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I'll definitely do that if you're serious. How much do you think shipping will run?

Somehow it slipped my mind that I have no standing to complain about pedals with swastika designs. But, in my defense, it was Ryansummit's artwork and it was for the lulz:
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UglyCasanova wrote:What's he like, other than that? He's quite the mysterious character. Not active on any forums, no interviews, no face to put to the name. For someone who's been in the game for so long, I find it a little peculiar. He makes some of my favourite pedals, yet I know only his name. Maybe I just think of builders differently, having been part of this forum for a while now.

He's polite and certainly not aloof, but he does seem to move around a lot for work or who knows why and probably appears flighty as a result.

I don't think the perviously used term "dilettante" is really fitting or fair. Rhys seems like more of an artist than a Brian Hamilton solo-business person to me. He thinks up crazy things and we're fortunate enough to have a chance to buy them if we want.

He's not intending to compete in a market.

And I don't think he intentionally builds mystique. His lifestyle probably just doesn't suit the expectations of the average GAS-fueled ILF person, yet he either fails to parse that fact and translate it to better business development or he just does the best he can. This, I think, is also why he's constantly changing the website theme. He likes it feeling a little off and not because he's pretentious or trying to market himself, he's just a weird dude.

This is all me approximating from our "Hey man, how's it going" chats and nothing more. FWIW, I have mentioned this thread to him as well as a bunch of praise and some of the talk of delays, etc. in the past. Re: the delays in communication, it seemed like Rhys went and sorted out those things as they were brought to his attention. Maybe not quick but eventually.

Chankgeez wrote:

I still wanna Seppuku Harmonic Energizer clone:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSYCIyNvz1c[/youtube]

I had a Resonator and it was pretty underwhelming. I have no clue why that clip sounds so great, but i'd like to know.

Good to know, I'll look elsewhere fo' an Harmonic Energizer clone. (That clip does sound great though.)

yeah it was just a pretty meh overdrive pedal with a very strong filter.

That's pretty much what a Harmonic Energizer is. What fuzzes did you try it with?

at the time I had an iron ether oxide and polygrace. but it was a little over a year ago, I don't remember how hard I tried to like it, probably not that much to be honest haha. i'm usually impatient with pedals if I dont have a good first impression.

Understandable. Sometimes if I don't get on with a pedal right away, it just doesn't happen.

I'd still like to try a Resonator.

Chankgeez wrote:Good to know, I'll look elsewhere fo' an Harmonic Energizer clone. (That clip does sound great though.)

I have a Harmonic Energizer clone that I built back in the day from madbean's karate shop pcb. I busted it out recently and was pretty underwhelmed. BUT, I did probably play it for 5 minutes with some other shit. I remember that the low end of the filter was pretty tasty with fuzz back when I first built it. Guess I should play it again.

nevada wrote:

UglyCasanova wrote:What's he like, other than that? He's quite the mysterious character. Not active on any forums, no interviews, no face to put to the name. For someone who's been in the game for so long, I find it a little peculiar. He makes some of my favourite pedals, yet I know only his name. Maybe I just think of builders differently, having been part of this forum for a while now.

He's polite and certainly not aloof, but he does seem to move around a lot for work or who knows why and probably appears flighty as a result.

I don't think the perviously used term "dilettante" is really fitting or fair. Rhys seems like more of an artist than a Brian Hamilton solo-business person to me. He thinks up crazy things and we're fortunate enough to have a chance to buy them if we want.

He's not intending to compete in a market.

And I don't think he intentionally builds mystique. His lifestyle probably just doesn't suit the expectations of the average GAS-fueled ILF person, yet he either fails to parse that fact and translate it to better business development or he just does the best he can. This, I think, is also why he's constantly changing the website theme. He likes it feeling a little off and not because he's pretentious or trying to market himself, he's just a weird dude.

This is all me approximating from our "Hey man, how's it going" chats and nothing more. FWIW, I have mentioned this thread to him as well as a bunch of praise and some of the talk of delays, etc. in the past. Re: the delays in communication, it seemed like Rhys went and sorted out those things as they were brought to his attention. Maybe not quick but eventually.

Hey, man. Thanks for sharing. Interesting read that answers plenty of questions!