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Re:“Let’s have some fun I’m offering two grants of $5,000 fo... by exabrial on Thursday April 06, 2017 @04:16PM (#14054190)
There's also this mentality among Marshall/Fender that the 1960s-1970s were the only way to design guitar amps. Very few amp makers have diverged very far from their designs.

Among players, there's a lot of cork sniffing and brand worship unfortunately. I feel like "weight" is something tangible that anyone could measure: Saving 5-6lbs, running cooler, and being more portable are things that would appeal to a lot of people.

Re:“Let’s have some fun I’m offering two grants of $5,000 fo... by analognoise on Thursday April 06, 2017 @04:34PM (#14054335)
My point is: this shit exists already. There's nothing new about it.
Re:“Let’s have some fun I’m offering two grants of $5,000 fo... by exabrial on Thursday April 06, 2017 @07:07PM (#14055550)
It's hilarious; if you're out creating and inventing doesn't matter what subject area, you will always run into somebody who is dissatisfied with their own life and is out to crap on your creativity. You sir are correct, it does exist, because I've created the only one ;)
Re:“Let’s have some fun I’m offering two grants of $5,000 fo... by analognoise on Thursday April 06, 2017 @07:48PM (#14055775)
From my perspective it looks like somebody actually in industry telling a delusional 'creative' type that they should have done better product research before declaring they had something new.

Here's a hint: Let's say we're both right, hypothetically - no other product does this! However, since there's nothing about the design that's intrinsically yours (IE - it's combining a few undergraduate EE course projects at once) somebody else will go make it in China as soon as you demonstrate that there's a market.

Unless, of course, you really have discovered some new area of AUDIO CIRCUIT DESIGN (just about the simplest shit there is, circuit-design wise). Not...very...likely...

Re:“Let’s have some fun I’m offering two grants of $5,000 fo... by exabrial on Friday April 07, 2017 @10:21PM (#14064920)
Well then, it's a good thing your perspective doesn't matter to me, you've proven you don't have the faintest clue what you're talking about ;)