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Congratulations to Lisa Michaud and her charity pick Girls Rock Camp Alliance and Ivan Bochegov and his charity pick Little Kids Rock, who won a TimeLine Delay pedal! Stay tuned for other giveaways in the future.
I’m sure that everyone reading this believes that music makes the world a better place. We each have our personal experiences of what music has meant (and continues to mean) in our own lives. In your life, who turned you on to a recording that became a deep, all-time favorite and taught you something new about how music could feel? Who taught you the most important concepts about music or playing your instrument? Who encouraged you?
In a spirit of thankfulness for the people and organizations having a positive musical impact in the world, we are announcing our Giving Thanks for Music giveaway.
The prizes:
Two winners will each receive a TimeLine delay, AND we will donate a TimeLine to each winner’s favorite music education non-profit charity.
There are two ways to enter:
Post about something that you are thankful for on Instagram, Twitter, FaceBook, or Google+ and tag your favorite music education non-profit charity, plus include the tag #strymonthankful
or…
Enter through the form at the bottom of this page.
Suggested charities:
If you don’t have a favorite music education non-profit charity in mind yet, that’s ok! Below are some organizations you might want to check out.
Education through Music – [ link ]
Little Kids Rock – [ link ]
Music Fund – [ link ]
Rock Camp for Girls Los Angeles – [ link ]
Girls Rock Camp Alliance – [ link ]
The Roots of Music – [ link ]
Ethos – [ link ]
Tipitina’s Foundation – [ link ]
Musicseeds International – [ link ]
The terms:
Give Thanks For Music Giveaway
CONTEST RULES AND TERMS
ELIGIBILITY
This contest is open to anyone 18 years of age or older, from any country, except where prohibited by law. Contest shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the United States. This contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Entry in this contest constitutes acceptance of these official contest rules.
CONTEST SPONSOR
Damage Control Engineering, LLC, 2488 Townsgate Rd Ste A, Westlake Village, CA 91361 (“Damage Control”)
No purchase necessary to enter or win.
ENTRY
Entrants may enter the contest by fully completing and submitting the contest entry form on the contest entry page (https://www.strymon.net/blog). Entrant must select a non-profit music charity. Music charities selected by entrants are subject to verification of non-profit status.
CONTEST PERIOD
The contest will begin at 3:00PM, PST on November 24, 2015 and ends at 11:59PM, PST, on December 8, 2015. Winner will be chosen by random drawing among all eligible contestants. Winner will be subject to verification and must meet all eligibility requirements before a prize is awarded. Prize winner will be notified by email within 5 days of contest end. If a winner is unreachable for 3 business days after being contacted by Damage Control, or if that winner is unavailable for prize fulfillment, potential winner will be disqualified and an alternative winner will be selected by random drawing among all remaining contestants.
PRIZE
Two winners will receive each: One (1) Strymon TimeLine and 9V power supply ($449 value). Two selected non-profit music charities will receive each: One (1) Strymon TimeLine and 9V power supply ($449 value).
The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entrants. Prizes come with the standard factory 1-year warranty. No substitutions, cash equivalents, or transfer of the prize is permitted. Prize will be shipped to winner at no cost. Winner is responsible for the payment of all applicable federal, state and local taxes, fees and duties.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Damage Control is not responsible for typographical errors in any contest-related materials or for incomplete or illegible entries. Damage Control reserves the right to cancel or modify the contest if fraud or technical failures compromise the integrity of the contest. By entering, participants hold harmless Damage Control from any and all liability, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize.
WINNER LIST
To obtain a list of Contest winner(s) (available after January 1, 2016), send a hand-printed, self-addressed, stamped envelope to: “Give Thanks For Music Giveaway”, 2488 Townsgate Rd, Ste A, Westlake Village, CA 91361.
Entry form:
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158 Responses
I’ll donate both! I already have a timeline!
What a great idea! Hope I win! 🙂
Sweet sweet sweet
I Am Thankful For Making It thru A Bout With Cancer and being here this year…!!!!
Great pedal
I am currently looking to purchase a GREAT delay. I would be honored to own this pedal. It would be used daily in my home recording studio. I have always been a fan.
I’m so thankful that I can play the guitar again, after a severe brain injury. Every doctor told me that music actually saved my brain. Music is so vital to EVERYONE! Please continue to encourage, educate and support it.
