Astronovazz wrote:I got my Octave Clang of Ebay from DBA as a Blemmy for $160.00. There was a minor scratch on the bottom that is covered withe velcro. Since then I also acquired the Seppeku Octave Drone much cheaper and I kinda like it better. They are very similar. I am going to play them back to back right now.
I don't really understand why DBA pedals are so expensive when companies like Seppuku, Devi Ever, Fuzzhugger, Earthquaker, SSBS and Co-pilot charge much less and have much more versatility. Yeah the DBA stuff is cool but there are so many one off company's really pushing the limits right now. The moth crusher and Probability of a Fax come to mind.
when DBA first started taking custom orders, they had no idea what they were getting themselves into. so they took all requests to make pedals and then they got to point and just stopped.
they'd charge something like $450 for a custom box ( i guess this is pertially where the overpriced rumer came from ) but at the end, most customers got thier pedals for less because turnaround time took wayyyyy longer than promised.
so why so much for a simple feedback looper?
1.) because it looks badass
and
2.) because if you knew you could get away with selling a simple feedback loop for $150 and continue to get away with it every single time, why not keep doing it. thats just good business, at least its not $200 lol.
also, when facing against other companies, some people are a little biased in my opinion. for example, people drool over devi ever boxes cause a chick made them " devi youre so cool" and " devi youre so hot ". ive tried a few boxes out and i like some and dont like others. but its pretty much a taste in preferance. some of my DBA custom boxes are sh!t while others have no contenders.
so thats my take on that. its just whatever you like, and i happen to like DBA lol.
i also think that the artists that use certain pedals influence the market.
for example, someone sees my bloody valentine use a whammy and a yamaha rack, there goes more sales and more people trying to use that particular sound.
someone sees a place to bury strangers use an octave and love thier sound, so they go out and buy an octave clang and try to get thier sound.
with that said, some companies can charge a little more because the demand goes up, usually revamp an old design and market it as such.
other things influence prices like being able to get away with higher ones because of cool graphics, or because somethings a " limited run " and the builder needs to turn a quick profit to get things going with future products.
DBA just gets away with cool looking pedals that happen to sound awesome and fools like me buying them up.
thats my two cents on your comment sir hahaha
