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Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:03 pm
by dubkitty
theavondon wrote:Well, although it is now within the dregs of the e-universe, the Creepy Fingers Myspace is what Brad has always used to sell his pedals, and if you were to look at it, you'd know exactly what all of his pedals do, and their prices, and hear sound clips. Also, the thing about CF is that he'll also build you whatever you ask him to, so there's that as well. It's unfortunate that what once was a useful tool for so many people is now a giant piece of shit, but his myspace is still up, man, and it still tells you all that you need to know.
i have looked at it, or rather, tried to look at it. if it would load in a decent amount of time it would be useful. however, like everything on MySpace nowadays, it doesn't. objectively, that alone makes it a poor presentation. whether he's "always used it" is irrelevant. i'm sorry that you seem be personally insulted by simple factual statements. e.g. Creepy Fingers products are marketed in an amateurish fashion. if a company doesn't even care enough to provide a page that doesn't take two minutes to load on a high-speed connection, why should i expect them to care about anything else?
but anyway, it's just my opinion. if people are comfortable with the idea that it's up to the end-user to do the seller's job, they're welcome to do business with those builders. and of course Tom can have subforae for whoever he wants.
Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:17 pm
by McSpunckle
dubkitty wrote:if a company doesn't even care enough to provide a page that doesn't take two minutes to load on a high-speed connection, why should i expect them to care about anything else?
Because that's terrible logic.
Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:25 pm
by plhogan
I'll agree with that to an extent but the fact is if you want to be on the "cutting edge" of new pedals (which isnt everyone's thing, and doesnt have to be), you'll have to put up with fairly amateurish site's and building schedules. A new builder coming up with the next big thing is his garage probably isnt thinking about web design.
Also, a lot of these guys can only build a certain amount of their designs a month, and if word-of-mouth is filling their quota then they wouldn't be interested in making the experience easier. Maybe it's even part of their "boutique mystique" (gayest thing I've ever typed).
edit: that was for dubkitty not responding to Mcsprinkle, I type slow.
Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:34 pm
by theavondon
dubkitty wrote:
i'm sorry that you seem be personally insulted by simple factual statements. e.g. Creepy Fingers products are marketed in an amateurish fashion.
Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:36 pm
by dubkitty
OK, good. you seemed a little grouchy there.
Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:35 pm
by bigchiefbc
I think main crux of the problem is that the people that tinker with circuits and build pedals are too fucking busy to take the not insignificant amount of time it would take to become sufficiently good at web design to produce what is considered a "good" website nowadays, and they're usually too fucking poor to hire someone to do it.
Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:51 pm
by My name is Mudd
bigchiefbc wrote:I think main crux of the problem is that the people that tinker with circuits and build pedals are too fucking busy to take the not insignificant amount of time it would take to become sufficiently good at web design to produce what is considered a "good" website nowadays, and they're usually too fucking poor to hire someone to do it.
Yep.
Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:09 pm
by Holy Schnikes
univalve wrote:dubkitty wrote:not to be a grump, but i think that if someone's gonna have a company subforum they should have a website that's navigable and useable with proper descriptions of their products. the way e.g. Creepy Fingers deals--or rather doesn't deal--with this is really irritating. in contrast, Ghost Effects is really good this way.
mid-fi has a subforum here - did you look at the website yet?
Yea, the Mid-Fi page is hilariously unfunctional, like the dawn-of-the-internet type shit. Doug rules though, super easy to get ahold of through here or email.
Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:00 pm
by Bellyheart
Its about pedals not the website, although I understand what you're saying. However, not caring about a website does not mean they don't care about their products. That's a bit over the top. I have been in a band for over a year and we didn't have any kind of internet site until recently and its just a bandcamp. Doesn't mean I don't care I just feel like we have been getting by fine without it, ya dig?
Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:56 pm
by Gearmond
howbout boss?
Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:58 pm
by Mudfuzz
Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:03 pm
by theavondon
I could go for a reasonably priced hyper fuzz.
Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:07 pm
by Mudfuzz
theavondon wrote:I could go for a reasonably priced hyper fuzz.
YES!
Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:22 pm
by Wes Mantooth
Oh I definitely could go for an FZ-2!
Been listening to Electric Wizard all day
Re: Any new companies joining anytime soon?
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 3:52 pm
by Toonster
Or a OC-2/FZ-2 Twinpedal
