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Bogner Wessex Overdrive

Posted on 10/08/201622/10/2022 by mirosol

What is it? Bogner Wessex Overdrive from Amplifier Transformer series. Made in USA late 2014 at esarliest. Bogner started to build boutique guitar amplifiers way back in 1989 by revising and modding the classic Fender Blackface schematics. Those amps have been quite highly praised specimen. Company released their first pedals in 2012 and the sky…

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Ricken’s Fuzz FR III

Posted on 4/08/201622/10/2022 by mirosol

What is it? Ricken’s Fuzz FR III, made by Jen in Italy around mid 70’s for “Ricken’s” and molested by several people later on. To begin with, Jen used to make their III Fuzz for couple of brands, Ricken’s being one of them. Opportunity to trade one serviced unit in arose, and of course i…

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Big Jam (Multivox) SE-1 Phaser

Posted on 26/07/2016 by mirosol

What is it? Multivox Big Jam SE-1 Phaser. Designed in Hauppauge, New York, made in Japan. Most likely made late 70’s. It was a cold and dark late winter night. Ok, it may have been closer to spring or early summer, but anyway. I was chatting with a friend who had spotted an ebay listing…

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EHX Germanium4 Big Muff XO

Posted on 22/07/2016 by mirosol

What is it? Electro-Harmonix Germanium4 Big Muff Pi. Made in NYC, USA in 1013. Buzzword. Much like “cloud services” or “streamline” in some other contexts. For pedals it’s usually “Germanium”. Next and the biggest single question – how come this unit has nothing more to do with a Big Muff than its name.. Since late…

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Greg Fryer Brian May Signature Treble Booster Touring

Posted on 15/07/201615/07/2016 by mirosol

What is it? Greg Fryer Brian May Signature Treble Booster Touring. Monster named unit that’s made most likely in th UK around 2010. Don’t know where to begin. Got one of these in a trade and figured that i needed to have one, just to know what it’s all about. Sometimes i tend to look…

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DOD FX65B Stereo Chorus

Posted on 8/07/2016 by mirosol

What is it? DOD FX65B Stereo Chorus. Made in USA, early 1997. Number of things to take a look at here! To begin with, the cool info at America’s pedal tells us that this model was an entry level chorus that was added to the FX series line-up in 1997 – and discontinued the following…

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Fender Yngwie Malmsteen signature overdrive

Posted on 29/06/201629/06/2016 by mirosol

I know it’s been a while since my previous post, but i’ve never been away completely. Just swamped with other aspects in life. Like renovating a house to host my build desk and small recording studio and living quarters for the whole family etc… What is it? Fender Yngwie Malmsteen signature Overdrive. Made in china,…

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Pearl DS-06 Distortion

Posted on 10/09/201510/09/2015 by mirosol

What is it? Pearl DS-06 Distortion. Made in japan, early 1980’s. Simply an overlooked gem. Somehow this unit has slipped through all the classic listings while the overdrive and a few others in this series is highly considered and still receive praise from time to time. It is a distortion unit, so i wasn’t expecting…

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Colorless writings, part 25 – Danelectro Top Five

Posted on 2/09/2015 by mirosol

Ok. I took a bit of time off since the 11/13 posts a month was practically starting to wear me off. I can promise the future pace won’t be as hectic it was before, but i’m not going anywhere. The comment threads will stay as slow as they have been though… Anyway. Let’s get back…

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Visual Sound V2 Son of Hyde

Posted on 27/06/2015 by mirosol

What is it? Visual Sound (currently Truetone) V2 Son of Hyde Distortion. Made in china around mid 00’s. For several reasons, i’ve had mixed feeling about the Visual Sound products for a long time. I’ve repaired a number of the “V1” series pedals and sadly, i’d call the manufacturing methods sub-par. (Not to mention the…

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here used to be a short description of me. however, it wasn't exactly accurate anymore. so i'm replacing it with this placeholder for now. and yes. it's been a long time since my last post. but let me assure you. i'm very much still alive.

Found an error? One of my assumptions is dead wrong? Something else is just not right? Let me know! Leave a comment to a post, or drop a line to mirosol at kapsi dot fi.

I do mods, repairs and custom builds too. For inquiries, use the email address above.

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