I’d like welcome
you back dear
readers, to the
fantastic and
whimsical of
the world of
guitar effects.
Many companies spend months or
years, perfecting not only the tone
of their pedals, but the design and
aesthetic as well. Some may think of
this as an overlooked or unnecessary
stage depending on the camp with
which you align yourself, but the years
and copious amount of market research
don’t lie; customers first and foremost
buy with their eyes. As guitarist, we
think ourselves above this, “Of course
the sound is the most important thing!”
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we excitedly muse among ourselves,
while secretly checking our phones
under the table to see if we won that
laughably expensive 1:1 Klon clone.
The fact of the matter is, as high and
mighty as we might see ourselves, we
are still human, and we are still swayed
by the look of the things we like as well
as the sound. But today, we couldn’t
care less about the sound, and even
less about the look, because we are
going to continue the dive we began
last week to find the oddest pedal
designs ever conceived.. Again, this
has absolutely nothing to do with what
the pedal’s tone— I personally have no
idea what a lot of these pedals sound
like. I am going purely off of the design
choices, questionable color schemes,
and sometimes peculiar labeling.
Please note these are not in any order, it
is just a continuation of what we started
last week; same format, different day.
Let’s begin!
TONE TALK // Pedals from Another Planet: A Few of the Strangest Pedal Designs Ever Conceived, Part II