Pretty Years

Slazasaurus · Post by **Slazasaurus** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:36 pm

I'll second that. It's pretty wild.

smallsnd/bigsnd · Post by **smallsnd/bigsnd** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:40 pm

kboman wrote:Though it damned well better be worth it.

lol tru

UglyCasanova · Post by **UglyCasanova** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:49 pm

Youp. Comes with the territory. Here, some parcels just pass through customs and I don't have to pay shit. Sometimes it works if the parcel is marked as a gift, other times the seller has put a low value on the invoice/import papers, other times not...it just happens randomly.

Not your fault or problem, Brian. Just venting.

smallsnd/bigsnd · Post by **smallsnd/bigsnd** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:54 pm

UglyCasanova wrote:Youp. Comes with the territory. Here, some parcels just pass through customs and I don't have to pay shit. Sometimes it works if the parcel is marked as a gift, other times the seller has put a low value on the invoice/import papers, other times not...it just happens randomly.

Not your fault or problem, Brian. Just venting.

yeah i know it still bums me out. i've sent things through differently all of the time with high hopes for folks - gift, low value, return/repair, etc.

MrNovember · Post by **MrNovember** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:46 pm

Woo customs clearance! I guess it's just been sitting in customs but usps didn't bother to update when it got there

zeravla · Post by **zeravla** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 2:33 am

https://reverb.com/item/2971170-smallso ... 016-custom

Another one bites the dust. Weird that they don't post any actual pics and use the mock-up from before it was finalized.

I can't imagine parting with mine. I only got about 20 minutes with it the day it came in and it was blowing my mind. I'm about to have a few days off and I can't wait to sit down and really dive in.

SecretMachine · Post by **SecretMachine** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 7:27 am

FUUUUUCKING Royal Mail. They have it, but they can't track it for some reason.

Anyone got any videos or clips of them using the pedal?

Timv · Post by **Timv** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 8:46 am

Hey everyone.
I'm not very familiar with using the cv control and was curious if anyone knew of an affordable pedal/option to use to plug into the pretty years? It sounds like it would be a fun option to play with but I don't have modular type stuff.

I'm thinking of just using a 9 volt battery and a pot as a voltage divider to run into it to try it out.
Thanks.

Strange Tales · Post by **Strange Tales** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:04 am

zeravla wrote:https://reverb.com/item/2971170-smallsound-bigsound-pretty-years-pedal-2016-custom

Another one bites the dust. Weird that they don't post any actual pics and use the mock-up from before it was finalized.

I can't imagine parting with mine. I only got about 20 minutes with it the day it came in and it was blowing my mind. I'm about to have a few days off and I can't wait to sit down and really dive in.

"little low on level vs. my other pedals"

Strange Tales · Post by **Strange Tales** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:05 am

Timv wrote:Hey everyone.
I'm not very familiar with using the cv control and was curious if anyone knew of an affordable pedal/option to use to plug into the pretty years? It sounds like it would be a fun option to play with but I don't have modular type stuff.

I'm thinking of just using a 9 volt battery and a pot as a voltage divider to run into it to try it out.
Thanks.

Try out an EHX 8 Step. If I remember correctly, 8 Step does 0-5V which is perfectly fine for PY and will let you do more complicated stuff than just an expression pedal.

UglyCasanova · Post by **UglyCasanova** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:11 am

Strange Tales wrote:
zeravla wrote:https://reverb.com/item/2971170-smallsound-bigsound-pretty-years-pedal-2016-custom

Another one bites the dust. Weird that they don't post any actual pics and use the mock-up from before it was finalized.

I can't imagine parting with mine. I only got about 20 minutes with it the day it came in and it was blowing my mind. I'm about to have a few days off and I can't wait to sit down and really dive in.

"little low on level vs. my other pedals"

He probably used stupid filter settings that cut off essential frequencies.

smallsnd/bigsnd · Post by **smallsnd/bigsnd** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:13 am

zeravla wrote:https://reverb.com/item/2971170-smallsound-bigsound-pretty-years-pedal-2016-custom

Another one bites the dust. Weird that they don't post any actual pics and use the mock-up from before it was finalized.

ugh yeah i've been lucky to have largely been outside of the upcharging flipper world but this stuff bums me out... i know once someone buys the pedal they can do whatever they want with it and it's completely their right but for fuck's sake that is a lazy listing... wrong picture, "custom" whatever that means and then upcharging both the pedal AND the shipping while not even including the vinyl or shirt lol. i certainly could have charged $400 from the start for this package and felt ok about myself but i always want to have things be as affordable as possible... also, sure there are some settings that are "low level compared to other pedals" but there are also like 500 other settings that are loud as fuck.

rant over.

Timv wrote:I'm thinking of just using a 9 volt battery and a pot as a voltage divider to run into it to try it out.

that will be basically the same as the frequency pot on the pedal so you won't get new sounds from it. as for dedicated CV pedals, make sure they output using a TS jack, rather than TRS but i'm pretty sure the dwarfcraft happiness (i think there is a video of this happening) and some of the copilot CV pedals would be good to go.

Timv · Post by **Timv** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:57 am

Thanks. That explains what the cv input does so I know what to expect.

I'll have to play around with the pedal some more, it does a lot and makes some crazy sounds I just need to figure out if it is going to be useful to me.

I think once I play it through my full rig a bit louder I'll get a better idea of what it can do.

Looks like the ehx expression pedal would work well, you can plug a regular guitar cable in and it turns into a cv out with 0-5 volt range.

Jwar · Post by **Jwar** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 11:02 am

smallsnd/bigsnd wrote:
zeravla wrote:https://reverb.com/item/2971170-smallsound-bigsound-pretty-years-pedal-2016-custom

Another one bites the dust. Weird that they don't post any actual pics and use the mock-up from before it was finalized.
ugh yeah i've been lucky to have largely been outside of the upcharging flipper world but this stuff bums me out... i know once someone buys the pedal they can do whatever they want with it and it's completely their right but for fuck's sake that is a lazy listing... wrong picture, "custom" whatever that means and then upcharging both the pedal AND the shipping while not even including the vinyl or shirt lol. i certainly could have charged $400 from the start for this package and felt ok about myself but i always want to have things be as affordable as possible... also, sure there are some settings that are "low level compared to other pedals" but there are also like 500 other settings that are loud as fuck.

rant over.

I'd theorize that that the person selling this could be someone who hasn't even received theirs yet and is simply flipping it to flip it. Otherwise, they are stupid for posting without a real picture. Wish they had an offer button.

LOL

resincum · Post by **resincum** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 11:05 am

I've been using the env out from a dwarfcraft arf with a TRS cable with no problems

I love how the PY functions as a gnarly distortion or can be used as a noise box. reminds me of the dirty doper all the time. was channeling sounds of the universe last night

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