Booty-Que – Retro-Comp v2.3

manicstarseed · September 23, 2011, 09:22:16 PM

Hi.

I came across this compressor http://www.booty-que.co.uk/retro.html and it has me intrigued. Does anyone have any experience with any of these? $130... for what it claims, I think I need me to get one these units on principle alone.

Happyorange27 · September 24, 2011, 08:38:10 PM

Dude get it and report your findings. Sounds compelling.

manicstarseed · September 30, 2011, 12:10:40 AM

Getting one of these compressors is going to take patience and luck. I have attempted to contact him as directed by his 2011 web site. I even sent him a personal e-mail. There has been no reply in over a week. Now, I am wondering if he just decided to stop making them.

Ill simply need to wait and hope that he will contact me. I'll be lucky if he is still making them.

I may just have to get me a Keely

manicstarseed · October 01, 2011, 12:16:33 PM

Woot!
Good news I'm gonna get the last one at the $130 cost.... see below for the RO Tiree's response to my inquiry. Once I get this unit I will do A/B tests and do a review for us.

Quote(yawns... stretches...)

wassup?

I haven't built a comp for quite some time. To tell the truth, I was getting bored with them. Sorry I didn't spot your email, manic - must have missed it, otherwise I would have replied - my bad

Anyway, since I was last in here, I changed my computer and, when I tried to access the plans for all my pedals, I found that my external HDD had given up the ghost. Absolute disaster! All is well now, though, having recovered the data and backed it up elsewhere. Had me a few angst-ridden weeks, there, I can tell you!

OK, now the bad news... and good news for manic... I'm going to be charging significantly more for these pedals from now on. Parts are becoming scarce and more expensive, plus I'm bored, so I need to make it worth my while to get out of bed and do them. That said, manic has been waiting a long time for this, and it was clearly my fault for deleting his email in amongst my perennial fight against spam, so I'll make his for USD130, like it says on my website.

manic - PM/email me with your choice of colour for the box and the LED and I'll get on with it (after my mother in law departs - the spare bedroom is my paint-shop, and I'd hate to kill her off with the paint-fumes... on second thoughts, though... naaah - perhaps not). If you have guitars with high-ouput pickups in there, let me know because...

I'm going to have to change the circuit once again - it seems that some people with insanely high-output humbuckers are having clipping problems, so there will be either a little switch or another knob on there to cater for that in future. Price from now onwards will be USD240. That's still cheaper than a K****y 4-knob comp, includes P&P world-wide (K****y charges up to USD30 for that aspect) and his doesn't have the noise-reduction circuitry or the Slew control, so it'll still be a steal

sour d · October 01, 2011, 02:39:25 PM

Parts are becoming more scarce and more expensive? Sure......

manicstarseed · October 01, 2011, 09:53:41 PM

Quote from: sour d on October 01, 2011, 02:39:25 PM
Parts are becoming more scarce and more expensive? Sure......

LOL fair enough, but across the pond, who knows.

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....plus I'm bored, so I need to make it worth my while to get out of bed and do them.

I really think that's the thing.

I have been there. When a hobby creates something in demand and the payback is slim, I can see getting sick (bored) of the activity of making a quality "product". Needing more money to make it happen is a natural response to motivate oneself in the face of boredom or drudgery. As for myself, Parts +time, I can not make a Ross Clone for less than $200, so $130 is a steal. $240 is still a good deal because with the box and parts, that's like $50 and my time is worth $45-50/hr. I can't build one in less than 4 hrs, $250 is (+) return for me.

IamWILSON · October 13, 2011, 09:13:40 AM

Did you ever get this pedal yet? I'd be interested in hearing a review and maybe a soundclip or 2.

manicstarseed · October 13, 2011, 12:16:38 PM

Not yet. My take is that this is not so much a business as much as it is a passion. Mike does not take money until the unit is built and ready to ship and will contact me when its done for payment and shipping info.

I seriously am chomping on the bit to get this. It seems like the answer to my own issues with compressors.

As for sound clips His website has a sample to check out http://www.booty-que.co.uk/sound.html.

I will keep you posted.