Times up, officially retiring from amp building. Thank god !

[T-Rex]

Decided last night, officially retiring from amp building for good. Have two small final finish ups on the bench, but am starting to list and take pics of stuff to get rid of. It will all go somehow / someway. Thanks to all for putting up with my sh*t for years. Please see the classifieds for amp and guitar stuff

 

[iblive]

Let me be the first to wish you happy retirement… once the headache of divesting yourself of the “stuff” you want to part with and you can actually get started on said retirement.

 

[Far Rider]

Those fortunate enough that have your amps must feel blessed. All hail Guitar Rocker!

 

[DirtySteve]

It's been a pleasure watching your build threads, I'll miss those! I hope you enjoy you're retirement.

 

[CoyotesGator]

Happy retirement Brother.

Thank you for the help when I needed it.

Gonna have to plug into my GR Amp tonight in honor!

 

[Thatbastarddon]

Congratulations, I hope!!!

 

[SG John]

I like all your builds.

 

[syscokid]

Hey T-Rex! If it's not too personal, what's the motivation on your decision?

 

[T-Rex]

I spend all my retirement free time working on "the next amp" and hardly ever get to pick up one of guitars. I have built almost everything that I cared to build over the years, time to walk away from it.

 

[DirtySteve]

I just wonder if you can actually pull it off.

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

 

[Far Rider]

 

[Session 5]

Happy retirement!! All the best to you, there's nothing like it!

 

[67plexi]

I spend all my retirement free time working on "the next amp" and hardly ever get to pick up one of guitars. I have built almost everything that I cared to build over the years, time to walk away from it.

I get it. in my past I would travel servicing private amp collections then the cruse ship amps and my local music shop repairs that was OK
the last few years people think I'm rapping them on estimates I charge the same price for the last 30+ years parts and shipping have gone up
first I stopped servicing PCB amps and only work on vintage point to point amp restoration I built every amp I ever wanted

 

[T-Rex]

So that's it. It's all gone now. Shipped out the last of it. Should feel relieved, but I think there's a hole in the bottom of my sea.

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

So that's it. It's all gone now. Shipped out the last of it. Should feel relieved, but I think there's a hole in the bottom of my sea.

People I know who retire usually wind up going back to work in some form or another. It takes them maybe a couple months before they start wishing they had a job.

 

[iblive]

People I know who retire usually wind up going back to work in some form or another. It takes them maybe a couple months before they start wishing they had a job.

And then there’s some of us…… example, me…… that’s been retired for over 4 years that hasn’t spent a single minute wishing I still had a job. In fact, the few times I’ve thought it’d be nice to have a little something part time for some fun money cash….. the shiver starts at my hair follicles and works it way down to my toes.

 

[T-Rex]

People I know who retire usually wind up going back to work in some form or another. It takes them maybe a couple months before they start wishing they had a job.

I've been retired for 12 years from being an industrial electrician of 40 years.

This was my nut here at home to crush around. Way more than a hobby.

For some reason the "Grateful Dead's" song of Truckin is playing non stop in my head this morning.

 

[iblive]

For some reason the "Grateful Dead's" song of Truckin is playing non stop in my head this morning.

I wake up in the middle of the night with tunes stuck in my head. Sometimes I know why. Other times it’ll be a song out of left field I haven’t thought about in years. Dumb stuff like The Archies “Sugar Sugar.”

 

[T-Rex]

Oh Dang! Now that song is up on my mental play list !