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It’s in there.

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Deciding which offcuts from a walnut board is one of the most heartbreaking decisions we go through every day. This whitish crap labeled Baddy Bad Bad is sapwood crap, but look at that gorgeously colored & figured heartwood directly next to it. Instead of cutting the end off, I was able sneak the shape into it, saving some of that tasty walnut goodness. I’m basically a saint.
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#walnutwood#sapwood

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@tristan_bechet crushing it.

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TRZTN —the moniker of Tristan Bechet— has shared a new song from his forthcoming album Royal Dagger Ballet. The track, “Hieroglyphs,” features Karen O and arrives with a visual directed by Barnaby Roper and starring dancer Victoria Dauberville.

Discussing the new collaboration with @ko, Bechet said: "I re-shaped her voice, deformed the structure, and resampled her own vocals creating the main staccato vocal theme. The track disintegrates and falls back together like the push and pull of a rubber band stretching." Listen at the link in our bio.

📷 By K to the O

#KarenO #TRZTN #TristanBechet

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Sure, I could’ve used a single slab of sexy walnut to cut the cabinet sides from, but the grain wouldn’t flow down the sides through the front. This is cabinetmaking, not a slab table top on metal legs.
I started with a random angle to make the cut but the sides were made from 2 edge joined pieces requiring a perfect 45deg cut. The @woodpeckers_tools adjustable square with a 45deg detent made these cuts so ludicrously easy, it felt like cheating. @blackwing Era ✏️ & Kandinsky edition tip guard in the shot because the combo is gorgeous.
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#woodpeckerstools#makitatools#walnutwood

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Sweet Lord, I should’ve waited 30sec before posting @waveformmagazine pic. @gamechanger_audio Pedal Plus arrived. It’s all about the Black, brass, and walnut around here these days, and I kinda like it.
#waveformmagazine#gamechangeraudio#lienielsentoolworks#eskatonicmodular#walnutwood

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@waveformmagazine #5 just arrived! Oh, yeah!
I think I overheard someone say Waveform has the best advertisers on earth, but I’m vastly too humble to say such myself. @golfwithghosts Brad finally got his face in print. I told him he’d become famous.
#waveformmagazine

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Hot damn, this pedal is sexy!! I don’t even care what it sounds like, though you know anything coming out of Folktek alchemy cave will sound incredible, as it’ll sexy up my pedalboard.
There may or may not be something brewing between our respective caves. Stay tuned...

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#folktek #guitarpedal Alter X and Y #folktekalter

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Another exciting installment of As the Glue Dries.

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Lovely photo of (Nancy) Wilson, a vintage 2018 Needham Woodworks cabinet, in her 2nd home. 2018, a lifetime ago.
David @davidrothbaum recently picked her up from Reverb and outfitted her with @eskatonicmodular power.
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#euroracksynth#eurorackmodular#eurorackcase#eskatonicmodular#needhamwoodworks

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I’m putting together a cabinet care package to be included with every new order. Since I’ve started, at least 6 different types of finishes have been used until I’ve settled on the current combination of oil and wax. This kit will be used to keep your new beauty clean and satin-ey, just like when she left the shop.

More fun case candy to be included as the new stuff comes in. Maybe t-shirts, too. Perhaps the ones I cannot legally sell?

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Sitting down with my own cabinet for the first time and starting to load modules. I hate to toot my own horn, but sweet 25th Amendment this is a nice cabinet. Wowsers. Toot toot. Yeah, that’s baby Grogu floating across the filler plate. @folktek @makenoisemusic copper & black modules look so good against the walnut and black walnut, they make me want to be a better man.
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#folktek#makenoise#eskatonicmodular#needhamwoodworks#eurorackmodularsynth

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Getting caught up on all y’alls emails.
Big day tomorrow with glamour shots.

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2021 continues to give me sweet little kisses. (My) RhythmAce arrived and will rehoused into a Claro walnut case, new biz cards w/ both logos so I don’t have to carry around two sets, large Mando T’s for me & Brad and + a mini one for the Willz.
Happy Tuesday.
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#rhythmace

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2020. Yeah.
Brad and I send out a huge thank you to all our wonderful customers this year for keeping the ship afloat, especially Jeremy Clover @jeremyclover for investing in Eskatonic, and the rest of you who commissioned me for pieces I knew you didn’t really need. Thank you. It was a horrible year for me personally, but the last couple of months have been nothing short of incredible for the business. Brad has brought sanity to my workflow and has refined the finishing process beyond my comprehension. So much so, I’ve made him a partner in the business. A heartfelt Thank You to all of you who follow this semi-ridiculous business feed of mine, and to all our customers, both old and soon-to-be. 🙂 And Brad’s mom who makes me cookies & tamales, and let’s me crash at their place on my drives back from LA! @nancytikkanen
2021, all eyes on you.

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One of our gals, Vanessa, who graduated in 2018 just came back from @ino.eno (coolest IG name I’ve seen) on a used sale on Reverb via @modularaddict who bought 6 or 7 from me. I used to sign & date with a wood burning tool & stamp. We’re going to mend some injuries, update her hardware, install @eskatonicmodular power, and give her a fresh finish. This was back when I was a nauseous mixture of marine spar, turpentine, and boiled linseed oil, which gave the cabinets a bomb/sunlight/water resistant protective layer but made the shop smell like a Dow Chemical factory, and would get me unpleasantly high. I suspect the buzz was from my brain cells jumping ship. We now use a German hippie oil used on children’s toys, topped with a wax that’s burnished to a nice satin sheen. If you’re local and/or I don’t need to ship, we’ll happily freshen up a case you may have picked up on the used market. If I have to ship anything back, please disregard this post.
#eurorackcase

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As horrible as 2020 has been so far, these few photos I just snapped represent why I eagerly come to the shop every day with a smile on my face. As shitty as things are outside of these doors, nothing is as simple and beautiful as a few boards of walnut I selected and milled from my lumber rack. I’m feeling quite blessed right now... except the shop is an absolute shithole and I’ll be cleaning until the wee hours instead of building pretty things. I picked the wrong month to quit drinking Peruvian amphetamine tea.

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New blank panels delivered today straight outta Scotland. @marktmodular is nothing short of a design baller, and stocks his custom work, some being sold at @perfect_circuit The Mando ones are for my shop only, so don’t bother asking him. His custom stickers are fantastic, too!
I know Scotland has many wonderful cultural exports, but I can’t help thinking about Trainspotting every time I hear the country mentioned. It truly is my pleasure in other people’s leisure. Enjoy.
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#eurorackmodular#trainspotting

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More views of the brass & ebonized walnut 18U/150HP
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#eurorackcase#eurorackmodular#modularsynth

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Stop 2 Santa Monica, CA: @toriletzler & Steve Davis. Early Christmas present for Steve. He wanted full-tilt Death Star so Brad and I did our damnedest to make it happen until 4AM today.

Part of the deal was a signed vinyl of Wonder Woman soundtrack for my little Chilla Willa’s Christmas present. I lost my Dad 3 days ago and he always went big on Christmas and I know that given the opportunity, he would’ve worked and driven day/night to get me a special present like this. Thanks, Tori!
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#eurorackmodular#euroracksynth

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