new05002 wrote:Corey Y wrote:
That's what happened with my first run Meathead. The going rate doubled from what I paid. I sold it for more than I paid, but less than the going rate on ebay and forums. So it moved very fast, I made a profit and I didn't feel like a dickbag. As a side note, I had friend clone it for me before I sold it. I paid him for the parts and took him out for a nice dinner.
Really? There is not more to this story???
I bought it before DAM went to the waiting list, when they were still being sold through musictoyz. Paid like $200 or something around there I think, then eventually people were selling them for like $400+ and he had done a bunch of different versions and mine was one of early ones that he actually built, signed on the inside and all that. I liked it, but it was a little too bright. My buddy had gotten way into making pedals and wanted to open it up and take a look. He made a clone for himself and rebuilt it a few different times, while he was still honing his skill. Eventually he bought new parts to start from scratch and get everything exactly correct, so I asked him order enough for two and I'd pay him to make me a copy and just sell mine. His wiring was even nicer than the original, he even went back and modded it for me later, to make it into a darker version. That guy makes fucking pristine tagboard pedals and etched his own really nice PCBs, just for fun. He even got into doing his own paint jobs and decals. I saw him rebuild the same pedal a dozen times until it was perfect, all the wiring clean and orderly like nothing I've seen, color coordinated boards and wires. He already had great soldering skills from working on car stereos for a living back then. Eventually he moved, then got a new job and didn't have time to build anymore, which was a shame. He made me a 808 style tubescreamer, triangle big muff, Si fuzz face and SHO clones that are all amazingly good and I used them for a long time, still do. He also spruced up some pedals for me and fixed a small tube amp I used to have. He made a bunch of really nice vintage and boutique clones for some other people for a while too, which I honestly think were better than the original. The dude could seriously hang if he wanted to get into it for a living, don't think he had it in him to make that leap though, he just liked the challenge of trying to do something to near perfection, especially when he was on a long layoff.
As for the dinner...a gentleman never tells.
