Skin Pimp. what happened?

[edkoppel]

so about a year ago Skin Pimp pedals were the new shit!
People were getting custom boxes that sounded and looked amazing.
I, myself, bought a custom Fuzz Face and an MKIII. and they both still hold their own again most of my other fuzzes.
So what the hell happened?
I mean, I know that the supply went up and he stopped doing custom shit, but damn.

There are custom MKIII's that I see sitting for sale on ebay and forums, for less than a new one, that no one buys./

it's really weird to me.
I know that hype dropped off, but they are still great pedals.

so who knows>?
anybody got anything for me.............

[Mr. Min T. Fresh]

A hug?

[the treble boost kid]

TGP is a wave of whatever, and i was actually sick of seeing the folks with claim on a a certain graphik and oooo this is number whatever asking for $5 cosbys.
It's a wash over of the kind of folks that resell for waaaaaaaaaaay more than the builder was paid.
I don't care much for those folks at all.

A lot of people were buying into the look of them as well.
2009 was TGP tonebender year.
2010 is modulation i think.
and every year is klon.....in some annoying fashion.

I think it would be rad if Ryan was more a part of this community, but he's got dealers now and moved away it seems from the personal side a bit.
He did go through family issues as well....so removing the strain of personal treatment with customers made an impact to his time being more attentive to his own situations.

I got a early MK3 which i dig, and had a Big myth...which i wanted to dig, but it was broke and not up to par with his build work, so i sent it back to the seller.
never did get my shipping reimbursed from that seller.

I'd like to pick up something directly from him someday........tired of the used inflation games.

I picked up a buzzaround from out very own POTHOLE, and i got to get into that pedal more.
it deff has the buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz around it.....interesting way to play with the character of that pedal.
gotta start putting a drive after to smooth it out a bit i think....haven't tried that yet.
It's a sharp looking box to boot !!!!!!

no frills, just nice design, build and function.

[devnulljp]

Still digging mine, and Ryan has been one of the finest guys to deal with.



Screw TGP

[edkoppel]

yeah, it's just kind of sad that even great pedals can suffer from people not thinking they have any resale value.
what's cool though, is that now-a-days I can pick up some nice pedals for pretty cheap.

yeah, fuck em all!

[the treble boost kid]

i think they are being priced more fair now on the resale.
I'll get a pick when i figure out how to jailbreak/unlock my new used iphone 3GS.
Anyone know how to do that ??
ACK !!!!!

Actually their is one Skinpimp pedal that i really want, and would like Ryan to make me someday...recreate, this one graphik on his skinbender circuit.
Amazing breasts were on there.

[tigerdriver]

Is this in reference to a TGP thread or something?
IMO the only thing detracting from the image is the lack of waiting lists.
It is a bummer that there is no more custom option though.

[edkoppel]

No reference to anything.
It's just weird to me cause it seems like you can't even give these pedals away anymore?
and I'm not stating that from a seller's point of view, just commenting on the fact that nothing has changed about the pedals themselves, but less than a year later no one seems to want one?

I know its the Hype machine doing its thing, I guess I was just up late last night and thinking out loud.


well, let's change this to the,
"Who still has Love for their Skin Pimp pedals" thread!

let's see pics:

[terekhova]

I'm a fan of Ryan's Buzzaround. The last single we recorded features it heavily (hear it here - http://partchimp.bandcamp.com/album/you ... big-bird-7 or buy 7" from Gringo Records here - http://www.gringorecords.com/catalog/ca ... cts_id=455)

SkinPimp Buzzaround

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SkinPimp Buzzaround internals

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[professor plum]

he does really nice work and i would buy one if i needed more fuzz, but finishing the real board is coming first. i definitely want to snag one further down the road...