#music charity #music education #music nonprofit #timeline contest # timeline giveaway
THANKFUL FOR WORLDWIDE MUSIC!
New Mexico Jazz Workshop
5500 Lomas Boulevard NE , Albuquerque , NM 87110
The New Mexico Jazz Workshop is a non-profit arts organization that provides educational programs and concert presentations through out the year. We present the Summer Music Festival every year at the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater which includes Jazz, Blues & Salsa Under the Stars. Educational offerings include classes for children ages 6-18 including at-risk and incarcerated youth as well as adult education classes for life-long learners.
Love what you guys are doing. Keep it up.
Fantastic way to celebrate music and gratitude. Plus, my next door neighbor runs the Girls Rock of Santa Barbara!!
Thanks for everything you do! I own seven of your pedals! I want more. LOL
Win-Win. Great idea. Thankful for companies like Strymon.
Wow! This is great! I am currently teaching my 12 year old sister how to play the guitar. This would be am awesome addition and the chance to help support a music education program for girls. Right On Strymon!
I am thankful for my country, the USA. It may not be perfect, but I believe it is still the best country in the world.
i already have one so i’ll give one to my nephew and donate the other to guitars for vets.
let’s remember our veterans! i am one.
I’m thankful that I am alive and that I have time to spend with my beautiful family!!
Generously donate to Bro-Am Studios! They are “…giving back to San Diego through music education and youth development.”
#broamstudios #strymonthankful https://broam.org/#broam-studios
From putting a guitar into the hands of my 2 year old, to providing quick guitar lessons for some of the high school students in my English Lit class, music is the great leveler. I couldn’t imagine a world without it.
I love your products and this is a great idea for a contest!
I currently have a FLINT.
The space between the notes is where God breathes.
I am thankful that I get to earn a living playing music everyday, as a music therapist in health care settings ( http://www.musictherapytoronto.com) and on occasional tours with my award-winning world music band JAFFA ROAD. (www.jaffaroad.com).
I love Strymon products and use them in both settings.
Thankful to have had a few good friends to help me out after a serious injury that left me disabled.
I am very proud to be a part of this. I am thankful for every day! And to be a part of helping kids enjoy music.
Strymon rocks two ways,provides extreme quality and control with the chosen pedal to the mature user,…and, kids:- with their level of experimentation who knows what new sounds and advancements they will offer to Strymon for us. Good on yer’
What an awesome way to support local music programs!
I am thankful for family and friends! And the guys in the band!
Musiciaart.org
Buffalo, NY
Strymon ROCKS!!! It’s all about the kids!!! Thank you for all that you do…not only making exceptional pedals (second to none!!!), but also thinking about others. Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
I think it’s really cool that you would do this.
Thanks Strymon for starting the season off with a Giving Spirit!
I love my El Capistan. Because I don’t live near a music store that sells Strymon products, I haven’t had the opportunity to test drive a TimeLine. If it’s as flexible and as high quality as my El Capistan, I’ll be able to use it while recording my click tracks.
I absolutely love my Strymon Big Sky pedal and would love to win this Timeline but even if I don’t thank you for spreading great vibes by giving to charities that bring the joy of music to many!
Such actions are great and keep the ethos of art and music healthy!
Well done!
Very nice Idea!…Timeline is the best delay I ever played with….
Thankful for so much in life…..music just tops it all off.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!! Music brings us all together!!
I love Strymon and the Girls Rock Camp Alliance! This is amazing! #strymonforever
thankful to have made it another year
I am thankful that I have the luxury of time and the space to make music. I have a small home studio AND a couple of hours a week to write and record.
Music defines moods, moves with our emotions and attaches itself to our memories. Anything that assists others be part of this great art is fantastic.
Good on you, Strymon.
I am thankful for Strymon for making awesome pedals. I am particularly thankful that you will be giving to an organization. This definitely will have a positive musical impact, and will be downright inspiring!
Thanks to Strymon for giving back!
love the idea of passing it forward. it has always worked for me.
Getting young children involved with music is a way to ensure they become the best person they can be. Keep music programs for kids alive!!
This is an awesome way of saying thanks. I have a very musical grandson, and I work with him weekly on just keeping time, at 16 months old. It’s corny, but music ed for kids should never be delayed.
