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Big no-no's:

- Companies that that pretty much exclusively make clones and -even worse- amp-in-a-box type pedals, but aren't honest about the fact that there's no such thing as an 'amp-in-a-box'.
- Too much jebus and/or politics references on their websites and in their pedal's graphics.
- Klon/dumble references in a sales pitch.
- Builders that are too cool to bother making any half decent clips, relying on mistique and hype created on ilf.
- Builders that act like douches on ilf.
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there is only one company I feel this way about... Shouldn't take many game changing guesses...
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Acid Splash Designs. The owner is a complete cock sucker.
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That's the exact reason I prefer to do business with them
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jwar wrote:Acid Splash Designs. The owner is a complete cock sucker.
That statement would be more useful with some qualification.
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Corey Y wrote:
jwar wrote:Acid Splash Designs. The owner is a complete cock sucker.
That statement would be more useful with some qualification.
I gave him some pedals to etch and all he did was teabag them :idk:
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I think that Lyra 8/4 synth looks super gimmicky. Everything about it seems like it's designed to be superficially intellectual.
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jwar wrote:Acid Splash Designs. The owner is a complete cock sucker.
This is true, I still have lipstick smeared all over my crotch.
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Eivind August wrote:
jwar wrote:Acid Splash Designs. The owner is a complete cock sucker.
This is true, I still have lipstick smeared all over my crotch.
You know who else does too?
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goroth wrote:
Eivind August wrote:
jwar wrote:Acid Splash Designs. The owner is a complete cock sucker.
This is true, I still have lipstick smeared all over my crotch.
You know who else does too?
MY
https://irerror.bandcamp.com/
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goroth wrote:
Eivind August wrote:
jwar wrote:Acid Splash Designs. The owner is a complete cock sucker.
This is true, I still have lipstick smeared all over my crotch.
You know who else does too?
MOOOOOOM!
https://irerror.bandcamp.com/
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No really... how did you know that?
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BossMann73 wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5iHc3oTgao[/youtube]
Always remove the 's' from 'https'. Also, it didn't like the list part of the URL '&list=PL196A72377CE33AD6'.
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I dont like to tell other people how to spend their money.

Me personally, I will generally use any type of gear [esp if it's free].
However, I actively avoid products from Gojira, JHS, Farndurk, Vemuram, T1M and whichever forgettable company is responsible for the "Big Bloom" clone of Shin's Dumbloid [fancy TS]
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