I mostly see well wishes too. Post what you like and what is allowed, I will do the same. Except I won't post on "why things went south" as his excellent pedals had demand exceeding supply so frankly, I have no idea, and personally hate idle speculation. But that's just me.
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3 Leaf Audio..... no more? (Chromatron vs Proton)
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Since the man himself hasn't spoken about this anywhere, all we got left is speculations, i.e talking about it, this "Talk"bass right? No one is questionning the quality of his pedals. Dealing with Spencer was a pleasure back then. I've bought many 3Leaf pedals in the last 10 years and hearing of the possible demise of his business is a bummer for me, we're "Talk"bass'ing about it.. I'm honestly surprised there aren't more people talking about this.. He has been a mainstay in the bass effects world for 10 years plus.
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Tough to comment with so little information actually known.
I will say, however, that I absolutely LOVE my Proton pedal!
I will say, however, that I absolutely LOVE my Proton pedal!
Very different pedals (I have both). The Duality is a nice gated fuzz that needs a decent amount of input signal for the gate to work properly (my passive jazz basses do not provide enough). Nice sounding fuzz with two different modes.
The Doom 2 is a very synthy fuzz that maintains the low end well and also has different modes with a lot more adjustability than the Duality. I like the Doom more than the Duality.
The Doom is the single boomiest pedal that I own because of the low passed cleans. I turn that sucker on with the LPF on and with the bass signal at unity, it absolutely thunders.
Honestly, I don't think we need to start worrying yet, it has been a couple of days. If he hasn't uploaded the site in a month, then I think it is time to start drawing conclusions.
Thanks for the comparison information. I understand they're different. I wanted the Doom for the synth fuzz sound... but haven't been successful on snagging one... I'll mess with the Duality, my next test will be a TAFM... Still not losing hope for the Doom
He knows how to put an update on FB, Twitter or Instagram. This is intentional radio silence at this point. I think it’s over.
I’m starting to agree with you. At first, I gave Spencer the benefit of the doubt but the complete silence is very telling.
He was pretty young when 3 Leaf started, as I recall. It's possible he just wants to do something else, but like everyone else I'm just idly speculating.
That could be true, or it could be something altogether different. All I am saying is that it has been one week, no reason to start freaking out just yet.
hard to say what's going on, but for context Spencer rarely updates anything (i.e. social media) and is pretty bad at responding to emails. I don't have an explanation for the site tho
I really hope everything’s fine with Spencer first and foremost.
With the current situation, physical and mental issues are a possibility for anyone and their loved ones.
With that said, 3Leaf Audio’s information/registration at the Washington secretary of state is expiring on july 31st 2021.
If it’s not renewed, and provided it’s not due to health issues, then we’ll have to assume that either he has moved on completely or working on another venture.
Still, this is speculation.
Take care everyone!
With the current situation, physical and mental issues are a possibility for anyone and their loved ones.
With that said, 3Leaf Audio’s information/registration at the Washington secretary of state is expiring on july 31st 2021.
If it’s not renewed, and provided it’s not due to health issues, then we’ll have to assume that either he has moved on completely or working on another venture.
Still, this is speculation.
Take care everyone!
If this truly is the end of the line for Spencer, one can at least hope he would license the designs a la Dunwich/Magic. Would be a shame for such special circuits to go out of production permanently. It could even provide some passive income to Spencer should he decide that he won’t be moving forward.
This is more cathartic wishful thinking than anything else...
This is more cathartic wishful thinking than anything else...
This is probably just an update to the site, new domain, refresh, tomorrow we will see a redirect to a nice new shiny 3 Leaf. One could only hope.
Unfortunately, the folks over at Reverb attempt to gain on such "news"
Got to love the timing though, I just found a Chromatron and D2 to go with the MKIII, they've already become staples
Unfortunately, the folks over at Reverb attempt to gain on such "news"
Got to love the timing though, I just found a Chromatron and D2 to go with the MKIII, they've already become staples
