My name is Ben, and I am an electronics engineer born in Valencia, Spain, in the 1980s. Today, I live in a small village nestled in the central mountains of León.
My fascination with electronics began in childhood. I spent countless hours taking apart broken devices to understand how they worked and attempting to repair them. I also enjoyed experimenting with computer hardware, rewiring sound cards and exploring audio electronics long before I fully understood the theory behind them.
At the age of 16, I started playing guitar in metal bands, often relying on inexpensive, second-hand equipment that frequently needed repairs. This combination of music and electronics naturally led me toward audio-focused engineering.
When I was 21, I enrolled in Electronics Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. During those years, my interest in audio electronics grew significantly. I built two clones of the Soldano SLO-100 amplifier using printed circuit boards, as well as a stereo tube power amplifier. Near the end of my studies, I moved to Barcelona.
There, I returned to playing in bands and continued developing my technical skills by building two rack-mounted Dual Rectifier clones. Over the following years, I kept experimenting with amplifier design and modification. I acquired several second-hand Bugera amplifiers and completely rebuilt them as JCM800 and Soldano-style amplifiers using point-to-point wiring. Around the same time, I also became interested in DIY effects pedals, assembling several TS808 kits from Musikding.
In 2016, after teaching a number of pedal-building workshops, I decided to leave my engineering job and dedicate myself fully to building guitar pedals and amplifiers. Since then, I have focused on maintaining as much independence as possible throughout the entire manufacturing process. I design the circuits, etch and drill the enclosures, solder and assemble the components, and carry out every stage of production myself whenever possible.