“Gooped” …challenge accepted?

[Bricksnbeatles]

I’ve always wanted to release a pedal and goop the circuit board while simultaneously including a fine art print of the exact schematic in the box, just as a big FU to the goop mentality

 

[Joben Magooch]

The tone is in the goop

I was searching for an image of a gooped klon and this poster came up:

 

[Laundryroom David]

I’ve learned a few things so far trying to “design”, enclose and hopefully sell some pedals:

1.) Your shit is not special

2.) It’s probably too expensive

3.) It could look better outside

4.) It could look better inside

5.) Your shit is not special

6.) It’s still probably too expensive

This should be a sticky

 

[vigilante398]

I’ve learned a few things so far trying to “design”, enclose and hopefully sell some pedals:

1.) Your shit is not special

2.) It’s probably too expensive

3.) It could look better outside

4.) It could look better inside

5.) Your shit is not special

6.) It’s still probably too expensive

1) Yeah that's true, my best sellers were ripped off from Fender.

2) Maybe? I hope not.

3) That's fair.

4) Also fair.

5) Still true.

6) I still hope not?

 

[andare]

Still waiting for pedal kits that include goop.

 

[andare]

This should be a sticky

A sticky thread about goop is very appropriate

 

[ICTRock]

I’ve learned a few things so far trying to “design”, enclose and hopefully sell some pedals:

1.) Your shit is not special

2.) It’s probably too expensive

3.) It could look better outside

4.) It could look better inside

5.) Your shit is not special

6.) It’s still probably too expensive

nothing like pregaming builders' imposter syndrome ... even if this is absolutely correct.

 

[vigilante398]

nothing like pregaming builders' imposter syndrome ... even if this is absolutely correct.

 

[ICTRock]

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in case you missed this

 

[Guardians of the analog]

in case you missed this

 

[mdc]

I mean it certainly seems to have thoroughly trolled you, so that's maybe a minor win for him.

 

[Harry Klippton]

You know what? I don't really get what we're looking at here in the OP. The components are on the other side of the board and it just has the word "goop" silk screened all over it? Is that it?

 

[mdc]

It just makes it a little harder to see the traces between the components.

 

[Erik S]

Bill Finnegan proved goop could be a powerful marketing/ publicity move.
No way this pedal would have 42 forum posts about it without the silly goop print.
Seems to be working out.

 

[andare]

I was thinking about this more last night.

Gooping a pedal, amongst the other beta BS that signifies, shows a total lack of common sense.

The average user doesn’t give a shit about your circuit if it sounds good so they won’t care if it’s hooped or not. They won’t even attempt to trace an ungooped circuit. They simply don’t care.

An experienced tracer can easily degoop even the most severely gooped circuit. So it’s pointless.

Which means it’s completely pointless under any circumstances and just shows what an insecure little builder you really are.

The exception is something like the Klon which really was an innovative circuit at the time.

Why is the Klon an exception? The average user doesn't care and an experienced tracer can (and did) degoop it.

 

[Laundryroom David]

I am dudz?

I am DUDZ!!

 

[Guardians of the analog]

This is just grade a β sucker shit.

 

[zgrav]

I actually took that text on the PCB to be mostly joking except for the vibe about the guy feeling ripped off by schematicians. I did wonder if there was anything obscuring the parts on the other side. Not really as funny if it is a gooped board since then it just becomes an excuse for doing it.

 

[spi]

I thought the goop part was kinda funny, but then the text about "certain North American Corporations" a bit bitchy.

I think it's well known that there are several pedals that directly copy the CrunchBox, but when I look at the CrunchBox schematic, it's basically a Guvnor with a different tone control, so... are they upset somebody copied the circuit that they copied?

 

[ICTRock]

I can't believe he paid engineers to design him a modded out DOD 250