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I'm looking at building effects as a way to make a bit of extra money. Eventually, I'd like to be building extremely complicated non-distortion stuff to offer something different then the TS clones. So what would you guys like to see? I'm especially interested in stuff that you think would sell so I can get some seed money for original designs I have in mind.

I'm thinking a clone of the 1st triangle BMP, fixed for a standard power supply, would be a good place to start and probably have a fair bit of interest.
-optical compressor w/ attack and tone controls
-optical tremolo w/ sine & square wave
-clean boost w/ 3 or 4 band EQ
-Gretsch ControFuzz

any other ideas?

Alright, since nobody cares I'm gonna do a clean boost with 3-band EQ.

The schematic I drew up will still be boosting slightly at minimum gain and go up from there. One of the EQ controls will be a push/pull that bypasses the tone controls.

if you want to make money - go for the boost. not many people really care about tremolo and compressor.

Actually I think there are guitarist out there always looking for a really musical compressor.

Now, usually I act as Mike's arbiter of pedal taste, but since you're on the other side of the Atlantic: I reckon it's fuzzes people go berserk for - if you made affordable superfuzz and green muff clones, you'd be quids in, I reckon.

I'd like to see an optical compressor in pedal format with attack, release, ratio, threshold and output controls. I'd probably not buy one, but those controls are standard (and necessary) in outboard compressors, so I'm still a bit surprised guitar pedal versions haven't gone much beyond "sustain" controls that don't really tell you what's going on.

euan wrote:Actually I think there are guitarist out there always looking for a really musical compressor.

would be all over that, that boss compressor can suck my turd
i would buy that if it was within a reasonable price

James wrote:I'd like to see an optical compressor in pedal format with attack, release, ratio, threshold and output controls. I'd probably not buy one, but those controls are standard (and necessary) in outboard compressors, so I'm still a bit surprised guitar pedal versions haven't gone much beyond "sustain" controls that don't really tell you what's going on.

I'll see what I can do...

lazzr emitterz

I'm useless with answering questions like this. I only build pedals for myself and you lot.

Shiva, and TGD.

I should just get a job with Aen then.

haha, I don't think Aen should hire anyone unless they have a hunched back and their name is Igor.

I honestly don't know what you ought to make.

DuoSonicBoy wrote:I should just get a job with Aen then.

maybe next year...

yeah really, boosters go over well, obviously.