Secret Satan 2017 (What’s in the Box?)

[Gigahearts_FX]

For those interested, and cos it hasnt been posted up, this was my continuation of my ILFSS pedal series for this year.
Recipient was Aen. Next years pedal will probably be red (done green, orange, yellow now)

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Thanks for sharing. I still love my big green monster. I like the looks of all those clipping options. Is it based on a common circuit?

It's a slightly modified Clusterfuzz (function fx)
Here is the original http://www.function-fx.com/products.html
Props to them; I dont own one, but I built one for myself out of curiosity and its fantastic, spawning a baby version inspired by their cut down one, too. see below

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[drolo]

Dude ... Rusty ... you totally delivered! I love everything, from the snacks to the cap to the cool comic to the beats to the buddha to the gorgeous looking fuck
Those green pea crisps are the shit ! I am seriously having an internal struggle whether I will be able to keep some to share with my folks or devour everything selfishly.
I had not tried a fuck yet and have been playing for the last hour or so. I had seen that particular one posted somewhere before and thought it was really beautiful. Those knobs ... To have it here now is just like magic.

I did not get to film the unboxing, my kid loves to open all my mail and check out all the parts and knobs I order all the time, boy am I glad I did not get that fleshlight ...

Thanks for these amazing gifts and happy holidays!

[Iommic Pope]

I’m so jealous off everyone.
Cannot wait for mine to show up....







...on tracking notification because it’s gone fucking dark.

[ibarakishi]

made about 6 litres of jam last week. working on making another 6 or so tomorrow. i love jam.

What kinds do you make? Do you grow the fruit?
I would have liked to send some of the elderberry jelly I make along with my gift but I was worried about shipping international.

It is the season now for กระเจี๊ยบ here (hibiscus ? i think?) here. Most people use it for tea, but i like to collect the red shell around the flowers pod before they bloom to make jam. It is really sour and sweet, i think it is similar to rhubarb maybe? I just add กระเจี๊ยบ and sugar and a bit of water to boil down the กระเจี๊ยบ, nothing else, and slowly cook it until it is naturally thick. It has a sweet deep taste once it is cooked and sugar is added. At the end i add a bit of lime too sometimes and it tastes great. I usually make a lot and then give about half of it away to our friends. We save the rest for the rest of the year, or to trade for other things throughout the year that we want or need. We grow our own fruit in our garden beside our house. We are slowly growing mulberry trees too, but they do not make enough fruit yet to use. Using local fruit is fun also.

i love elderberry too. I just love jam.

love all the updates of the gifts arriving too.

[rustywire]

@DRolo Glad to see everything found you safely and arrived before 2018!

I was prepared to apologize for a lack of wrapping... I didn't know if customs would open things. Looks like it didn't matter in the end.

When I saw your pedal board full of similarly sized/oriented pedals and no F*ck in sight I knew what to do. It just so happened I had one to give, which had been 2016 ILFSS's prepared-pedal gift [traded for it months in advance] only to learn my mark who was mostly covered by amp gain...then gets himself a Dr Sci's The Elements right after Thanksgiving...so I went in another direction which wound up being a scavenger hunt with skully coming through clutch.
So I kept the F*ck, at one point BST listing & near-immediately taking it down, also dangling as a trade chip on a few occasions, in moments of weakness when shortlist items caught me off guard & materialized, suddenly. Things ultimately worked out for the best. I feel really good about sending a (regional 1-man-operated) ss/bs pedal- one with a glorious dminner etch, over to Europe. Your photo does his work justice! Enjoy, may it bring you luck and favorable exposure.

The RSD2017 - Slick Rick - Children's Story ***the literal edition*** was purchased on RSD. I got one too
Backyard Breaks is ripe for royalty free sampling (just give credit) and will help add some crunchy funk to your recording game.

The snax were darts, as was the hat. Real tempted to get another one for myself after seeing it in person.
Get some rechargeable AA for the Buddha Machine and try playing your fav loop at low vol near your head while you sleep...in addition to having fun w/sonic experimentation...natch. Most restful sleep I've had in years.

Get a good start to the new year along with a good ending to the old one

[drolo]

the F*ck is definitely going on the the board, so many useful sounds in there.
Believe it or not but the Buddha already came in quite handy to tame a fight between my kid and my wife. I just walked into the room and casually slipped it between them while it was playing and walked away. Totally worked to change the mood and calm things down :-)
Thanks buddy !!

[oldangelmidnight]

made about 6 litres of jam last week. working on making another 6 or so tomorrow. i love jam.

What kinds do you make? Do you grow the fruit?
I would have liked to send some of the elderberry jelly I make along with my gift but I was worried about shipping international.

