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OOOooh, thats nice Jimi 

I'd advise you to see a foot specialist, as well -- if you have odd feet, then they can make custom inserts for your shoes, to make standing for long periods easier. Also, when you do sit after eight to ten hours of standing, a nice foot bath of hot water (as hot as you can stand) with a generous amount of table salt mixed in is absolutely wonderful.

I have a lot of feet issues unfortunately. One of my issues is that they are as flat as a duck, like zero, ______ arch. They arent the kind of flat feet that can be corrected either. As you can see, I have a special pad on the ground that isnt just flat, it helps to stand on different parts throughout the day. I have been soaking them in epsom salt as well as my back.

New Sit Stand Desk Day!

So my back is basically fried. I have had herniated discs for about 14 years now that flare up from time to time. I recently had a bad flare up that had me bedridden for almost three weeks. Had spinal steroid injections a couple of weeks ago so I am doing better now. I am a pretty active guy so this crap gets me beyond depressed when it happens.

Anyway, my spinal doctors have been telling me forever that sitting is like the worse thing for your back, especially when you have issues like I do. That's usually when I can start to tell I am going to have a flare up; I'll be sitting, working for hours straight, go to stand up and bam...feel like I need a minute before I can walk.

So I finally bit the bullet and got an electronic sit/stand frame for my studio/office. While we have this style of desk at our main office, I work mostly remotely now. I basically took my studio desk that I already had and just removed everything below the table top and installed the frame. I opted for a more expensive frame since it seemed to be able to handle a lot more weight and had a better warranty. Hopefully with eliminating sitting while working (8-10hrs a day), I can lessen flare up frequency. Its definitely not easy standing up working all day because it kills my feet but I'd rather have that pain than a flare up.

Lastly, take care of your back!!!! If you are free from back pain, don't take it for granted because you don't want back issues. Trust me. 

Interesting info

So for me, no show stoppers it seems. Thats good

Just curious if there is anything common we order that's tough to get at the moment?

I have a backlog of stuff I need to build so just wanted to get a heads up.

Wow, he sold me some caps back in the day.

I remember him shooting that, if memory serves me right, that Gorilla amp.

RIP

I pretty much box everything.... then rock it... then to the shelf where it will stay most of the time

same here

A lot of my favorite forum members stopped being active in the forum. Kind of a bummer but I understand.

I remember how awesome things were when I first joined and then slowly but surely, people started fading away.

I guess the lifespan of a pedal builder is relatively short. Once a person feels they have built everything they could possibly ever want, they get bored and move on.

That said, I'm still excited about building and have been playing a ton of guitar.

What are people opinion on the best amp kits?

Was looking around Mojotone but wanted some feedback

Very Cool!

I've been on the fence about getting a hand-held desoldering tool for awhile, and picked one up a few weeks ago.

Bloody hell.

You do have to clean it... multiple times each session... but it works very, very, very well. The pots just fell out of the old PCBs I was harvesting parts from (they've been sitting in the cupboard for half a decade... didn't want to waste the parts on 'em) and the rotary switches very nearly did as well! (The retaining clips on those work a bit better than the average 9mm pot retaining bits.)

If DIY electronics is a big hobby, and you're on the level of owning and using a scope, I'd recommend getting a FR-301 as well.

Man Alan, one of my all-time best purchases for building pcb stuff. I told myself when I bought it that I would always clean it after ever use and so far I have kept that up. I have a system down of cleaning it that goes really fast so its a nonissue now.

I eventually purchased maybe 4-5 different style tips for it so I can use the best one suited for the job. They are expensive too but also makes the tool even more useful.

It's been there for a very long time, you old bastards!

Damn, would like to get my hands on the Progue kit but its out of stock

So what are ya'll planning on doing?

I seriously used Smallbear for all the hard-to-find stuff. Is Ebay basically the place we are going to have to use if it's not available from Mouser or Digikey?

Man, the world is really ending. I am completed gutted by this news. I love small bear so much and going to miss that site, been shopping there for over 10 years now. I really can't live without that wire or those thin stomp washers and it was the only place I bought pots. Super depressing, what a shit year...

This, this, and THIS!!!