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I started The LowEnd in late 1994. It was a hobby I started on my parents computer after I came back from UT Knoxville my freshman year. I was 20. I graduated from University of Memphis with a Marketing degree years later. I never really thought much of it at the time but met a lot of guys all over the country and did a little trading. Many times it was an even swap or a few bucks here and there, but I never really thought much of it more then getting a chance to check out high-end basses. Like most, there wasn’t much to check out locally, so it was always cool to try something new. Harmony-Central was really the only place for music gear classifieds. No stores had sites at that time and there sure wasn’t any eBay, TalkBass or anything else of that nature. Heck, up until around 97 or so the only guys that even had any type of business websites was me #2 (LowEnd), Dan Lenard #1 of Luthier’s AccessGroup, Steve Barr #3 of the Dudepit. Its was a small world then and scams weren’t even thought much of at that time. Heck, businesses were just starting to get websites, and eBay was something small. Funny times to look back and how far things have come.