Tell me that it's not real...

[fcortex]

the only thing that really bugs me is if the clone sucks and someone gets the impression thats what a HB sounds like.....

A few years back, I purchased a supposed "klone" of a certain pedal because I already had a real one and I wanted to actually A/B them. The seller had 10 of them at the time. By itself, the klone pretty well sucked and didn't even compare well with a cheap mass-produced ordinary pedal. When compared against the real thing, it was extremely pathetic.
The point, however, is about a week after I bought the klone (auction), I started receiving messages from people who said that they had seen the ad and had seriously considered buying it, but wanted to know, since I had purchased one if I could recommend that they buy one too, since it was a way for them to get a much cheaper "boutique" pedal. I told them to save their money. I felt sorry for the people who went ahead and bought one thinking that the sound that they were getting was comparable to the real thing....

[jfromel]

Well the only cheap clone of a handmade pedal I have tried was the TOD from Dano, I have a Tim and let me tell you that Dano sounded like sing compared to the Tim.

I have an HBOD and I refuse to turn it off, might as well wire the circuit into my guitar.

I can't imagine a clone of the HBOD sounding all that good unless Bjorn was to make a clone of it.

Now that I have been building for a few years I realize that there is something that a builder adds to the sound of a pedal that is unique. I can't make a pedal that doesn't sound like I made it. Even the amps I make sound like I made them. Everything pedal I have tried that Bjorn made sounds like he made it.

I looked at the HBOD circuit at FSB and was jawdropped, as were others with the circuit bending. It seems as if Bjorn gets a sound in his head then finds the circuit that will get there and strips away 95% of the capacity of what it does in an unrefined state and takes the 5% that is left and then build a pedal with that most excellent sound.

[Tonefishin]

I caught this thread late, and every one of those other threads are gone. Can't imagine an HBOD knockoff. I can buy a top dollar enigne, trannie, clutch, and wheels, but never build an F1 car.

[Bobby D]

Well the only cheap clone of a handmade pedal I have tried was the TOD from Dano, I have a Tim and let me tell you that Dano sounded like sing compared to the Tim.

I have an HBOD and I refuse to turn it off, might as well wire the circuit into my guitar.

I can't imagine a clone of the HBOD sounding all that good unless Bjorn was to make a clone of it.

Now that I have been building for a few years I realize that there is something that a builder adds to the sound of a pedal that is unique. I can't make a pedal that doesn't sound like I made it. Even the amps I make sound like I made them. Everything pedal I have tried that Bjorn made sounds like he made it.

I looked at the HBOD circuit at FSB and was jawdropped, as were others with the circuit bending. It seems as if Bjorn gets a sound in his head then finds the circuit that will get there and strips away 95% of the capacity of what it does in an unrefined state and takes the 5% that is left and then build a pedal with that most excellent sound.

this +100.......i think john has said it as good as it can be said!