Noble flipping?

[pfschim]

Dull enough to get you fired up behind the keyboard, apparently.

nope, just dull

 

[Rocket Queen]

I’d never heard of them until just the other day here on TB. I don’t doubt it’s a nice sounding unit but the bulk and the price rules it out for me. Does that help your plan? It’s niche market if ever there was one.

Well, the fact that you've never heard of it doesn't necessarily make it a niche market. In fact, you may be an actual outlier. But I won't dispute your characterization. It's just that, for a niche market, it seems pretty robust:

• a 10-month wait for $1279
• a 6-week wait for $2039
• and prices equal or higher on the open market for those who can't wait at all.

And both the wait time and the price have been going steadily up over time.

And you might check the Noble website to see the notable endorsements:
Preamps : Noble Amplifier Company

 

[perfektspace6]

This was actually pretty cool and I made it to the end of the video.

That was fun. I went through the exercise and took notes on what I liked and didn't and why:

-Favorite was the Zod. Runner up was the JDI.
-Least favorite was the Pyle followed by the Noble.

 

[bass12]

That was fun. I went through the exercise and took notes on what I liked and didn't and why:

-Favorite was the Zod. Runner up was the JDI.
-Least favorite was the Pyle followed by the Noble.

I’ve been really happy with my Zod.

 

[Jesuguru]

...a GAS that almost never changes.

Probably why it sounds consistently great with a Modulus.

 

[Naigewron]

This flipping strategy has been going on for a while in the guitar pedal market, most notably with the AnalogMan King Of Tone. These pedals have some serious hype mojo surrounding them, and the waiting list is like three years long now. So a lot of people have been on the waiting list and either decide they don't want/need it anymore, or are just greedy, and flip them the minute their order arrives. They'll make a 200% profit easily, probably even more than that now.

In all honesty, it's an amazing pedal, but you can get the much cheaper Chinese made version from AnalogMan (Prince Of Tone), or the AnalogMan licensed MXR version (Duke Of Tone) and 99.9% of players would never be able to tell the difference in a blind test.

 

[ambler]

They have. They're twice the price they cost five years ago.

Not quite, I bought mine seven years ago. It was about three quarters of the current price.

 

[Jerry Ziarko]

I owned one for quite a while and moved on. It’s a great sounding DI especially in the studio. Live, while many engineers liked it, not one when asked said it was groundbreaking. They liked it because it was clean, but the low and high being sent out was nothing they couldn’t add or subtract at FOH. So while I liked the way my bass and rig sounded with it, what they said made perfect sense. I know people try to take advantage of the scarcity, but it’s not a 60’s jazz bass, vintage Neumann or LA-2. You can get one, just have to wait a bit. Color me a fan, but also someone who owned one, and would never pay 2 grand for it. I sold mine for $1100 from what I can remember.

 

[Harper]

I love all TB threads about Nobles.

Which do you like more: Threads about Nobles or threads about 3 Leaf Pedals?

 

[scubaduba]

For those interested in the Nobelium, I did put some clips up in my big shootout here: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/tu...-15-super-stack-reddi-tonecraft-jule.1469686/
There are Noble clips there too.

 

[Mike Glidden]

I made one ... Probably $300 in parts... found a PCB. Circuits are free.

 

[Raf Seibert]

Years ago I read a post, which may have been appocrifal, to the effect that about the time that Jim Olson’s guitars began to really take off, folks started ordering his guitars, and then immediately turning them around and selling them for double or so on eBay. As the story went, Mr. Olson discovered this practice, realized that he had underpriced his wares, and promptly raised his prices.

I can’t swear it’s true, but it seems like a suitable reaction to the situation.