JACQUES
PEDALS
Vintage Vault
Obscure
Japanese
These page is about unsung --or almost unsung-- pedal heroes from Japan outside the boss/ibanez reign . Some of them have reached collector values now, while they were the cheapest then and the other way around. Some of them were made as copycat, others as groundbreakers, but, more important they all give you a sound apart from nowadays standards, and were my constant inspiration in guitar effect crafting.
The CORON
corones.
I
always think, when buying CORON phasers and distortion, that they
were cheap ripoff of the MXR breed.
Before one day I had the idea
to A/B them.Come on.They kick.
But the greatest shock was an A/B
party with a TC electronic fan.
My CORON super chorus simply
butchered his TC chorus.
Why?It's full frequency chorus, which is
impossible in theory. Of course with my MEISTERSINGER it would have been a
different story. ^
Funny how they even
copy MXR in their ugly Commande line as you can see it on the
overdrive.
The flanger was marketed under numerous
brands.
TOKAI and SHIN-EI
kendokas.
TOKAI was famous to manufacture perfect strats.I have one
and I understand why Fender was threatened.And they had a line of
stompboxes too.
They are perfect too.No surprise.A must
buy.
SHIN-EI Companion Fuzz was my first pedal.
At that time we
thought that distortion was a feature only pricey guitars could
offer.
It buzzes its way to my heart but I forgot it when I finally
bought a BIG MUFF.
I had to discover it later.These kind of
buzzing fuzz only work with madding Marshall amps.
And Shin-ei made
the Univibe too.
BOSS/Roland
pedalosaurus.
OK the chorus is very well-known but what about that driver?
Weird
and speaker unfriendly allright.The Cat is Phoebe song's
one:smelly.
The Rocker distortion is an old utopia of every pedal
designer: control the drive while playing.Like all existing
attempts, it sucks.
But these racks are a real treat.I have
numerous phasers but this phase man...it always remind me of Barbara
Carrera saying to Sean Connery in 'never say never again'
:« admit you never made love like this » and he
answers « I know a girl in Detroit . »
See the Dynacord
rack under?Best analog delay in the world but it is not
japanese.Nobody's perfect.
Last but certainly
not least : The Singing
Geisha.
Manufactured by an obscure nippon workshop, the lady is
huge. The small american disto gives the scale.
The wha and fuzz
are in the good average of vintage japanese but it has the singing
feature:a monophonic synth that you play with the pedal.
With
training it is usable as the course of the pedal is a natural match
with the frequencies.Can highlight a weak solo.
Or can ruin a
good one.Lady's choice.
I have received so much offers for this pedal, that I
have decided to recreate it myself.
The JACQUES STOMPBOXES "Singing
Geisha" features all the original geisha features but the
size.
GO TO THE NEW SINGING GEISHA
PAGE !!!