Honesty over fake mojo
Todays boutique fx market has become something of a joke. Most of the pedals out there claiming to be boutique are just not that. To me boutique means a smaller company with a small number of employees, handling the individual or team build of a specialized product built to meet or exceed standards that are not normally met. Obviously that's not a word for word definition. I do know this though, it doesn't mean a quickly produced copy of something made with cheap parts. I am honest about what I build if its an original circuit or a modified copy of something. When using NOS Germanium Transistors as most of my pedals do, I'm much more concerned with the overall tone of the product than I am bragging about any certain model number. Bottom line I build Quality Fuzz pedals worth hanging onto for life.