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Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 12:32 pm
by kevdes93
https://prescriptionpedals.com/
Has anyone heard about this? Looks like a few things are available to preorder.
Re: Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 12:40 pm
by MechaGodzilla
Cool! I hope this brings down the price of used Experiences haha
Re: Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 1:28 pm
by Jwar
I'm surprised to see Jack doing this again. Our last talk made me think he'd never be back. So, I'm happy to see that. Maybe he sees all those high dollars signs and it either pisses him off or he wants to make a little extra as well.
I always liked Jack (I know some did not), so I'm stoked to see this. I hope he releases some new stuff too!
Re: Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 1:47 pm
by shikawkee
$400 for a new Experience? Pass. I'm happy for them though. I wish them bon chance.
Re: Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 2:18 pm
by UglyCasanova
Never heard of them. They sure look shit though. I assume they sound great.
Re: Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 2:39 pm
by Jwar
UglyCasanova wrote:Never heard of them. They sure look shit though. I assume they sound great.
They look shit? I disagree but I know they don’t have anything fancy to them. The build quality always impressed me. Plus the Depth Charge is the best fuzz for bass I’ve ever had.
Re: Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 2:50 pm
by Chankgeez
I think he's tryin' to say they're the next Seppuku FX.

Re: Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 3:04 pm
by UglyCasanova
Cluttered design, bad knob choices for all but the golden dual pedal, terrible footswitch placement on the ones with 3 switches, different fonts on all of the pedals/no coherence... Just uninspired overall. Shit.

Re: Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 3:29 pm
by frodog
I kind of like some of them, like the knobs on the Rx Overdriver, haven't seen those on other pedals. But yeah too many different fonts and such, I agree. The website is also terrible, text-wise and also some of the full-size pics are very small (and the C.O.B looks B-stock).
But hey, welcome back and all, I hope it goes well. I just hate that so many companies' efforts to re/release stuff feel so rushed and like "give us your money and you'll get some design-subject-to-change pedal of your guesstimated choice with random knobs, whenever". That's a worst case scenario but still, why not just take a little extra time and present the product in a good way.
Re: Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 3:35 pm
by Jwar
UglyCasanova wrote:Cluttered design, bad knob choices for all but the golden dual pedal, terrible footswitch placement on the ones with 3 switches, different fonts on all of the pedals/no coherence... Just uninspired overall. Shit.

Uh huh. Well. Some of us don't need pretty flashy stuff to be inspired as musicians. So, I don't have an issue with any of what you said.
Re: Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 3:54 pm
by K2000
UglyCasanova wrote:terrible footswitch placement on the ones with 3 switches
These multi-stomp pedals have a small footprint. They could spread the switches out more (bigger box), but I think most people would rather have a small footprint.
I've always wanted an Experience, but they are impossible to find. Even 15 years ago, they almost never showed up on the used market. I had a Clean Octave Blend (COB) that was cool. I've heard the germanium overdrive is pretty nice.
Re: Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 3:58 pm
by Chankgeez
Re: Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 4:05 pm
by K2000
I think the Experience was close to $300 new, over 15 years ago. So, taking into account inflation...
The market has changed a lot (a lot more builders for one thing) so it's hard to imagine them blowing up now, but it would be cool to have more Experiences in circulation.
Re: Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 4:10 pm
by Chankgeez
I believe the original price of the Experience was under $150 (again around 1994). Has definitely gone up over the years.
Re: Prescription Electronics is back?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 4:23 pm
by Jero
HBE used those knobs for a while. I have a stash of them saved up for an Asteroids themed pedal for UC to hate on
and I agree on the foot switch bit, but the aesthetic seems pretty standard

...same font for everything but the pedal name, then different one for names.