I am thankful for Strymon,making this kind of giveaway helping kids education on music.
I am thankful for the freedoms we all enjoy and value and for the opportunity to support such great chariities.
I’m thankful for my family and my girlfriend for being supportive of me persuing music even though the old stero-type thing to believe is I won’t be successful. Sorry Mom and Dad for always playing my guitar way to loud.
You guys at Strymon rock! Way to go!
I’m thankful to have healthy kids who aren’t into hip-hop, drugs, alcohol and do well in school
I’d like to see the Girls Rock Camp Alliance to receive a timeline because I am a gear head who doesn’t see many female guitarists featured often. I’d like to see more encouragement for young girls to play and have a creative outlet of expression. That being said, I’m thankful I have a little sister who is interested in music. and
Music First is a great program and thank you to Stymon for taking this initiative. I’ve been doing a lot of live looping in my music these days and one of the next pedals I’m planning to get is the El Capistan for it’s 20 second loop with decay setting for evolving loop style.
Keep up the excellent work guys and gals of Strymon.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Very cool idea – thank you!
I’m grateful for friends and family.
So thankful for the gift that music is in my life and for the ability to pass that along through my playing. This is a fantastic idea! Community School of Davidson has a “Beat Lab” program to help students not only learn about music, but also to make their own. They’re planting a seed that can grow over a lifetime.
Many blessing to all my musical friends! We have so much for which to be grateful since we all have music in our lives.
I’m thankful for all the people in my life that support music and not just mine. Music is an art and shouldn’t go away because of lack of funds.keep music alive and give thanks to those who do!
If I didn’t have #guitarpedalporn on instagram I would be sad. Especially Strymon pedalporn. I love you.
Thankful that Music is the common link that crosses all boarders, races and religions.
Thanks for the opportunity. I own a Timeline, but a second couldn’t hurt. Would love to get you a CD of album I made using timeline, or go to reverbnation.com “Expressing Honestly”. Album: Agoraphobia 1 or 2.
Or you could trade me a “Timeline”, for the “Dual Digital”
I hope everyone enjoys the holidays, and thank you strymon for the donation you will be making to the music charity.
I really love the sound and tone from all the Strymon produts!!!
always donate to the Fender Music Foundation
With your outstanding products you help me to realize my musical ideas. Thank you for that! With your social responsibility you help young people to make music – and live a better and peaceful life. Thank you for that even more!
I’m grateful every day for the joy and community that music creates.
Thankful for living and breathing each day and thankful for the folks at Strymon not only making some of the best guitar effects in the world but also having a heart to reach out to people and non profit organizations in time of need. Happy Thanksgiving! 🙂
Attitudes like this one can change the world! Congratulations!
I’ll thank always “Bimbi&Blues” nursery, for their way to take care of 0-3 babies with extraordinary attention and, moreover, for their use of music and theatre in making this
It’s great that you are doing this, Strymon. I have been blessed to be an owner of a BigSky and TimeLine and the inspiration of that sound is just amazing!
Happy Thanksgiving to all, and to Strymon for this charitable act!
Hi these are some really nice giveaways and giveaways has help me get equipment I otherwise couldn’t afford! Happy holidays!! Dave
Great giveaway!
Little Kids Rock!!!
What a wonderful promotion – giving back is always better than getting.
I would use this everyday in film composition for guitar recording and for synths and other instruments
Donating to a charity is a great idea especially so close to Christmas the season of giving
Great idea!!! Everybody wins. I’m grateful for being able to connect with people through music. But at most I’m thankful for the health of my family. Congratulations to Strymon for their great products and their attitudes.
Hearing a great tune on the radio makes you want to crank it. Also music helps you get through tough times …hey beats drugs! Lol Thanks to music there is more Love in the world!
A lightning strike on the power lines directly behind my house last summer left me with almost zero working pedals. My only delay pedal was one of them. It’s funny how you don’t miss, or even rely on a pedal until it stops working. Hey, even if I don’t win, someone will. And that means that there will be some really happy kids!
Thanks for a lifetime of music.
I’m73 and still playing and looking for new equipment, especially the Strymon Timeline, Strymon Deco, and the Styrmon El Capistan…and I’m Thankful that at 73 I can still play and look for new equipment.
Thanks for the best digital gear!
