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07-02-2010, 08:36 AM
|  | Resident Packer Fanatic | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Madison, Wisconsin | | | I have an idea for a stompbox
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Non-bass related.
I wonder who I would go to to run it by and see if it's worth exploring. |
07-02-2010, 09:51 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | A stompbox? Not bass related? I dont want to steal your idea or anything, but I am quite curious...
Maybe talk to someone who manufactures pedals? Someone in their R&D or Engineering team. Or an independent manufacturer that you could probably find on TB. Maybe take this to the effects forum?
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07-02-2010, 01:01 PM
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Lead Designer: Redline Electronics | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Central Illinois | | Shoot me a PM, I'd be more than happy to tell you what I think 
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Originally Posted by bobbass4k: I'd ask how a topic about electronics descended into a BSG discussion, but i already know the answer
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07-05-2010, 03:12 PM
| | Resident Packer Fanatic | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Madison, Wisconsin | | | How do I protect my idea? |
07-05-2010, 04:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Dayton Ohio | | | Is it just an idea at this point, or do you have any of the circuitry worked out? If its just the idea, the only way to protect it is to keep your mouth shut.
I am super curious tho. Can you give us even a generic idea of what it would do to the input? Probably not I suppose.
Until you have a working prototype(or at least the schematics) I'd keep it as close to the vest as possible.
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07-06-2010, 05:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Shirley, MA | | | If Behringer hasn't gotten around to cloning the Deep Impact yet, I sort of doubt any effects manufacturers are trolling random internet forums to "steal" effects concepts. |
07-06-2010, 04:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Dayton Ohio | | | Maybe not. But maybe I am, or maybe you are. Im not, I doubt you are,but we have no idea who is reading this.
The only way to be sure is to have a patent or keep it to yourself. Even a patent is no guarantee. NDA is an option if you're talking to an EE about the idea.
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07-06-2010, 04:58 PM
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07-06-2010, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by mrpackerguy  How do I protect my idea? | It depends. Is your idea a "blue sky" one, as in "I wish a pedal existed that would make my guitar sound like a locomotive going over Niagara Falls in a thunderstorm", or are you a circuit designer with an idea of how you could actually do it? If it's the former, I wouldn't worry about it too much; the chances of you coming up with a viable idea that no one has ever thought of before are pretty slim. If it's the latter, shut up about it, build a prototype, and submit a patent.
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07-06-2010, 05:53 PM
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Lead Designer: Redline Electronics | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Central Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bongomania I'm fine with signing an NDA if you want my opinion on it. | This would be a good route to take
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Originally Posted by bobbass4k: I'd ask how a topic about electronics descended into a BSG discussion, but i already know the answer
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07-06-2010, 06:02 PM
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Head Tinkerer, The Flufflab | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: California | | | If you have an idea of what you want but not how to make it happen, then patent protection isn't for you. An NDA may be the best choice, but make sure it's fair to both parties - set a time limit and some mechanism for cleanly voiding it if the idea already exists.
(edit)Just saying this because I've been caught out by stuff like this in the past and there's certain areas of my profession I can't work in without fear of a lawsuit. No original ill-intent on either side, just situations changing and people moving on and contracts getting acquired...
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