Saturday, July 2, 2011

Striking resemblances (Episode 2)

Another series of striking resemblances. Take a look at these pedals.
Above is a noise gate. All look identical; the built, the knobs and even the model name of all 3 pieces is NG-100! Same goes for DS-100 and other pedals and even the 200 series, with slight changes in the design.
Actually, the reason for this striking resemblance is simple; they are the same. They are all from the same factory and all the parts are totally the same. What is different is the brand name that is badged on the pedals. Boston is the Beta Aivin of The Philippines. I am not sure about GLX though. And there are still many other names which I have not mention... 

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

now this is interesting. wonder whether there are the same for any other brands?

GZNG said...

i've spotted something like this too! shall post it!
oh and can definitely see it's the exact same object in the last two pics, just the image of the label superimposed on the pedal section of the picture

Loki said...

@Anonymous: not too sure about tat. xD Epiphone and Rally are made at the same production plant but they have different name and is slightly different, too. (e.g. Cutaway). But this one is more like Beta Aivin using another name to sell their product. =/
@GZNG: i will go and read it later! hahaha

Nana said...

They're called Harley Benton in UK. Chanced upon this whilst reading a UK guitar mag.

Loki said...

Thx for the input =)

subversion.sg said...

Harley Benton are in-house products for Thomann music store...