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Save the Boobies B:Assmaster
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:16 pm
by benecol
From the legendary Malekko Heavy Industries comes this shameless cross post from Haunting Mids because it's for a good cause:
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Malekko wrote:
I'd like to take a very rare opportunity to be serious...just for a momment. statistics show that 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. In 2008, an estimated 182,460 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among women in the U.S. alone....that's like 364,920 boobies..and that's just too darn much! So what do we do...what
CAN we do. Fueled by our love of boobies, and hopped up on Red Bull, Malekko set out to make a special edition B:ASSMASTER pedal in pink (breast cancer awareness color), we included an expression modification, and a frequency range mod (that allows more bass to pass through).
Proceeds go to the Susan G Komen Foundation, on the recommendation of a super special lady in my life, my Mother-in Law, and breast cancer survivor Katie Rice.
This pedal is limited to 20 units and come in either Germanium (305.00) or Silicon (275.00) It is first come first serve.
So show YOUR love of boobies, womens, mens, mice... whatever
If you want one, please email me (josh)
malekkoheavyindustry@gmail.com
If someone could please cross post this to other forums it would help spread the word
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:44 pm
by Diva
BUY THIS SHIT PEOPLE!!
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:18 am
by euan
B:RESTMASTER
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:57 am
by jcyphe
My aunt and my mom buy any fucking thing that's pink with a ribbon, cause they have 2 aunts who died of breast cancer.
If you could cure breast cancer by buying pink junk with ribbons on them, CANCER would have been cured a long time ago.
That isn't junk, but it's still silly.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:20 am
by More Cowbell
If i were you I'd get some pink nail polish and cover up the "B" so it reads "ASSMASTER", now that would be a pedal!
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:51 am
by benecol
jcyphe wrote:If you could cure breast cancer by buying pink junk with ribbons on them, CANCER would have been cured a long time ago.
That isn't junk, but it's still silly.
Yeah! Silly, silly charity. DAMN YOUR GOOD INTENTIONS TO HELLLLLL.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:02 pm
by paul_
I like those ribbons for cars that say "I like ribbons" on them. I mean, enough people have them now that the joke is dead, but good one.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:40 pm
by Sloan
fuck. for $200-300 I'll just buy another fucking amplifier. srsly.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:59 pm
by jcyphe
benecol wrote:jcyphe wrote:If you could cure breast cancer by buying pink junk with ribbons on them, CANCER would have been cured a long time ago.
That isn't junk, but it's still silly.
Yeah! Silly, silly charity. DAMN YOUR GOOD INTENTIONS TO HELLLLLL.
It's not charity. It's consumerism pretending to be charity.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:27 pm
by Doog
But if you were in the market for one, it's the better choice, spesh if you like boobies.
It does say the proceeds go to charity..
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:32 am
by mewithoutus
GO MALEKKO!
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:55 am
by Mike
mewithoutus wrote:GO MALEKKO!
Yeah, his pedals aren't for free, after all.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:55 am
by Mike
Doog wrote:But if you were in the market for one, it's the better choice, spesh if you like boobies.
It does say the proceeds go to charity..
+2
Being snarky about this is straight stupid. Not cool.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:16 pm
by jcyphe
If people wanted to give real charity they would just donate the work or donate the money. It's consumerism pretending to be charity.
What does the "proceeds" even mean. Is that the sum after he accounts for his parts and his labor, or parts, or what?
Since when did we move into an era, where charity needs to be rewarded with material objects.
It's fucking corny when it's a pink washing machine at Best Buy, a Live Strong Mug at Hallmark, or even a fuzz pedal.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 4:04 pm
by Jesse
jcyphe wrote:If people wanted to give real charity they would just donate the work or donate the money. It's consumerism pretending to be charity.
What does the "proceeds" even mean. Is that the sum after he accounts for his parts and his labor, or parts, or what?
Since when did we move into an era, where charity needs to be rewarded with material objects.
It's fucking corny when it's a pink washing machine at Best Buy, a Live Strong Mug at Hallmark, or even a fuzz pedal.
Agreed.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:11 pm
by JamesSmann
jcyphe wrote:If people wanted to give real charity they would just donate the work or donate the money. It's consumerism pretending to be charity.
What does the "proceeds" even mean. Is that the sum after he accounts for his parts and his labor, or parts, or what?
Since when did we move into an era, where charity needs to be rewarded with material objects.
It's fucking corny when it's a pink washing machine at Best Buy, a Live Strong Mug at Hallmark, or even a fuzz pedal.
i've bought a few things under the RED campaign for AIDS. and any time my wife and i see the pink ribbons on stuff, we buy them. why? well for starters, my aunt fought and beat breast cancer, and i had a friend in h.s. who's mom died from breast cancer. jcyphe, i don't get you sometimes. you try to be all Joe Liberal Cool Guy. But when companies promise to give PROFITS THAT WOULD NORMALLY GO INTO THEIR COMPANY OR INTO THEIR CEOs POCKETS to a very worthwhile cause you poo-poo it? you're just too cool for school right?
there's no difference between a company selling a pink product and donating proceeds to charity from someone giving money straight to the cause. when mike's band played his two cancer benefits, did you poo-poo that too?
it's not corny. it's charity.
being cynical when it comes to charity FTL.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:18 pm
by Bacchus
I think this is a good thing (money to charity = good, no brainer, like), but I see what Jcyphe is saying, and agree to a point.
Surely we should just give money to charity, and not have to be persuaded like this? Those wee badges you see at the counter in all the supermarkets, they cost me a pound, but how much do they cost the charity? Surely I'd be better off just giving a pound to charity (obviously wee badges increase awareness, which is good)?
Mikes thing was completely different, as he was increasing awareness as much as anything else.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:25 pm
by Mike
I don't see what the problem is. He builds pedals. He can use that to raise money for charity.
It seems like the charity is something close to his heart.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:56 pm
by Doog
Mike wrote:mewithoutus wrote:GO MALEKKO!
Yeah, his pedals aren't for free, after all.
BUH-BUH-BUH-BURN!
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:01 pm
by dots
jcyphe wrote:If people wanted to give real charity they would just donate the work or donate the money. It's consumerism pretending to be charity.
What does the "proceeds" even mean. Is that the sum after he accounts for his parts and his labor, or parts, or what?
Since when did we move into an era, where charity needs to be rewarded with material objects.
It's fucking corny when it's a pink washing machine at Best Buy, a Live Strong Mug at Hallmark, or even a fuzz pedal.
why not do both? donate AND buy stuff that gives money to charity. i dunno, just seems like win/win. i, for one, am not compelled to buy expensive goods based solely on proceeds going to a good cause, but when faced with the choice between purchasing something in the charity category vs. something that isn't, i'll go with the "ribbon." again. . . why not?