Dont worry guys - we'll have better demos. If I was really great at playing guitar I'd be a musician instead of a pedal builder, lol
We're talking to Reverb and Gear Talk about doing demos once we have production models, and the person we sold the prototype to (Fuzz Pope) is going to have it make the rounds with some friends of his to do demos. We're out of our super discounted $50 off pre-orders and the price is now $25 off retail - again, for a limited number. If you know you want it, get it now! If you're skeptical, wait for other people to demo it and buy it at retail price!
Nah I'm tight on cash right now or I would check it out. Seems cool. I'd have to have a more comprehensive demo to decide though, so I could justify selling something else.
T-Dalt is the man, so he can get you set up fo sho.
Quick question. Maybe instead of a giveaway, would you do a tourbox?? Many builders have done them here. Obviously there is always a risk involved, but we try to do it in a intelligent way that is best for all involved.
"I do not have the ability to think rationally 90% of the time and I also change my mind at the drop of a hat".
I wouldn't count on too many people selling theirs used - they'll love it too much to part with it!
Can you describe the touring pedal thing you're talking about? once we have production models we are going to send the around to reviewers who can make videos - we'll offer them at discounted prices to buy once they do a review video or we'll pay to have it shipped back to us if they don't want to keep it - is that similar?
But essentially you get 10 or so posters who are legitimate, send the pedals around to everyone with the expectation that everyone does a demo or a review, and then send it back to the original manufacturer.
That sounds like a great idea! I'll talk to Todd about this - it would have to be after we fulfill our pre-orders, but seems pretty much like what we wanted to do.
But essentially you get 10 or so posters who are legitimate, send the pedals around to everyone with the expectation that everyone does a demo or a review, and then send it back to the original manufacturer.
Anyone wanna second the motion to install D.o.S. as ILF librarian?
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
Here's the update I just sent out to people who pre-ordered a Spectravibe:
Hello Spectravibe peeps!
GOOD NEWS! Todd has finished development on Spectravibe. Here are some exciting facts about why this was worth the wait:
1) The Gristleizer, upon which Spectravibe was based, used to run off an 18VAC power supply. Todd's original solution was to use a charge pump to get a 9V supply to create the split +/- 9V rails the original design needed. However, he's now got it running off straight 9V, which saves almost $6 in parts, board, and assembly cost. It also had the side effect of bringing down the noise floor of the pedal - the pedal is now quieter than most average guitar pedals!
2) The gain staging has been perfected - this pedal is so quiet, but it will put out a full 0dB signal - crazy strong for driving your tube preamps! You can also use it as a modular interface, now too, so you can use the clean gain of the pedal to go straight into your synthesizers.
3) The filter, which was already kickass, has been significantly improved. If you were familiar with old Gristleizers or even the newer v3 ones, they had this range in the filter that would sound kinda farty and blown-out. That's gone now. Todd did some analog wizardry that adjusts the gain going into the filter in such a way that you get much more consistent results over the whole frequency spectrum.
4) The original tremolo wouldn't go all the way "off," but Todd has adjusted it so that it will now (acting much more like a traditional VCA). This means that the "repeat percussion" effect you get with the saw wave is even more pronounced.
5) This is the best part - Spectravibe now has an entirely NEW effect in it. We had an extra DIP switch that we weren't sure what we were going to do with, and now we figured it out. In Vibe mode, you'll be able to switch from regular filter to a new kind of frequency-specific vibrato/phase-shifter. Todd says he likes this new filter effect even more than the original! This is a totally unique effect that you've never heard before in *any* pedal that is like a auto-filter, like a vibrato, and like a phase-shifter, but not really the same. It's also a new tone gold mine when you can turn the modulation off and just sweep around the different phase cancellations. It's so good, and so different from the original we wish we had a separate front panel switch for it!
Todd is now switching over to designing the PCB. Once the PCB is designed, we're going to send it out to Oshpark to get a rush prototype. Once we confirm the prototype works, we're going to place the large order. Once the large order comes back to us, I'll sit down and start putting them together, and Todd will start work on the AD4096 mk2 (which is much further along than Spectravibe was at the beginning, thanks to a lot of the work we did on Spectravibe).
So we're looking at late March/Early April for when Spectravibe starts shipping.
I will contact you again when the board has been designed, and then once we get the prototype confirmed working.
Thanks for your patience everyone! It's really happening!!!
