Unfortunate pedal art.

[Pauleo1214]

As I wait on some parts to finish my next build, I would like to take this opportunity to create another junk thread

Post pics of pedals with unfortunate art. Most often this manifests in the form of footswitch or led placement, but anything that makes you chuckle is worth a post here!

I'll start with this Mahayana Drive from Reverb.

 

[giovanni]

I have no idea what you’re talking about. That pedal’s artwork is excellent!

 

[Pauleo1214]

I have no idea what you’re talking about. That pedal’s artwork is excellent!

I agree. Maybe I should rename this thread "3PDT Dongs".

 

[Locrian99]

So this is the white led (I know it looks kind of blue, must be 5k led good for vege stage lol). Anyways originally I put a red one in there. I took one look and couldn’t get past the giant zit coming out of his forehead. If I make this pedal again I will wire the led away from his head. Lol, it’s a Swah from gpcb

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Does artwork that doesn't yet exist count? At this very minute I'm working on some pedal art for a fuzz consisting of Robert Fripp's butt from his Wife's album artwork.

For the curious- the rough draft. The final version will be much more detailed and have him holding something

 

[Fingolfen]

One of my favorite pedals to clone has a very unfortunate enclosure...



I mean, c'mon! Your company name is "Dinosaural" and you have ASCII text on a white background as your enclosure!?!?!? Dude!

 

[RetiredUnit1]

As if the picture wasn't odd enough, this is the SPROING pedal!!!

 

[Pauleo1214]

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So this is the white led (I know it looks kind of blue, must be 5k led good for vege stage lol). Anyways originally I put a red one in there. I took one look and couldn’t get past the giant zit coming out of his forehead. If I make this pedal again I will wire the led away from his head. Lol, it’s a Swah from gpcb

Dibs on the band name Charlie Brown and the Funky Pimple.

As if the picture wasn't odd enough, this is the SPROING pedal!!!
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[Mentaltossflycoon]

Here are some rejects from my ai app that I saved anyway. They're kind of unfortunate but haven't/won't make it on to any enclosures.

Wavelord


Electric ladyland


Bone centaur


Chip n Dale Chippendale's (not pedal related)

 

[Feral Feline]

Tubes and Tones may make a bone, but whips 'n' signal-chains excite me.

 

[Pauleo1214]

Tubes and Tones may make a bone, but whips 'n' signal-chains excite me.

Those old Metasonix pedals are anything but unintentional!

 

[Feral Feline]

Those old Metasonix pedals are anything but unintentional!

True, but the thread pervue as I understood it is “unfortunate”, and unfortunately I don’t have a TX-1 — it’s the only Metasonix I care for.

 

[andare]

I hadn't thought the AI scourge would affect pedals as well. Sure, let's replace every creative human endeavor with a machine, sounds like a great idea.

 

[steviejr92]

This thread is great

 

[Pauleo1214]

I hadn't thought the AI scourge would affect pedals as well. Sure, let's replace every creative human endeavor with a machine, sounds like a great idea.

I myself am conflicted about it. A lot of the AI image generating is driven by people's imagining whatever they want to throw at it versus drawing said idea. That Chippendales Chip N' Dale image haunts me to my core.

Here's an unforced error. Butt plug LED.

 

[manfesto]

I mean I *do* have the sense of humor of a twelve-year-old but it was basically the first thing I noticed about the Afterneath V3

 

[cdwillis]

Nothing against Fuzz Imp, but I absolutely hate this artwork. The only thing worse is the Shroot 2 which has two of these Dwights on it

 

[Feral Feline]

What's MOST unfortunate about this pedal is the side-jacks.

 

[Pauleo1214]

What's MOST unfortunate about this pedal is the side-jacks.

Reminds me of a bad joke. What did the leper say to the prostitute? Keep the tip.