HoorayForAnonyms Posted August 30, 2023 Posted August 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said: Sorry, just no. That was my reaction when I opened the email. A cynical reading of this offer is that he wants to flog a load of unsold preamps……I’m out. 1 Quote
bassist_lewis Posted August 30, 2023 Posted August 30, 2023 I think he will succeed in his intention to slow down the sale 😅 some folks will buy it though. I'm gonna wait for his 'International Only' sale. Quote
bassist_lewis Posted August 30, 2023 Posted August 30, 2023 You could also buy a scalped one for that amount on Reverb. 1 Quote
Quatschmacher Posted August 30, 2023 Author Posted August 30, 2023 39 minutes ago, bassist_lewis said: I think he will succeed in his intention to slow down the sale 😅 some folks will buy it though. I'm gonna wait for his 'International Only' sale. Yep, that was what I thought. A case of “careful what you wish for”. Also, I really dislike having stuff foisted upon me that I neither want nor need. Quote
ped Posted August 30, 2023 Posted August 30, 2023 I don’t think his pedals are ‘all that’ anyway especially for the prices. 3 Quote
Quatschmacher Posted August 30, 2023 Author Posted August 30, 2023 Just now, ped said: I don’t think his pedals are ‘all that’ anyway especially for the prices. I quite like them but they are definitely quite overhyped and pretty spendy for what they are. Quote
LukeFRC Posted August 31, 2023 Posted August 31, 2023 11 hours ago, Quatschmacher said: Sorry, just no. Don’t you have a bass with 4 knobs and two switches just sat around just crying for a new preamp? 1 Quote
Oomo Posted August 31, 2023 Posted August 31, 2023 I saw this and thought the same. I can't blame him though, given how fast the last lot sold out (100 in less than a minute or something?), he's probably figured out this lot will do the same AND help shift some stock of preamps lying around. And if they don't sell (which seems unlikely given resale prices), he can just sell them separately later. He's probably generated a lot of ill will from this, but I suspect he doesn't care too much (and people will still continue to buy his pedals). Quote
LukeFRC Posted August 31, 2023 Posted August 31, 2023 With 3leaf and Cog Effects being less than regularly available - If Josh of Broughton made his next drop of octaves 5 times the size - they would probably sell well plus they are gold 2 Quote
dave_says Posted August 31, 2023 Posted August 31, 2023 Dread to think what he'll try and flog at the next drop. Pedal plus a gofundme for a new snowboard or something. I'm sure they'll still sell in minutes regardless. 2 Quote
BigRedX Posted August 31, 2023 Posted August 31, 2023 As I've said before, I have completely given up on limited edition product releases and previews of things that are still being designed. If a product isn't available for me to buy in a shop and take home with me today, or order on line for immediate shipping, then I am simply not interested and will make do with those things that are available to buy right now. 3 Quote
LukeFRC Posted August 31, 2023 Posted August 31, 2023 23 minutes ago, BigRedX said: As I've said before, I have completely given up on limited edition product releases and previews of things that are still being designed. If a product isn't available for me to buy in a shop and take home with me today, or order on line for immediate shipping, then I am simply not interested and will make do with those things that are available to buy right now. It’s not like the world is short of pedals that you could buy today is it? 1 1 Quote
admiralchew Posted August 31, 2023 Posted August 31, 2023 I actually really like the Anima preamp. I put one in a a jazz bass recently and it sounds fantastic. A few of my friends have played that bass too and said positive things about the preamp, so it’s a shame if there’s now negativity around it. Quote
paulo m Posted October 4, 2023 Posted October 4, 2023 Just how many people in the audience or muso's for that fact' would know by ear just what make of effect pedal someone was using... I admit to having some units from the builders mentioned here... But their is an awfull a mount of hype or snakeoil surrounds certain manufactures products that people covert or desire... Quote
admiralchew Posted October 4, 2023 Posted October 4, 2023 Probably none or maybe a few? I like pedals as works of art in their own right though so boutique pedals appeal to me. I had a board made up of MXR and Boss pedals that sounded good and I have a board made up of pretty, painstakingly hand built pedals that sounds good too. That said, the Doom 2 is more synthy than any fuzz I’ve tried, the Octabvre tracks superbly well and the deep switch sounds great, and the FX loop in the Chromatron allows for a lot of flexibility not always available on envelope filters. They may not sound so different to anything else live to substantially change how a song sounds but I’m always happy when I use them. 2 Quote
ped Posted October 4, 2023 Posted October 4, 2023 I think as long as the player is happy, they'll derive more enjoyment from playing and that's good for everyone. I have tried most envelope filters out there and comparing many of them is splitting hairs in the extreme, but that's why we love what we do. Quote
LukeFRC Posted October 4, 2023 Posted October 4, 2023 1 hour ago, paulo m said: But their is an awfull a mount of hype or snakeoil surrounds certain manufactures products that people covert or desire... I have spent a bit of time on Freestompboxes and DIYstompboxes - and what that's taught me is that there is some snakeoil - people for instance taking a common circuit and then releasing it with a few mods that someone on a forum developed. Then you have people who take something and then do the R&D to create their own variant - that might or might not have a merit as it's own thing... but it's subjective. Sometimes it's a variant on something, but often it becomes its whole new thing with features that people want for some specific need. And then you have some people who create products which have been properly engineered, or with a sole pursuit to some certain level of specific excellence, that with all the DIY skills in the world you wouldn't have a chance of getting near. Or other times is just good, and gets a reputation for being reliably good in a mix, and people buy into that. Add to that low supply production and it's easy to see how lack of supply leads to high prices on things - I'm not sure that's always hype or snake oil, and for me it really depends on the circuit we're discussing. As @admiralchew says above 3leaf stuff works, and does what it does really well - and then people want that. Importantly no one is forcing you to buy or want anything, and quality cheaper options exist 1 Quote
Baloney Balderdash Posted October 4, 2023 Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, paulo m said: Just how many people in the audience or muso's for that fact' would know by ear just what make of effect pedal someone was using... Yes, why even play at all? Who cares? We are all going to die anyway. Edited October 4, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash Quote
LukeFRC Posted October 4, 2023 Posted October 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Baloney Balderdash said: Yes, why even play at all? Who cares? We are all going to die anyway. it's just some of us will die with a Anima preamp they didn't know they wanted 10 Quote
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