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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: nic on November 17, 2011, 05:39:42 PM

Title: Knob Locating Question
Post by: nic on November 17, 2011, 05:39:42 PM
Kinda random, but can anyone tell me either where JHS gets their pink pointed knobs from (like on the Bunrunner - http://www.jhspedals.com/jhspedals/Hand_Built.html) or tell me that my eyes need some fixin' because the knobs are actually orange?

I can't find pink anywhere but I swear they look pink in JHS's photos. I really like that color combo but was just curious if they were real or not??

Thanks guys,

nic
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: LucifersTrip on November 17, 2011, 06:39:06 PM
this place looks like they sold out....could always ask if they'll restock:

http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1024&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbnid=e7v9p5X2O3MpmM:&imgrefurl=http://www.musikding.de/product_info.php/language/en/info/p2554_Knebelknopf-rosa.html&docid=3WVjfpri0iP32M&itg=1&imgurl=http://www.musikding.de/images/product_images/info_images/2554_0.jpg&w=200&h=160&ei=G5rFTsjvKKTV0QH2pZCPDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=160&vpy=194&dur=52&hovh=128&hovw=160&tx=72&ty=56&sig=107499763580734477769&page=1&tbnh=128&tbnw=160&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0

or you can settle for a chicken
http://www.amplifiedparts.com/products/amp_parts/P-K300HP


good luck

Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: ubersam on November 17, 2011, 07:36:21 PM
Quote from: nic on November 17, 2011, 05:39:42 PM...or tell me that my eyes need some fixin' because the knobs are actually orange?
well, it looks orange to me in this pic:
(http://www.tonefactor.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/340x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/u/bunrunner.jpg)
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: Taylor on November 17, 2011, 09:30:54 PM
Salmon.
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: nic on November 18, 2011, 09:52:53 AM
Thanks for the link! I'll keep checking back there.

Taylor - do you know where to get Salmon colored knobs or were you just clarifying for me what color they were? BTW, thanks for the delay and Trem boards. Finally got around to building them a year later. They're sweeeeet.
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: alparent on November 18, 2011, 11:32:09 AM
Tayda
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: Mark Hammer on November 18, 2011, 12:39:51 PM
Actually, I don'tthink Tayda carries them...but Small Bear does.
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: alparent on November 18, 2011, 01:03:01 PM
Sorry wrong site :P
I opened a bunch of windows and mixed them up  :icon_redface:
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: Taylor on November 18, 2011, 02:11:51 PM
Quote from: nic on November 18, 2011, 09:52:53 AM
Thanks for the link! I'll keep checking back there.

Taylor - do you know where to get Salmon colored knobs or were you just clarifying for me what color they were? BTW, thanks for the delay and Trem boards. Finally got around to building them a year later. They're sweeeeet.

No, sorry, I was just commenting on the color and not really being helpful at all.  :icon_redface:
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: nic on November 18, 2011, 02:40:36 PM
@ Taylor - haha. That made me laugh.

@ alparent - I didn't see them on Tayda however I did see a few things I liked so it was useful anyway. Thanks!

@ Mark - I checked small bear originally. (Them and PPP are generally where I get stuff) but didn't see that color. However, they may have it and I just missed it, so I'll check again or contact them. Thanks!

Thanks guys, i"ll keep looking. I asked JHS directly but generally in my experience, some pedal builders don't want to give their sources. Which is totally fine when you're making a living off of it.
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: Mark Hammer on November 18, 2011, 02:55:27 PM
A lot of the knobs that Small Bear carries are styles/colors made expressly for them.  So if you don't see it, certainly pop Steve Daniels a note.  If there is one thing you can say about SBE, it is that when there is an obvious demand/market for something amongst pedal-makers, Steve will arrange to supply it.
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: KazooMan on November 18, 2011, 03:42:24 PM
They sure look orange to me.  Small Bear DOES carry them.  Look on page 7 in the knobs section of the Stock List.  There are 5,186 of them in stock for $0.80 a piece. 

You might have seen the separate listing for similar knobs on the previous page (black, white, and cream only) and stopped looking.
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: nic on November 18, 2011, 04:11:49 PM
@kazooman - yeah, that was part of my original question. I couldnt tell if they were orange or "salmon." I definitely can get the orange but i wanted to see if i was being crazy or they actually were a more rare color.

Appreciate all the help! Love this forum.
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: LucifersTrip on November 20, 2011, 03:47:46 AM
Quote from: nic on November 18, 2011, 04:11:49 PM
@kazooman - yeah, that was part of my original question. I couldnt tell if they were orange or "salmon." I definitely can get the orange but i wanted to see if i was being crazy or they actually were a more rare color.

Appreciate all the help! Love this forum.

i still think they look pink...and they were avail at one time as you can see in the 1st link i gave above....did you write those guys?
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: Taylor on November 20, 2011, 03:58:35 AM
To be slightly more helpful, I used to work in the field of digital photography and printing. It's the case that computer monitors have vastly different color profiles, not just between different models, but between every single individual monitor of the same model. We had expensive sensors and software just for reading and adjusting the color balance output of each monitor and each printer so that what we were looking at was what would come out of the printer.