At a time when others are afraid of immigrants, I am thankful for diversity. I am thankful for my international friends who bring a lot of music to my soul.
timeline is by far one of the best delay pedals i ever use, the sound quality is amazing thanks Strymon you guys are my heroes
I’m thankful that I was able to see U2 in Concert in Dublin
I’m thankful that I get an opportunity to work at a school at 20 years old and teach children how to not only play guitar but love the impact playing music has on everyone surrounding them, It makes going into “work” that much more awesome, and by owning this pedal I can demonstrate to my students some of the awesome sounds that can be made with a guitar
Strymon is one of the most clean, pure sounding pedals in the whole world. The quality is above amazing and the resale is extremely high.
i have wanted a Timeline for years,if i would win,i would donate the second Timeline To Columbus Ohio School of Rock keep music Alive with Strymon
This is a great idea! I love Strymon gear. I have a Big Sky and a DIG. Would really love a Timeline too!
This is great. Thanks for supporting music education Strymon!
I’m thankful for the middle school teacher who taught me beginning guitar. Mel Bay volume 1 rules!
I’m so grateful, i have an opportunity to know and learn about music easily (with some good stuff) but i’m always stunned by homeless kids (street kids) who know and learn about music hardly but they can play ing music (or some instruments) beautifully. I hope i can get give something new to them through strymon. I’ll give to RMHR (music education non-profit for homeless kids or street kids)
About twelve years ago I lied to a girl and claimed I had all Death Cab’s albums as I knew she was a huge fan. I didn’t have a single one. After a few dates she arranged to come to my house, so I swiftly had to purchase their whole back catalogue. I don’t see the girl anymore, but not long goes by without me and those Death Cab LPs getting together. I guess I’m thankful for the part of my brain that thinks it’s ok to lie to cute girls.
Thankful to have my wife and kids in my life. I love my Lex and plan on getting an Ola. Would love to own the Timeline.
This is awesome that’s why I love strymon
I am thankful for my Big Sky reverb!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the sound of the Strymon pedals! Hope to have 1 in my studio someday.
I am thankful for my wonderful 5 year old daughter who is interested in Daddy’s small music setup and wants to learn more.
#strymonthankful #LightOfDAEStudios
I thankful for all the music!!
Just like their gear, this is an articulate and well thought out concept. Hats off to the Strymon folks !
Thanks for this giveaway to the nonprofit,
Good on ya!
Happy holidays to you and yours!
I’m thankful for all the easy access to so much music!!
I’m thankful that as I get older I can 1) still play well and 2) afford good quality guitars and gear (like Strymon pedals) to make my ears happy (and hopefully other’s ears too)
Thanks for making amazing products. I own the mobius, timeline, and blue sky and teach my students how to use them! Have a great holiday!
Hello, please send them to Argentina. We are a poor country and it will help kids to create music and be free. Cheers
Great idea for a give away! Thanks! Hope I win and SRV Scholarships!
You guys are Awesome !!! Always have have great and fresh ideas!!! Keep on going and All the best!!
Since the people hear,,, I need Music Fund for them!
Great! you make great products and i would love to own some of them. I am thankful to people like you guys at Strymon because you are working a lot to provide great tools for musical creativity for us musicians. Thank you so much from Chile. Have a great holiday!
I blessed my fellow lead guitarist (young kid) at church with my Strymon Timeline and Strymon BigSky that I owned 2 months ago. I am temporarily using another delay but would love to win a Timeline again for myself and be blessed. I would donate the other one to Little Kids Rock as children are the future.
I’m thankful for STRYMON products!
Nice, I would like to win something any,I just want to win.
Great idea,
I’ve been working with kids of various ages and cultures for a long time and have always used music to teach lessons within teachable moments in a variety of ways. Music is universal and stirs the creative force within us all that simply wants to expand and share with no boundaries.
Keep up the great work Strymon Team,
Regards
Giving thanks for the great people who use music as a tool to help people in the community. Personally, music gets me through tough times and it’s great to see organizations using this tool to better the lives of people around them.
Thank you
I’m thankful for the people I love, and for my ability to create the music I hear in my head. I’m also thankful for Strymon. Because they make me sound better.
I am thankful for a great family, good job and a day off to reflect and count my blessings.
Great stuff!
