In a normal on-line guitar shop, you would see a list of products with each being available to buy.
The shop might not actually have them, but once they have your money they will no doubt go and get one for you from their supplier and then use your money to pay for it.
Nice bit of business for them, if a little frustrating for you.
Here, we do things a little differently and therefore have no stock problems.
Mainly because we don't have stock.
We have one of each of our amps available, and that is it. What I mean to say is that all of our Amps are one-offs, and when they are sold that is that. Oh don't get me wrong, we might produce more than one amp using the same or similar boxes and tins and the electronics might be along the same lines, but you won't see us saying that there are twenty of anything available and we'll knock a few more up if we run out.
The reason for this one-offmanship is that we bore easily and aren't particularly seeing this as a money making exercise. More a way to keep out of trouble.
To put it another way, we see boutiques as mass production compared to what we're talking about, go figure.
All of our amps have a few things in common. They are all hand wired, they all run from a 9V battery, they all have an internal speaker and an output of about 1W. (Though believe me that is plenty for a practice amp.) On top of all this joy, some will be fitted with an Output Jack Socket, which means that it can either be used as an effect pedal for a nice bit of fuzz, or instead can run an external speaker cabinet (so if you have a 2X12 lay around gathering dust, you can plug it in and you'll get a nice surprise.)
At the moment, we have two 'flavours' of amp, the sweet and innocent, Tweedy clean sounds of our Cheryl-Tone (at least until you put her under pressure when all hell can break loose) and her distant mirror-in-the-loft dirty-little-secret of a sister, the nasty spitting fuzzy mess of an amp that is our Amy-Tone.
You'll love them both. But be careful, they can both bite.
Thursday, 1 January 2009
About Us & Contact Details
The Jooky Guitar Emporium is a fun little project and not really a for-profit kind of thing at all.
We make the odd guitar amp, effect pedal or guitar in a DIY non-traditional way, and sell them to pay for the next couple. It isn't really a business, but obviously there are rules about selling things so there are some Terms and Conditions we have to abide by.
1. If you buy something from us, you should be aware that it will often be made from pre-used boxes or tins. Therefore, they won't be in pristeen condition, although all electronic components will be brand new, unless otherwise stated. We like things that look battered and broken, and this is reflected in what we make.
2. If you buy something direct from us and change your mind, or don't like it when you see it, we will happily refund the cost of the item. Just email us and we will tell you what you need to do. We won't however be able to refund the cost of P&P.
3. If an item you have bought direct from us doesn't work 'straight from the box', please get in touch as soon as possible. Obviously, all of our 'things' are handmade and soldered, and whilst they should be OK for everyday use, aren't designed to be thrown from tall buildings or otherwise mistreated. Saying that, we will usually try to fix anything that you break for free, as long as you cover the cost of P&P. Talk to us first though, as we may not feel quite so magnaminous if a box full of beer and shattered amp parts turns up and ruins the Axeminster.
4. If you aren't happy with anything we do, please email us and tell us, and we will try and cheer you up. We do this for fun, and hope to carry on doing it for a long time, and basically don't need any hassle any more than I'm sure you do. If your name is Cheryl, Sophie or Amy and you are famous and feeling litigious, we really love you and the Amy, Sophie and Cheryl that inspired our designs are nothing to do with you. They are another trio of psycho scrubbers we came across back in the day.
5. We use PayPal, and sometimes eBay so all of their rules apply in those cases as applicable. We don't accept returns from eBay sales unless we feel we should.
If you want to Contact Us, feel free to email us at: aiminglove (at) jooky.co.uk
We make the odd guitar amp, effect pedal or guitar in a DIY non-traditional way, and sell them to pay for the next couple. It isn't really a business, but obviously there are rules about selling things so there are some Terms and Conditions we have to abide by.
1. If you buy something from us, you should be aware that it will often be made from pre-used boxes or tins. Therefore, they won't be in pristeen condition, although all electronic components will be brand new, unless otherwise stated. We like things that look battered and broken, and this is reflected in what we make.
2. If you buy something direct from us and change your mind, or don't like it when you see it, we will happily refund the cost of the item. Just email us and we will tell you what you need to do. We won't however be able to refund the cost of P&P.
3. If an item you have bought direct from us doesn't work 'straight from the box', please get in touch as soon as possible. Obviously, all of our 'things' are handmade and soldered, and whilst they should be OK for everyday use, aren't designed to be thrown from tall buildings or otherwise mistreated. Saying that, we will usually try to fix anything that you break for free, as long as you cover the cost of P&P. Talk to us first though, as we may not feel quite so magnaminous if a box full of beer and shattered amp parts turns up and ruins the Axeminster.
4. If you aren't happy with anything we do, please email us and tell us, and we will try and cheer you up. We do this for fun, and hope to carry on doing it for a long time, and basically don't need any hassle any more than I'm sure you do. If your name is Cheryl, Sophie or Amy and you are famous and feeling litigious, we really love you and the Amy, Sophie and Cheryl that inspired our designs are nothing to do with you. They are another trio of psycho scrubbers we came across back in the day.
5. We use PayPal, and sometimes eBay so all of their rules apply in those cases as applicable. We don't accept returns from eBay sales unless we feel we should.
If you want to Contact Us, feel free to email us at: aiminglove (at) jooky.co.uk
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
Nothing Much, Just an Image
Heh, we made a picture for the top of the page.
I hate to admit it, but this really is the 'nerve centre' of the whole Jooky Operation. One old table covered in junk.
What can I say...
And then a new one as I got bored
Jooky
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