A new trend with pedal builders...

[Sean Richardson]

I love this!!!

These are both from my FB feed. It seems that pedal builders are embracing gut shots to show off what they are doing. Personally I think it's something we should encourage. While we all know that the looks are cool and the sounds are PARAMOUNT, Its what's inside that counts.

These are from Anarcy Audio and....

 

[Sean Richardson]

... Airis Effects

What do you reakon? Nice to see this stuff or not that interested?!

 

[wakjob]

Well it's good to see real full sized components and not SMT stuff.

I can't believe how many high end/expensive pedals are SMT now.

 

[downburst82]

6 degree FX Sally drive

 

[Sean Richardson]

^^^^^^

Wow... That is stunning.

And things like that get me straight onto Google... I want one (and I don't even know what it is!!!)

 

[Leuchty]

CYBERSYN likes this

Yeah I love the shots AA puts up on FB.

 

[Demiurge]

It's definitely cool to see nice, clean work inside the pedal, but I'm guessing that another reason for doing this is to show that the pedal is not a re-branded Chinese OEM (like the Alpha Drive fiasco).

 

[Shask]

I have a background in electronics, so I think it is cool to see.

However, I am not sure the general mass public cares as much.

It is definitely not a bad thing though!

 

[Ancient]

I love seeing gut shots from builds. It's the extra mile that shows the care and detail put into the build that reassures confidence. That's one of the reasons I love my Dunwich gear, he posts gut shots to almost everything to show his insane wiring.

My amp:

A few of his pedal gut shots:

 

[Vostre Roy]

I also have Dunwich as a friend on Facebook so I've seen most of your stuff being built lol

And I really respect that guy for showing his build pictures, I've learnt a lot (especially for the heater wiring and his bird cage tone knob) by looking at his stuff, so clean and well built. I'd love to hear your stuff IRL, that most doom like nothing else on this planet

 

[Ancient]

I also have Dunwich as a friend on Facebook so I've seen most of your stuff being built lol

And I really respect that guy for showing his build pictures, I've learnt a lot (especially for the heater wiring and his bird cage tone knob) by looking at his stuff, so clean and well built. I'd love to hear your stuff IRL, that most doom like nothing else on this planet

hahaha thats awesome! Nick's a good friend who builds some bad ass stuff.

Yeah his bird cage diode selectors are genius, and the perfect bends on the heater wiring is envious! It's worth him showing it off. and Thanks! I try to be modest but yeah.... my rig is pretty freaking doomy hahahaha

What's weird is now a days I mainly play power violence / crust punk kinda shit. But in Drop F

 

[cGoEcYk]

I enjoy the gutshots. I feel like with anything boutique it's good to make it more personal and kind of connect with people more. It it looks all handmade or elegantly designed inside, that would make me feel better about shelling over the $200-4,000 that a fancy pedal can cost.

Steve Jobs was all about the circuit board aesthetics:

Under Jobs, Apple became famous for a level of craft that seemed almost gratuitous: For example, on the "Sunflower" Macintosh of a few years ago, there was an exquisitely fine, laser-etched Apple logo. As an owner, you might see that logo only once a year, when moving the computer. But it mattered, because that single time made an impression. In the same way, Jobs spent a lot of time making the circuit boards of the first Macintosh beautiful--he wanted their architecture to be clean and orderly. Who cared about that? But again, that level of detail would have made a deep impression on the few people that would have seen the inner guts.

 

[Decon87]

I love seeing gut shots from builds. It's the extra mile that shows the care and detail put into the build that reassures confidence. That's one of the reasons I love my Dunwich gear, he posts gut shots to almost everything to show his insane wiring.

My amp:

A few of his pedal gut shots:

Jesus, that's like art. As a PC builder with OCD when it comes to cable organization, this is very pleasing to me.

 

[InfinityCollision]

It's a good way to see who really cares about their work - both in terms of the quality of the inner layout and in the selected components, if you know what to look for.

 

[Ancient]

Jesus, that's like art. As a PC builder with OCD when it comes to cable organization, this is very pleasing to me.

It is like art, and it also shows a sense of pride that I like. He uses solid core wire so he can do efficient and clean bends.

Found some more:

 

[dunwichamps]

thank y'all

 

[Ancient]

thank y'all

No, thank you Nick. For being the building beast that you are.

 

[rectifryer]

I enjoy the gutshots. I feel like with anything boutique it's good to make it more personal and kind of connect with people more. It it looks all handmade or elegantly designed inside, that would make me feel better about shelling over the $200-4,000 that a fancy pedal can cost.

Steve Jobs was all about the circuit board aesthetics:

Under Jobs, Apple became famous for a level of craft that seemed almost gratuitous: For example, on the "Sunflower" Macintosh of a few years ago, there was an exquisitely fine, laser-etched Apple logo. As an owner, you might see that logo only once a year, when moving the computer. But it mattered, because that single time made an impression. In the same way, Jobs spent a lot of time making the circuit boards of the first Macintosh beautiful--he wanted their architecture to be clean and orderly. Who cared about that? But again, that level of detail would have made a deep impression on the few people that would have seen the inner guts.

So ....ing true

 

[p4vl]

I don't have the slightest goddamned idea of what I'm looking at but the fact that they aren't afraid to post the guts for intranet scrutiny is admirable.