Pearly Gator
05-09-2005, 04:30 PM
Saturday, I went to the first annual LA Amp convention in hopes of meeting some new wholesale venders to buy my parts from. Being in business, I’d like to get parts locally for faster turn around times for my customers.
At the convention I met people from Mesa Boogie, CE Distributing, AES, Groove Tubes and others. A panel of amp gurus led a discussion forum. It included representatives from Randal, GK and Groove Tubes. I left the forum to go back to the Groove Tubes booth and spoke with a guy named Patrick, who gave me a dealer application packet. Groove Tubes is a half hour drive from my shop and I can get an account for an initial purchase of only $700 - $900 worth of tubes. (Gulp!) I bought the latest deluxe edition of The Tube Amp Book, which includes a CD containing over 800 schematics. Patrick told be to come back when Aspen Pittman was there and he would autograph it.
When Aspen arrived, I introduced myself and asked about the local audio companies that were around in the ‘70s. We had a mutual acquaintance named Ed Miller and we both worked for the various companies like Cerwin-Vega, Acoustic and the Great American Sound Company. Aspen signed my copy of The Tube Amp Book and said, “God bless you!†I was caught off guard by the comment but even as a throng of fellow technophiles pressed for Aspen’s attention, I replied, “God bless you too, sir!â€
For two days, I’ve delved deep into the book and just came across the page ohaving Aspen Pittman’s bio. The closing paragraph explains it:
“Aspen resides near his San Fernando, California, Groove Tubes factory with his wife and business partner Sigrid, two nasty two blue and gold macaws, and two good dogs. He regularly attends Christian music workshop groups at several nearby churches….â€
I think I’m switching to Groove Tubes to support a brother. The problem is, I have to justify buying almost a thousand dollars worth of tubes. Perhaps I can ask my customers to help me make the initial purchase and I’ll let them have the tubes at cost. From what I saw, GT is a good, honest company that carries tubes from every modern European and Asian manufacturer.
In Christ,
Gator
At the convention I met people from Mesa Boogie, CE Distributing, AES, Groove Tubes and others. A panel of amp gurus led a discussion forum. It included representatives from Randal, GK and Groove Tubes. I left the forum to go back to the Groove Tubes booth and spoke with a guy named Patrick, who gave me a dealer application packet. Groove Tubes is a half hour drive from my shop and I can get an account for an initial purchase of only $700 - $900 worth of tubes. (Gulp!) I bought the latest deluxe edition of The Tube Amp Book, which includes a CD containing over 800 schematics. Patrick told be to come back when Aspen Pittman was there and he would autograph it.
When Aspen arrived, I introduced myself and asked about the local audio companies that were around in the ‘70s. We had a mutual acquaintance named Ed Miller and we both worked for the various companies like Cerwin-Vega, Acoustic and the Great American Sound Company. Aspen signed my copy of The Tube Amp Book and said, “God bless you!†I was caught off guard by the comment but even as a throng of fellow technophiles pressed for Aspen’s attention, I replied, “God bless you too, sir!â€
For two days, I’ve delved deep into the book and just came across the page ohaving Aspen Pittman’s bio. The closing paragraph explains it:
“Aspen resides near his San Fernando, California, Groove Tubes factory with his wife and business partner Sigrid, two nasty two blue and gold macaws, and two good dogs. He regularly attends Christian music workshop groups at several nearby churches….â€
I think I’m switching to Groove Tubes to support a brother. The problem is, I have to justify buying almost a thousand dollars worth of tubes. Perhaps I can ask my customers to help me make the initial purchase and I’ll let them have the tubes at cost. From what I saw, GT is a good, honest company that carries tubes from every modern European and Asian manufacturer.
In Christ,
Gator