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ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:55 am

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BJFE-Pine-Gre ... 3f0e4f90d8

So this is worth Â£750, then?

Post by **Mike** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:01 am

Of course not, and it hasn't sold for that - it's just what this lawyer hopes he can get for it from some other mug.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:26 am

if i paid that for a compressor pedal i'd want Blow Jobs For Ever along with it.

Post by **Doog** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:42 am

If I ever spend Â£750 on anything, it will not be labelled with FUCKING TIPP-EX

(or FUCKING WITE-OUT, for our American friends)

What a joooooooooooke.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:48 am

He's also selling a Black Crowes record for Â£60.

This man is a mentaller.

AaronGuitarDude · Post by **AaronGuitarDude** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:53 am

probably he meant 76 quid. he auctioned it wrongly

shae · Post by **shae** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:55 am

5000SEK for one new.

That's $722USD + shipping from Sweden...

750gbp isn't that bad considering the KOT sells regularly for $400-450 and they're $220 new... People are krezy. The guys a joke tho... very unhelpful, condescending as fuck and even though they have two great circuits I'd still never go that route unless it was used. Dealing with people like that takes a lot of patience/valium/etc.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:09 am

shae wrote:considering the KOT sells regularly for $400-450 and they're $220 new...

Using the fact people pay silly money for two modded Marshall Bluesbreakers is not really frame of reference I would subscribe to.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:04 pm

I just bagged a Marshall Ed compressor off eBay just shy of Â£19, including P&P. I'm worried it won't be as good as this Â£750 compressor. What am I to do? I need that booteek tone that only a Â£750 compressor can give me.

Post by **Doog** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:13 pm

Apply mojo tipp-ex liberally and you'll be alright.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:24 pm

everyone needs to realise that you can only get that really special TONE from spending lots of money. TONE is an art; do you think leonardo da vinci would have settled for a Â£19 compressor? of course not. he'd have known that great compressors really make your TONE come to life. a Â£750 compressor pedal can make your guitar sing so sweetly it'd bring a tear to the eye of the most hardened quantity surveyor. that's why you need this. what will your friends say when they see you shambling along with your cheap compressor? they'll laugh at you behind your back. is that what you want? is that what your TONE wants?

George · Post by **George** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:17 pm

Well, he sold one smaller BJFE pedal for $700 so someone is buying this shit. Check his feedback - shit sells.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:20 pm

Honestly, I can see how this works, but my problem with it is that I always add an extra step onto the two-step get-rich-quick list;

1. Find an idiot.
2. Sell him bullshit.
3. I'm not a cunt.

It sort of kills the whole thing for me.

Post by **Doog** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:46 pm

stewart wrote:everyone needs to realise that you can only get that really special TONE from spending lots of money. TONE is an art; do you think leonardo da vinci would have settled for a Â£19 compressor? of course not. he'd have known that great compressors really make your TONE come to life. a Â£750 compressor pedal can make your guitar sing so sweetly it'd bring a tear to the eye of the most hardened quantity surveyor. that's why you need this. what will your friends say when they see you shambling along with your cheap compressor? they'll laugh at you behind your back. is that what you want? is that what your TONE wants?

Gawd bless you, Mr Allan.

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:48 pm

ekwatts wrote:1. Be a total Cunt
2. Find an idiot.
3. Sell him bullshit.

fixed!
Lots of guys like this on Ebay, selling things at outrageous prices. Klon anyone?

jumbledupthinking · Post by **jumbledupthinking** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:21 pm

I fear we may be neglecting vital steps in the process:

1). take pics of these boxes of raw, unadulterated (tippex-decalled) TONE affixed to your unnecessarily expensive pedalboard
2). upload them to the gear page
3). be a snooty wanker about it if anyone questions the purpose of said boxes
4). Reiterate that these boxes have TONE FOR DAYS ad infinitum - give it the "I've had mine for 4 weeks now, following a 20 year wait-list and suitability interview from the builder....where's yours?" kind of schtick.
5). Wait for the box to appear on the pedalboards of other financially-care-free tone hounds who also have at least 17 custom shop closet classic strats that they won't take out of the house.
6). Throw the other 9 that you bought onto ebay to sell at an exorbitant level of profit

The only consolation is that only other knobbers buy them and all of the profits go on more snake-oil

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:39 pm

jumbledupthinking wrote:I fear we may be neglecting vital steps in the process:

1). take pics of these boxes of raw, unadulterated (tippex-decalled) TONE affixed to your unnecessarily expensive pedalboard
2). upload them to the gear page
3). be a snooty wanker about it if anyone questions the purpose of said boxes
4). Reiterate that these boxes have TONE FOR DAYS ad infinitum - give it the "I've had mine for 4 weeks now, following a 20 year wait-list and suitability interview from the builder....where's yours?" kind of schtick.
5). Wait for the box to appear on the pedalboards of other financially-care-free tone hounds who also have at least 17 custom shop closet classic strats that they won't take out of the house.
6). Throw the other 9 that you bought onto ebay to sell at an exorbitant level of profit

The only consolation is that only other knobbers buy them and all of the profits go on more snake-oil

Perfect!