Help Me Name Some Pedals

[Sushi Box FX]

I already posted this on facebook, but the folks of TalkBass have been really cool to me so I thought I would ask:

For those that don't know me (I'm not famous, but bassists seem to know me better than guitarists lately) I'm a small-scale pedal builder working out of my garage. I do it 100% for fun, it is not how I make my living as I have a solid day job. Anyway, I have a bunch of new designs I'm waiting on boards for, and I could use some help naming them. I have working titles for all of them, but I don't love the names I came up with. I posted this on Facebook as a contest, so it would only be fair to offer the same prizes here, anyone that gives a name that Iend up using will get a laser engraved plaque that says "I NAMED A SUSHI BOX PEDAL, BOW BEFORE MY GREATNESS" with your name, the pedal's name, and the Sushi Box logo.

So here's what I've got:

1) Ampeg B-15 preamp pedal with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Amp Egg"

2) Ibanez TS808 with the input and output buffers replaced with 6N21B tube stages. Working title: "Electric Potato"

3) Sunn Model T preamp pedal with 6N21B tubes. Working title: "Sunny T Lite"

4) Orange AD200B preamp pedal with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Rhymes With Orange"

5) Hybrid tube optical compressor with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Tubey Squeezy"

6) Tube tremolo with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Tubey Whirl"

7) HiWatt Dr103 preamp pedal with 6N21B tubes. Working title: "Wraith Dt103"

 

[DirtyDuke]

Just send them all to me for testing. I'll send names back with them lol

 

[Sushi Box FX]

Just send them all to me for testing. I'll send names back with them lol

A reasonable idea, unfortunately they aren't built yet I just got the email today that the boards have shipped, so it will still be a 2-3 weeks at least before I have anything boxed up. Hoping to have names settled on before then

 

[thewildest]

Thank for seeking ideas; mine wouldn’t be about the names but the commonality among the names. You never know if your craft picks up and turns to be a larger business (I hope for you that it does). Similar look and feel and naming conventions are important now that there is so much competition.

I would find a common concept (color, planets, elements, Sushi types, numbers, name of people) where when someone sees one of your pedals they would say “ this is one of Sushi’s units”

The Ampeg one, I’d name it “Toro Sumomaki”....Ibanez’ : “Temari Sushi”

Just a thought

 

[Stumbo]

I already posted this on facebook, but the folks of TalkBass have been really cool to me so I thought I would ask:

For those that don't know me (I'm not famous, but bassists seem to know me better than guitarists lately) I'm a small-scale pedal builder working out of my garage. I do it 100% for fun, it is not how I make my living as I have a solid day job. Anyway, I have a bunch of new designs I'm waiting on boards for, and I could use some help naming them. I have working titles for all of them, but I don't love the names I came up with. I posted this on Facebook as a contest, so it would only be fair to offer the same prizes here, anyone that gives a name that Iend up using will get a laser engraved plaque that says "I NAMED A SUSHI BOX PEDAL, BOW BEFORE MY GREATNESS" with your name, the pedal's name, and the Sushi Box logo.

So here's what I've got:

1) Ampeg B-15 preamp pedal with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Amp Egg"

SlamPegg Bee Pre

2) Ibanez TS808 with the input and output buffers replaced with 6N21B tube stages. Working title: "Electric Potato"

T. Ibby Lectric Tater

3) Sunn Model T preamp pedal with 6N21B tubes. Working title: "Sunny T Lite"

Baby SunTea Pre

4) Orange AD200B preamp pedal with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Rhymes With Orange"

T. Orange Pre
Tangelo Mellow Pre

5) Hybrid tube optical compressor with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Tubey Squeezy"

T. Skweezy Compressor

6) Tube tremolo with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Tubey Whirl"

T. Whirl Trem

7) HiWatt Dr103 preamp pedal with 6N21B tubes. Working title: "Wraith Dt103"

High Watters Pre

 

[220_Hz]

I already posted this on facebook, but the folks of TalkBass have been really cool to me so I thought I would ask:

For those that don't know me (I'm not famous, but bassists seem to know me better than guitarists lately) I'm a small-scale pedal builder working out of my garage. I do it 100% for fun, it is not how I make my living as I have a solid day job. Anyway, I have a bunch of new designs I'm waiting on boards for, and I could use some help naming them. I have working titles for all of them, but I don't love the names I came up with. I posted this on Facebook as a contest, so it would only be fair to offer the same prizes here, anyone that gives a name that Iend up using will get a laser engraved plaque that says "I NAMED A SUSHI BOX PEDAL, BOW BEFORE MY GREATNESS" with your name, the pedal's name, and the Sushi Box logo.

