The NAMM 2017 thread

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What I don't get is that a one knob chorus doesn't make any sense, and a one knob reverb is pretty useless too.

JHS is a pretty terrible company for a ton of reasons[/quote]

Please elaborate

[yeatsvisitslincoln]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGtSu5z-3AQ[/youtube]

Damn. Was hoping for some sounds.

haha same. But dual CV in... This would play real nice with my Dwarfies

Oh, I have plans with this and the Protostar. Though, I'm really beginning to need a separate source for LFO's. I could just get some Happiness in my life, though. I really want to use an LFO to sweep through the wave table!

[popvulture]

What I don't get is that a one knob chorus doesn't make any sense, and a one knob reverb is pretty useless too.

JHS is a pretty terrible company for a ton of reasons

Please elaborate

In a nutshell, pretty much all of their offerings are clones, and they're connected to a fundamentalist Christian church that donates to/promotes a lot of horrible causes. General shittiness.

[baremountain]

What I don't get is that a one knob chorus doesn't make any sense, and a one knob reverb is pretty useless too.

JHS is a pretty terrible company for a ton of reasons

Please elaborate

I mean, firstly they blatantly steal other people's circuits and sell them as their own - they've got maybe a couple original pedals out of the several dozen they've produced. I think we can all agree that's pretty lame?
Secondly they've got serious ties to religious orgs that actively donate to anti-LGBTQ orgs, and that's an inexcusable cause to rally behind IMO. If there's one thing I've come to realize it's that your dollar goes a lot further than your vote when politics get involved. I don't want a dime of my money going towards those causes when I can buy pedals from someone like Brian who donates to the ACLU or Ben & Louise who, last I checked, were trying to get a new workshop where they could partner with a soup kitchen & feed the local homeless. I guess that boils down to personal politics, but regardless of that, I think actively helping a community of people is always better than funneling money to oppress people.
EDIT: Yeah PV gave the abbrev. version pretty well.

Oh, I have plans with this and the Protostar. Though, I'm really beginning to need a separate source for LFO's. I could just get some Happiness in my life, though. I really want to use an LFO to sweep through the wave table!

Yeah that Protostar has been on my radar too, but having a Happiness I question whether I need another dedicated filter haha

[UglyCasanova]

[aholidayatthesea]

Seems like someone was a little inspired by a certain ILF builder...
Also, I find it funny that JHS is pairing with Ryan Adams (considering the recent thing between Midnight and Adams).

Honestly, though. If it turns out to actually be cool, I'd probably trade someone for it/buy it second hand.

That bums me out hard. It makes me squirm that RA does the retro graphics thing as though nobody's ever thought of it before.

Yeah I was bummed when I saw everyone so excited about it (even John Mayer commented) but the Generation Loss is so much better and cooler. Wish more people knew about it :/

[baremountain]

While I'd love to see Teej & everyone else get more business, I guess we gotta let the normies eat their vanilla ice cream (not shitting on vanilla ice cream, just a metaphor for watered-down pedals). If that makes it take an extra hour for a preorder of the good stuff to sell out, and gives one of us an opportunity to hop on it, that seems like a decent trade-off. As long as they're selling out of batches, it's all good, right?

EDIT: Thinking more about this and I guess significantly increased demand allows for someone else to come onboard and help build and produce more units? I dunno though - it's nice being able to sneak in and get the goods without sitting at a computer all day like I did waiting for the 856 to drop. It's reasonable to think that between Cooper FX & school though, Teej might be producing about as many pedals as he'd like to at this point?

[yeatsvisitslincoln]

Oh, I have plans with this and the Protostar. Though, I'm really beginning to need a separate source for LFO's. I could just get some Happiness in my life, though. I really want to use an LFO to sweep through the wave table!

Yeah that Protostar has been on my radar too, but having a Happiness I question whether I need another dedicated filter haha[/quote]

Same re: Happiness. The main difference is the envelope and the patch bay having Env- and Env+ out. Lots of fun for other applications like auto-flange on a CBA Spectre.

[lordgalvar]

Lightning Wave! 80tape!

Not at Namm this year (twas a blast last), but always gotta shout 'em out for some CV. Bonus trigger mode and presets.

RMA tetanus booster too. Works pretty well and gives some unexpected results with CV.

Re: Ryan Adams...Dude is a biter.

[UglyCasanova]

It's reasonable to think that between Cooper FX & school though, Teej might be producing about as many pedals as he'd like to at this point?

I'm pretty sure this is spot on. I've gotten a truckload of inquiries about the AARP and GenLoss on my channel. I think he would have to build a lot of pedals before had could keep stock. I know he had some stock on the AARPs in the early days, but I think there are enough demos out there now. I'm looking forward to his glitch pedal a whole lot.

[$harkToootth]

It's reasonable to think that between Cooper FX & school though, Teej might be producing about as many pedals as he'd like to at this point?

I'm pretty sure this is spot on. I've gotten a truckload of inquiries about the AARP and GenLoss on my channel. I think he would have to build a lot of pedals before had could keep stock. I know he had some stock on the AARPs in the early days, but I think there are enough demos out there now. I'm looking forward to his glitch pedal a whole lot.

TJ is awesome. Looking forward to the glitch pedal too. The AARP may be the first piece of gear I buy a second one of.

[coldbrightsunlight]

I really try to ignore things Ryan Adams does outside his music because I'm a huuuuge fan of most of his sounds, but he can do dumb things that are annoying.

Then again I have no problem liking Morrissey.


Slightly more on topic the Morphagene looks completely amazing!

[jrfox92]

I hope teej re-releases the V1 Gen Loss one day.
Always thought it looked badass, and the 125B enclosure is definitely a big plus.

[Disarm D'arcy]

I really try to ignore things Ryan Adams does outside his music because I'm a huuuuge fan of most of his sounds, but he can do dumb things that are annoying.

Then again I have no problem liking Morrissey.

Spot on. Though I treat Morissey like Ryan Adams these days.

[popvulture]

I really try to ignore things Ryan Adams does outside his music because I'm a huuuuge fan of most of his sounds, but he can do dumb things that are annoying.

Then again I have no problem liking Morrissey.

Spot on. Though I treat Morissey like Ryan Adams these days.

Pretty much. I like a lot of his stuff, esp the Dead-ier things. Cold Roses, mmm.

Best to ignore all of the extracurricular activities.