Anybody else hate shopping for pedals?
- Thread starter Mr 9finger
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Re: Anybody else hate shopping for pedals?
The only people that have to worry about cloners are the ones who are cloners themselves and lie about it or price their stuff ridiculously high so that a cheaper version becomes a desirable alternative.
If you make a good pedal no matter what it is, price it fairly, and don't make outrageous hyperbolic claims about it you really have nothing to fear.
People clone our stuff all the time. Mostly for personal builds but sometimes for resale. That's fine - those guys were never gonna buy from us anyway - they're in it for the challenge and fun of building/tweaking.
The only people that have to worry about cloners are the ones who are cloners themselves and lie about it or price their stuff ridiculously high so that a cheaper version becomes a desirable alternative.
If you make a good pedal no matter what it is, price it fairly, and don't make outrageous hyperbolic claims about it you really have nothing to fear.
People clone our stuff all the time. Mostly for personal builds but sometimes for resale. That's fine - those guys were never gonna buy from us anyway - they're in it for the challenge and fun of building/tweaking.
James Rock
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Re: Anybody else hate shopping for pedals?
How come people are talking only about clone companies when the boutique companies that come to mind being successful don't have $30 versions yet such as Wampler, Red Witch, any of the germanium fuzz guys (yeh mainly clones but clones that arent cheap to make), Strymon etc . And since when are dunlop, boss and ibanez much cheaper then the above mentioned brands. I like being able to have Joyo and Behringer stuff that works for me but claiming small builders are way overpriced compared to the big brands isnt that true (How much does an original CE-1 costs compared to a boutique clone, what about the Slow gear). People that steal a circuit literally and sell it as their own design is different but using quite simple circuits as a basis for a new design is how it works.
How come people are talking only about clone companies when the boutique companies that come to mind being successful don't have $30 versions yet such as Wampler, Red Witch, any of the germanium fuzz guys (yeh mainly clones but clones that arent cheap to make), Strymon etc . And since when are dunlop, boss and ibanez much cheaper then the above mentioned brands. I like being able to have Joyo and Behringer stuff that works for me but claiming small builders are way overpriced compared to the big brands isnt that true (How much does an original CE-1 costs compared to a boutique clone, what about the Slow gear). People that steal a circuit literally and sell it as their own design is different but using quite simple circuits as a basis for a new design is how it works.
Scatterwound
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Re: Anybody else hate shopping for pedals?
I do not hate shopping for pedals....I just don't think I will anytime soon....At least for OD/Dist......Reason below....Got all I need....At least I think I do....
I do not hate shopping for pedals....I just don't think I will anytime soon....At least for OD/Dist......Reason below....Got all I need....At least I think I do....