Catalinbread CB30 Videos

[airoz]

189!!!

Say it aint so, I really need to buy an older WIIO

[oinkbanana]

Old colored knobs are plastic, they cost about $0.40 each in quantity after freight and discarding crappy ones, they were cool when we first started using them in 2004... Then everybody started using them. New knobs are machined aluminum, they cost about $1.30 each in the same quantity and much harder to get, much longer lead times. I WISH our costs were going down.

 

did you just justify a 30$ markup over 3.60$ in knobs? i understand you're entitled to some markup, but 800% markup?????

over an issue of "being cool"?

how come you're less concerned that your new designs look as boring as TC electronics?

[RoboPimp]

I can buy machined aluminum knobs one at a time for a better price than that

 

were they custom milled to yer specs or somethin?

[The Great Waldo Pepper]

I can buy machined aluminum knobs one at a time for a better price than that were they custom milled to yer specs or somethin?

 

Where? I'd love to know!

[airoz]

I don't get where you got the 800% markup


Still, 26% From previous price is pretty steep, I wish you guys @catalinbread the best, you seem like you wouldn't do that without your reasons.

[oinkbanana]

 

I don't get where you got the 800% markup Still, 26% From previous price is pretty steep, I wish you guys @catalinbread the best, you seem like you wouldn't do that without your reasons.

 

on the knobs.

[nathanlux]

i like its midrange

[TomCTC]

There's another, showcasing the Naga Viper treble booster!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weL_3Grm7Vg

[RoboPimp]

wow that naga artwork is the best yet

[tattoedsailor]

It will be interesting to hear how it stacks up against the Englishman & TBIAC.

[delayed delay]

I don't get where you got the 800% markup Still, 26% From previous price is pretty steep, I wish you guys @catalinbread the best, you seem like you wouldn't do that without your reasons.

 

Why do they need to justify their markup to anyone? It's called capitalism and they can charge what they want. I, for one, think they're worth it, but that's jmo.

 

Nobody has to buy them, but I really don't see that price as all that bad.

[onyxrhino]

Why do they need to justify their markup to anyone? It's called capitalism and they can charge what they want.

It's called the internet. If someone thinks a price is too high, they can say so.

[pelliott]

Where and when can a brotha get that Naga Viper?

[delayed delay]

It's called the internet. If someone thinks a price is too high, they can say so.

 

I didn't say they couldn't.

[Zappa74]

 

 

 

THAT is more like what I expected the CB 30 to sound like.

 

Not that it sounds bad alone, but I expected it to be more of an all in one Vox sound. Pretty smart to make you buy the boost separate.

 

Clever bastards those Catalinbread folk. Yeah, you can buy the Star Wars figures alone, but they're not as cool without buying the Ewok Village play set.

[tattoedsailor]

 

I don't like the way it breaks up, personally. Too harsh.

 

 

Yeah I agree. It also kinda sounds real buzzy and muffled.

[decode6]

Finally, a pedal that HCAF can appreciate.

[JMR]

Where and when can a brotha get that Naga Viper?

 

 

YESH

[Liff]

To be honest, I am glad they separate the boost and the amp sim. I'm not a fan of feeding distortion into a treble booster (if they put these two things together, that what it will end up to be), but TB->Dist->Amp gain is yummy.

THAT is more like what I expected the CB 30 to sound like. Not that it sounds bad alone, but I expected it to be more of an all in one Vox sound. Pretty smart to make you buy the boost separate. Clever bastards those Catalinbread folk. Yeah, you can buy the Star Wars figures alone, but they're not as cool without buying the Ewok Village play set.

 

[pbone]

Why do they need to justify their markup to anyone? It's called capitalism and they can charge what they want. I, for one, think they're worth it, but that's jmo.

 

Okay well I guess the market is supposed to be saturated with uninformed consumers then. It's also called capitalism when people dig deeper into the product. Sure they can charge what they want, but people can also talk ad infinitum about whatever they're getting into.

[big_cat]

delayed delay is one of my favorites right now. he gets really worked up, but is ultimately harmless.

[hazelwould]

I personally like the new graphics a ton. They look cooler, and the old ones seemed outdated, and kitschy. Not to mention cutting all of that lexan and aligning all of those decals in house had to have been a HUGE time sucker and drain on the bottom line. I bet outsourcing the enclosures now will speed things up dramatically. As well as save more money in the long run. The lexan thing is cool for one off's, but not practical with the volume you guys are hitting. Although Malekko and Blackout got the lexan think right.

 

Although, I thought the CB30 sounded pretty freakin' fizzy from the demo. DMM was lovely though.

[erksin]

I personally like the new graphics a ton. They look cooler , and the old ones seemed outdated, and kitschy. Not to mention cutting all of that lexan and aligning all of those decals in house had to have been a HUGE time sucker and drain on the bottom line. I bet outsourcing the enclosures now will speed things up dramatically. As well as save more money in the long run. The lexan thing is cool for one off's, but not practical with the volume you guys are hitting.

 

 

This new process is more expensive, not less. The enclosures are no more 'outsourced' than before - we drill each one by hand (I'm off to do a few hundred this AM), and we use local powdercoating and silkscreen vendors who are the best we've found. Graphic artist David Medel is doing our graphics - he's done work for Fu Manchu and Trail Of Dead. I think he's elevated our look to a very pro level and unified our look which was becoming a little busy and disjointed.

 

The lexans were a PITA to work with but were the best option for solving a production hurdle at the time and they allowed a new level of graphic creativity, but they've run their course. I think the look of the boxes now finally do justice to the quality of the circuits on the inside.

[hazelwould]

This new process is more expensive, not less. The enclosures are no more 'outsourced' than before - we drill each one by hand (I'm off to do a few hundred this AM), and we use local powdercoating and silkscreen vendors who are the best we've found. Graphic artist David Medel is doing our graphics - he's done work for Fu Manchu and Trail Of Dead. I think he's elevated our look to a very pro level and unified our look which was becoming a little busy and disjointed. The lexans were a PITA to work with but were the best option for solving a production hurdle at the time and they allowed a new level of graphic creativity, but they've run their course. I think the look of the boxes now finally do justice to the quality of the circuits on the inside.

OH! David Medel did the True Widow poster, and a Monster Magnet one! I knew I liked the new look.

Good luck drilling a few hundred. I'd go insane.

[The Great Waldo Pepper]

 

This new process is more expensive, not less. The enclosures are no more 'outsourced' than before - we drill each one by hand (I'm off to do a few hundred this AM), and we use local powdercoating and silkscreen vendors who are the best we've found. Graphic artist David Medel is doing our graphics - he's done work for Fu Manchu and Trail Of Dead. I think he's elevated our look to a very pro level and unified our look which was becoming a little busy and disjointed. The lexans were a PITA to work with but were the best option for solving a production hurdle at the time and they allowed a new level of graphic creativity, but they've run their course. I think the look of the boxes now finally do justice to the quality of the circuits on the inside.

 

 

It is actually nutty how hard it has been to find a consistently high quality powder coater in Portland.