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ToneAdapt · B2C · guitar tone matching app

Pick a problem from your own hobby, then ask others in Reddit and Instagram comments

Many guitarists had the same problem and no real fix existed

Workedvalidationpositioning-niche

What they did

Played guitar almost daily for over a year; noticed he was using ChatGPT to work out guitar tones and it was inaccurate. Asked other guitarists on Reddit and in Instagram comment sections, found many had the same problem and no real solution existed, then built it. Advises picking a hobby you do daily or weekly, where there is no solution, a slow process or inaccurate results.

What happened

Confirmed demand informally; product reached ~$25K/month
Stage
Pre-build

In their words

The First App I Ever Built Makes $25K/Month

Play from 3:46
3:31

Pat WallsAll right, cool. I like that. Usually, you don't hear You hear about people building apps, but typically, you don't hear as much about people who are creating content and then they want to build an app, so I think that's super cool. How did you then get the idea for this app? And then how did you know that it was something that could actually crush it?

3:46

KyanYeah, so at the time, I was struggling to get internships, so I went looking for a project to put on my resume. And loving the guitar at the time, I began brainstorming pain points that I faced while playing the guitar. And I realized I was using ChatGPT at the time to figure out how to get guitar tones, but it wasn't really all that accurate. And I talked to other guitarists on Reddit, on Instagram, mainly in comment sections, and many of them had the exact same problem, but there was no real solution out there. So, I knew if I had the problem, and a few other guitarists, I know, also had the problem, there's probably millions of others out there that have the exact same problem.

4:19

Pat WallsI love this app that Kyan built. Why? Because it's simple, and it solves a problem that he personally experienced. But, here's the thing. Even if you build the best idea in the world, people still need to find it, and that's why I put together this free guide called $1 Million Attention. It's a massive resource packed with real examples, and strategies for getting eyeballs, and attention on your product, which is the most important thing you can …

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Tags: reddit, instagram, own-hobby, scratch-your-own-itch, comment-sections, chatgpt-replacement