Effects Information..... in UK and Worldwide

GAZINGUK · Post by **GAZINGUK** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 2:00 am

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to ask for your help. I'm currently working on the last year of my degree and I have to setup a business. I'm interested in starting an electronic repair and modifications business here in the UK. I want to improve other manufactures signal processors, as well as offering circuit bent devices to create quirky musical instruments. I'm also designing a range of effects (not clones) for year two of operation.

I have constructed an online survey to form part of my market research and I'm looking for people to undertake a twenty question survey. The form does not require any personal information, I'm just trying to establish buying habits and potential interest in a new UK company offering a repair and modification service. I would like to thank anyone willing to help in advance!

Here's the link to the survey:

http://houghosaurus.typeform.com/to/rixxZl

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 3:39 pm

Done'd!

GAZINGUK · Post by **GAZINGUK** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 4:56 pm

Bacchus wrote:Done'd!

Thanks for taking it. I really appreciate it! At the moment, I'm checking to see if there's a market for a repair and modification company and the main competitors (with regards to effects pedals), when I get the custom effects side of the business up and running in year two. I'll post my designs on here in a few months time, with some video demos.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 5:53 pm

To be honest, I'm not sure how much money there would be in modifications, with the preponderance of builders on the internet who will custom build anything you want. Like, if I had a pedal, say a boss overdrive pedal, and I wished to have it true bypass and a bit bassier, I think I would sooner sell it and use that money to spec one from a custom builder.

Might just be me, though, I can appreciate that some people would rather hold on to their own/older pedals.

Excited to see what your own designs are, though.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 7:47 pm

Also done'd.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 12:32 pm

Currently doing it. I would point out that one thing I generally do is check the pedal out in a bricks-and-mortar shop (Anderton's, Guitar Village, Dawson's). This is not one of the options re the decision-making process in your questionnaire.

Your list of manufacturers doesn't include a number of manufacturers, and perhaps most obviously missing is Behringer. Though "cheap", an awful lot of people find them very cost-effective. I used the Behringer rotary speaker effect pedal until I blew it up.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:32 pm

Also, no offence to Aenstein, who's doing a grand job, but mentioning Devi pedals (HI DEVI, btw) as some paragon of pedalness skewed some of my answers.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:50 pm

Completed. You only list about half of the countries in Europe in the survey.