31/10/2025
Not long back, I had a think. I had this really decent stretch where I had plenty of work on. Was working hard doing the extra hours. Feeling good, getting things done, and getting rewarded for it. No usual hiccups or difficult custom designs. So it was maybe the first time I'd ever seen everything running as smoothly as I could daydream it to.
It’s been my interest to collect all the fancy bits which make the pedals actually unique. Like, there are so many old variations of Tsuchi Fuzzes out there which still amazes me that I had any part in creating. Knowing there are thousands of my pedals floating around the world which I hand-built, I feel that I can say I have ticked that box now, in life.
Each one, I looked at what worked well. And even more at what didn’t. I never focused on big batches, which would have been more efficient ($), because I’d *always* be working on ideas in the background for how to improve the next ones. I’m happy with where I’m at, and can’t imagine any other way to have gotten here.
There’s no final nail in the coffin. It’s a long list of straws which fu**ed the camel’s back.
If it’s not doing what I want, then I’d like to find a way to work on the things I love most. Like, I have a long to-do list of designs which are 85% there. I have projects for friends which have been sitting here for years. That bugs me every time I open a new project to work on something else to try to make money. Hoping to get onto these things.
These things need investment, though, and the only person who’s gonna invest is me. Which means, throttling pedals back. At least, for now. I'm grateful to so many decent people who have helped along the way.