....and do we have any Seattle people who can give the skinny on The Guitar Store? I've bought from them online, but have no idea how visitor-friendly the actual shop is. I've seen a couple of social media pics from their past holiday blowouts and it looked pretty crazy. Their VH-inspired facade doesn't exactly enthrall me, but maybe they're great people. I have no idea.
"But now we have like 30 of these old boards that can't be modded. They are original Spectres, you know, the pleasantly noisy variety. Hmmm what to do with these boards that have been built up, but can't be sold to dealers? Well how's about we get Dropping Acid Pedal Etching to make us some enclosures for them and sell them to you guys for $179 (pre discount price) ... this reflects a price actually less than it cost us to make these pedals in the first place which is kind of insane."
AnalogWorm is a small Russian shop, that isn't known to a lot of people, but they've gotten consistently positive reviews. Their Triangle chorus is based on the CE-2 and runs about 1/2 the cost of the Waza reissue (normally $120).