Jeri Ellsworth with modified Commodore-64 bass guitar at 2012 Maker Faire Bay Area

I had most fortunate opportunity to interview Jeri Ellsworth who modified a Commodore 64 into a bass guitar (at the time she didn't know she was a featured Maker at http://blog.makezine.com/2012/05/19/j... ). Jeri also said she was up until 3 am Thursday tuning her instrument (there's always last minute fixes before a trade show).

Jeri Ellsworth is a circuit designer, this Commodore 64 was her first computer. She has many projects discussed on her youtube site, http://www.youtube.com/user/jeriellsw... all are excellent tutorials.

I didn't get Jeri's autograph but I got a pic with her, http://www.flickr.com/photos/45676693... (yes, I know the pic didn't turn out that great and video needs fill light). Jeri Ellsworth is someone to pay attention as she has extensive engineering talent and always approached for consulting and interviews.

Jeri Ellsworth is featured in this article, in 2012 she took a position at Valve:
http://newrisingmedia.com/all/2012/5/...

For fans of Jeri, here is an interview article of the company she works with:
http://www.develop-online.net/feature...
"We'll hire anyone who walks through the door who can pass our review process. The problem is very few people can do that successfully."
"But people we want to work with, we'll try hiring them for years."

Time Magazine posted article of Jeri at
http://techland.time.com/2012/05/24/m...

Watch Jeri explain more detail of this keytar at
http://www.livestream.com/makelive/sh...

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[Hired Mind]

I wonder how many online marriage proposals Jeri gets every month... She's awesome - really knows her stuff.

[k6mfw]

Many for sure, there's several such comments on all her videos. However, does anyone offer her a nice piece of test equipment?

[chapas5400]

also@ 03:41

[k6mfw]

Not sure why this clip had glitches, it was a drag-n-drop from camera HD to youtube. Usually I convert the AVI to mp4 for upload. Minor stuff anyway because I got ***exclusive*** interview with Jeri!!!! (she may surpass Gina on number of visits). I will seek another interview at upcoming MakerFaire.

[CBirch1000]

Who dat guy at 0:21

[k6mfw]

interesting anomaly... that was a clip of someone else interviewed later at MakerFaire. I uploaded directly AVI file of this interview from my camera to youtube (first time I did the audio got screwed up), maybe some bits somehow was interjected along the way?

[fuzzface100]

I think i'm in love.....

[newbisko]

i have some equipment she could test...

(sorry, i couldn't resist.)

[uriituw]

The SID sounds so good. I could listen to that all day.

[Aaron Van Noy]

Jeri Ellsworth is one talented NERD! Much love!

[Songdisciple]

This girl chaps my brain..

[SiriusTexra]

Holy shit the interviewer has the most annoying voice/way of speaking ever.

[chapas5400]

glitch@ 03:22