Can I shamelessly brag for a moment?

Two buddies of mine and I purchased a guitar amp company about a year ago. We all still kept our consulting/engineering day jobs and have been building these on the side, as well as starting to farm it out to reputable contractors.

Last week we sold an amp to a reputable university’s school of music (they will use it for recording and performances). Selling these things to discerning guitar players is one thing, but an actual music school…

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… is really cool to me.

I build and cover the cabinets. And it’s so exciting to see things like this where our customers are actually out there playing on something that left my garage. It’s substantially more fulfilling than anything I’ve ever done as a consultant.

This bowl is very fulfilling to me because it sits at the cross section of our careers and our hobbies. I’m tremendously grateful for the outlet.

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This is very cool! Have a website?

We do: http://allenamps.com

It needs an overhaul, and I need to update the verbiage on the front page. We are still just trying to get through as much of our backlog as possible.

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Awesome!

This is great - congrats! Agreed - I love that woodworking gives me a different sense of accomplishment and creative expression than anything in my career has ever afforded.

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