guitargeek
Been Around the Block
I build custom guitars and amplifiers.
We should talk...jsouthard said:
What does everyone do for their "real" job?
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boomshakalaka said:
Right now I'm working at Montour Heights Country Club, in Moon, PA. I graduated from Pennsylvania Culinary Institute in August. I had worked the 7 previous years in real estate valuation services...ironically, I got laid off from that job just 2 weeks before graduating school. I'm enjoying it, and my marriage is doing fine.
Jfishsolevibe
Coast to Coast
guitargeek said:I build custom guitars and amplifiers.
We should talk...
Yo man - Link me - That amp looks like it would sound awesome (what?) haha. Id like to see more of your stuff - myself and friends are always in the market for boutique audio gear.
Thanks!
John
boomshakalaka
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TJEvans said:
ha, sorry, I didnt mean to be a big downer on the industry. I really do love it, and I respect and admire those who are strong enough to pay their dues.
A few of my chefs at school had worked at country clubs prior to teaching. They both said that it was a decent gig, but having every customer essentially be your boss could be a real pain. Are the members at your club ok, or are they generally pricks?
Also whats the menu like? Kinda ties into the last question, but do you have a decent amount of freedom with the menu?
boomshakalaka said:
a country club is definitely a different world. as far as menu...well, they tend to make it up as they go. More or less stuff like "I see that you have bacon wrapped scallops, and you also have a szechuan sauce for one of the appetizers...can you please take the bacon off of the scallops and cook it with the szechuan sauce?" Unfortunately, if they ask for something and we have the stuff to make it, we are not allowed to say no. Banquet menus are seperate from dinner menus, but some members will insist on requesting an item that's designed to feed 250, for their one single plate.
full time I am a chemical/irrigation tech at a municipal golf course, 13 years. several nights a week I cook at the 1 country club in the same area. I'm only a line /prep cook so I don't have to answer to the members. Thank god. But getting to do both line cooking and banquet prep keeps it from getting too boring. It's a low budget club but by the way the members act you would think they pay a million a month. ten cent millionaires.
boomshakalaka
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ya, I caddy'd when I was in my early teens, actually my first job. It was at one of the most prestigious clubs in the midwest, and man those guys were a buncha pricks. Obviously there were exceptions, but they were few and far between. Great job for a kid though.. all cash, lots of down time with no real adult supervision, lots of gambling, ect.
jay_kent
1979 cb650
I'm a product designer for a firm here in Guelph designing electric fireplaces under the Muskoka brand. Our clients include Canadian Tire, Lowes, Home Depot. Before for that I was a display and Point of Purchase designer and worked for companies such as MAC cosmetics, Proctor and Gamble, Sylvania and Philips lighting. If you go into a Home Depot in Canada to buy lightbulbs, check out the display that shows the hues of the fluorescent lighting available from Phillips. I've designed store fixtures for REXAL Drugs Stores, most commonly known as pharmaPlus.
Working for the cosmetic industry may not seem manly but when you go to L'Oreal or MACs head office and watch how good they makeup works in the office, it isn't that bad of a gig.
I also freelance web design and farm out my solidworks skills.
Jay
Working for the cosmetic industry may not seem manly but when you go to L'Oreal or MACs head office and watch how good they makeup works in the office
, it isn't that bad of a gig. I also freelance web design and farm out my solidworks skills.
Jay
VonYinzer
Over 10,000 Posts
So I just got the e-mail ive been waiting for. If all goes well Ill be telling the construction industry to piss off. Back to the life of a dedicated gearhead/customer service fella. (Ive worked in auto parts, and the hospitality industry (bartender) for most of my life. I have an upcoming interview with a local motorcycle dealership. Ill leave it at that as I dont want to get my hopes up any more than I have already , you never know what may happen, but cross your fingers for me if ya could... Thanks all.
, you never know what may happen, but cross your fingers for me if ya could... Thanks all.Ninetyeight
Been Around the Block
Congrats, buddy!
Hope all goes well.
Hope all goes well.
guitargeek
Been Around the Block
I don't have a dedicated website, but here are a few shots of my own personal instruments with each one's story attached: http://anarchist-pervert.deviantart.com/gallery/
Here's the amp I'm building currently: http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f100/justinbelshe/Scotts%20Amp/?start=all It's sorta like a 5F1/5F2A tweed Champ/Princeton, but a 1x15 combo in a dovetailed and ball-burnished western red cedar cab. One 12AX7, one 6V6, 5Y3 rectifier, one volume knob. Weber speaker, Mercury Magnetics output transformer, Dynaco power transformer, ceramic sockets, Sprague orange drops and Atoms. Brass hardware and logo, copper faceplate. This one's a prototype, so the layout's a little funky.
Here's me:
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http://home.myspace.com/justinbelshe
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My cb750 cafe project with vintage rickman fairing
Gage Werke Composites said:
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The problem with being a chef, is that no'one understands the complexity of what you do. They figure that since they can cook breakfast for five, that they know what it's about. :
My Dad was one of the best Certified Executive Chef's in the U.S., Academy of Chefs etc. I grew up at Southern Hills C.C. back when it was a REAL country club. Polo fields, dressage ring, Skeet fields, and everyone is familiar with the golf course. ;D Tulsa OK was the center of the oil business then, and there was some serious money flowing. 8)
My Dad was one of the best Certified Executive Chef's in the U.S., Academy of Chefs etc. I grew up at Southern Hills C.C. back when it was a REAL country club. Polo fields, dressage ring, Skeet fields, and everyone is familiar with the golf course. ;D Tulsa OK was the center of the oil business then, and there was some serious money flowing. 8)
mothgils
Coast to Coast
I am a Production Manager for a job shop. I manage the CNC and Welding departments (4 CNC Mills, 3 CNC Lathes). Graduated 4 years ago with a Manufacturing Eng. degree. We are a job shop. We laser, punch, bend, form, machine, weld.
(Hope to fab up some parts this winter for my bike and maybe others)
I am also a professional seller of the bicycle at a local shop. Been doing that for 9 years.
(Hope to fab up some parts this winter for my bike and maybe others)
I am also a professional seller of the bicycle at a local shop. Been doing that for 9 years.