189.44 Cusack Screamer, Tsunami Relief Edition #5 of 5
$315.13 Timmy (younger brother of Tim) Tsunami Relief Edition
$218.03 Timmy (younger brother of Tim) Tsunami-Relief Edition
$305.00 Legendary Tones Time Machine Boost - Tsunami Edition
$285.00 Timmy (younger brother of Tim) Tsunami Relief Edition
$204.50 Barber Burn Unit EQ (serial #1) Tsunami-Relief Edition
$305.00 Timmy (younger brother of Tim) Tsunami Relief Edition
$1025.00 Way Huge Aqua Puss Analog Delay Tsunami Relief Edition
$207.50 Line6 Space Echo ToneCore with Way Huge Mods Tsunami
$232.50 Line6 Echo Park ToneCore with Way Huge Mods Tsunami
$485.00 Line6 Delay Modeler with Way Huge Mods Tsunami Relief


$16,617.61

[Mark Hammer]

Wow.  Absolutely, wow.

I repeat, well done!!

And you know something,  kudos too to those folks who were willing to pay the extra money for a good cause.

[The Tone God]

Well done to both the builder/contributer and the bidders/buyers.

Andrew