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Month: December 2014

Monarch MCO-22 Compressor

Posted on 30/12/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Monarch MCO-22 Compressor. Made in japan around mid to late 80’s. Got this one in a trade. Could have bought it straight off, since the price was right. There is always something interesting in these 80’s japanese cheapos. Mainly because most of them are really good sounding and usable circuits, despite their…

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DOD FX96 Echo FX Analog Delay

Posted on 28/12/2014 by mirosol

What is it? DOD FX96 Echo FX Analog Delay from FX series. No serial number, but component stamps suggest the unit is made is USA, 1999. The America’s pedal is once again perfect source for the version details and additional info. So check that out before continuing. I’ve been partly in love with analog BBD-based…

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Ibanez PM7 Phase Modulator

Posted on 25/12/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Ibanez PM7 Phase Modulator from 7/Tonelok series. Made in china, 2005 As the truly modern guitar effects go, there are usually those that designers have spent hours to design an effect that sounds great on guitar. Better than the previous takes on this same subject. Then there are these designs that try…

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Boss DF-2 Super Feedbacker & Distortion

Posted on 22/12/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Boss DF-2 Super Feedbacker & Distortion. Made in japan, november 1985. At first, the DF-2 has a history that is worth mentioning. The unit was originally called  Super Distrotion & Feedbacker, but since DiMarzio owns the name”Super Distortion”, Roland was forced to change the name. Similar thing happened with DOD’s “Supra Distortion”,…

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Axtron OCT-5 Octaver

Posted on 20/12/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Axtron OCT-5 Octaver. Made in japan, possibly in the late 80’s or early 90’s. The sucker for down octaves that i am, i just had to get this pastic thing. It wasn’t even that cheap, but these japanese plastic oldies do not come by that often. So i went for it. There…

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DOD FX35 Octoplus

Posted on 16/12/2014 by mirosol

What is it? DOD FX35 Octoplus from FX series. Made in USA late 1995. For the love of octave dividers! Some will always say that one can never have too many fuzzes. Well. I say one can never have too many down octave divider pedals. As with most of the effects in the genre, the…

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Ibanez DPL10 Digital Pan Delay

Posted on 13/12/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Ibanez PDL10 Digital Pan Delay from 10/Power series. Made in japan in late 80’s. Got this as a defunct unit from one finnish guy i did some deals and trades with. As it was not passing signal, the previous owner had borrowed the stomp lid to another pedal. Gladly, i happened to…

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Boss BF-2 Flanger

Posted on 10/12/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Boss BF-2 Flanger. Made in taiwan. No serial number and no enclosure date stamps. Even the electrolytic capacitors have no date codes. So it’s nearly impossible to determine the date accurately. My best guess would be 1993, since dual opamp codes point to that direction. The japanese units apparently have all black…

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Colorless writings, part 18 – Buyer’s market

Posted on 7/12/2014 by mirosol

So scratching more area of collector’s world? In part, yes. As some of you may already know, i do buy a lot of factory made pedals. As both new and used. I do trade a lot too, but let’s just focus on the buying part today. Why i named today’s writing as “buyer’s market” is…

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DOD FX22 Vibro Thang

Posted on 4/12/2014 by mirosol

What is it? DOD FX22 Vibro Thang from FX series. No serial number (blue velcro on botton plate and rubber+sticker missing), but judging by the graphics, this unit is made in USA, around 1997. Only few of DOD FX series boxes have received as wide recognition and fan base as Vibro Thang. A few more…

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