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Danelectro CO-1 Drive

Posted on 27/06/2015 by mirosol

What is it? Danelectro CO-1 Drive from Cool Cat series. Made in china, late 00’s. Last one i had missing from my Cool Cat series collection. Pretty rare specimen actually. Finally found one from polish auction site and a friend delivered it. I’ve seen only couple of units on sale, mostly in US and with…

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Vox V830 Distortion Booster

Posted on 14/06/2015 by mirosol

What is it? Vox V830 Distortion Booster. Made in china around early to mid 00’s. Sharing the box and switching/power circuitry with V810 Valve overdrive, the V830 is nothing close. Obviously one would instantly assume this to be a DS-1 derivative. What makes this assumption obvious is the fact that V810 is a Tubescreamer. And…

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TC Electronic Röttweiler

Posted on 14/06/2015 by mirosol

What is it? TC Electronic Röttweiler Metal Distortion, made presumably in china, early 10’s. TCE is quite highly regarded brand. And there are several good reasons for it. The brand’s rack units for studio use shook the recording professionals in the 90’s and they’ve been pushing solid products ever since. For example, it was TCE’s…

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Danelectro DC-1 Cool Cat Chorus

Posted on 7/06/20158/01/2020 by mirosol

What is it? Danelectro DC-1 Cool Cat Chorus, the original 18V version. Made in china, 1996. Again? Didn’t i write about this already? Well. I did, but with the later 9V version. This is the first edition that runs on 18V. Are there a lot of differences between these two? Well. Not that much, but…

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Excalibur Holy Grail Distortion

Posted on 6/06/2015 by mirosol

What is it? Excalibur Holy Grail Distortion. Made in china, late 00’s. Got this one with the Tubescreamer derivative and the fake analog delay from the same “manufacturer”. The quotes are there for a reason. Since the brand is just OEM’ng stuff from chinese brand with questionable prestige, i wouldn’t exactly call Excalibur a manufacturer….

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Ibanez GEL Graphic EQ

Posted on 3/06/2015 by mirosol

What is it? Ibanez GEL Graphic EQ. Made in Japan, 1985. Graphical equalizer from Ibanez Master series. Mine’s missing two of the slide pot knobs, but otherwise in decent condition. What comes to similar EQs, there is basically two ways to get the job done. First is the oldschool method of using inductors to create…

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DOD FX55-B Supra Distortion

Posted on 31/05/2015 by mirosol

What is it? DOD FX55-B Supra Distortion. Made in US, early 1990. One of the pedals that DOD sold a lot back in the day. I assume this probably was the first pedal for many people in the late 80’s and 90’s. And why not. Widely available and in a low price range. The name…

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Digitech XBC Bass Multi Chorus

Posted on 31/05/2015 by mirosol

What is it? Digitech XBC Bass Multi Chorus from X-series. Made in china around late 00’s. Makes seriously wonder i should just sell all the X-series pedals i currently have. Opening the first one back when i did was a severe “meh” situation that offered very little to be interest about. Opening the second one…

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Roger Mayer Voodoo-1

Posted on 25/05/2015 by mirosol

What is it? Roger Mayer Voodoo-1 Distortion. Made in UK in early 90’s. Possibly 1993. Got this unit in a trade from a friend (thx Jaakko!). Mr. Mayer is The Original Boutiquer, so obviously i was interested. I’m not going into the history of the man, but if you are interested, you could check out…

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Colorless writings, part 24 – Nothing

Posted on 25/05/2015 by mirosol

I’ve been busier than usual with all the other things going on.. So this time the part for Colorless writings will be about nothing. Nothing, to that extent that there is no article today. Move on. See you again in a month or so.

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