Failed Pedal Lines and Companies

[JonnyAngle]

Not sure if Ben and Louise want it common knowledge but yes she bought it back. The details are their first private business.

Louise built an NDA into the contract when we sold it back to her.
I feel like I've been over this a few times, but let me break it down
ONE
LAST
TIME.

We bought Devi Ever FX outright. Every circuit, every image, every name, every design, every webpage, all of it. We were pretty fuckin sure Devi would make that really hard for us eventually.
In the meantime, our operating budget, visibility, press coverage, and dealer count skyrocketed. Louise got the fuck out of a software job and back at Dwarfcraft. I did some of the best design work of my career. We sunk all that Devi Money into big projects, most of which are still making us money today.
Then Devi made things very difficult for us. So we stopped working on that brand, let it rot on the vine until we had collected the last of it's drippings, and then sold the moldy husk back to Devi Ever because it wouldn't do anyone any good to leave it there, and it felt increasingly petty to hang on to this dead brand as time passed.
In addition to Louise and myself we have two full time employees, one part time builder, and a couple freelance digital engineers on the team, and we've recently moved to a bigger, better workshop. Our pre-orders sell out. Our pedals still make sounds you haven't heard before.

So yeah, we're doing fine.

And you're sexy as all get out.

[Eivind August]

I don't think anyone actually believed Dwarfcraft was doing badly beyond Nora mistaking you guys for Devi Ever. But yeah, good post, feel the love!

[actual]

Feels good man.

[kevdes93]

I love this thread. Not really sure why.

Add Midnight Amplification to the list, Nics disappeared and reappeared several times but it seems the website is now officially defunct and his IG page has all comments turned off
Good riddance, dickhead jerked me around for 9 months for an ormat preamp that showed up DOA, not to mention the 2 other midnight pedals i had with egregious QC problems

[3205]

I'm morbidly curious about what Samsung/Harman is going to do with DigiTech/DOD now. It's an ant of a brand underneath an elephantine corporation. They laid off everyone who had ever had anything to do with it - hundreds of years of collective experience (seriously, after nearly a decade I was still the new guy). Watch that space, I guess.

[nogodsnobedtimes]

Yeah it's gonna be interesting to see what happens with all that. I thought it was extra shitty that this all went down right after the Rubberneck launched with a lot of fanfare.

[Iommic Pope]

I have a Rubberneck and it is fucking great.
Such a waste of potential.

[Confuzzled]

I'm morbidly curious about what Samsung/Harman is going to do with DigiTech/DOD now. It's an ant of a brand underneath an elephantine corporation. They laid off everyone who had ever had anything to do with it - hundreds of years of collective experience (seriously, after nearly a decade I was still the new guy). Watch that space, I guess.

Had no idea that this happened. Does this mean no revival of the space station? no dirty robot v2?

How about Frantone? Thought she was on her way to reviving her brand and then it seems to have fizzled out.

[Sonaboy]

GIG-FX
I had that tremolo / panning pedal in a wah type of case they made called The Chopper, which was pretty unique at the time. Lots of good ideas and sounded great IMO.
The pedal let you select trem wave shape, depth/speed, trem or pan, and whether the treadle controlled the speed of the wave or the volume of it. Stereo in/out, no click switch (you just put your foot on it and a photo sensor faded in the effect).

They did the same for an overdrive that let you choose whether the treadle controlled the gain or the mix.

They were pricey though, so no one I ever met in 20 years of playing had one on their board.

Also - did Moog hang it up?

[JonnyAngle]

Also - did Moog hang it up?

not sure if serious, but no. They've been releasing new products on the regular.

[Inconuucl]

Also - did Moog hang it up?

not sure if serious, but no. They've been releasing new products on the regular.

They did discontinued all of their pedals through, probably to concentrate on modular.

[jrfox92]

Also - did Moog hang it up?

not sure if serious, but no. They've been releasing new products on the regular.

They did discontinued all of their pedals through, probably to concentrate on modular.

I thought they only canceled the Moogerfoogers?

[coupleonapkins]

How about Frantone? Thought she was on her way to reviving her brand and then it seems to have fizzled out.

She had a working arrangement with Bearfoot FX to manufacture a majority of her back catalog, but that seemed to dissolve a few months before it was supposed happened.

However, she did bring back the Peach Fuzz, Cream Puff & Vibutron, and all three are available direct on a made-to-order basis directly from her site (Vintage King is currently stocking them, too).

[coupleonapkins]

Also - did Moog hang it up?

not sure if serious, but no. They've been releasing new products on the regular.

They did discontinued all of their pedals through, probably to concentrate on modular.

I thought they only canceled the Minifoogers?

[jrfox92]

all three are available direct on a made-to-order basis