What's up with non-pedal companies getting into pedals?

[some_dude]

Re: What's up with non-pedal companies getting into pedals?

Are the pro's really getting pulled along? I would think they lead the charge. Pro's don't buy what their favorite hobbyists are using but hobbyists typically have always aspired to own what the top pro's used.

Perhaps "pulled along" wasn't the best way to put it.

I don't know how to put it without being so overly generalized that someone will find some detail to pick apart.

But, when it comes to high end pedals I see a lot more of them in hobbyists rigs than I do in professional rigs, and there's an awful lot of hobbyists buying $150-300 tubescreamers because they want the best when their hero is still using a TS-9.

 

[ThisDyingSoul76]

Re: What's up with non-pedal companies getting into pedals?

Perhaps "pulled along" wasn't the best way to put it.

I don't know how to put it without being so overly generalized that someone will find some detail to pick apart.

But, when it comes to high end pedals I see a lot more of them in hobbyists rigs than I do in professional rigs, and there's an awful lot of hobbyists buying $150-300 tubescreamers because they want the best when their hero is still using a TS-9.

I almost plead guilty because I have some nice pedals for a hobbyist; but I don't quibble over how expensive a pedal is or how inexpensive. I have a boutique TS-808 with a modified voicing right along side a Joyo Vintage Overdrive. I buy what I can afford that sounds good.

As a matter of fact, very few pedals I have show up on the boards of superstars, although in one of the Crossroads a Guitar Festival DVD's I own, a few pedalboard shots came up with a few guys (Joe Walsh and possibly Buddy Guy) using Visual Sound pedals that I have or once had.