Packaging, Does it Matter?

[jimilee]

I guess it depends who I'm buying from. Logos for big corporations might go in the trash, but if I order from a small company/ builder I'm into, I'm disappointed if there's no sticker.

Same. I don’t generally put them on anything, except the occasional get on my laptop or build cabinet. They both have stickers on top of stickers on top of stickers.

 

[dawson]

The last thing I want to see with any music gear is a sticker, personally. Straight to trash, with very few exceptions.

What??
No scratch-n-sniff @Passinwind stickers??

 

[Erik S]

The last new pedal I bought was from Walrus. They went all out. Fancy box, drawstring bag, catalog, instructions, sticker, a tin with 10 picks, and a Polaroid of guy who I assume worked on my pedal.

Definitely overkill, but I did feel like I was opening something special.

 

[Brett]

and a Polaroid of guy

I don't know about y'all, but I'm getting some serious "blink twice if you're in danger" vibes on that inclusion.

 

[Erik S]

I don't know about y'all, but I'm getting some serious "blink twice if you're in danger" vibes on that inclusion.

He made the catalog shoot too.

I think my guy just doesn’t cheese for the camera. I respect that.

 

[jimilee]

He made the catalog shoot too.

I think my guy just doesn’t cheese for the camera. I respect that.

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That dude is baked 24/7, is my impression.

 

[Erik S]

That dude is baked 24/7, is my impression.

Living his best life.

 

[HamishR]

I don't use stickers at all. Never understood the drawstring bag either. Seems like a waste of money and resources. I prefer minimal in pretty much everything. I don't mind a logo'd pick but never use them because they're never a grey Dunlop 88. Whenever I get the fancy box with die-cuts and bits of paper falling out I just think I've paid for stuff I'll never use. I'm even suspicious of the candy some guys include with their pedals!

 

[benny_profane]

I never even look at the instructions so don't care so much about that either.

Of course you don’t.

 

[Robert]

Of course you don’t.

What do you need instructions for?

One knob is Volume, one is Tone, and the other is Drive.

4736 pedals later, it never changes.

 

[UtilityBeltFX]

 

[Brett]

We're going to need gut shots. There better not be a polaroid in there...

 

[Robert]

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Perfect.

 

[UtilityBeltFX]

We're going to need gut shots. There better not be a polaroid in there...

Pedal + suggested start settings. That's all.

Aside from the lock of hair I tape inside each enclosure