[sdiy] WAY O.T. WWII switchbay

[anthony]

No no! I meant is there a market for it? I mean people want and people pay? 
I thought maybe I could augment my tube amp & effects pedal business by 
selling bent thinks. But I consider my methods to be stochastic rather than 
purely random, so I couldn't call what I'd do (and have done) to things as 
"bending" per se, but more like "tweaking".

Those toy voice changein megaphones are ripe for the tweaking! I have a few, 
half of which ,sadly, sustained flood damage. I wanted to make a lifesize 
megaphone with an 6" speaker and a 10 watt amp with 4 of those voice 
changers in series, parallel or a combination of both. And with one of those 
cheesy echo chips from a karaoke boombox... Imagine what a pitch shifter 
would sound like in the feedback loop of a longish delay... I collect those 
toy megaphones and those karaoke boomboxes.

"Don't worry. We won't hurt you. We only want to annoy the heck out of you 
and your cats!"

Anthony

>I guess I don't think it's off topic, but I thought others might.
> Anthony, are you talking about whether I make a living selling the  stuff 
> on my site? I guess it depends on how you define "make a  living" :-)
> I live with my girlfriend, no kids, no house payments, no car, so my 
> expenses are minimal... I make just enough to get by.
> There are lots of people that sell similar items cheaper than I do.
> -pete
>
> On May 8, 2008, at 3:21 PM, anthony wrote:
>
>> I wonder if that guy really makes a living sellingthat stuff? I  think I 
>> could undersell him for sure, but make a living at it? I  dunno...
>>
>> The Switchbay isn't really OT I think.
>>
>> I'd use that stuff in a Synth DIY application without a 2nd thought!
>>
>> Anthony
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "peter edwards" 
>> <synth at casperelectronics.com>
>> To: "synthdiy DIY" <Synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:13 AM
>> Subject: [sdiy] WAY O.T. WWII switchbay
>>
>>
>>> This is pretty far off topic, I hope it doesn't bother anyone.   I'm a 
>>> synth nut and I found this to be pretty neat. Maybe some of  you will 
>>> too.
>>> I have a WWII field phone switch bay with a bunch of phones and  some 
>>> boxed parts that I got long ago with the plan of building a  synth  into 
>>> the housing. I have since decided that this is  unrealistic and  too 
>>> heavy and have too many other projects to  work on. I'd like to  sell it 
>>> but I have no idea how to asses the  value. Are there any WWII  gear 
>>> buffs here who could help point me  in the right direction?
>>>
>>>  I put a page on my site with lots of pictures I hope someone  finds 
>>> them to be entertaining:
>>> http://www.casperelectronics.com/switchboard/
>>>
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