Smart people Factory

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:25 am

Anyone ever tried a product of theirs ??

I'm quite interested in the Green Line overdrive. A band I really admire uses one.

http://www.smartpeoplefactory.com/

foll · Post by **foll** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:36 am

Starflyer 59?

At least I bought mine because I heard he was using SPF pedals.

Green Line (or the whole SPF line) was good when it came out but there are more interesting pedals out there now, IMO.

It looks great on pedalboard though

othomas2 wrote:Anyone ever tried a product of theirs ??

I'm quite interested in the Green Line overdrive. A band I really admire uses one.

http://www.smartpeoplefactory.com/

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:13 am

My friend has a red threat, its a completely ridiculous distortion, i absolutely love it. Other then that I haven't tried there stuff out.

Rayjaysonic · Post by **Rayjaysonic** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:16 am

Love it, best named pedal ever!

Love their web sit too....very original.

Empires · Post by **Empires** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:47 am

Is the band you mention 'Stapleton' by any chance? I've heard through the grapevine they swear by it

Done a little research and opinions are that it's a 'tubescreamer-styled overdrive'.

I'd like to find out exactly what it is and perhaps build one...

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:32 pm

Empires wrote:Is the band you mention 'Stapleton' by any chance? I've heard through the grapevine they swear by it

Yup, how did you know that !?!

yeah, a MBM version would be cool. I've seen one online for sale (uk) for Â£99 which isn't too bad.

FitzG · Post by **FitzG** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:33 pm

Anyone who uses My Bloody Valentine in a sound clip is worthy of EVERY PENNY I HAVE!

Empires · Post by **Empires** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:04 pm

othomas2 wrote:
Empires wrote:Is the band you mention 'Stapleton' by any chance? I've heard through the grapevine they swear by it

Yup, how did you know that !?!

yeah, a MBM version would be cool. I've seen one online for sale (uk) for Â£99 which isn't too bad.

Tenuous connection. Friend of a friend of a friend type stuff.

The SPF Green Line has come up as a topic of discussion at band practice a couple of times.

Stapleton are a cracking band. I've still to see them live but I'm absolutely dying to.

If you haven't already, check out Avast! - http://www.myspace.com/avastuk
It's Andrew and Nico from Stapleton's 'side project'. It's a bit more up-tempo than Stapleton's later efforts and I love it.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:54 pm

Ah cool... yeah I have a friend who is also mates with the band.

Probably my favourite band going... I never tire of their music !!

I'm also familiar with the side projects... they're also good but somehow doesn't quite cut it for me. Not sure why. Still very listenable.

I would say Stapleton are much more of a studio band really, despite only seeing them once a long time ago. I do hope they keep making music. Their newish site has gone down / very little activity on the myspace etc etc.

lank81 · Post by **lank81** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:58 am

Josh Homme of QotSA uses the Greeline and the Red Threat. If you are a fan of his tone then I say pick one up. I've heard good things.

Lank

analogsystem · Post by **analogsystem** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:00 pm

A few days late on this thread (sorry)....but I have an ego booster and it's worked well since I bought it in '05 or '06.
My old bandmate had a greenline....it was a solid "modded TS" style pedal but I can think of others I like a lot more. The "vintage" mode was nice, the "modern" mode was pretty harsh and well, modern (I guess it succeeded) sounding....not too good in my opinion.

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