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Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:20 am
by echorec
Chankgeez wrote:
His guitars seem overbuilt and're prohibitively expensive. A marvel of engineering which sometimes includes purple hardware.
"Blur has also sparked speculation and controversy at sevenstring.org where folks are trying to decide if I've built the world's ugliest instrument or (perhaps) something quite beautiful." - Rick Toone
Everything he does is so inharmonious in the most polarizing package. rustic/ultramodern, dull/bright, boring/chic
---He really is a unique figure, whether you enjoy his work, hate it, or can't make up your mind.
Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 4:52 pm
by Jwar
His guitars looks kind of cool but fuck that pricing. He's on the range of Fodera or Ritter with that bullshit. Well, ok not Ritter. lol
Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 7:11 pm
by whoismarykelly
Toone took a bunch of peoples' money a couple years ago and never delivered the instruments afaik. Like $7500 guitar orders with the no delivery and instead building one-offs for famous shredders and $25,000 guitars to sell through DAG. But also people have been turned down when trying to buy Toone guitars that were for sale because Toone wanted a more well-known buyer. The whole thing is insane.
Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 8:48 pm
by Inconuucl
Eh, if you're going to a toone just go strandberger instead, same overengineered style with a lot less cork sniffing.
Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 9:05 pm
by manymanyhaha
You were able to figure that out? I got the email for this, couldn't tell what it was, really, even after watching the videos. Went to the website to buy, just to see what the price was or if any additional info and it's all in, I assume, chinese.
echorec wrote:
TE is working on a robotic arm (titled 'R'), that will function similarly to products like Amazon Echo/Alexa, but with emotive movement. Apparently they're trying to get it out for under $2,000. It's still in the development stages.
They're also doing some non-moving, smart speakers ('H'), which provide an LED light show, but still no updates on the OP-Z.
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Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 12:53 pm
by echorec
manymanyhaha wrote:You were able to figure that out? I got the email for this, couldn't tell what it was, really, even after watching the videos. Went to the website to buy, just to see what the price was or if any additional info and it's all in, I assume, chinese.
This is the most-detailed report I've seen.
https://www.gearnews.com/teenage-engine ... hina-cake/
Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:39 am
by echorec
Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 12:36 pm
by Chankgeez
Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 1:25 pm
by Olin
Looks a lot like a college woodwork project. Absurd price, especially considering he considers some people unworthy of buying his instruments, would usually say "whatever, as long as someone wants it" but this time I hope no one wants it and he ends up having to sell it for half of what he wants.
Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:58 am
by Inconuucl
That is all.
Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:10 pm
by Chankgeez
Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:27 pm
by friendship
echorec wrote:Muff_Diver posted a video for the Crescendo on the last page, but it looks like there are 7 more pedals in this second wave of budget offerings.
The reviews on the first wave of this series have not been enthusiastic, but I guess if you're looking for a sketching tool, rather than a permanent solution, 'renting' a flawed pedal for $50 isn't so bad. What disappoints me is that Uli Behringer has quickly gone to work on devaluing the TC brand with entry-level clones (not that TC was high-end before). On the + side, I had no idea that you could select all 4 modes simultaneously on the Boss DC-2, having never owned one.
TC's 3rd Dimension is obviously based around this long-discontinued pedal, with a $300 asking price on the used market. The original Dimension C pedal was based on the Roland Dimension D rack unit. Behringer has previously visited this circuit, in the form of its Space-C pedal. So perhaps this promises some marginal improvement, including a metal enclosure.
I almost got very excited but I only see a mono output on the 3rd Dimension, which completely misses the greatest part about the Dimension C, which is its wide, interesting stereo image.
You can't select all four modes on the original DC-2 but the Behringer version (and some digital emulations in multieffects units) can.
Guess I'll still have to pray for a DC-2w and hope it's not $200, which it will be.
Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:29 pm
by Strange Tales
There is also a clone for the DC-2 available now. I've been mulling if I want to build it or not:
https://aionelectronics.com/project/blu ... -c-chorus/
Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:44 pm
by friendship
Holy shit who do I have to commission to build me one
Re: Gear preview 2017
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 2:19 pm
by DRodriguez
I can do it if you wait until January.
