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Iron Ether Appreciation Society

#4,181
Taylor Livingston said:
Thanks. I sort of feel a pull in 2 directions. I like doing artistic/crafty stuff with my hands. And some of my customers appreciate that aspect.

On the other hand, it's very time-consuming and when I'm doing a lot of it, it's hard on my body, particularly all the sanding. It's a bottleneck in making more pedals available, and a lot of people don't really care how the pedals look, or even prefer the panel style. Sometimes over the years when I only made painted ones, people would comment that they thought they look "unprofessional", so you can see that that aesthetic is not for everyone.

Also, doing big, months-long batches of the same thing can get a little boring. So, I guess it was just to do something a little different, for the folks who are into that.
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That sounds difficult to balance. I'm definitely in the former camp: I love all your handpainted enclosures because they are so fun and bright. So many pedals are just black or silver, but Iron Ether pedals always stand out on my board (well, the older ones). And the gradient colorways are especially cool.

But I also support anything that puts your pedals into the hands of more musicians. I think the gold letters on the black faceplates are very classy. (I just like the older stuff more because it's unique.) It sounds like you've found that balance: mostly do what removes bottlenecks, but to combat monotony lean into your artistic/crafty side every now and then :)
 
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#4,187
cosmicevan said:
I just sold a bunch of stuff for an amp purchase and now this has me twitchy.

Why the Subterrograph and not the Dubterrograph? Didn't the Dub replace the Sub? I probably have that backwards???
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You are correct - your blackface Dub was the other XD/octave, this seems to be new, but from what I understand Sub b4 Dub, analog b4 digital. My first assumption to why he used the routed finish opposed to the PCB, in a timeline it would be first.
 
#4,189
cosmicevan said:
I just sold a bunch of stuff for an amp purchase and now this has me twitchy.

Why the Subterrograph and not the Dubterrograph? Didn't the Dub replace the Sub? I probably have that backwards???
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I suspect this perhaps has something to do with the extremely high demand for the Sub as opposed to the Dub, despite the Dub being the reworked/revision pedal. I believe the Sub was 100% analog, whereas the Dub uses digital processing.

I would love to do a side-by-side comparison of them both one day to see what the differences are really like, but don't see myself splashing out for a Dub any time soon. I'm far, far too happy with this Sub!

@aguacateojos, IIRC, you have both pedals... Assuming I've got that right, how would you characterize the differences (or similarities) between the two?
 
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sloppy_phil said:
I suspect this perhaps has something to do with the extremely high demand for the Sub as opposed to the Dub, despite the Dub being the reworked/revision pedal. I believe the Sub was 100% analog, whereas the Dub uses digital processing.

I would love to do a side-by-side comparison of them both one day to see what the differences are really like, but don't see myself splashing out for a Dub any time soon. I'm far, far too happy with this Sub!

@aguacateojos, IIRC, you have both pedals... Assuming I've got that right, how would you characterize the differences (or similarities) between the two?
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I have both pedals, and will say with confidence that the SubT tracks way better. At some point I will do a comparison video between them. The synth sounds are different in each pedal. DubT has more synth options, but again, the tracking isn't the best with it when playing faster stuff. It really needs the Xerograph to make it sound good (like in Janek Gwisdala's video), because a lot of the warbles happen at the start of the notes and the XD hides that.
 
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shon said:
I have both pedals, and will say with confidence that the SubT tracks way better. At some point I will do a comparison video between them. The synth sounds are different in each pedal. DubT has more synth options, but again, the tracking isn't the best with it when playing faster stuff. It really needs the Xerograph to make it sound good (like in Janek Gwisdala's video), because a lot of the warbles happen at the start of the notes and the XD hides that.
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I've heard the opposite. I've played the subt, it was nice, I liked the octave but that was about it. But I found the tracking system in the Fmeron to be way better, only to find out the Dubt relies on the same system. Subjective I'm sure. Maybe one day I'll get to try it, one of the last few I haven't played.
 
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