Re: Failed Pedal Lines and Companies
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 1:00 pm
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whoismarykelly wrote:I'd say Devi's strongest influence was showing people that you could sell a pedal with a really sloppy board wrapped in electrical tape for $100. Around 10 years ago it seemed every other "cool new pedal" that showed up from a trade from one of the new small Devi-esque builders was an insane mess on the inside that I had to rebuild before it worked properly.
echorec wrote:Chankgeez wrote:echorec wrote: I don't have a perfect timeline of all the companies who came out between 1994 & 2003...
Why not?
Well if I published an authoritative history on effects, then I'd just be putting a conclusive stamp on what a jackass Goroth is and I certainly don't want to do that.
Jwar wrote:There's literally no point in talking about it anymore.
Ugly Nora wrote:jwar, this would be a good topic for your next vlog.
echorec wrote:D.o.S. wrote:echorec wrote:Jwar wrote:Without Devi the industry itself would probably have been drastically different.
This seems like a bit of a reach to me.
She's not exactly Bob Moog, Roger Mayer, or Zachary Vex. Nor is she Mike Matthews, Glenn Snoddy, or David Cockerel. Nature abhors a vacuum, and I imagine without her, we'd still have plenty of DBAs, Frantones, Fairfields, & Red Pandas.
Devi was the first builder to really gain notoriety for building boutique pedals at a price point that was lower than, say, Boss or Digitech while being broadly available. That's her main legacy in the pedal universe. Her influence is on smaller level builders than the ones you're mentioning in the above (and your favorites are decidedly all horses of a different colour, save EQD who definitely felt more akin to the Devi thing early on).
The first brands that spring to mind are now mostly defunct or very low key, but builders like Mellowtone, Infanem, McSpunkle, Copilot, Holowon, etc. are or were more closely aligned with the Devi universe of pedals than Frantone or DBA.
So she didn't influence the builders with the most advanced current designs...
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she deserves credit for influencing builders that are "mostly defunct"?
It seems like you're agreeing with my counterpoint, that the industry really wouldn't be much different today without her offerings.
whoismarykelly wrote:I'd say Devi's strongest influence was showing people that you could sell a pedal with a really sloppy board wrapped in electrical tape for $100. Around 10 years ago it seemed every other "cool new pedal" that showed up from a trade from one of the new small Devi-esque builders was an insane mess on the inside that I had to rebuild before it worked properly.
echorec wrote:whoismarykelly wrote:I'd say Devi's strongest influence was showing people that you could sell a pedal with a really sloppy board wrapped in electrical tape for $100. Around 10 years ago it seemed every other "cool new pedal" that showed up from a trade from one of the new small Devi-esque builders was an insane mess on the inside that I had to rebuild before it worked properly.
If ILF is one thing it's a model of consistency.
Someone suggests that her influence may not be as drastic as some people believe it to be. = manufactured controversy accompanies the typical ILF circle jerk
Someone says her work was sloppy and unprofessional, seemingly implying it was overpriced. (*cough, cough* her legacy is overrated) = crickets
I don't see anything wrong with whoismarykelly's take on this, just like I don't see any controversy in suggesting that maybe Devi's reach wasn't as significant as the ILF sandbox would like to believe.