So here's what I've got:

1) Ampeg B-15 preamp pedal with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Amp Egg"

2) Ibanez TS808 with the input and output buffers replaced with 6N21B tube stages. Working title: "Electric Potato"

3) Sunn Model T preamp pedal with 6N21B tubes. Working title: "Sunny T Lite"

4) Orange AD200B preamp pedal with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Rhymes With Orange"

5) Hybrid tube optical compressor with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Tubey Squeezy"

6) Tube tremolo with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Tubey Whirl"

7) HiWatt Dr103 preamp pedal with 6N21B tubes. Working title: "Wraith Dt103"

1) East Coast pre?
3) Sunndholm pre?
4) Englishman pre?
5) Tighten? (like Titan lol)
6) Piston?
7) WhoWatt?

 

[Wangus67]

#1- Perfect
#2- Sounds great
#3- Sunn Tan?
#4- Perfectly perfect
#5- Squeeze Tube?

 

[Rojd]

5. Hybrid Tube Optical Compressor with 6N21B

"Eazy Squeezy"

 

[TwototheValley]

1) 6N21B-15

....or better still “ampersand”....as it’s got the circuit AND a tube...can even use the “&” as art on the pedal....or write it “ampers&nd”....

4) “London Underground”...because that’s also British and has tubes....and nothing rhymes with orange...

Maybe better for 4):

“Kumquat”....because it’s like an Orange amp...just smaller....


5). “Sonic Glue Tube”....one squeeze keeps everything tight together

or if you want to stick with the high energy particle physics vibe....”Gravitron”

 

[Tom Bomb]

1) Ampeg B-15 preamp pedal with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Amp Egg"

peg leg

2) Ibanez TS808 with the input and output buffers replaced with 6N21B tube stages. Working title: "Electric Potato"

weaponized wailer

3) Sunn Model T preamp pedal with 6N21B tubes. Working title: "Sunny T Lite"

souler / solar module

4) Orange AD200B preamp pedal with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Rhymes With Orange"

peeler

5) Hybrid tube optical compressor with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Tubey Squeezy"

glowplug

6) Tube tremolo with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Tubey Whirl"

mirage

7) HiWatt Dr103 preamp pedal with 6N21B tubes. Working title: "Wraith Dt103"

albion

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[roller]

1. Natalie Porta-man
Porta-Watty
Porta-Bill
Porta-Glo
Flext
Flex-ish
Pegged
Aunt Peg
Aunt Peggy
Glo-Peg
Glo-Pig

2. Scream Queen
I Scream, You Scream
Tube-O Scream-O
Scream Cream
Ol' Tube Yeller

3. Mister Tea
Purple Stuff
Model Citizen
T-Tops
Tea Tops
Tube Top

4. Orange-a Glad
Tangelo
Rang-O-Tang
Tang Tone
Tubey Tang
Red-Plus-Yellow
Hey, Dee
Haiti
Tubey Or Not Tubey

5. The Squeezer
Squeeze Box
Squeeze You
Squeeze U
Tube Grip
Tube of Tonepaste
Tuba Tonepaste
Glo-Squeeze

6. Tilt-A-Whirl
Whirly Bird
Whirled Up
Treemo
Tremmed Up
Trem-O-Glow
Trem-O-Glo

7. WattStacked
WattStacks
Wattch This
Watted
Wattcha Doin'?
Glo-Watt
Doctor Won
Wonton
WonTone
Won-Oh-Three
Won-Oh-Tres

The Glo/Glow names were inspired by the glow of tubes, obviously.

Okay, I think this is a good place to stop.

Big thanks for opening this up to us on this site!

