Here’s a nice story…
Many of you are probably aware that we run a gear/tone group on Facebook. We call it the Wampler Pedals Tone Group (I know, how dazzlingly original is that?) and we made it because, well, most gear groups on Facebook appear to be frequented by people who I can’t accurately describe here and still keep my job!
We had no idea how it would turn out, if we would have to delete it because those same kind of people came in but I don’t know how, but it appears we got really lucky as it appears that the vast vast vast majority of the 6000+ members we have are just great people, looking to talk gear and pedals, and are not interested in being know it all show offs who state opinions as facts!
Since we started the group a couple of years ago you get to recognise certain names and then over a period of time you actually get to know them… You get used to seeing them about!
One of the first people I remember noticing was Huey Falls, purely because every post he made he signed it “SGT Huey Falls USMC Ret.” – A man who is obviously extremely proud of his service, and rightly so! I got the impression after chatting to Huey within thread over the months that he wasn’t a well man, I had no idea (and still don’t) if this is due to his service or something after, I think he’s blind also… Anyway, that’s how I got to know Huey, albeit not at all, just online in a gear group, you know what I mean.
It was a few weeks ago I noticed I’d not seen him around for a while, and then a day or so later one of our members, Kevin Harrington, made this post in the group – Kevin knew Huey through the group only, and somehow found out he was about to undergo an amputation on his left leg, below the knee. He knew Huey was gassing for a new fuzz, a Velvet Fuzz no less, so he set up this go fund me to help Huey out and it was posted into the Tone Group.
Due to the extreme generosity of the members of the tone group, the $250 goal was quickly reached and breached. It looked like Huey would be his pedal after all!
Now, Alex and I had been watching this for a while and once the target was breached we talked to Brian, and we came to the conclusion that it would be best if we donate Huey a Velvet and then donate the money raised to Huey’s charity of choice. Everyone in the group thought this was a grand idea!
So, thanks to the generosity and community spirit of our tone group, Huey’s favourite charity of choice is $355 better off and he has his pedal! What a wonderful little community we have here! Thank you Kevin, this is all your doing. You’re one of the good ones.
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