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Holy Schnikes wrote:Man, as far as high gain and highly tweakable muff clones go, I don't think there's anything better than the SC. Maybe the Beast cuz you get some oscillation footswitches.

Also, I received an update from Mark about the SC '71 I ordered a couple weeks back. He was apologizing for not meeting the shipment date, said it should go out in a few weeks, and offered refunds to anyone that was tired of waiting. That's def a step forward in his customer service skills. Updates are something I never received from him in the past.

I guess there's something to be said for setting the bar low the first time?

Zing.

I don't recall my experience with Mark. Being as it was the first booteek pedal I'd ever ordered direct I think it arrived quite a bit later than I would have normally expected, but I had no basis for comparison.

I guess I never realized that EBA had developed a bad rep. I got an inkling when he discontinued the SC; then brought it back; then discontinued it and peeps were like "publicity stunt" or whatever. I was a bit surprised when the Earthbound Audio name was retired and Acid Age came out. But it's all starting to come together.

Does that mean I can charge $600 for my SC?

That would be about ten times what I paid for mine. I love the flavor of the month phenomenon.

I had also received an update from Mark when he wasn't going to meet the end-of-September ship date, along with an offer to refund, but I opted to wait it out. He then said it would ship around Halloween which is pretty much when it when it went out. In all honesty I expected a long wait time but it turned out to be not so bad. YMMV.

which version?
I'm in the curious section about the little differences.
love my modded version 2/3 SC and will never part with it.
well... one day I guess I have to. but it will go to worthy hands.

My SC '71 shipped yesterday. I'll be comparing it to my Beast. Excited!

even though I plan on using multiple feedback loopers in my new setup in separate true bypass loopers, I still kinda want a beast. I mean, it's a BEAST!
this is my beast >

I got the standard Supercollider as I thought it might better suit my purposes, but in all honesty the sound clips for the '71 SC sound more refined to my ears.

Think the '71 is a little less gain and a little rougher around the edges. The standard and Beast rule tho, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

He's a part-time builder, and he's been hustling to keep up with his business from the very beginning. I have a Supecollider V.1, and that arrived weeks late. He built it on vero board because he ran out of circuit boards. I love mine!

do you guys think that the '71 is similar at all to any settings on the pharaoh? trying to justify having the 71' too with the SC. maybe a '71 beast!?

decomposing wrote:do you guys think that the '71 is similar at all to any settings on the pharaoh? trying to justify having the 71' too with the SC. maybe a '71 beast!?

I'll let you know when my '71 arrives Monday or Tuesday but I've yet to find any muff clone that sounds like a Pharaoh honestly...

bigchiefbc wrote:no LED option sucks though. Gotsta hav dat Turbo toanz

Truest thing in this tread. I feel we're the only people who sing the praises of the turbo rat. I will never part with mine.
Best rat variant I have tried by far.

Butch1970 wrote:I got the standard Supercollider as I thought it might better suit my purposes, but in all honesty the sound clips for the '71 SC sound more refined to my ears.

Depends on what you mean by refined.

The Supercollider is 1,000% doom-in-a-box, but it's actually a very contained and mellow circuit in some ways.

Pro-tip: If you roll the gain back to about 9 o clock and boost the volume you can use it as a pretty gnar dark boost, too.

That pro-tip is solid. Was hard for me to finally dial gain back on the Beast but when I did the results were pretty stunning.