TC Electronic has officially reinstated the TonePrint and we secured the pro-consumer outcome we fought for. Thank you for staying loud until they chose to respect our community. Keep using gear that reflects your personal taste and do not let future attempts at censorship go unchallenged.
September 10, 2018
Final supporters
This petition was started to show the support by musicians for the "Pussy Melter" preset on TC Electronic pedals. TC electronic has bowed to pressure by a number of musicians on the grounds that the product was sexist, and personally offended them. We want to asses how many people hold the opposite view, and believe that people have the right to enjoy all kinds of products and humour, while other have the right to not buy or endorse those things.
Our argument is that it is unfair for a small number of personal objections to have the power to dictate the will of an independent company. We in no way blame TC Electronic for their decision to remove the product for fear of bad press. This petition is an appeal for the company to take a pro-consumer and anti-censorship stance on the issue.
This petition is in no way an adversarial act towards any of the people involved in creating the original petition which had the product removed. This is simply to assess the number of people in opposition to TC Electronics decision to remove or alter the product.
Updates
Reached 2,500 supporters
July 13, 2018
July 12, 2018
The feedback continues to pour in and confirms that many musicians value creative freedom over corporate censorship. Email the TC Electronic customer service department today to express your desire for the original TonePrint to be reinstated. Post the petition link on your Facebook music groups so we can keep the pressure on.
Reached 1,000 supporters
July 12, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
July 11, 2018
July 10, 2018
We are approaching one hundred signatures and need to maintain this momentum to show TC Electronic that their users want this preset back. Post this link on Facebook today to help us cross that mark. Text three fellow guitar players and ask them to sign right now.
935 Comments
Signing this as a boarder protest against the age of outrage! Steel Panther are a parody act as is this pedal name. Just chill out have a laugh at the irony of the whole thing instead of taking everything so seriously.
It's not offensive, people need to get over themselves, it's clearly just a joke mocking those who are really sexist. The band are on the same side as the people complaining, they're just acting and not being SJWs
This is ridiculous that I even have to sign a petition like this. People don’t like something they can ignore it, don’t buy it, whatever suits them. But they should not decide whether a product is allowed.on the shelf!
As a female guitarist, I think this protest was just silly. Steel Panther are great, and this toneprint totally fit with schtick. I have no problem with it. And Satchel is a stud!! ;) The world is in danger of losing its sense of humour ... Sad.
It's not even a pedal. The pedal is called a Flashback. This is literally a preset you can download from the community site and apply it to the pedal. These idiots are literally pissed off about the pedal equivalent of the name of a MS Word document.
Please!
I want one! What happened to freedom of speech etc....
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TC Electronic has officially reinstated the TonePrint and we secured the pro-consumer outcome we fought for. Thank you for staying loud until they chose to respect our community. Keep using gear that reflects your personal taste and do not let future attempts at censorship go unchallenged.
September 10, 2018
Final supporters
This petition was started to show the support by musicians for the "Pussy Melter" preset on TC Electronic pedals. TC electronic has bowed to pressure by a number of musicians on the grounds that the product was sexist, and personally offended them. We want to asses how many people hold the opposite view, and believe that people have the right to enjoy all kinds of products and humour, while other have the right to not buy or endorse those things.
Our argument is that it is unfair for a small number of personal objections to have the power to dictate the will of an independent company. We in no way blame TC Electronic for their decision to remove the product for fear of bad press. This petition is an appeal for the company to take a pro-consumer and anti-censorship stance on the issue.
This petition is in no way an adversarial act towards any of the people involved in creating the original petition which had the product removed. This is simply to assess the number of people in opposition to TC Electronics decision to remove or alter the product.
Updates
Reached 2,500 supporters
July 13, 2018
July 12, 2018
The feedback continues to pour in and confirms that many musicians value creative freedom over corporate censorship. Email the TC Electronic customer service department today to express your desire for the original TonePrint to be reinstated. Post the petition link on your Facebook music groups so we can keep the pressure on.
Reached 1,000 supporters
July 12, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
July 11, 2018
July 10, 2018
We are approaching one hundred signatures and need to maintain this momentum to show TC Electronic that their users want this preset back. Post this link on Facebook today to help us cross that mark. Text three fellow guitar players and ask them to sign right now.
935 Comments
It's a tone print, not even a pedal. Sure it IS vulgar, but that is the Steel Panther brand of humor. Censorship sucks, don't try to ban everything that doesn't fit your personal preferences or values. Live and let live.
Signing this as a boarder protest against the age of outrage! Steel Panther are a parody act as is this pedal name. Just chill out have a laugh at the irony of the whole thing instead of taking everything so seriously.
It's not offensive, people need to get over themselves, it's clearly just a joke mocking those who are really sexist. The band are on the same side as the people complaining, they're just acting and not being SJWs
This is ridiculous that I even have to sign a petition like this. People don’t like something they can ignore it, don’t buy it, whatever suits them. But they should not decide whether a product is allowed.on the shelf!
As a female guitarist, I think this protest was just silly. Steel Panther are great, and this toneprint totally fit with schtick. I have no problem with it. And Satchel is a stud!! ;) The world is in danger of losing its sense of humour ... Sad.
It's not even a pedal. The pedal is called a Flashback. This is literally a preset you can download from the community site and apply it to the pedal. These idiots are literally pissed off about the pedal equivalent of the name of a MS Word document.
Please!
I want one! What happened to freedom of speech etc....
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It's a tone print, not even a pedal. Sure it IS vulgar, but that is the Steel Panther brand of humor. Censorship sucks, don't try to ban everything that doesn't fit your personal preferences or values. Live and let live.