devi ever wrote:bob the r0bot wrote:ohsojayadeva wrote:Christopher wrote:didn't devi just put out a retardedly expensive clone of two pedals in one box?
Actually, it's not really the same thing. Devi has not, at any point, attempted to deny that the circuits that make up the Silver Rose are clones.
They are also out of production.
It begs the question... if Electro Harmonix ever decided to dip its wick into the enormously lucrative boutique market by say... releasing a Stomp Under Foot style retrospective on its Big Muff circuits... would everyone back down?
Probably not... I think there's a bit of a public domain aspect even the most ardent of "ethical" cloners feel comes into play after so many years of a circuit being out of production.
On that note, has there been any companies beyond MXR and Ibanez who have tried to cash in on the "vintage spec" boutique market?
I was about to say I'm a little surprised EH hasn't ever gone that route... but then again they seem to be more about moving forward and keeping things cheap rather than looking back and trying to artificially inflate the value of their current line with boutique hype (Here's looking at you $400 Ibanez Tube Screamer re-issue).
Funny you should mention that devi. I'm a massive fan of the Muff circuit. I remember emailling EHX about the copyright on it a while ago. I got an email back from Mike himself, and he said "anyone can build whatever they like. They just can't call it a Big Muff."
He's not a man of many words, but it seems that it's the actual name of the pedal, ie "Big Muff" that's trademarked/copywritten.
I don't know if that changes anything, but there ya go.
