Introduction to Lovetone
About Lovetone
- Lovetone page - Wikipedia entry on Lovetone.
Why Lovetone pedals?
Most of us have heard about, seen somewhere, listened to, or even (some lucky fellows) own a Lovetone effect. Why so? Well, we could say Lovetone used to make "different" stompboxes. Most pedals have on average 3 external controls, and maybe one or two switches. Lovetones have around, or even more, than twice that!
In practice, having so many controls means there are many variables you can play with, and a vast array of sounds to be found. The drawback to that is that such complexity, when not understood, can lead to a certain degree of frustration and to underestimate the effect - that could explain many of the cases of people who bought a Lovetone and sold it, to later regret it.
There are very subjective factors to want a clone, such as looking for the tone of a certain artist who used them, doing something for the joy and pride of making a working device, or having a different effect in your chain. But there are economical reasons, too. When Lovetone ended its business, the few pedals left in stock were sold, and for a while a few of them could be bought through another company. But as of today, you can only find an original Lovetone used and with an increased price. Many people can't afford such prices for an item that may even require some kind of repairs, which is a powerful reason to build a replica instead. And one of the main aim's of this page is making that possible.
