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I had a look at the first (of 33!) pages.
Dull.
^ http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=1322981
Flippin' hilarious! )
If you still want to buy it even once it's been revealed what it is, no-one's stopping you. But a lot of people do want to know, and for good reason (in my opinion).
I find it kind of bemusing that the boutique apologists claim the reverse-engineers are spoiling their fun- nothing could be further from the truth. As I said above, revealing what it is doesn't stop the boutique fanboys from still buying- not revealing, however, does allow people who might just about be willing to pay $600 for something which is genuinely new (a klon, say) but who don't want to pay $600 for a glorified tubescreamer to be ripped off.
Unless of course the boutique fanboys are being slightly intellectually dishonest, and are only willing to spend that kind of money when they can tell themselves it's new, even though deep down they suspect it's not- they want to believe.
Maybe that's way off the truth, I dunno. But it's the only thing that makes sense, to me. EDIT: or maybe they're annoyed that the values go through the floor when they want to sell it on once they realise it's not unique. But again, that hardly paints the boutique fans in the most flattering light.
Do you have a link to that?
I could drastically change the sound of a Tube Screamer by replacing one component value, but that wouldn't make it an innovation or be worth many times the price. (I'm not claiming that would make it sound good either, necessarily - just that it would be very different. I agree that it's more complex to change the sound and make it good.)
But if it's an evolved TS, say so. Don't hide the circuit under layers of goop and marketing bollocks. The Tube Screamer circuit is well known as an adaptable, inherently good-sounding starting point for many mods. It's not an "amp in a box", it's not "transparent", and it is not worth several hundred dollars.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Also, 600 dollars is (and please don't argue) stupidly priced for hype. I remember someone telling me his guitars sold better when the prices went up because people equate price with quality. In the pedal world, generate hype with an expensive gooped board (Jan ray lol mega rip off, and free the tone are also guilty) then watch as your product sells. If this pedal was half the price, it would be reasonable, for a hand wired effect. They are saying it's more affordable in Japan but the truth is it isn't - in Japan, it's still the most expensive distortion box you can buy.
Not saying it's a bad pedal, but for that money, I'd want a beautiful enclosure (look at zvex, where the hand painted enclosures alone are worth the price of admission in some cases!) and honesty - tell us its a tubeacreamer but with several tweaks and a fair amount of extra circuitry. Explain why you chose the tubeacreamer circuit.
But then it'll have a mid hump, fizzy top end, Unresponsive gain and it's best use is to push the front end of a cooking amp.
I can say now, my vs tube screamer is wonderful as a standalone overdrive with the bass boost engaged. It pushes the mids, but not offensively, and everything stays smooth and musical. So, I use it like that in front of a totally clean solid state amp.
$599 justified by misleading statements is the real issue. Look at this version. It is incredibly poorly finished. Not just the impact tape but look at the corners of the tolex.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Shins-Music-Custom-DUMBLOID-SPECIAL-Overdrive-Pedal-Amazing-Tone-/271339500636?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3f2d18345c
To put it into perspective this is twice the price of the original Klon in it's $100 worth of enclosure, and under half the components or complexity.
You then read a few claims -
"One of the most iconic and sought after amps in history… in a pedal!" - Not in the slightest. I know a lot off companies claim to capture a sound in a box and some do an amp like overdrive pretty well. However reading the next line - "All D*mble amps are different in tone (I thought that was a particularly good arse covering line) but the main characteristics that set these amps apart are the open uncompressed cleans and the evenly compressed overdrive.". It clearly claiming to be a Dumble in a box.
"This does not sound like a pedal…it sounds and reacts like an amp." . Ok, this one is slightly unfair to pull up as they are far from alone in this claim, but it is one that really irritates me. No pedal sounds like an amp on it's own. It's a pedal - it does it's job. Into a solid state Crate amp with an 8 inch speaker it is going to sound as close to a Dumble as a 50cc Scooter.
Now this is where somebody suggests (as with Phillips Cleartone Conversions or the Evertune bridge) that unless we are willing to spend $599 to try one the we shouldn't be commenting.
My favourite quote was -
"I'm 46, weigh 382lbs and suffer from severe halitosis. I never had any confidence with women before I bought a Dumbloid. Since purchasing my Dumbloid I have had vigorous sex with a Playboy Bunny every night. Truly money well spent."
I've got a zenkudo - I loves it. (£150)
I've also got a Dumble - I loves that too. (£30 on components)