Re: diystompboxes.com
Analogur, still have to read your post, ...but stillFrom diystompboxes.com:
Created by aron on 23 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
6-19-07 FORUM IS DOWN. I am working out it.
I hope to have it up soon.Thanks for the comments, in my view they're all on the mark.
Diystompboxes.com is a great site and will go down in history. But make no mistake, the traffic that is generated by this site represent a lot money. I still cannot believe that Aron can support that gigantic forum with just this little store. I suspect that smallbear and geofex and into the deal as well.
The dissemination of schematics is what has made the DIY Stompboxes live a second youth, and we all know the old soldiers that have made it happen. To blame newbies for doing the same thing, ie spreading schematics, is just sad. Boutique pedal makers too, got their ideas from other schematics too, and learned from them.
Anyway, Aron wants to put a halt to something he cannot stop, just to save his personal friendship with some boutique pedal makers? Discussion will happen, exchange will happen, it will just happen elsewhere, this forum for example. Furthermore, forbidding x and y schematics give the impression that they are the ultimate mojo and great secrets are to be discovered. Blatant promotion of the pedal maker in question, of course.
What is really sad is that a great community gets shattered into little groups, instead of sharing one and the same platform. The bigger the forum, the stronger.
just had to get this off my chest, guys,
thanks for being responsive.ps: earlier today, i started setting up a brand new forum for diystomp exiles, but perhaps somewhat prematurely. ;D
Excellent post.