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Starting a pedal company, suggestions?

#121
It's far better to design a pedal to do one thing exceptionally well, than to do two, three or four things in mediocre fashion. It's simpler, it's easier to understand...and it ultimately gives you the opportunity to develop & market many discreet products, instead of just a few.

MM
 
#122
eddododo said:
Ive been wanting to say this FOREVER

if your pedal is super versatile , MAKE SOME KIND OF SWITCHABLE PRESET.
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Definitely I hate dialing up a cool sound and then messing it up by further tweaking it or trying to use one pedal for multiple songs (that involve tweaking between the two.) Maybe a good multi-fuzz that has two sets of knobs that you can have either or both turned on? (A=low sustain, B=higher sustain)

Or just have one set of knobs and a second switch that automatically doubles the fuzz. MOAR FUZZ. :)

I'm just using fuzz as an example.
 
#123
I would sugesst watching this video and the couple others on the chris tarry website regarding pedals
http://christarrylessons.com/the-best-bass-pedal/

The pedal I use the most is the TU-3. for tuning (obviously) but also for the mute function.

another pedal I use a lot is the tonebone bassbone. for any one who needs a DI and plays two basses on gigs it is great. I don't used the boost/drive very often and the need for a odd cord for the FX loop is a poor design.

to get a synth bass sound I use the an octave and an over dive pedal, so I would recommend trying to nail down those before venturing off to synthy pedals.

visit your local music stores and ask what they sell the most of and if they would be interested in buying your pedals to sell. Try locally owned stores more so then chains
 
#124
tmntfan said:
I would sugesst watching this video and the couple others on the chris tarry website regarding pedals
http://christarrylessons.com/the-best-bass-pedal/

The pedal I use the most is the TU-3. for tuning (obviously) but also for the mute function.

another pedal I use a lot is the tonebone bassbone. for any one who needs a DI and plays two basses on gigs it is great. I don't used the boost/drive very often and the need for a odd cord for the FX loop is a poor design.

to get a synth bass sound I use the an octave and an over dive pedal, so I would recommend trying to nail down those before venturing off to synthy pedals.

visit your local music stores and ask what they sell the most of and if they would be interested in buying your pedals to sell. Try locally owned stores more so then chains
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Great advice thank you!
 
#127
eddododo said:
Ive been wanting to say this FOREVER

if your pedal is super versatile , MAKE SOME KIND OF SWITCHABLE PRESET. I hate only using a third of a great pedals capacity just because im not a knob tweaker..
On a similar note: before you add too many options to a simple/distinct sounding pedal, decIde if you should keep it cheap and distinct, and release a 2nd 'deluxe' version

Do these things!
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This is so true. The Source Audio Programmable EQ is one example of this, though I seem to remember there were some people unhappy about the implementation.

If you have (say) a distortion pedal with 3 distinct settings, juggling those settings between songs might vary from difficult to impossible, particularly if you don't always do your songs in a predictable order. Having 2 or 3 presets available would be really useful. Even just 2 ... a memorised one a 'live controls' one.
 
#128
BigBeatNut said:
This is so true. The Source Audio Programmable EQ is one example of this, though I seem to remember there were some people unhappy about the implementation.

If you have (say) a distortion pedal with 3 distinct settings, juggling those settings between songs might vary from difficult to impossible, particularly if you don't always do your songs in a predictable order. Having 2 or 3 presets available would be really useful. Even just 2 ... a memorised one a 'live controls' one.
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I love the preset idea, but I hated my source audio stuff; it seems great for 'setlist' stuff, but doing a lot of improv/seat-of-the-pants type stuff, I found that it was just completely impractical to tweak ANYTHING with them on the fly
 
#129
I think people are right on with comments about creating original pedals, but I was thinking it might be cool to take a couple of comps that are no longer being made but got high ratings by Bongoman and get them out there on the market. I'd be interested in that.

Thanks for asking for this kind of feedback. I wish you much luck in your endeavors!
 
#131
skwee said:
I think people are right on with comments about creating original pedals, but I was thinking it might be cool to take a couple of comps that are no longer being made but got high ratings by Bongoman and get them out there on the market. I'd be interested in that.

Thanks for asking for this kind of feedback. I wish you much luck in your endeavors!
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I agree, like the seymour duncan double back compressor idea, where you can dial back in a portion of uncompressed signal. No idea why they stopped making this.
 
#135
Well there are a dozen comp pedals with clean/compressed mix, and the Daring Phat Beam has a similar function to the DoubleBack, mixing specific frequency ranges.

The big selling point of the Duncan was doing that as well as the boutique guys, at a lower price point.

I think the buying public just didn't understand that Duncan was stepping on Barber and the rest of the boutiques--so they didn't buy the Duncan.
 
#139
Ric5 said:
Here's an idea ...

A distortion pedal that only distorts highs and mids while leaving a nice clean full bottom on the bass tone. Maybe have a knob that will vary the frequency cutoff point. And maybe a low end boost to the signal as well. This way a bass player could play with distortion and not have the bottom drop out or the low notes fart out.

The electronics should be fairly simple.
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I think the Quadrafuzz does this. Paia might still sell you one
 

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