Just looked up his politics. The questions around what the owner is doing make me happy not to own any of their pedals.losthighway wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 3:47 pm
I've never owned their stuff. Is it the politics of the owner or the quality of the gear that inspires your hatred?
LOL those are all plenty available by other purveyors. Anyway, dude is a twat.
He's a Christian Rightwing guy, right?jirbling rake wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 11:39 pmJust looked up his politics. The questions around what the owner is doing make me happy not to own any of their pedals.losthighway wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 3:47 pm
I've never owned their stuff. Is it the politics of the owner or the quality of the gear that inspires your hatred?
yep, given all of that I'd say there's a >%50 chance there will be some expose-eh, that money from JHS gets funneled to sketch evangelical organizations as is their modus operandi.mdc wrote: Sat Aug 12, 2023 9:21 am I don't have the receipts handy, but he's affiliated with an evangelical megachurch that does some extremely sketch anti-gay "missionary" work in africa. He might not be an "active" member anymore but from what I remember reading some/most/all of the people who work at JHS come through that organization.
I think he still refuses to give a straight answer about his own feelings towards LGBTQIA+ folks.
Given that the entire company is essentially a cult of personality built up around its namesake, I think calling his personal views on stuff like basic human rights is extremely fair game. It's not like he's just some dude who works at MXR.
Everyone in the world sells a Fancy Rat these days. If nothing else, buy a clone of the JHS version, because he sure as shit either 1. put a bunch of well-known mods from the internet into a single box or 2. directly copied another boutique pedalmaker's hard work.losthighway wrote: Sat Aug 12, 2023 10:19 am If it were 1998 and there was little chance of sourcing a stompbox not in the Boss or DOD lineup I might plug my nose and ignore the politics but we are in the stompbox Renaissance.
.... although I have wanted to try the multi Rat pedal. Maybe I'll get it used.
Totally. The deucetone actually looks pretty versatile. The Freakshow Brown Rabbit looks pretty cool too. There's probably 5 others I haven't heard of yet.biscuitdough wrote: Sat Aug 12, 2023 2:54 pmEveryone in the world sells a Fancy Rat these days. If nothing else, buy a clone of the JHS version, because he sure as shit either 1. put a bunch of well-known mods from the internet into a single box or 2. directly copied another boutique pedalmaker's hard work.losthighway wrote: Sat Aug 12, 2023 10:19 am If it were 1998 and there was little chance of sourcing a stompbox not in the Boss or DOD lineup I might plug my nose and ignore the politics but we are in the stompbox Renaissance.
.... although I have wanted to try the multi Rat pedal. Maybe I'll get it used.
You could try the 1312 Distortion from Black Mass Electronics:TylerDeadPine wrote: Sat Aug 12, 2023 10:39 am
also is MXR just the best cross section of value/goodness?
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