Thank you MJMP,
I'm glad people enjoy reading about some of the interesting things that have happened to me along my journey. To me, it's just things that I had to do to achieve my goals in some way or another.
I wish you had been able to meet Todd because with your understanding of electronics, and his imagination, I think I could safely speculate that the two of you would have come up with some kind of monster rock machine that would have made headlines. He was a great guy to trade ideas with, and would come up with things that you wouldn't normally think of. Either way, you would have enjoyed collaborating with him.
Maybe Monte might have been involved with ADA sales of the pedal platform ADA gear, but he would have been too young, or maybe not even born when ADA was in its rack heyday. He's a young guy.