thecornman
BREAUX
So I was bored last night and sitting on the computer when I came on to some stuff about this Freekish Blues Pedal scam that happened a couple years ago! Found it intriging so I dug in and read as much as I could find about the whole situation. Holy shit did this guy pull the wool over a lot of peoples eyes. I know this old news for most out there, but I had never looked into the extent of just how bad this dude fucked over a whole lot of people. There is even glowing reviews in guitar magazines of this guys boutique bassment built pedals that ended up with research from guitar nerds to be nothing, but cheap chinese clones with the casings repainted,rebranded, goop on components, and marked up to elite boutique prices. Due to his marketing sceme and a whole lot of hype tons of people were fooled into thinking he was the next big thing including those people with the keen boutique ears that would not be caught dead with a chinese knockoff. It is funny how those same people were so impressed with just how great these pedals sounded untill they found out what they really were. Also crazy how certain forums were doing everything they could to hide the truth when it came out.
Reading all this just reinforced my views of how the whole boutique pedal world is a joke built on hype full of people that believe they are going to find some kind of voodoo or mojo in one of these boxes to make them sound better. Also makes my wallet feel good when buying these cheap clones that sound just as good even to gear snobs unless they actually know what they really are.
Reading all this just reinforced my views of how the whole boutique pedal world is a joke built on hype full of people that believe they are going to find some kind of voodoo or mojo in one of these boxes to make them sound better. Also makes my wallet feel good when buying these cheap clones that sound just as good even to gear snobs unless they actually know what they really are.