Invisible Man wrote:Is this thread just more (unnecessary) evidence that everything is made up? that there are no governing rules for pricing in a free market? that gear fetishism does not lead us to transistor-based nirvana?
Big, if true.
Anything above $200 is out of reach for me. So I buy used, and I don’t buy anything anymore. That third kid pushed me over the limit where no money + little time to play = why would I spend money on this stuff. My eurorack setup is the same—small and cheap.
Maybe people are overcharging, JWAR, but does the feature creep and sound appeal to you proportionate to the price?
So, IMO, a lot of features don't equal the value. I see a ton of fucking features in pedals that honestly, I would never ever use. So, for me personally, some of the super feature packed shit is daunting and I don't want it.
For instance. The Boss 500 series. They are a great price for what they are. The features in those sucker would allow you to tweak endlessly with almost limitless possibilities. What I found was that I was only using them for like 1 or 2 algos each, so I kicked them to the curb. Same rule applies to the Eventide H9. The ONLY reason I still have that pedals is that Eventide will not upgrade the shit, so I'm stuck with a Core if I decide to sell. I paid the Max out price...so, I refuse to lose 200 plus dollars for no reason other than Eventide is cock suckers.
The Chase Bliss stuff is awesome. I do feel like it out of reach for me anymore. I cannot justify the prices. That's the pedal that got me thinking and it's nothing personal against them, I just don't get the pricing. The pedal sounds like a hundred others I've heard, and the interfacing is not something I enjoy using. I can say the same about a ton of pedals too. The computer pedals mostly are obnoxiously hard to use for me. I also hate midi but it's mostly because I don't understand the shit.
The others side is the fucking pedals that are remade vintage and cost an arm and a leg. My purchase over the summer of the Stone Fly Stone Skull. I paid like 300 bucks for that fucking thing and it's a 3 knob fuzz. Why? Why did I do that? It doesn't have enough volume on tap, but it sounds great. So it sits on a shelf and collects dust. There's a TON of pedals like that too.
I think some people are ok with this thread while others think I'm trying to bag on builders. I'm not trying to do that at all. I have developed a personal relationship with a lot of builders and I value that. I respect them, I just hate the new trends. Like mentioned here, v1 came out last year, here's the new updated v2 for the same price! Yea, that sucks and it's obnoxious as well. I do feel like that's a shitty trend. I get it on one level, but on another I don't.