It is the season now for กระเจี๊ยบ here (hibiscus ? i think?) here. Most people use it for tea, but i like to collect the red shell around the flowers pod before they bloom to make jam. It is really sour and sweet, i think it is similar to rhubarb maybe? I just add กระเจี๊ยบ and sugar and a bit of water to boil down the กระเจี๊ยบ, nothing else, and slowly cook it until it is naturally thick. It has a sweet deep taste once it is cooked and sugar is added. At the end i add a bit of lime too sometimes and it tastes great. I usually make a lot and then give about half of it away to our friends. We save the rest for the rest of the year, or to trade for other things throughout the year that we want or need. We grow our own fruit in our garden beside our house. We are slowly growing mulberry trees too, but they do not make enough fruit yet to use. Using local fruit is fun also.

i love elderberry too. I just love jam.

love all the updates of the gifts arriving too.

That sounds amazing. Does the hibiscus get thick and stretchy like caramel?
I'm envious of your mulberries. My wife won't let me plant them because the birds eat them and their poop stains everything.

[ibarakishi]

That sounds amazing. Does the hibiscus get thick and stretchy like caramel?
I'm envious of your mulberries. My wife won't let me plant them because the birds eat them and their poop stains everything.

it is kind of fibery, so i cut it into really fine pieces, add some water, and then boil it for a bit until the water boils out most of the way and it becomes a pretty loose texture. the color is like neon blood. At this point i skim the top off too for any foam or stuff that might boil to the top. i then add sugar to taste and add lime, letting it simmer and stirring regularly so the bottom doesn't burn. I know it is done when i can take a medium sized eating spoon and let the spoon part of it drop into the jam with its own weight and it has some resistance (aka it doesn't drop quickly to the bottom). It will smell good too. If it is simmered too long, then it becomes too thick for my liking and is hard to spread. I like it more loose. In the end it is a beautiful and dark red.

I just finished cutting the red husks off tonight and am excited to cook a huge bucketful tomorrow that will probably take up half my fridge and freezer when it is done haha. I eat it every morning, everyday because i don't like to eat a lot for breakfast. i love jam.

We have to pick our mulberries quickly otherwise the birds will eat them like you said. We have two trees that are finally almost as tall as i am now. We embrace the poop stains, as my partner loves birds and is an birder. We volunteer with the census here in the north every year

Also, loving drolo's hat

[popvulture]

@DRolo Glad to see everything found you safely and arrived before 2018!

I was prepared to apologize for a lack of wrapping... I didn't know if customs would open things. Looks like it didn't matter in the end.

When I saw your pedal board full of similarly sized/oriented pedals and no F*ck in sight I knew what to do. It just so happened I had one to give, which had been 2016 ILFSS's prepared-pedal gift [traded for it months in advance] only to learn my mark who was mostly covered by amp gain...then gets himself a Dr Sci's The Elements right after Thanksgiving...so I went in another direction which wound up being a scavenger hunt with skully coming through clutch.
So I kept the F*ck, at one point BST listing & near-immediately taking it down, also dangling as a trade chip on a few occasions, in moments of weakness when shortlist items caught me off guard & materialized, suddenly. Things ultimately worked out for the best. I feel really good about sending a (regional 1-man-operated) ss/bs pedal- one with a glorious dminner etch, over to Europe. Your photo does his work justice! Enjoy, may it bring you luck and favorable exposure.

The RSD2017 - Slick Rick - Children's Story ***the literal edition*** was purchased on RSD. I got one too
Backyard Breaks is ripe for royalty free sampling (just give credit) and will help add some crunchy funk to your recording game.

The snax were darts, as was the hat. Real tempted to get another one for myself after seeing it in person.
Get some rechargeable AA for the Buddha Machine and try playing your fav loop at low vol near your head while you sleep...in addition to having fun w/sonic experimentation...natch. Most restful sleep I've had in years.

Get a good start to the new year along with a good ending to the old one

That's all super rad stuff! Love that hat—who makes it?

[rustywire]

Mokuyobi

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[01010111]

Did everyone get their stuff?

[damnableman]

Not yet. Should arrive this week, by Satan's oath.

[gnomethrone]

Nope. Satan's helper gave me the option of a cool gift by xmas or ultimate final form gift at some point after. Maybe they're getting a $22 dollar price tag etched on the metal zone they have purchased me?

[JonnyAngle]

There’s a few out there still but as far as I know everything has been accounted for

[baremountain]

Nope. Satan's helper gave me the option of a cool gift by xmas or ultimate final form gift at some point after. Maybe they're getting a $22 dollar price tag etched on the metal zone they have purchased me?

lmao i literally etched $22 into the rehoused metalzone I sent Multi_S