July 5th, 2009, 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by 2ndstringer
There are a bunch of threads on this on The Gear Page and elsewhere. Apparently the folks on freestompboxes.org, where the members engage in reverse engineering stompboxes so that they can build them themselves, discovered that a) the circuit for Paul Cochrane's Timmy is somewhat unique, i.e not a clone of anything previous, and b) the Dano T.O. is exactly the same circuit. They also found that the Dano Cool Cat Fuzz is the same as circuit as the Frantone Peachfuzz, and the Drive is the same as the Fulltone OCD. Freestompboxes.org appears to be down at the moment. TGP seems to be about cultivating boutique stompbox mystique, and freestompboxes tends to deflate such mystique by revealing the secrets of the builders, so they are very different places.
It's all very amusing, really. The circuits are not patented, and apparently cannot be. There doesn't seem to be any legal issue. The ethical issues are murky. Most people are tired of the discussion.
John
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That's the best explanation that I've gotten so far. I appreciate it. Thank you.
John
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