Serious Boutique

[Dr. Pants]

http://www.littlelordfx.com/Home_Page.html

[smoss469]

Our aim is to bring you the highest quality FX pedals at fairly reasonable prices.

Apparently reasonable is a relative term. $300 for most pedals? Childish names? Amateur enclosures with mismatched knobs that look like a small child with ADD put them on?

Pass.

[brommers]

Yuck...

[Concrete Brillo]

That is hilarious! Obviously a joke site (I hope).

Pricing is mainly based on labour therefore subject to change from day to day depending on mood. Sometimes i can get quite depressed and feel a bit sad. On these days the prices will be considerably lower than say, after some intercourse or an orange Lucozade.

The testimonial page is an absolute groaner... made me smile though. What can I say? I like fart jokes.

[schenkadere]

Seriously. They're trying waaaay too hard. Those names are just plain stupid...and they don't even make sense...wouldn't you think an arsehole to have more gain than a doughnut?

Did you see the Testimonials?

'I'm absolutely thrilled with my Big Meaty Dick' - Jeff Beck (Guitarist)

Really?

It must be a joke page.

[artdecade]

Originally Posted by schenkadere

'I'm absolutely thrilled with my Big Meaty Dick' - Jeff Beck (Guitarist)

Really?

I am sure he is thrilled with it. Who wouldn't be?

[Concrete Brillo]

Originally Posted by artdecade

I am sure he is thrilled with it. Who wouldn't be?

Indeed.

Some of the sound clips don't sound too bad though. The Mingemaster is on my 'must have' list now.

[SackvilleDan]

Definitely a joke page, but I enjoy...

Here's the write-up on the Laughing Labia:

Some people love this pedal. Personally I don't. Mine is currently employed as a doorstop but may get promoted to bookend once i've built my Auto-Wah prototype. Bob Sweets Mojovibe is my favourite, if you've got the cash i'd go for that one instead.

[smoss469]

I stopped reading halfway down. Ill read it again shortly.

[11 Gauge]

Originally Posted by Concrete Brillo

That is hilarious! Obviously a joke site (I hope).

The testimonial page is an absolute groaner... made me smile though. What can I say? I like fart jokes.

If you look at sites like D*A*M, there is a lot of really overt vulgarity, and a sort of "I'm a rock n roll mess" ethos from the builder and his friends. It seems to also be a sort of "UK ethos" thing that seems to be one that includes a bit of negativism/rebellion.

It kind of makes me think of what might exist today if Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten were the president and CEO of Dallas Arbiter or Colorsound - the UK "middle finger punk mentality" combined with fuzz pedals that debuted a half a century ago.

It's almost a sort of interesting marketing trick that probably isn't attempted to really be one. Guitarists seem to not always be fazed if the head of a company is weird or even a confirmed basketcase. I'd swear that some folks even seek out companies/pedals like that.

As far as how the pedals look vs. the pricetags, that's yet another vibe trend. There are plenty of pedals with "hobby-ish" looking graphics, or even NONE, and just a swirly paint job, or little single letter stickers or ink stamps indicating which control is which. I think a certain percentage of folks just don't care. It was kind of brilliant of Vex to hand paint pedals back in the 90's, as he is now the grandfather of the "acceptable hobby look," IMO.

Folks will pay thousands for a D*A*M Mother____, hundreds for a hand painted BJFE with a circuitboard that looks "hobby-ish" to the extreme, and hundreds for a swirly paint TS-derivative or Rat-derivative, like they do with the Landy stuff and Rockbox BP.

None of this should be as shocking as it is, for the most part. But it is humorous that there seems to be an admission that the builder thinks some of these pedals don't sound good, or he hasn't sold any. He might just primarily be a DIY guy who originally built these things for his buddies, and wants to see if anyone might be willing to purchase them from him, despite his vulgarity/negativity/odd mental behavior.

I'd also like to mention that there are more than a few builders who boldly put some sort of mention of dogma at the foundation of their businesses. And faith/belief in "something" need not be "a popular deity or established institution." At this point, guys like Kurt Cobain or Sid Vicious are sort of viewed as deities by some, so you could conclude that it's "another dogma of sorts..."

[puremania]

Heh, there's even a waiting list...

[MCgardyloo]

I think the site is really funny...

[Dr. Pants]

It's a joke site, as others have mentioned.

No one mentioned the multiple LED's on all the
peals. Hilarious.

[11 Gauge]

Originally Posted by Dr. Pants

It's a joke site, as others have mentioned.

But compared to some other sites, it appears legit in some ways.

And it could be argued that a large bit of its contents are really no different from "non-joke sites."

Popular pedals with vulgar names that might not sell or be deemed a joke if they were introduced right now, by "complete unknowns:"

- Big Muff
- Super Hard On
- Camel Toe
- Sex Drive
- Aqua Puss
- Aenima
- Two Timer
- Swollen Pickle

...and too many others to count. And like I said, the D*A*M Motherf@%ker sold for over $2K IIRC. Even if I were steeped in a vulgar counterculture of some sort, I just couldn't imagine having a pedal with that term in big uppercase letters.

[6ixstring]

Originally Posted by 11 Gauge

But compared to some other sites, it appears legit in some ways.

And it could be argued that a large bit of its contents are really no different from "non-joke sites."

Popular pedals with vulgar names that might not sell or be deemed a joke if they were introduced right now, by "complete unknowns:"

- Big Muff
- Super Hard On
- Camel Toe
- Sex Drive
- Aqua Puss
- Aenima
- Two Timer
- Swollen Pickle

...and too many others to count. And like I said, the D*A*M Motherf@%ker sold for over $2K IIRC. Even if I were steeped in a vulgar counterculture of some sort, I just couldn't imagine having a pedal with that term in big uppercase letters.

I must add the Red Snapper to that list. Lol

[Dr. Pants]

Well, all I can say is this:

If I'd taken it seriously, and thought this person
was "for real" I wouldn't have posted it. I'd really
hate to provide free advertising for the likes of this.

[schenkadere]

Well...I'm a dummy. I thought it was real because I couldn't fathom why someone would waste their time and energy creating such a detailed fake page...what's the point?

[Just-Jim]

I would sooner have pair of of those fake testicles on my trailer hitch for the person stopped behind me at a red light to have to look at, rather than have those names displayed on my pedal board.....but.....if they offered an FD2 Clone for around $30, I would buy it if were called the "festering scrotum" or "brusied rectum". Times are hard.

[schenkadere]

Originally Posted by Just-Jim

I would sooner have pair of of those fake testicles on my trailer hitch for the person stopped behind me at a red light to have to look at, rather than have those names displayed on my pedal board.....but.....if they offered an FD2 Clone for around $30, I would buy it if were called the "festering scrotum" or "brusied rectum". Times are hard.

LOL...how could anyone hang those things...they're so stupid and classless they should be illegal. What is that supposed to mean anyway?

Rectum Wrecker Tube Abuser...rectum? damn near killed 'em. $300USD

[11 Gauge]

Originally Posted by Just-Jim

if they offered an FD2 Clone for around $30, I would buy it if were called the..."brusied rectum".

But Bruised Rectum would be an appropriate name if "you got bent over and paid a fortune for it."