Dumb names for future boutique pedals

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Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by stevejamsecono » Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:08 am

Thought we might have some fun out of this since we're dunking on pedals lately. The point of this thread is coming up with dumb names/configurations of pedals for the oversaturated boutique market.

I'll start --

The Spin Doctors start their own Reverb shop and begin offering a pair of pedals:

The Two Princes Drive -- A King of Tone clone. One side says "That's what I said now", the other side says "Just go ahead now."

'Little Electric Mistress Can't be Wrong' -- Flanger
And you find out life isn't like that
It's so hard to understand
Why the world is your oyster but your future's a clam

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Re: Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:43 pm

This is great! My girls and I watch Bob's Burgers, and absolutely love all the ridiculous puns!

My favorite for pedals has always been all the variations for the Klon circuit, my favorite being IdiotBox Effect's Han-taun, with a picture of Han Solo with the legs of a Tauntaun on Hoth :D

How about a RAT-type named "R.O.U.S." (Rodent Of Unusual Size)?

Or if Perry Bible Fellowship made a delay called the "Cave Explorer" with the picture of the kid's face in the last panel as the pedal art:

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Re: Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by MrShake » Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:32 am

The Cure gets a signature pedal, it's just a BF-2 into a Boss Delay.

It's called the "Disintegrator" and has a smeared lipstick paint job.

$400.

Or you can get the deluxe one, an analog delay with no time knob, it's hardwired to "Seventeen Seconds", per the name. Comes with a tab of LSD and a Camus quote etched on the board.

$500

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Re: Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by Jazzmastervsjaguar » Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:56 am

MrShake wrote:
Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:32 am
The Cure gets a signature pedal, it's just a BF-2 into a Boss Delay.

It's called the "Disintegrator" and has a smeared lipstick paint job.

$400.

Or you can get the deluxe one, an analog delay with no time knob, it's hardwired to "Seventeen Seconds", per the name. Comes with a tab of LSD and a Camus quote etched on the board.

$500
Honestly...Take my money now :D
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Re: Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by MrShake » Tue Sep 13, 2022 5:12 am

Jazzmastervsjaguar wrote:
Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:56 am
MrShake wrote:
Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:32 am
The Cure gets a signature pedal, it's just a BF-2 into a Boss Delay.

It's called the "Disintegrator" and has a smeared lipstick paint job.

$400.

Or you can get the deluxe one, an analog delay with no time knob, it's hardwired to "Seventeen Seconds", per the name. Comes with a tab of LSD and a Camus quote etched on the board.

$500
Honestly...Take y money now :D
You send me $400, I'll duct tape together a couple of Boss pedals and make out with them for you.

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Re: Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by MrShake » Tue Sep 13, 2022 5:15 am

And following the trend of companies getting it a little wrong, Vertex releases the "Slowdive", an OC-3 octave down into a Slow Gear/swell type thing.

And they're just rehoused Behringers.

$379.99

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Re: Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by panoramic » Tue Sep 13, 2022 5:50 am

Tom Waits inspired delay - the Waits for it.
I used to be cool, now I just complain about prices.

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Re: Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by Jonesie » Tue Sep 13, 2022 6:21 am

panoramic wrote:
Tue Sep 13, 2022 5:50 am
Tom Waits inspired delay - the Waits for it.
That was almost a spit take on my part.

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Re: Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by fever606 » Tue Sep 13, 2022 6:38 am

MrShake wrote:
Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:32 am
The Cure gets a signature pedal, it's just a BF-2 into a Boss Delay.

It's called the "Disintegrator" and has a smeared lipstick paint job.
I'd buy that... 8)
panoramic wrote:
Tue Sep 13, 2022 5:50 am
Tom Waits inspired delay - the Waits for it.
Actually laughed out loud in my office, someone poked their head in to ask what was so funny... :D

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Re: Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by fuzzjunkie » Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:10 am

Jonesie wrote:
Tue Sep 13, 2022 6:21 am
panoramic wrote:
Tue Sep 13, 2022 5:50 am
Tom Waits inspired delay - the Waits for it.
That was almost a spit take on my part.
Same

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Re: Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by fuzzjunkie » Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:18 am

When I built pedals years ago I had a few ideas that never happened:

1) the Moustache Ride: a Fuzz Face - Big Muff combo pedal. Basically a Fuzz Face with a Big Muff tone stack and extra gain stage. One stomp for bypass and one for switching between Face and Muff.

2) the Uniclone: a Klon clone with rainbow barfing Unicorn graphics.

3) the Pie in the Sky: a Big Muff after one of those reverb bricks everyone was using to DIY reverb pedals a few years ago. For that fake shoegaze fuzz after reverb sound all the bedroom shoegazers wanted.

4)the TOFU: a Transistorized Octave Fuzz Unit

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Re: Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by JackFawkes » Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:44 am

Shadoweclipse13 wrote:
Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:43 pm
How about a RAT-type named "R.O.U.S." (Rodent Of Unusual Size)?
Pretty sure not one, but two companies have already done that ::)

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Re: Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by panoramic » Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:48 am

fuzzjunkie wrote:
Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:18 am
When I built pedals years ago I had a few ideas that never happened:

1) the Moustache Ride: a Fuzz Face - Big Muff combo pedal. Basically a Fuzz Face with a Big Muff tone stack and extra gain stage. One stomp for bypass and one for switching between Face and Muff.

2) the Uniclone: a Klon clone with rainbow barfing Unicorn graphics.

3) the Pie in the Sky: a Big Muff after one of those reverb bricks everyone was using to DIY reverb pedals a few years ago. For that fake shoegaze fuzz after reverb sound all the bedroom shoegazers wanted.

4)the TOFU: a Transistorized Octave Fuzz Unit
If you added some AUTOWAH stuff to the tofu it could be the TOFU SCRAMBLER.
I used to be cool, now I just complain about prices.

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Re: Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by JSett » Tue Sep 13, 2022 9:31 am

Teh Kurtz

Double pedal. One side is a jar with a really angry wasp in it and a cheap contact mic, the other side is another wasp just slightly out of sync for a chorus effect.
Silly Rabbit, don't you know scooped mids are for kids?

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Re: Dumb names for future boutique pedals

Post by marqueemoon » Tue Sep 13, 2022 9:59 am

Digitech should make a two in one Whammy pedal called…

the Double Whammy

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