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10-25-2007, 07:39 PM
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I did a quick search and didn't see a specific answer to this question (it may be in the effects forum somewhere, but I couldn't find it).
Tell me what constitutes "Boutique". Is there a criteria? what is it?, etc...
Thanks...just interested in stimulating some discussion.
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10-25-2007, 07:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lincoln, NE | | | I'd say hand made has to be part of the criteria |
10-25-2007, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by anyonefortennis  I'd say hand made has to be part of the criteria | +1 |
10-25-2007, 07:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Michigan | | | Hand made by a small company..............not mass-produced by a large corporation.
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10-25-2007, 07:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Palmdale, California | | | Boutique
Here's my take on it. I consider boutique as a bass that isn't mass produced. Made by a skilled craftsman, made in limited quanities, many options, and of course the price tag to go with it. My Ken Lawrence was made to my exact specs and took 8 months to get. It plays like no off the shelf bass I have ever played. Boutique baby!   |
10-25-2007, 08:08 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rochester N.Y. | | | Anything that's more than I can afford is "boutique" to me!
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10-25-2007, 08:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Detroit | | | I think boutique means "small shop", or that's how i take it. |
10-25-2007, 08:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | | | If you ask a guitard to recommend a chorus/delay/flange/phase shifter/ect.
They will say "just get the Boss one"
A bassist will usually give you several examples all worth more than your entire rig.
These are boutique pedals. |
10-25-2007, 08:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Queens, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhythm5 and of course the price tag to go with it. | I don't think that price must necessarily be a factor. I don't know thing 1 about boutique basses, but since this is in the Effects forum I'll assume that's what we're talking about, and I'll point out hat Devi Ever's effects are most certainly boutique and cost less than Boss pedals (the opposite of boutique).
Unless someone gives a counter-example, I think the hand-made thing is the best criterion we've got to go on, but I feel like there's more to it. A boutique effect fills a certain small niche. A boutique effect builder is willing to build pedals with sounds or functions that won't appeal to many people, but will be that holy grail for the few that seek them.
Maybe all of that is nonsense, because DOD made the Buzzbox and tons of boutique effects are just glorified Tubescreamers and Big Muffs. |
10-25-2007, 08:36 PM
| | | | While mass produced pedals are engineered to be cost effective to produce, most boutique pedals are hand made using top quality components, some of which are often rare and in limited supply. |
10-25-2007, 08:42 PM
| | | | This is only my take, the very term in question takes on varying definitions from what I see.
1. Made entirely or mostly by hand by either one master luthier or a master luthier and his small team.
2. Prices tend to reflect a high degree of said craftsmanship, though some prices are more competitive than others.
3. Brand recognition among the masses is usually low on the priority list. They don't need to sell 698 bajillion instruments therefore the brand cache caters to a smaller market segment.
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10-25-2007, 08:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: deerfield beach florida | | So wishbass is a boutique bass? ...  |
10-25-2007, 08:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | | | read again.
it says "master luthier" and "high degree of said craftsmanship" |
10-25-2007, 09:05 PM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | so yes then  |
10-25-2007, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Dictionary.com Boutique:
2. Any small, exclusive business offering customized service | so...
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10-25-2007, 10:36 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The Jersey Shore | | | bou·tique· (b tēk′; occas. bōtēk)
noun
1. a small shop, or a small department in a store, where fashionable, usually expensive, clothes and other articles are sold.
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10-26-2007, 04:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Manchester, U.K | | Quote:
Originally Posted by funkalicious101 If you ask a guitard to recommend a chorus/delay/flange/phase shifter/ect.
They will say "just get the Boss one"
A bassist will usually give you several examples all worth more than your entire rig.
These are boutique pedals. | Usually, only bassists that visit forums like this will give you that answer.
Just the same as how guitarists from Harmony Central and The Gear Page would give you examples of a pedal worth the same as your whole rig. |
10-26-2007, 05:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Europe | | | IMHO boutique is anything added above any "basic" design that adds nothing to sound, ergonomics or playability. The "Basic" extends from really basic, plain and simple to the most advanced high end while every step in-between adds sth to the sound, ergonomics or playability
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10-26-2007, 05:18 AM
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10-26-2007, 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by TaySte_2000 I thought to be classed as boutique it had to be owned by Toasted at some point
Reassuringly Elite this isn't just Pedal Porn this is M&S Pedal Porn | I really like it alot
I got another D*A*M pedal today, it's sweet.
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