This is the most precious part of my BOSS collection including superstars such as the SLOW GEAR, SPECTRUM and FA-1.
BOSS EARLY PEDALS
This
is the most precious part of my BOSS collection including superstars such as
the SLOW GEAR, SPECTRUM and FA-1.
The case of the FA-1 fet preamp is quite peculiar : its ever increasing value comes from U2 The Edge pedalboard. Or is it really ? Well , its made of 2 Hitachi HA hybrid FET components which are quite different from the usual discrete FET, such as in the DOD. Those rare hybrids give the FA-1 a quite unique clarity that cut the mix in a very becoming way.
Rarer seen or evoked, FA-1 companion mascot amp MA-1 is nevertheless a great idea...not too far from my BLUESETTE amp/booster
The SPECTRUM is supposed to do the same mix cut, with parametric controls, and thus can be considered its sibling.
The SLOW GEAR violin-impersonator is one of my fave BOSS pedal ever because of its very elegant attire and STAR GATE reference .
Notice the free belt buckle which is a real class act from BOSS...No other music instrument company ever gave such a beautiful gift to us, music shop haunters...
About the DM-1 , the BOSS book says that it used a CCD element to perform delay better..mine has a very classic BBD chip...I wonder if that CCD story has some reality...Your comments welcome..
Flying in a pink dream...One
of my fave pedal pic ever....And some very nice pedals including the very rare
DIGITAL SPACE-D.
The DIMENSION C is one of the mbest chorus pedal ever made
by BOSS, and certainly an oddball with its 4 push buttons.
An inspiration
for my MEISTERSINGER chorus pedal.
Among
famous DimC users, please note the great El Becko.
Here is some more : a mint
GE-10 equalizer from the early days and , part of my famous Canadian
multi-effector from mad scientist, three wonderful metal-screw , including a
very nice and quite rare metal-screw, carved serial number, early DS-1.
I
love searching for apparently common pedals ---there are miliions of DS-1 in
the world !!!--- but rare in a wee detail only known to collectors....this is
sport.
More of the same: An early
mixette KM-04 which was SO useful in those days when the band could not
afford more than one amp, sporting its 22db max.boost, a nice NF-1 with
its box and a cute DM-2 analog delay. What was great with the DM-2
is that you just had to adjust it at maximum delay time to be right on the right
echo for pseudo-fast soloing technique. Some sort of prehistoric preset. Then
2 nice early digital wonders, the DD-2 with its huge electronic board
stuffed into a compact pedal and a Japan DSD-3 ancestor looper.
On
the left, please notice the REVO 30 leslie sim, which , like all chorus-based
leslie sim, is not very convincing. Furthermore, you had to plug it your amp
speaker output for max efficiency. However you can keep it for its Hammond-like
veneer and funny switches.
Both manufactured in Japan,
these two OD-2 realy look the same , but watch better :
- the writing on
the newer one is bolder
- the yellow color on the beaten one is paler
-
weird: the upper lid of the beaten one was born BF-2 , painted in BF-2
standard purple, and then they changed their minds and respray it OD-2 pale
yellow.