Is someone faking Mad Professor 1 pedals?

[Dave Locher]

There a few online selling awfully cheap. I will buy one in a heartbeat if they are legit. (Please don't go buy one until I do if they are what they say they are!)

[Johnny the Kid]

Re: Is someone faking Mad Professor 1 pedals?

There a few online selling awfully cheap. I will buy one in a heartbeat if they are legit. (Please don't go buy one until I do if they are what they say they are!)

Where are you finding them cheap?

[Phantasmagoria]

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Yeah, there are Chinese fakes up on ebay... (I've seen the Deep Blue delay pedal specifically) for about $50-60

[Dave Locher]

Re: Is someone faking Mad Professor 1 pedals?

eBay.
Wow, do they fake the box & manual too? That is too much. I figured it was too good to be true.

[Johnny the Kid]

Re: Is someone faking Mad Professor 1 pedals?

eBay.
Wow, do they fake the box & manual too? That is too much. I figured it was too good to be true.

Yeah it looks too good to be true. One of the sellers is saying that he got them from a Guitar Center that had to liquidate their stock, but normally if something like that goes out of business, they just ship all the gear in it to other nearby stores, not liquidate each store individually. The last time I remember a major company liquidating all their stock was when Circuit City went of out business, and the whole company went under, not just a few stores. Even the Guitar Center near me that went out of business just closed their doors the next day, not doing a big sale.

[XSSIVE]

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Pretty sure it's legit since GC bought a ton of them and they were a flop so they were blowing them out for $50 at one point. Guess some people bought a bunch to flip.

[PFDarkside]

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Yeah, like Mike says they were GC/MF exclusive and were blown out at bargain prices.

[Dave Locher]

Re: Is someone faking Mad Professor 1 pedals?

Well in that case, I think I might go for it. I had no idea they were a GC exclusive. I took "liquidate their stock" to mean the store was liquidated, but now it sounds like that seller meant they liquidated their stock of those pedals.

[Johnny the Kid]

Re: Is someone faking Mad Professor 1 pedals?

Pretty sure it's legit since GC bought a ton of them and they were a flop so they were blowing them out for $50 at one point. Guess some people bought a bunch to flip.

Yeah, but this guy isn't making any money if he's buying them at $50 and then selling them at $50.

[Dave Locher]

Re: Is someone faking Mad Professor 1 pedals?

Yeah, but this guy isn't making any money if he's buying them at $50 and then selling them at $50.

Could be he bought a bunch for a lump price & at $60 maybe he makes $20 or 30 per pedal? It looks like selling closeout stuff is his thing, not music equipment.

[ThisDyingSoul76]

Re: Is someone faking Mad Professor 1 pedals?

Yeah, there are Chinese fakes up on ebay... (I've seen the Deep Blue delay pedal specifically) for about $50-60

And if they are fakes, they might be rehoused and rebadged Caline pedals. Their Blue Ocean delay is a clone of the Deep Blue.

[Johnny the Kid]

Re: Is someone faking Mad Professor 1 pedals?

Could be he bought a bunch for a lump price & at $60 maybe he makes $20 or 30 per pedal? It looks like selling closeout stuff is his thing, not music equipment.

That makes sense.

[Phantasmagoria]

Re: Is someone faking Mad Professor 1 pedals?

A little googling ..& viola!



The price has dropped a bit too

[Diego]

Re: Is someone faking Mad Professor 1 pedals?

I know there's copies of Wamplers around, at least.
I've seen side to side pictures and they're PROPER clones man. Super hard to tell apart.

[loversmoon]

Re: Is someone faking Mad Professor 1 pedals?

I've seen them on eBay and was wondering the same thing.