HoorayForAnonyms Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Celebrity Pedals have released a very small run of pre amps modelled after the Ampeg B-15 dubbed ‘Smells Like B-15 Spirit’. Celebrity Pedals don’t have a website but should be up on their Reverb store at some point. Nice to have another option to add to the small but growing list of builders that offer something like this alongside Sushi Fx, Shiftline, Broughton, Ampeg SVT-DI and likes. @Quatschmacher Might be of interest? 3 Quote
Quatschmacher Posted February 10 Posted February 10 (edited) Damn right I’m interested. Thanks for tagging me. Pretty steep price though, and as he’s based in Turkey for half the year, possibly subject to another £150 in taxes and fees. I get the pun but the the Nirvana reference is so far removed from the B15 sound. I’m sure there could be puns that gave a closer association to that era. Edited February 10 by Quatschmacher 1 Quote
HoorayForAnonyms Posted February 11 Author Posted February 11 The price is indeed steep and it being probably mostly made to order means trialling one beforehand would be unlikely. And I struggled to come with a more apt pun. ChatGTP had a tough time too… Quote
Quatschmacher Posted February 11 Posted February 11 (edited) Off the top of my head: B15 Town (teen town (Jaco, who was at least a bass player) / Motown) Edited February 11 by Quatschmacher Quote
Quatschmacher Posted February 11 Posted February 11 (edited) Four Fliptops Edited February 11 by Quatschmacher 2 Quote
HoorayForAnonyms Posted February 11 Author Posted February 11 B-Fifteena Marie is excellent! Quite like the Four FlipTops too. Well done, sir. 1 Quote
Paddy777 Posted February 11 Posted February 11 Looks lovely, and I’d like to support him as he’s independent and seems a good dude but at £600 I couldn’t do it, I don’t think it would offer anything better than what it’s out there already for half the price, I’d love to try one tho. Also @Quatschmacher I believe he ships from the UK so no issue with taxes etc I don’t think Quote
Quatschmacher Posted February 11 Posted February 11 Here’s a useful bit of info I got in a reply from Greg when I messaged him last night with my name suggestions. “Hey Peter, thanks for the message. Feel free to message on Instagram.com/celebritypedals in future as the Tube Preamp will only be available via DM through PayPal. You can choose any name and image you want for it! Thanks again. Greg” Quote
HoorayForAnonyms Posted February 11 Author Posted February 11 (edited) 1 hour ago, Paddy777 said: Looks lovely, and I’d like to support him as he’s independent and seems a good dude but at £600 I couldn’t do it, I don’t think it would offer anything better than what it’s out there already for half the price, I’d love to try one tho. Also @Quatschmacher I believe he ships from the UK so no issue with taxes etc I don’t think It is out of my budget too unfortunately as much as I’d like to support him. I follow him mainly for his occasional covers and bite size lessons; the pedals are a bonus. Great player. His series of video lessons are brilliant too. Edited February 11 by HoorayForAnonyms Quote
HoorayForAnonyms Posted February 11 Author Posted February 11 27 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said: Here’s a useful bit of info I got in a reply from Greg when I messaged him last night with my name suggestions. “Hey Peter, thanks for the message. Feel free to message on Instagram.com/celebritypedals in future as the Tube Preamp will only be available via DM through PayPal. You can choose any name and image you want for it! Thanks again. Greg” This is good to know. I think anyone who opts to name one the FourFliptops is then obligated to buy four and run them all in series. If he does rename the pedal using one of your suggestions @Quatschmacher, I think you should receive one gratis. 2 Quote
thisisswanbon Posted February 13 Posted February 13 On 11/02/2025 at 07:46, Paddy777 said: Looks lovely, and I’d like to support him as he’s independent and seems a good dude but at £600 I couldn’t do it, I don’t think it would offer anything better than what it’s out there already for half the price, I’d love to try one tho. Also @Quatschmacher I believe he ships from the UK so no issue with taxes etc I don’t think I think it depends where he is at the time - my Taylor Shift shipped from Turkey. Wasn't valuable enough to incur fees though. 1 Quote
Quatschmacher Posted February 13 Posted February 13 (edited) 2 hours ago, thisisswanbon said: I think it depends where he is at the time - my Taylor Shift shipped from Turkey. Wasn't valuable enough to incur fees though. Yes, this was my understanding. He clearly states in his reverb shop that he’s based in turkey for half the year, which strongly implies he ships from there when he is. And I do remember reading of UK folks who’d had import duty. Looks like the rules have changed since I last looked into this and commercial goods up to £135 don’t get charged (as HMRC assumes seller has charged VAT already) but gifts over £39 get charged. (That’s a little bizarre as presumably someone could send you a gift of a commercial item that is over £39 but under £135 in value and you would be charged for that, whereas if you bought the item yourself, you wouldn’t be charged. 🤷🏻) Edited February 13 by Quatschmacher Quote
Kev Posted February 13 Posted February 13 And the worst possible place for a footswitch to go award goes to... 1 Quote
LukeFRC Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I'm no graphic designer but that decal is.... ... no wait I am a graphic designer... 🫢 1 1 Quote
Quatschmacher Posted February 13 Posted February 13 50 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: I'm no graphic designer but that decal is.... ... no wait I am a graphic designer... 🫢 One can have one’s own design on it, so if I ever get one, perhaps a commission is in order. Quote
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