Joel Johnson of BoingBoing TV gives us a peek into what goes on behind the curtain at the Electro-Harmonix sonic factory in NYC. Quite awesome to see how very hands-on and down-to-earth their staff and production process is. Keeping it this real is likely the only way one could maintain a rep for such creative and quality work - and a wall of vacuum tubes doesn't hurt either.
You guys went all the way there, state right at the beginning of the video that they make 2/3rds of all the vacuum tubes in the world, and didn't show any vacuum tube production! Outside of that, it's a very cool video and their office reminds me a lot of the places where I work.
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You guys went all the way there, state right at the beginning of the video that they make 2/3rds of all the vacuum tubes in the world, and didn't show any vacuum tube production! Outside of that, it's a very cool video and their office reminds me a lot of the places where I work.
-Bob
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And this was shot in our NYC facility, which assembles the EHX pedals, finishes the tubes (ie, burning and matching), and ships boxes.
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even still, I'm not ruling out a Russian field trip.
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(Also, more to follow about Russia... :)
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@Bob - just to clarify, MAKE was not on hand for the above documented visit.
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