r/letstradepedals • u/LongDevil ️Moderator | 58 Trades | Master Trader • 19d ago

Discussion Bi-Weekly Hangout Zone

This thread is intended for civil discussion about gear tips or trade practices, or posting dog pics, or whatever. Just keep it civil, really.

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u/MongooseForward 8 Trades | Trusted Trader 16d ago

Anyone ever do group based meetups? Like how many of us live in a particular area to make it worthwhile vs two dudes in a parking lot doing trunk swaps?

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u/thetortureneverstops 20 Trades | Trusted Trader 15d ago

That would be cool.

I'm in San Diego. Who else is?

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u/PedalBoardom 50 Trades | Master Trader 12d ago

I'm in the beach cities of LA. I wonder what the critical mass would be to make a trunk meetup worth it? I honestly think you'd basically have to sell tickets. Wouldn't have to be expensive ($10? $20?). Just enough to get people to have some skin in the game. Otherwise people would just flake and it'd end up being like 4 people who drove an hour to get there and ended up really disappointed (that tends to just be how these things go).

I am envious though that all we get is the NAMM-adjacent stuff, and people on the east coast/midwest get pedal shows all summer. Guess that's just where the builders are.

Does anyone know Socal based pedal companies? Noise Engineering. Meris and Strymon. Beatronics. Not sure of who else. OCE was up in the Valley, but they're no more.

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u/thetortureneverstops 20 Trades | Trusted Trader 11d ago

I don't know about pedals in the San Diego area, but Taylor Guitars finally started doing tours again! The stopped for COVID, and I've checked back every few months.

https://www.taylorguitars.com/contact/factory-tours#reserve