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Danelectro CD-1 Distortion

Posted on 4/10/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Danelectro CD-1 Distortion from Cool Cat series. Made in china around 2009. The number of good sounding units in this series seems to be on the rise. Took me a while to get one and to tell the truth, this didn’t come too cheap either. But i wanted one, so i went…

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Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo

Posted on 1/10/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo from 7/Tonelok series.  Made in china around 1999-2002. Couple of Ibanez delays hold a few remarkable places in my personal favourites. The DE7 ranks very high on that list. I set up photos with two separate units, side by side, since while the electronics remain the same on both units…

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EHX Small Stone EH4800 Phase Shifter

Posted on 28/09/201428/09/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Electro Harmonix Small Stone EH4800 Phase Shifter. Made in USA, possibly in early 00’s. This wasn’t the first and certainly won’t be the last pedal i’ll buy as a broken unit. Sure there have been units that were beyond repair and those will always hurt, but usually i tend to be able…

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ProTone Pedals Body Rot II

Posted on 25/09/201425/09/2014 by mirosol

What is it? ProTone Pedals Body Rot II Distortion. Made in USA around early 10’s. Once again, a pedal that the original owner put up for sale as defected unit, for peanuts. And once again, i had no choice but to grab it asap. I do not own too many small brand boxes, so i…

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Danelectro Wasabi AD-1 Forward/Reverse Delay

Posted on 22/09/201426/09/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Danelectro Wasabi Forward/Reverse Delay. Made in china, 2003. Another prime example of Danelectro’s ability to create unique box designs. There are five designs for this series.. Or we should possibly talk about Wasabi as a separate brand. But we won’t. Everything about the pedal simply screams Danelectro, even though the Wasabi was…

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Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion

Posted on 19/09/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion from compact pedal series. Made in taiwan, february 2003. Probably the best known as Kurt Cobain’s distortion of choice. I had to get one out of pure interest. I sourced all the Nirvana CDs as used ones last spring. Since there are now expanded reissues out of each…

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Hughes & Kettner Warp Factor

Posted on 16/09/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Hughes & Kettner Warp Factor from early 00’s. The unit here has seen a lot of use before landing in to my collection. There are good reasons for pros and cons and both are weighting more than with usual pedals we see. Since the positive notions are all mostly on the sound,…

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EHX Holy Stain

Posted on 13/09/201430/10/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Electro Harmonix Holy Stain from XO series.Made in united states in 2010(ish). Once again. Put a pedal, any pedal, for sale with a broken switch and a price tag around 20% of a new unit. You bet i’ll be there, bombing your email and throwing the little money i have against the…

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Colorless writings, part 15 – Fuzz vs. Overdrive vs. Distrtion

Posted on 13/09/20147/04/2015 by mirosol

I found myself in very weird situation. Today, i simply had nothing to say. But i can’t pass on a colorless writing, as that would mess up my OCD. I did start on one more demanding subject, but i realised i won’t be able to finish it without messing up my schedule. So i just needed…

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Systech Phase Shifter

Posted on 10/09/20147/04/2015 by mirosol

What is it? Systech Phase Shifter. Made in USA in mid-70’s. Pot date codes considered, the unit has most likely been built in 1974. I’ve got this unit more than a year ago and after initial testing it just sort of was forgotten to a spot on my museum shelf (for the units manufactured before…

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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.

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