Why are people like this?

[Pauleo1214]

I am trying to overcome a burnout that has lasted a long while. Enjoyment from pedal building, guitar building, and simply noodling on guitars vanished into thin air. I am trying to force myself out of it by dipping my toes in the water.

Then this guy comes along on ebay.

TL/DR: You there! Do you build pedals? I have a vision! Watch my YouTube and figure out what that vision is!

Seriously, nobody goes into a department store and tells a worker to decide what underwear they should wear.

 

[Aentons]

It's kind of like people who go to restaurant and ask the waiter. "What do you recommend?"

The answer is always whatever provides the highest profit margin.

 

[Aentons]

I would rehouse a mooer an sell it to them at 1000% markup

 

[falco_femoralis]

Why don't `you throw out a suggestion like your lofi thing with a big digital reverb, like an afterneath?

You don't have to actually go and watch his stuff, just act like you did. Say something like "ahh yeah now I see what you're talking about. I'd love to collab with you. Based on your channel and my experience, I feel you'd love -insert idea here that's easy for you to build-. Please let me know what you think!"

 

[falco_femoralis]

It's kind of like people who go to restaurant and ask the waiter. "What do you recommend?"

The answer is always whatever provides the highest profit margin.

Yeah, plus you have half the answer here, in that he liked the lofi pedal and wants a combo. So you just have to think of another circuit that's in the ballpark of ambient and that would work with the lofi whatever it is. Then put the two in one enclosure and charge him whatever you want plus 50 bucks. If he goes for it it's a win win

 

[CheapSuitG]

From what I’ve seen in the past, if you figure out his “vision” it’ll probably end with him asking you to hook him up and promising you “exposure” in return.

 

[pricklyrobot]

From what I’ve seen in the past, if you figure out his “vision” it’ll probably end with him asking you to hook him up and promising you “exposure” in return.

Uhhh…do you know a way to play Ethereal WaveGaze Spec-core without free pedals?
Cuz I sure don’t!!

 

[Vicious C]

Whenever I have customers who toot their own horn too much, I refer them to someone else…. Anyone else lol they always end up being more hassle than their worth, nothing satisfies them and they’re cheap.

 

[Aentons]

From what I’ve seen in the past, if you figure out his “vision” it’ll probably end with him asking you to hook him up and promising you “exposure” in return.

You just tell him that your vision is payment in advance

 

[pettert]

239 subs..

 

[spi]

I fed a description of his youtube videos to AI and asked it to visualize our dude.

Is this what you pictured too?

 

[Paradox916]

It just so happens I was making fun of synth players this morning….

 

[Guardians of the analog]

Send him a Cameo from Logan Roy

 

[Ginsly]

Uhhh @spi? @Robert would like a word with you...

 

[jwin615]

Seriously, nobody goes into a department store and tells a worker to decide what underwear they should wear.

Not true! But can attest to the fact that they don't want you back to give a followup opinion.

 

[jwin615]

I fed a description of his youtube videos to AI and asked it to visualize our dude.

Is this what you pictured too?

AI doesn't understand keybeds... Or that's a microtonal keyboard

 

[giovanni]

AI doesn't understand keybeds... Or that's a microtonal keyboard

I would say that AI doesn’t understand anything lol

 

[Robert]

Uhhh @spi? @Robert would like a word with you...

Yeah? So? I don't have time to build my own pedals because of folks like YOU.

Now let's get back to that vision..... can you do it or not??

 

[Cybercow]

I'd do it for $2500.00 . . . .

 

[jimilee]

But but you can get exposure in a subpar YouTube video!!! You know that’s what it would have come down to instead of getting paid.