Pike Amplification Vulcan OD -3 Leaf Audio New Company?

[willbassyeah]

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damn the pedal remind me of another brand that i love,
is it really happening??

 

[taylor16]

In. Want the preamp/DI. Replace my Enabler?

 

[Adamixoye]

 

[willbassyeah]

i dont know man when i first saw the pedal, the first thing i thought of is Doug's pedal, wth is happening, i mean is it a collaboration or something?
just wondering as i respect 3leaf and spencer's product alot

 

[Adamixoye]

Spencer and Darkglass are no longer working together. I'm not going to rehash it here (nor do I know all of the details) but the short version is that it didn't end all that well, and Spencer loudly voiced his displeasure while Doug largely took the high road, IMO and FWIW.

But wow, I thought that had all died down and I did not expect Spencer to do something this brazen.

 

[20db pad]

There's an onboard preamp listed there, which Spencer had been talking about for a while. It's listed at a price of $0.00. I'm waiting patiently for a TB member to post an angry message here about not being able to get the preamp for nothing. Something like that HAS happened before !

 

[ole Jason]

3leaf = JHS for the bass world?

 

[lowerbassment]

This can't be good for business...

 

[willbassyeah]

3leaf = JHS for the bass world?

i dont think so, I still think Spencer make brilliant products,
his wonderlove, proton, your doom, octavbre are all great unique product IMO,
even the enabler i thought is awesome, he added headphone out even before the ampeg stvdi is out.

But to literally build a pedal that resemble the other product that we love so closely... i just dont get the thinking process behind it...because i still love his 3leaf product design.

 

[nshuman]

 

[FretNoMore]

3leaf = JHS for the bass world?

That was what I thought too ... it doesn't look right to me. Probably legal, but given the history it does smell bad on an ethical/moral level. They won't get my money.

 

[dharmashawn]

Dirty Pool

 

[dannybuoy]

The Vulcan XL looks a lot like the B7K, but the standard Vulcan is laid out like a Darkglass Vintage, not a B3K.

Then again it would be weird to have 2 differently voiced pedals both called the Vulcan. Also the fact they can take 18v suggest they aren't straight clones.

Why has Spencer started a new company Pike instead of just making them 3Leaf pedals? Unless he wanted to piss off Doug without tarnishing the reputation of 3Leaf.

 

[gregmon79]

3leaf = JHS for the bass world?

hahhaa AMen brother

 

[ProfFrink]

I don't like the look of this one bit, but would like to hear the real story before passing judgment.

The bright side is that we're finally getting something that can rival the FI thread with speculation and hearsay

 

[gregmon79]

i dont think so, I still think Spencer make brilliant products,
his wonderlove, proton, your doom, octavbre are all great unique product IMO,
even the enabler i thought is awesome, he added headphone out even before the ampeg stvdi is out.

But to literally build a pedal that resemble the other product that we love so closely... i just dont get the thinking process behind it...because i still love his 3leaf product design.

If he is so brilliant, why is he pretty much ripping DG designs off and selling them as his own??

I have no doubt, Spencer knows his poopie. The dude is a great builder and engineer. Designer even. But why go backwards?! He has built some incredible things and did some wonderful things with Doug at DG when they worked together, I dont understand why he would take a, rather nasty, step sideways. Backwards even. Really bogus IMO.

 

[jwr]

In before Spencer's eventual butt hurt blow up.

 

[gregmon79]

The Vulcan XL looks a lot like the B7K, but the standard Vulcan is laid out like a Darkglass Vintage, not a B3K.

Then again it would be weird to have 2 differently voiced pedals both called the Vulcan. Also the fact they can take 18v suggest they aren't straight clones.

Why has Spencer started a new company Pike instead of just making them 3Leaf pedals? Unless he wanted to piss off Doug without tarnishing the reputation of 3Leaf.

I just heard a nail being hit on its head......

 

[willbassyeah]

If he is so brilliant, why is he pretty much ripping DG designs off and selling them as his own??

I have no doubt, Spencer knows his poopie. The dude is a great builder and engineer. Designer even. But why go backwards?! He has built some incredible things and did some wonderful things with Doug at DG when they worked together, I dont understand why he would take a, rather nasty, step sideways. Backwards even. Really bogus IMO.

Which exactly my point, wth is he thinking. He knew how to built pedals! We all knew he knew how to built pedals so wth is he doing? This business move doesn't make any single sense.

 

[gregmon79]

Which exactly my point, wth is he thinking he knew how to built pedals! We all knew he knew how to built pedals so wth is he doing this move it doesn't make any single sense

Well, it makes sense to him. Whatever his reasons are, they are his. I can only speculate. And I smell poopie. A big steaming pile of it. KAKA