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Gone Fission wrote:Rangemasters have some of the best mark-up potential of any pedal you can build. Yes, they can be very, very cool, but the parts/effort is a strong reason so many builders put them out.

whoismarykelly wrote:

Gone Fission wrote:Rangemasters have some of the best mark-up potential of any pedal you can build. Yes, they can be very, very cool, but the parts/effort is a strong reason so many builders put them out.

Eh... sort of?

The parts in a circuit are usually a small fraction of the total cost of building a pedal. Enclosures and hardware make up the bulk of what it costs to build something and those are generally consistent between simple pedals and complex pedals. There are exceptions but it doesn't cost much more to make a big muff than it does to make a rangemaster and the big muff has 5 times as many parts. On the flip side, if you want to complete in the rangemaster market people tend to want them built pretty snooty. On par with what LAL did in the Sakura. That can be more of a pain to build than someone 10 times more complex that is just built on a PCB. The main appeal of rangemasters for new builders is they are extremely simple and rather forgiving. You only need one transistor, its gain and leakage doesn't matter all that much relative to multi-transistor designs, and you can build one on vero or turrets or whatever without knowing much about layout.

coupleonapkins wrote:
Roland GP-8 for $49.99 + shipping

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Pepe wrote:

qersty wrote:Thank god swedes do not know how to ship guitars so I can restrain myself.