ThorpyFX Buckmeister... [edit: Electric Lightning]

TimmyO

... or whatever it's going to be called - do we know when it's likely to be out, or is it still being developed Adrian @ThorpyFX ? 

If ever there was a guitarists-guitarist whose involvement would get me to want a thing, these days Mr Buck is it :-) 

mrkb

I hoped it was going to be called the "Buck-it"....

PFAllen2

or Buckfaster

 

mudslide73

Peter or Chris?

mudslide73

PFAllen2 said:

or Buckfaster

 

Maybe "You can Buck right off, mate"

ThorpyFX

TimmyO said:

... or whatever it's going to be called - do we know when it's likely to be out, or is it still being developed Adrian @ThorpyFX ? 

If ever there was a guitarists-guitarist whose involvement would get me to want a thing, these days Mr Buck is it :-) 

So: heres the details that are currently known:

its Black
It has Grey silkscreen
it has a gold Wraparound base
Its called the ELECTRIC LIGHTNING.
hes been road testing it for about a year i think at this point,
It's all over the new album Cardinal Black are working on.

Oh and April 30th 2024 1700Hrs seems to be a jolly good time to look at your favourite ThorpyFx dealers/youtube/ my website.

smudge_lad

That’s 4 days too long to wait!

Lebarque

For buck's sake.

mburekenge

I'm super excited,

Grangousier

Not important, but...

I must admit "Electric Lightning" made me, as a pedant, a bit twitchy, as it's a tautology. But I realised there had to be a lot more to it than that, and looked it up. So for the information of any other underinformed pedant the pedal seems to be named after a 1950s fighter jet - the Lightning - manufactured by a company called English Electric. So English Electric Lighting. And, I agree it's a much better name if you drop the English. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning

I'm sure everyone else knew that, but I had to look it up. 

Lebarque

Grangousier said:

Not important, but...

I must admit "Electric Lightning" made me, as a pedant, a bit twitchy, as it's a tautology. But I realised there had to be a lot more to it than that, and looked it up. So for the information of any other underinformed pedant the pedal seems to be named after a 1950s fighter jet - the Lightning - manufactured by a company called English Electric. So English Electric Lighting. And, I agree it's a much better name if you drop the English. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning

I'm sure everyone else knew that, but I had to look it up. 

Top pedantry. I salute thee.

Jonathangus

Awesome thing.

TimmyO

If one of the buttons on it boosts, and I get one, I shall paint the top of that button red, in honour of the Mach3 Red Top missile the Lightning carried.

Look forward to demo dump on YouTube! 

pt22

An unauthorized sneak peek - <ADMIN EDIT: Removed, let's not ruin the surprise>

Sorry Adrian, don't shoot the messenger.

Curious to see next week what valve it uses. 

TimmyO

pt22 said:

An unauthorized sneak peek - <ADMIN EDIT: Removed, let's not ruin the surprise>

Sorry Adrian, don't shoot the messenger.

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ThorpyFX

pt22 said:

Sorry Adrian, don't shoot the messenger.

Curious to see next week what valve it uses. 

Wonderful, Thanks

ftumch

ThorpyFX said:

pt22 said:

Sorry Adrian, don't shoot the messenger.

Curious to see next week what valve it uses. 

Wonderful, Thanks

That's called 'pissing on your chips' 

Lebarque

pt22 said:

An unauthorized sneak peek - <ADMIN EDIT: Removed, let's not ruin the surprise>

Sorry Adrian, don't shoot the messenger.

Curious to see next week what valve it uses. 

You are Julian Assange and I claim my five pounds

hotpickups

I’m just happy it wasn’t what I thought it was tbh. Because I have no funds at the moment to buy anything gear related 

tone1

I would have opted for ‘Buccaneer’  

mburekenge

Well, it looks awesome.

I keep trying to get smaller pedals, and since Dane v2 got smaller I'd assumed a Klone/BB double was on the cards.

 Now the mystery of why it's  big makes sense!

I can't wait to hear the demos, and sure I'll have to buy one 

I'm sure this was a labour of love, Adrian. I'll bet it's a huge success. 

Seriously cool.