Skeptican Buffer, 29 Pedals and actual copyright...

falco_femoralis said:
He's also overlooked possibly the most obvious part of the power supply - the plug type

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Forgot one!

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Honestly, it doesn't seem like there'd be much overlap between the people who would buy a $270 butter and the people who wouldn't have access to a back up power supply. To give credit where it's due, the voicing switches are a cool idea and definitely something I could see using with an acoustic instrument.
 
I never chimed into all the Skeptical Buffer discourse, but here's my version I built a few months ago. I ordered short bat instead of long bat switches and never got around to fixing it. Sounds pretty good though and it's still running at 18v internally. I also added an impedance switch because I like playing with the impedance when I'm using piezo pickups.
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(Those loose wires are just the extra power wire length because i never actually soldered on the power jack)
 
pettert said:
There's a lot of hmm-moments in this video from that link
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Like drawing a JFET buffer and then an emitter-resistor... wait, what? You're drawing a BJT circuit, I thought that was a JFET symbol you just drew... Too close to the source?

Right about there I lost interest in watching the rest of the video. I thought it might drain me, the gate-keeping of info, so I'm going to collector my thoughts and find my base, lest I go bi-polar.


Aleph Null said:
I think if I took out the ridiculous power section and streamlined the voicing switches I could fit it all into a 1590A, which would make it a great size for a utility that sits under your pedal board. I'd call it I Can't Believe It's Not Buffer!
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Feral Feline

Post in thread 'PedalPCB T-Shirt sizes'

Robert said:
Time for T-shirts.

"PedalPCB: Boost your inner voltage."
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T-SHIRT IDEAS

Inspired by Betty Wont's post here
How 'bout:

"PedalPCB: Y'know, I can't believe it's not buffer",
if Euanawuttayemean.
If Euna, then Euna.


Now that the snowball's rolling...

" PedalPCB: Got Goop?
(challenge accepted!) "



"PedalPCB: DIE RES-DEF, DIE...!"


C'mon people, share some more of you PedalPCB T-shirt ideas, SVP.
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At one time, there was a thread with the following graphic in it...

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I guess the thread got nuked. Can't imagine why.




Somebody stole my T-Shirt idea, I'm not going to say who but I think eunall know who...

The original idea:

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Because of that...
...3% Pedalia Unbelievable Odditties will only ever be a gleam in my eye... 😿







PS:
 
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Robert said:
All jokes aside, it's not a terrible sounding pedal. It does add a little sparkle to things, similar to running an SHO at unity.
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I'd build a skeptical sparkle pedal, I don't give a shit about the buffer.

I built a skeptical buffer and it made me mad for two reasons.
One it sounded really good and sparkly with the switches turned on.
Two it made the most horrible hum when I turned the switches on.

I was so conflicted I threw it in the bin so I wouldn't have to think about it any more.
 
RobertoJL said:
So, I posted a Skeptical Buffer I recently built on Reverb - naively stating it was a 29 Pedals EUNA clone. No idea Reverb will not allow mentioning brand names or models when it comes to listing clones. Ok, my bad, but I never had any issues with this until now.

A couple of days pass and I get a flag report on my listing, and it's taken down, and the following message from Jesse Honig, the man behind 29 Pedals:

"I'm sorry to have to flag this listing, but you cannot sell this as a EUNA or use my ad copy. These clones are poorly designed and do meet meet any of the EUNA specs. Also, you copied the text directly from my website. I'm sorry if Pedal PCB told you this is a correct EUNA circuit, but it is not. Thanks for your understanding."

My first response, essentially: ":..Can I ask you why can PedalPCB list and sell their Skeptical Buffer product explicitly mentioning your brand and product (literally "compare to 29 Pedals EUNA") but I cannot?"

His reply: The short reason is that the guy behind Pedal PCB has no problems stealing other people's designs, lying to players about the quality of his copies, and violating copyright law. The "compare to" tag that you refer to is the defense of counterfeit handbags and little else. Pedal PCB also runs their own platform, and as such there is no recourse but to try and take him to court, whereas reverb is a respectable platform that has a process for me to defend customers against counterfeit goods. What you are selling is a poorly executed copy of my work, and you are trying to make money by telling people that listing is the same as my pedals. It never ceases to blow my mind that a person would whip up a cheap copy of someone else's work and try to sell it as the real thing. If I copied your artwork and put it on a pedal, would you or would you not want it stopped?

And my final reply: "I understand your point of view. Also, it was my impression that electronic schematics per se could not be copyrighed, and respected industry icons such as Josh Scott have even encouraged other people do their own take on his designs etc. Furthermore - and just playing devil's advocate here - Pedal PCB only states their product is comparable to yours, not an exact reproduction. So even though I get where you're coming from and I certainly respect your views, I'm sure there are many who would think otherwise.
Anyway, I don't mean to start a discussion here, just stating the reason I (naively, I might add) posted it as such, thinking I was listing a perfectly legal product, which is what I thought I had originally purchased. Oh well, live and learn."

So, I'd love to hear any and everybody's thoughts on this very interesting subject, which I'm sure is not all black and white, is it?
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Should have told him that he could find the complete details in the documentation obviously.
 
tegendemuur said:
Wait, what? We need to call the cops to end a hostage situation at your end, Robert?
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More or less, I think it's true, but it's a 50€ at aliexpress kind of good thing, not 400-500€

If he had outsourced the PCBA the joints would've been better than "Handmade in the USA" aka soldered by him and his incompetent friends.
 
Feral Feline said:
Right about there I lost interest in watching the rest of the video. I thought it might drain me, the gate-keeping of info, so I'm going to collector my thoughts and find my base, lest I go bi-polar.
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Your post was 100% satisfying from this alone, and then it just. kept. getting. better. Bravo!
 
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