I am 71, Played guitar since I was 14 and a Vietnam war combat vet who came home with serious PTSD. Turned my back on everything except making music, I was blessed. Music and my musician friends saved my life and my sanity. For those who have served and at times paid terrible prices physically and emotionally, making music can be the path from darkness and horror to the place where there is beauty and light. I know, I walked that path. Still do, every day.
Guitars for Vets is my choice. We owe these heroes…..Big Time!
Great idea!! Happy Thanksgiving
Great idea. I’m greatful for all those who are close even if they’re far away and for Sugarpulp, three friends who double as my band mates.
I’m thankful for being part of this incredible community!. Music!
Such a great idea for a giveaway! I am thankfull for the Beatle’s Something, the song that made me want to be a part of this.
Thanks Strymon Pedals for support of needing music based charities.
Love your pedals! It would be such an honor to play with them. thanks
Fantastic way to give back. I really appreciate businesses that have other passions than just the bottom line profits. Thank you Strymon!!!
Thankful for all the music and musical heroes in my life and I’m ecspecially thankful for MusicFund for all that they do!
Thanks Strymon! Love your pedals and good heart in this season
Strymon makes the best products I have a big sky and its incredible , thank you guys
Enter to win timeliness pedal.
I am the biggest delay freak out here !!!
Many thanks to Strymon!
What a great idea…respect for you Strymon!!
I hope to win! I love Strymon!
I am thankful for the sound effect of my Deco pedal. The saturation involves all the frequencies, exactly what I want for my bass. The wobble and lag time makes for excellent chorus to doubling effect.
Tipitina music deserves one
I love my Strymon pedal, it has great a sound.
Thank-you for helping the children !
Strymon pedals are clearly superb but neglect the deep end more bass pedals please
Really cool that you guys are doing this. Opened my eyes to some great music charities as well.
Strymon is a class act, life and music!
Strymon is diamond.Flawless sound
It’s really killer of them to donate such an incredible tool for kids to learn on
I remeber i was 16 when i was in piano class (high school) and I found an old beatup crybaby wah in the closet and the teacher let me keep it (which kind of blew me away)
It’s really cool to have nice equipment in youth music programs, it make a huge difference, as a participant it gives you more of the feeling that people support you instead of giving up on you (like it often feels with school music programs)
The quality of the effects Strymon gives Peace and Love in the music !
I have several Strymon pedals all of which are in permanent residence on my pedalboard and a Timeline would sure fit right in with the others. Great products!
Great idea, Keep up the good work..
Fantastic Gear!
Class act all the way!!!
Thankful for those who take the opportunity to help others, to speak kind words and create things of beauty for all to enjoy. Humanity as a whole can be a massive power for good and that’s something to be grateful for indeed.
thankful for family, job, and music. Thankful for strymon.
I am thankful for my family and friends. Especially my 5 nieces from 1 year old to 20. It’s been a blessing to watch them grow.
Thank you for this wonderful giveaway and also a chance to help pay it forward with the gift of music. I’m thankful for all the support my pat gave me to get me started
This is truly a great idea! Hope I win, not only because I’d love a Timeline on my board – but also because a fantastic music school will get one as well! 🙂
You are the best, Strymon!!
Music saved my life many times and MUST be made available to all !
Thanks Pete !! GREAT idea !
I’d love to be able to donate a Timeline – there are actually several nonprofit music education/exploration programs that I know would use every capability of the pedal – it’s a great tool in the studio & @ a gig. Thanks
Strymon is awesome – I’ve been a fan for years and encourage musicians to toss the junk and get serious with Strymon……
Hi, I play electric and acustic guitar since i was 9 years old.Today i have 56 and still play.About a year ago i looked in youtube a video of a strymon time line pedal and i was shock by the wonderfull sound.In this moment i don’ have the money to by it.This Is a wonderfull oportunity to win one.I love the idea to gift another one to a music nonprofit charity Organization.God bless you all the strymon family.Your friend from Puerto Rico.
Thanks for supporting music education.
This is a great thing, you guys are awesome
danielsmusic.org and harmonymusic.org are both awesome charities worth checking out good people..
I’m thankful for girls rock camp and all they do for young women in my community!
I am thankful for all who show new ways of life via teaching music!
Very proud to be part of the making music community. thanks Strymon for such wonderfull and inspiring Tools….