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voerking wrote:i keep seeing these crazily priced listings, but are they actually selling?
The Eristic wrote:Wonder if this is the one that was sold here in BST a few days ago for $100 less.
https://reverb.com/item/53125694-smalls ... zz-machine
…...........................…psychic vampire. wrote:The important take away from this thread: Taoism and Ring Modulators go together?
hey all. i can see that there are a lot of emotions surrounding this thread and figured i would chime in to try and answer any questions, etc. as much as i don't particularly like the wording of the thread, it is what it is - after all, i don't think any small brand/builder appreciates anyone cloning their pedals, especially when the pedals are not themselves direct clones of anything.
ok first, why have i taken a break from pedals? i have been doing ss/bs as a one-man-operation for over a decade now (besides a small stint where i had some help from a friend) and when covid hit i went to a weird headspace as it seems many other people did. i was already feeling a bit burned out in general, having feelings of imposter syndrome and my screenprinter that i worked with for many years decided to throw in the towel which was a real bummer. i wanted a little break to recalibrate and work on some new projects and then covid happened and subsequently i got pretty depressed and retreated from things. i also moved my house and workspace during covid, had to do a lot of renovation work and was shut down for long periods of time simply due to not having time.
was any of this a smart business decision? absolutely not! but it just sort of happened.
am i returning to the business? yes definitely! i wish i could provide an accurate timeline but i simply cannot at this moment as there are lots of moving parts to running an operation larger than putting out a handful of pedals at a time.
when the op contacted me, i was honest and open about my feelings and for full transparency i can share the entire exchange if anyone needs to see it. i have been into diy and the community for almost 20 years now (fuck) and i've always felt more or less the same way - which is that selling clones of small manufacturers' work felt bad to me. let me be clear as well, i'm 100% for diy and feel like cloning is totally fine in general but have my own moral/ethical line that i am not interested in crossing and simply let the op know that. for everyone commenting on the legality of this situation, you're absolutely right that i can't stop them from selling anything unless they are stealing trade dress or directly copying artwork.
as for the other comments here about the community ambient track that i ghosted u/slap_me_thrice
- i truly apologize for that. i sincerely wanted to do the project but it was really stupid timing on my part as i was insanely busy at the time and sometimes have a hard time saying no to something after saying yes - obviously to a fault. understandably this upset people but all i can really say is that i'm only human and made a mistake. u/wonderyak
i don't understand how i ruined the community for 2 years but nonetheless deeply apologize for my fuck up.
i already apologized/talked to u/BoneslyGrifter
via dm about the secret santa (months ago actually) but it was a similar anxiety-laden situation - certainly not an excuse but i'm a person who fucks things up sometimes.
just to get my other faults out there - i'm insanely behind on responding to general emails so if you have written me for any reason at all and i didn't respond, please don't take it personally and i deeply apologize for that as well.
i'll try to respond to all of the comments in this thread where it makes sense.
…...........................…psychic vampire. wrote:The important take away from this thread: Taoism and Ring Modulators go together?
the_carl wrote:Found a reddit post on clones, returning, covid etc. from a month ago while trying to see if Brian had posted anything anywhere lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/diypedals/comments/u5uqg1/psa_brian_of_smallsoundbigsound_is_not_okay_with/i5ityz9/?context=3hey all. i can see that there are a lot of emotions surrounding this thread and figured i would chime in to try and answer any questions, etc. as much as i don't particularly like the wording of the thread, it is what it is - after all, i don't think any small brand/builder appreciates anyone cloning their pedals, especially when the pedals are not themselves direct clones of anything.
ok first, why have i taken a break from pedals? i have been doing ss/bs as a one-man-operation for over a decade now (besides a small stint where i had some help from a friend) and when covid hit i went to a weird headspace as it seems many other people did. i was already feeling a bit burned out in general, having feelings of imposter syndrome and my screenprinter that i worked with for many years decided to throw in the towel which was a real bummer. i wanted a little break to recalibrate and work on some new projects and then covid happened and subsequently i got pretty depressed and retreated from things. i also moved my house and workspace during covid, had to do a lot of renovation work and was shut down for long periods of time simply due to not having time.
was any of this a smart business decision? absolutely not! but it just sort of happened.
am i returning to the business? yes definitely! i wish i could provide an accurate timeline but i simply cannot at this moment as there are lots of moving parts to running an operation larger than putting out a handful of pedals at a time.
when the op contacted me, i was honest and open about my feelings and for full transparency i can share the entire exchange if anyone needs to see it. i have been into diy and the community for almost 20 years now (fuck) and i've always felt more or less the same way - which is that selling clones of small manufacturers' work felt bad to me. let me be clear as well, i'm 100% for diy and feel like cloning is totally fine in general but have my own moral/ethical line that i am not interested in crossing and simply let the op know that. for everyone commenting on the legality of this situation, you're absolutely right that i can't stop them from selling anything unless they are stealing trade dress or directly copying artwork.
as for the other comments here about the community ambient track that i ghosted u/slap_me_thrice
- i truly apologize for that. i sincerely wanted to do the project but it was really stupid timing on my part as i was insanely busy at the time and sometimes have a hard time saying no to something after saying yes - obviously to a fault. understandably this upset people but all i can really say is that i'm only human and made a mistake. u/wonderyak
i don't understand how i ruined the community for 2 years but nonetheless deeply apologize for my fuck up.
i already apologized/talked to u/BoneslyGrifter
via dm about the secret santa (months ago actually) but it was a similar anxiety-laden situation - certainly not an excuse but i'm a person who fucks things up sometimes.
just to get my other faults out there - i'm insanely behind on responding to general emails so if you have written me for any reason at all and i didn't respond, please don't take it personally and i deeply apologize for that as well.
i'll try to respond to all of the comments in this thread where it makes sense.
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