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Death By Audio -- Fuzz War

I tried out some of their stuff (on consignment) a year or so ago and almost none of it worked right. Anyone else hear about/run into quality control issues with DBA.

Always love their concepts though. Hmm... sound clips remind me of the guitarist from the Pillows (though Chronicle might be the only one here who knows 'em).
 
I tried out some of their stuff (on consignment) a year or so ago and almost none of it worked right. Anyone else hear about/run into quality control issues with DBA.

Always love their concepts though. Hmm... sound clips remind me of the guitarist from the Pillows (though Chronicle might be the only one here who knows 'em).

Hey now,
The pillows are great, man!
 
I tried out some of their stuff (on consignment) a year or so ago and almost none of it worked right. Anyone else hear about/run into quality control issues with DBA.

His wiring work is pretty sloppy IME. Which confuses me because his graphic design skills are excellent, and you'd think that attention to detail would translate to the wiring...
 
Effects pedal Trivia fact of the day:

The man responsible for Death By Audio is Oliver Ackermann and he is the guitarist for A Place to Bury Strangers.

I just saw APTBS last week. I saw Oliver after the show but didnt talk to him.

I think if you want super dirty/ noisy sounding effects, DBA stuff works well. Which could be a preferable... or not.

His effects are perfect for the APTBS material.

On bass, I have not found them to work so well, and I play power electronics/ noisy experimental stuff at times but DBA stuff gets lost more than not if a few other instruments are present.

APTBS is just a drummer, bass, and guitar.
 
I tried out some of their stuff (on consignment) a year or so ago and almost none of it worked right. Anyone else hear about/run into quality control issues with DBA.

Always love their concepts though. Hmm... sound clips remind me of the guitarist from the Pillows (though Chronicle might be the only one here who knows 'em).

the pillows are awesome!

DBA? I wouldn't support their glue habit.
 

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