So here's what I've got:

1) Ampeg B-15 preamp pedal with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Amp Egg"

2) Ibanez TS808 with the input and output buffers replaced with 6N21B tube stages. Working title: "Electric Potato"

3) Sunn Model T preamp pedal with 6N21B tubes. Working title: "Sunny T Lite"

4) Orange AD200B preamp pedal with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Rhymes With Orange"

5) Hybrid tube optical compressor with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Tubey Squeezy"

6) Tube tremolo with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Tubey Whirl"

7) HiWatt Dr103 preamp pedal with 6N21B tubes. Working title: "Wraith Dt103"

 

[WillyW]

1) Ampeg B-15 preamp pedal with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Amp Egg"

PRE-AMPLE PRE-AMP version EG

2) Ibanez TS808 with the input and output buffers replaced with 6N21B tube stages. Working title: "Electric Potato"

OHH #@&# ANOTHER TS CLONE or “KLONE” to reel in the centaur fanboi’s

3) Sunn Model T preamp pedal with 6N21B tubes. Working title: "Sunny T Lite"

CA PRE-SUNN

4) Orange AD200B preamp pedal with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Rhymes With Orange"

THE JUICE IS LOOSE

5) Hybrid tube optical compressor with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Tubey Squeezy"

SQUISH-A-YOU-EYEBALLS

6) Tube tremolo with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Tubey Whirl"

TILT-A-WHIRL TREM

7) HiWatt Dr103 preamp pedal with 6N21B tubes. Working title: "Wraith Dt103"

HI-TONE WATTCHAMACALIT

 

[theunknowndude]

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peg leg

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weaponized wailer

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souler / solar module

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peeler

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glowplug

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mirage

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albion

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*need hat on* don’t know if you’ve played any of the “x” space games but sounds like some of those of the space variety...

 

[Tom Bomb]

*need hat on* don’t know if you’ve played any of the “x” space games but sounds like some of those of the space variety...

All off-the-top-of-my-head, good fellow

 

[aledeville]

Girl from Ibaneza?

 

[Zooberwerx]

Any pedal: "Bobblin' Sweater Pies". I know: sexist & misogynistic and the "BSP" label will have everybody thinking Billy Sheehan had a hand in things.

Riis

 

[JimmyM]

1. Porta-B in honor of my friend Steve Boone from the Lovin' Spoonful, who always calls Portaflexes that.

2. Screamin' Screamer

3. Stick with Sunny T Lite

4. Stick with that one, too.

5. Opto-Tube Compressor

6. Tube-A-Whirl

7. Box-o-Watt

 

[fivestringgecko]

1) 6N21B-15

....or better still “ampersand”....as it’s got the circuit AND a tube...can even use the “&” as art on the pedal....or write it “ampers&nd”....

I'm actually digging Ampers&nd a lot.

1. Porta-B in honor of my friend Steve Boone from the Lovin' Spoonful, who always calls Portaflexes that.

I do like Porta-B quite a bit as well. Or maybe Porta Flip, as the B15 was a fliptop. When I heard Amp Egg, I can't help but think that the amp laid an egg. lol (Not that that would keep me from buying one, of course. It actually kind of makes sense in a way.)

3. Stick with Sunny T Lite

I'd go without the "Lite" for this one... Sunny T has a nice ring, "Lite" makes it sound diet. lol

5sg.

 

[Blue Swede]

1) Ampeg B-15 preamp pedal with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Amp Egg"

Just keep this


2) Ibanez TS808 with the input and output buffers replaced with 6N21B tube stages. Working title: "Electric Potato"


“Howling greens”


3) Sunn Model T preamp pedal with 6N21B tubes. Working title: "Sunny T Lite"


”Big Fat Omelette” because the sun is big and yellow so....


4) Orange AD200B preamp pedal with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Rhymes With Orange"

“Sweet and sour ”

“Red Lemon sphere”



5) Hybrid tube optical compressor with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Tubey Squeezy"


“Tubey vision”

“Hybroptitube”

“Optitube compote”

“Tubeomatic optocomp”




6) Tube tremolo with 6N21B tube. Working title: "Tubey Whirl"


“Tremolotastic tubeyfier”





7) HiWatt Dr103 preamp pedal with 6N21B tubes. Working title: "Wraith Dt103"

“Dr Wattson”

 

[JimmyM]

I'd go without the "Lite" for this one... Sunny T has a nice ring, "Lite" makes it sound diet. lol

I get why you say that. I think he's going for a play on Sunny Delight, though they changed the name to Sunny D, so maybe you're right about dropping "Lite"