Greetings from Portland, Oregon USA

Hi All,

I'm a Deadhead & Punk from the west coast of the USA. I've lived as far south as La Jolla, CA and as far north as La Conner, WA, but Portland has been my home since 1993. Came to musical life as an Oingo Boingo fan in West LA in the early '80s; by the end of the decade I would have told you my favorite bands were the Dead and the Butthole Surfers. Life was simple!

I had a long technical career and am now involved in an overgrown side hustle of guitar amp repair in Portland. A lot of the work I do is on vintage Fender amps (such a pleasure). I care a lot about getting it right & doing clean work; I'll be coming here to look for insight that combing the Internet hasn't made me feel sure of.

Regards,

Mark
 
Thanks, Tom - I have fond memories of many Portland streets - on 23rd I still eat slices at Escape From NY pizza whenever I can; I think of the weirdly-shaped single front table as 'our table' from the time, early in the century, when my kids were little and it was our regular... while we're at it, I've been to four Canadian provinces and would go back to any one in a heartbeat. I guess they're probably all that good?

Mark