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Post by Mini Forklift »

Subtle? Yes.
Discernible? Yes (just about).
Ultimately 'boutique' and overpriced? Hmmmm, maybe... but I'd buy one.



Personally I love it and this is the exactly the kind of pedal & tone I would be drawn to. I side with Robbens' viewpoint that there's an overall improvement when it's kicked on, however I've shown the clip to a couple of guitarists and they both thought the difference was negligible and therefore a waste of money.

Interested to hear what y'all think :)

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Post by H671 »

Robben said that his tone didn't change but the volume increased, so wouldn't a volume pedal achieve the same result?
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Post by JHorner »

"it sounds exactly the same, only louder, i would say almost a little better"
- Robben Ford, that video, 2:08

"almost a little better"

Wow. They should call it the "almost a little better" pedal.

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Post by jeremyb »

Never heard of Vertex before, but this is quite hilarious:
Mason @ Vertex is a crook. He took a $99 BBE Wah, gooped the board, slapped his logo on it and sold them for $350+!!!!! He didnt even change one component! He has since appolgized blah blah blah blah but I still wouldnt support him.
To be fair tho' he replied and was quite humble and apologetic!
Yes, regrettably, that was me.

Admittedly, in the past, I made some poor decisions in the marketing and sale of the Axis Wah. I've done everything possible to learn from that mistake and make it right for my customers and dealers as quickly as possible - whether that is providing a full refund, a product exchange, or store credit as a redemption for their Axis Wah.

I've made this refund process very public and transparent and have listed every customer which requested a redemption of any kind - taking care of them in the order which they contacted us.

You can see this here: https://www.vertexeffects.com/redemption.

However, my other products, such as the Vertex Boost, is a completely original design that has been marketed and sold with absolute integrity and has a unique feature set and un-matched transparency and fidelity. It has been supported by many top artists in the industry like Robben Ford, Scott Henderson, Wayne Krantz, and many other who have openly come out in support of the me and the company's turn-around.

See Robben's open letter here: https://www.vertexeffects.com/robben-fo ... pen-letter

I appreciate your comment and I hope that you'll give the Vertex Boost a try for yourself and evaluate the sound and quality to let me know what you think.
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Post by GrantB »

But its the most exciting thing he's come across...jeez.

Get a Selma or EP.../boost.
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Post by Bg »

but but but the 'almost a little better amp in a box' pedal!!!
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Post by Slowy »

Rather like Mr Ford's Blues, I find his enthusiasm unconvincing.
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Post by Molly »

I'll buy one provided it's expensive enough.

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Post by dayl »

I dont think I quite understand?

So basically you dial in your amp and gat to get that sweet spot you love. Any boost or volume tweak etc would change the zen toan.... so in comes a mega super transparent boost pedal to keep your sweet spot intact whilst maintaining that toan that took you so long to find that sweet spot.... which is important when you sell your house to get a Dumble... you want the sweet spot toan to not be messed with.

I dunno, im too easily pleased for this level of things.

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Molly wrote:I'll buy one provided it's expensive enough.
Pretty sure it has a price tag that you would be comfortable with. I'm quite surprised Mr.Ford didn't put you off though.

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He's trolling right?

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telefiend wrote:He's trolling right?
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Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:
Molly wrote:I'll buy one provided it's expensive enough.
Pretty sure it has a price tag that you would be comfortable with. I'm quite surprised Mr.Ford didn't put you off though.
Mr Ford puts me off Mr Ford. Not my cuppa at all. Anyway, I thought he'd binned his Dumble in favour of a Blues Cube fitted with one of his signature, obscenely expensive 'tone capsules'?

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Post by telefiend »

Who is Robben Ford?

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Post by Molly »

Molly wrote:I'll buy one provided it's expensive enough.
telefiend wrote:He's trolling right?
Me? Not really. I'm only interested in buying the very best. I'll have this pedal provided nobody else can afford it.

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