Now we know why the KoT takes so long to build...

Robert said:
Shouldn't he be measuring his components before installing them? I know most of you guys do...

I was under the impression that sort of attention to detail is why these things take so long to build.
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It’s not that they don’t work…they are not “right”…
 
Smells like Michelin, they don't sell bad tires but you might win the argument that tire wasn't right for YOUR rim.... "idiocy removed for confusing 2 threads" a little QA would kill a lot of complaint, but wtf do I know..
 
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This thread and the Fulltone thread share something in common - these guys can’t keep their whining off of social media. If they just kept quiet they wouldn’t open themselves up to ridicule or “cancellation”.

But here I am commenting on it, and here we are with threads about it 😅. It is kind of fun though, kind of like gawking at tabloids.
 
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I don't need any NOS NKT275s to make a great sounding fuzz pedal. What people forget is that the guy who first made a fuzz pedal with an NKT275 wasn't using it for its superb touch-sensitivity, its remarkable sustain factor or its gloriously vocal tone. They used the NKT275 because that's what the shop they bought them from had in stock that day. When the NKT275s ran out they used something else.

So if you want to pay the ridiculous premium for a fuzz pedal which has the difficult to source now NKT275 you are perfectly entitled to. Maybe it will make you feel more in touch with the players who originally used them, and that's ok, I don't care. Maybe if the NKT275 is hard to get there's a reason for that? Anyway, my fuzz pedals which have well-sorted Russian Ge transistors sound every bit as good as I can expect. Do they sound exactly the same? I dunno. Do any two NKT275 fuzzes sound exactly the same? But my Russian Ge transistor fuzzes sound great and just like a good fuzz should. And I suspect mine cost rather less!

Who knows? If I could make a pedal that sells for what an Analogman Sunface with NKT275s does I'd probably build a bunch too!
 
HamishR said:
I don't need any NOS NKT275s to make a great sounding fuzz pedal. What people forget is that the guy who first made a fuzz pedal with an NKT275 wasn't using it for its superb touch-sensitivity, its remarkable sustain factor or its gloriously vocal tone. They used the NKT275 because that's what the shop they bought them from had in stock that day. When the NKT275s ran out they used something else.

So if you want to pay the ridiculous premium for a fuzz pedal which has the difficult to source now NKT275 you are perfectly entitled to. Maybe it will make you feel more in touch with the players who originally used them, and that's ok, I don't care. Maybe if the NKT275 is hard to get there's a reason for that? Anyway, my fuzz pedals which have well-sorted Russian Ge transistors sound every bit as good as I can expect. Do they sound exactly the same? I dunno. Do any two NKT275 fuzzes sound exactly the same? But my Russian Ge transistor fuzzes sound great and just like a good fuzz should. And I suspect mine cost rather less!

Who knows? If I could make a pedal that sells for what an Analogman Sunface with NKT275s does I'd probably build a bunch too!
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