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Boss PSM-5 Power Supply & Master Switch

Posted on 14/08/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Boss PSM-5 Power Supplu & Master Switch. Made in japan, november 1982. There has been a time place for everything. Daisy chaining, or dedicated power supplies were both practically unheard of until this new and exciting device hit the market. What surprises me more is that the pedal was actively sold from…

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Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner

Posted on 12/08/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner from compact series. Made in taiwan, june 2004 The workhorse. I’ve heard stories that these nearly didn’t make it to production at all, since the designers were sure that there would be no market for a pedal tuner. Well. I do get it. After all, the Arion and…

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Boss HM-3 Hyper Metal

Posted on 10/08/201410/08/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Boss HM-3 Hyper Metal from Boss Compact series. Made in taiwan, march 1993. The younger brother of since discontinued HM-2. Similar controls and expectance for similar sounds was high to say at least. This time there is some symmetry on the board design and even those machine like autorouted traces do not…

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Boss HF-2 Hi-Band Flanger

Posted on 6/08/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Boss HF-2 HiBand Flanger from compact series. Made in japan, august 1988. Japan made HF-2 is probably the most praised flanger, not only in Boss catalog, but otherwise too. While the “standard” Boss flanger may be and have been the BF-2 for decades, the HF-2 operates in slightly different manner. While most…

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Boss CE-3 Chorus

Posted on 3/08/20143/08/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Boss CE-3 Chorus, made in taiwan, august 1988. Boss choruses are all praised, even though the CE-3 has less reputation if compared the obvious classics like CE-1 and CE-2. With less reputation comes a less numbers on the price tag on auction listings. This particular unit is one of the very first…

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Boss PS-5 Super Shifter

Posted on 1/08/20141/08/2014 by mirosol

Let’s do a month with Boss pedals only. Why? Because i can. Starting the Boss august with PS-5 Super Shifter… What is it? Boss PS-5 Super Shifter from Compact series. Made in taiwan in april 2008. To begin with. As usual, i ran the serial number through the Bossarea.com serial number decoder. This is something…

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Ibanez BP5 Bass Compressor

Posted on 29/07/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Ibanez BP5 Bass Comp compressor from the Soundtank series. Made in taiwan around mid 90’s. Who would have thought that BP5 was the hardest unit to find in all the plastic Soundtanks? Well it was. The complete series did come by more easily than i expected, but there were still a couple…

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EHX Nano LPB-1 Linear Power Booster

Posted on 26/07/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Electro-Harmonix LPB-1 Linear Power Booster from EHX Nano series. Made in US in 00’s. I’ve been over this units grandfather before in the form of EGO Microphone Booster. In its heart it is still the same simple one-transistor-as-amplifier booster. The base topology remains, even there are a number of modern additions to…

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DOD FX100 Even Harmonic Overdrive

Posted on 23/07/2014 by mirosol

What is it? DOD FX100 Even Harmonic Overdrive (with Integrated Tube (TM) Technology. Made in USA in 1997. Of course i was curious about this new and exciting thing called Integrated Tube (TM), or I.T. (TM) technology. What it actually is – it is how marketing department takes random words, put them one after another…

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Danelectro DJ-20 Rocky Road Spinning Speaker

Posted on 21/07/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Danelectro DJ-20 Rocky Road Spinning Speaker from Danelectro Mini series. Made in china around mid 00’s. Leslie simulators are one sub-genre of effects that i haven’t had a lot of interest on. Is it a tremolo? A vibe? A Chorus? No. It’s a Leslie simulator. Which translates to it being a tremolo,…

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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.

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