Bud played Bass and rhythm guitar in the 60’s with many groups of that era as well as amplifier repairs for a lot of musicians. If a guy was out of work he would do the repairs free of charge. He knew what it was like to struggle. Coming from a poor family, he recalls having to walk to work not having a car.

His father was a country singer and played the guitar with a harmonica strapped around his neck and sang old songs such as, ”There’s a frog in a log in a hole at the bottom of the sea”. His Dad was sick a lot through his life, but when he did feel good he would try to entertain others and make them feel at home.

So Bud had the blues in his bones, played bass/guitar, and sang a tune now and then. You will find Bud singing in the sound clip dept. It’s some material he liked back in the early 70’s. He especially liked the group “Three Dog Night” with singer, Corry Wells, who loved blues style material. Bud enjoyed Corry’s rendition of, “Bet no one ever hurt that bad” which he could really relate too. Bud spent many years restoring old turn-of-the-century grand pianos. He called them “a Rolls Royce in the living room”. With three coats of hand rubbed lacquer and complete restoration they were a sight to behold! But pianos do get heavy, so during semi-retirement he just tunes and builds the amplifiers he enjoyed years ago.

He also spent a lot of time on the phone with Fender Co. located in Fullerton, California and gained a wealth of knowledge about amplifier circuits including Leo Fender’s secrets and how Leo kept the competition at bay. Leo was a sly old fellow and anyone could get their hands on a schematic and layout diagram, but if you built an amp exactly like those drawings it would never sound right. That is how Bud knew there was some things Leo Fender was not completely documenting with his designs. Bud learned what those several differences were and was aware of them years ago.

At an early age in his life (around 5-6 years of age), Bud was intrigued with wires. He designed the only dresser drawers that would light up when you opened them! He quotes, “I don’t think anyone has that today! But it was actually a fire waiting to happen!" Smile.

It was always a life of wires for Bud back in those days, fixing radios etc,. He could turn a car radio into a home radio by converting it with an AC transformer. Bud quotes, “I came into this world playing around with wires and now I will leave one day doing the same” He’s semi retired, but still has a lot of steam left and will be building a lot of great tweed amplifiers. Nothing sounds quite like them! All the tweed style tube amps were state-of-the-art during the 50’s era.

Later the tube era began to fade out as solid state was taking over, but the peak of the tube era in the late 50’s were the best and many are now trying to get that sound back!.

“Tubes may not get one to the moon, but who listens to the moon? Perhaps Lunatics do." (It's a joke).