Besides that, it's pretty common for people who sell things online to pop them into Photoshop (have to to crop and make the file smaller anyway) and punch up the contrast and colors.

In other words, it probably looks totally different on all of our monitors, and the photo itself may be pretty far from the real life color.

JHS strikes me as using off-the-shelf stuff, but I do know that Frantone had custom colored Davies knobs made for all of her pedals, so it is possible in (large) boutique quantities.
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: nic on November 20, 2011, 03:10:22 PM
Ok - talked to Steve at Small Bear (super nice guy) and he said he couldn't tell either but he's only ever sold orange. He said he could get pink, or salmon, made but he didnt think the demand is there. (I'd buy 'em though, obviously)

And John from JHS emailed me back this morning and confirmed that they are in fact orange.

So there ya go. Must have been the color correction on some of the images I was viewing. My monitors are color calibrated for print (I work in design) so that, coupled with any correction JHS puts on their images, made it pretty difficult to tell.

Thanks for all the help! But  still think salmon knobs with that blue would be pretty legit.

and @luciferstrip - i did not write them but i think i'm going to. I'm sure they weren't selling great so they stopped having them made.
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: Mark Hammer on November 20, 2011, 04:09:01 PM
Well, of course, that would make the "next big step" in DIY dye-them-yourself knobs that would come in a neutral colour, made of absorbent material.  Or perhaps simply uncoloured knobs with a surface that held paint nicely, so any of us could trot over to the car touch-up spray-paint aisle, decide on a colour we like, perch them on some sort of setup with dowelling to hold them up, and paint 'em our favourite colour.

You realize I'm kidding, right?
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: Taylor on November 20, 2011, 04:23:17 PM
I actually used to paint knobs, with a brush and acrylic paint.  :icon_eek: But it's probably not the look for which most people are aiming.
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: DavenPaget on November 20, 2011, 04:55:43 PM
Quote from: nic on November 20, 2011, 03:10:22 PM
Ok - talked to Steve at Small Bear (super nice guy) and he said he couldn't tell either but he's only ever sold orange. He said he could get pink, or salmon, made but he didnt think the demand is there. (I'd buy 'em though, obviously)

And John from JHS emailed me back this morning and confirmed that they are in fact orange.

So there ya go. Must have been the color correction on some of the images I was viewing. My monitors are color calibrated for print (I work in design) so that, coupled with any correction JHS puts on their images, made it pretty difficult to tell.

Thanks for all the help! But  still think salmon knobs with that blue would be pretty legit.

and @luciferstrip - i did not write them but i think i'm going to. I'm sure they weren't selling great so they stopped having them made.

Pretty much i guess the picture was tweaked to a different profile then we're used to .
Probably Adobe sRGB ?
I am not actually a Desktop LCD panel , actually it's a TV type of set , so i don't have a profile setting :(
EDIT : Seems like it was switched to a certain inkjet printer , i switched to my MX300 printer profile and it turned orange .
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: Mark Hammer on November 20, 2011, 05:06:24 PM
As I was walking down the street near work a few weeks ago, I passed a noted Canadian national political reporter on the street.  My first thought upon seeing him in the flesh at close distance was "Cripes, I gotta get a different TV.  I had no idea the guy was THAT blond!".
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: DavenPaget on November 20, 2011, 05:13:27 PM
Quote from: Mark Hammer on November 20, 2011, 05:06:24 PM
As I was walking down the street near work a few weeks ago, I passed a noted Canadian national political reporter on the street.  My first thought upon seeing him in the flesh at close distance was "Cripes, I gotta get a different TV.  I had no idea the guy was THAT blond!".
Oddly , the "auto adjustment" thing on my screen is making things look more natural . I can't believe i was using profiles for my old ( &broken ) laptop !
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: LucifersTrip on November 21, 2011, 04:49:16 AM
I wrote that site about the pink knobs they pictured...that were currently out of stock.

They wrote back:
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Hello,

thank you for you inquiry! These knobs are already ordered and we expect the delivery the next 1 - 2 weeks. After getting them, they will be in our shop immediately again! Thank you for your understanding!

Best regards
Brigitte
__________________________
Das Musikding - Support

Das Musikding
Neunburger Str. 15
92554 Kulz
Germany
http://www.musikding.de


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by any chance will these pink knobs be back in
stock?

http://www.musikding.de/images/product_images/info_images/2554_0.jpg


thanx
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: nic on November 21, 2011, 09:35:56 AM
Nice! Thanks for checking that out. I will definitely be making a purchase.
Title: Re: Knob Locating Question
Post by: LucifersTrip on November 22, 2011, 09:37:35 PM
Quote from: nic on November 21, 2011, 09:35:56 AM
Nice! Thanks for checking that out. I will definitely be making a purchase.

sounds cool...hope it works out....and you can always post pics of the final build!

good luck