Things sometimes go full circle.
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 2:13 pm
6 or 7 years ago my good friend Tom Wilber returned home from the road after a stint tour managing the young blues guitarist Shannon Curfman.
He dropped by the shop and brought in a pedal of hers that needed some service. No problem, Tom.
So I fixed the pedal and put it on the shelf. Where it sat for several years waiting to be picked up.
Eventually, I found myself needing an overdrive to use for some gigs. I tried all the usual stuff. Tube Screamers, several of the Boss variety, Rat, Biff Muff ect. Nothing really excited me.
Then I pulled that weird pedal off the shelf and tried it out. Sounded pretty good, really good in fact. So I put it on my board and used it.
Sometime later I played a benefit show for something. Can't remember what, I do so many of these things. Anyway, lots of bands at an all day type of thing. We play our set and this guy comes up and asks about the pedal. Turns out he knows more about it than I do. That guy is Dana Osman. Know here as Dosman. And the pedal is a Klon Centaur, an expensive boutique item. Who knew? Dana knew.
Cool! I've inherited a sweet pedal. And it's lived on my pedal board for about two years now.
Last night I'm on stage and who walks in? Tom Wilber of course.
Who does he have with him? A now grown up Shannon Curfman. So I brought her to the stage, took the Klon from my board and gave it her.
No charge on the repair, I got my money's worth out of it.
Boy was she surprized!
Turns out she's recording in Detroit for Rustbelt records and Tom brought her to see the band. Her new release will feature the Klon Centaur courtesy of your's truly. I sure am going to miss that pedal.
So I now have a vacant spot on my pedal board to fill. Any suggestions? I'm thinking fuzz or octave fuzz.
George
He dropped by the shop and brought in a pedal of hers that needed some service. No problem, Tom.
So I fixed the pedal and put it on the shelf. Where it sat for several years waiting to be picked up.
Eventually, I found myself needing an overdrive to use for some gigs. I tried all the usual stuff. Tube Screamers, several of the Boss variety, Rat, Biff Muff ect. Nothing really excited me.
Then I pulled that weird pedal off the shelf and tried it out. Sounded pretty good, really good in fact. So I put it on my board and used it.
Sometime later I played a benefit show for something. Can't remember what, I do so many of these things. Anyway, lots of bands at an all day type of thing. We play our set and this guy comes up and asks about the pedal. Turns out he knows more about it than I do. That guy is Dana Osman. Know here as Dosman. And the pedal is a Klon Centaur, an expensive boutique item. Who knew? Dana knew.
Cool! I've inherited a sweet pedal. And it's lived on my pedal board for about two years now.
Last night I'm on stage and who walks in? Tom Wilber of course.
Who does he have with him? A now grown up Shannon Curfman. So I brought her to the stage, took the Klon from my board and gave it her.
No charge on the repair, I got my money's worth out of it.
Boy was she surprized!
Turns out she's recording in Detroit for Rustbelt records and Tom brought her to see the band. Her new release will feature the Klon Centaur courtesy of your's truly. I sure am going to miss that pedal.
So I now have a vacant spot on my pedal board to fill. Any suggestions? I'm thinking fuzz or octave fuzz.
George
