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[culturejam]

^^ We talked about that. The main issue is that it's expensive. We don't envision something like that being a big hit on the DIY scene, and that's where they would likely sell the best. I don't recall the price point we came up wit, but it was pretty high for DIY.

It's still possible we might do it, however.

[pickdropper]

Yeah, there were two issues:

1.)  Surprisingly high parts cost.

2.)  More parts than usual in a relay switching scheme.  It'd be fairly large as a through-hole board.  If we did a pre-populated SMT board it could be a bit more reasonably sized.

[pickdropper]

Also, there is a Clusterfuzz giveaway on the Gear Page.  Feel free to throw your name in for a chance to win:

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=1529702

[juansolo]

If most people won't use Optotrons, I doubt there's a real market for something more complex/expensive sadly.

[LaceSensor]

If most people won't use Optotrons, I doubt there's a real market for something more complex/expensive sadly.

Fair

[gtr2]

I did indeed get the Clusterfuzz today!  Didn't get a lot of time with it...busy doing my own orders...but I'm digging it.  Its well beyond the build quality of current "boutique" IMO...

Josh

[wgc]

I'm really happy for you guys, this is great stuff!

[micromegas]

I did indeed get the Clusterfuzz today!  Didn't get a lot of time with it...busy doing my own orders...but I'm digging it.  Its well beyond the build quality of current "boutique" IMO...

Josh

Now, you have to open it, take a photo of the guts, trace it, and release a PCB 

Just kidding. I want one of those too badly. Haven't bought many guitar pedals (well, some broken, but not many in working conditions) and this one is a winner.

If they don't show at this side of the ocean in the following months, I'll pull the trigger on one of those Rock'n Roll Vintage has on ebay.

[pickdropper]

I did indeed get the Clusterfuzz today!  Didn't get a lot of time with it...busy doing my own orders...but I'm digging it.  Its well beyond the build quality of current "boutique" IMO...

Josh

Now, you have to open it, take a photo of the guts, trace it, and release a PCB 

Just kidding. I want one of those too badly. Haven't bought many guitar pedals (well, some broken, but not many in working conditions) and this one is a winner.

If they don't show at this side of the ocean in the following months, I'll pull the trigger on one of those Rock'n Roll Vintage has on ebay.

We did confirm with Rock N Roll vintage that they will ship overseas.

We haven't found an EU distributor yet, so we don't have much of a timeline on that yet.

[micromegas]

I did indeed get the Clusterfuzz today!  Didn't get a lot of time with it...busy doing my own orders...but I'm digging it.  Its well beyond the build quality of current "boutique" IMO...

Josh

Now, you have to open it, take a photo of the guts, trace it, and release a PCB 

Just kidding. I want one of those too badly. Haven't bought many guitar pedals (well, some broken, but not many in working conditions) and this one is a winner.

If they don't show at this side of the ocean in the following months, I'll pull the trigger on one of those Rock'n Roll Vintage has on ebay.

We did confirm with Rock N Roll vintage that they will ship overseas.

We haven't found an EU distributor yet, so we don't have much of a timeline on that yet.

I know a guy here in Spain that distributes for Lollar, Collings and Grosh, I can get you in touch with him if you want. He has a shop about 50 km from my house.

[juansolo]

I did indeed get the Clusterfuzz today!  Didn't get a lot of time with it...busy doing my own orders...but I'm digging it.  Its well beyond the build quality of current "boutique" IMO...

Josh

Now, you have to open it, take a photo of the guts, trace it, and release a PCB 

Just kidding. I want one of those too badly. Haven't bought many guitar pedals (well, some broken, but not many in working conditions) and this one is a winner.

If they don't show at this side of the ocean in the following months, I'll pull the trigger on one of those Rock'n Roll Vintage has on ebay.

We did confirm with Rock N Roll vintage that they will ship overseas.

We haven't found an EU distributor yet, so we don't have much of a timeline on that yet.

Thomann in Germany seem to do a lot of odd stuff and are quite reasonable in the EU. Worth a shot for decent scale distribution. If you want to keep it small, Joes Pedals.

[pickdropper]

Yeah, we're definitely open to suggestions for EU distributors if you guys have folks you think are a good fit.

Obviously we are starting small, but the goal is to scale up.

[micromegas]

Yeah, we're definitely open to suggestions for EU distributors if you guys have folks you think are a good fit.

Obviously we are starting small, but the goal is to scale up.

If I find some time during this week, I'll write a list of well known spanish distributors with the brands they are representing.

Thomann is the biggest distributor in Europe (as long as I can recall), but also MusicStore and some others are well known around here. If I were you, I'll avoid those and focus on smaller brick & mortar stores. Not because of that "boutique thing", but because of the way they actually sell/show the product to people: small pedals companies' market is not as big in Europe as it is in USA, here people often use brands they already known, and you cannot actually play or test a pedal in a big distributor or an online store.

[juansolo]

Yeah, we're definitely open to suggestions for EU distributors if you guys have folks you think are a good fit.

Obviously we are starting small, but the goal is to scale up.

Joes Pedals - He imports a lot of boutique stuff into the UK and I've used him a couple of times. Seems sound for low volume stuff.

Thomann are in Germany and would be great for EU-wide distribution. Very sensible delivery costs and pricing. They were the only place that stocked the AMT Japanese Girl, so they're not averse to more obscure stuff. Despite being the EU's best known (and probably biggest) internet distributer.

These are more UK based: Andertons, GAK, Dolphin and DV247. Used all of those but Andertons, but they do have a good rep.

[Tremster]

OK, copying some bookmarks onto here for European/German distributors:
http://www.effekt-boutique.de/ Online shop for pedals

Some of these are new-ish, some have been around for decades. Some are smaller, some are really big. You can usually see on the start page what brands they represent. Sorry in case some of them have no English language site.
http://boxoftrix.de/
http://www.cms-music.net/
http://www.g66.eu/
http://gitaarbizz.nl/
http://go4-music.de/
http://www.i-musicnetwork.com/
http://www.gknauermusik.shopdriver.de/
http://www.musikundtechnik.de/
http://www.meinldistribution.eu/
http://www.musicandsales.com/
http://www.musik-meyer.de/
http://www.pellarin.de/
http://www.public-peace.de/
http://www.taranaki-guitars.de
http://www.smile-music.de/
http://www.soundservice.de/
http://www.trius-audio.de/
http://www.warwick-distribution.de/
http://www.musikwein.de/
http://worldmusicsales.com/

And then there are the small reputable shops for gear nerds that carry a brand of pedals but possibly have no large influence:
http://www.realguitars.de/ Euro distributor for Barber pedals.
http://www.deimelguitarworks.de/ Carries Durham pedals and others. And I could go around there.