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”,…
Author: mirosol
Axtron OCT-5 Octaver
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…
DOD FX35 Octoplus
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…
Ibanez DPL10 Digital Pan Delay
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…
Boss BF-2 Flanger
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…
Colorless writings, part 18 – Buyer’s market
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…
DOD FX22 Vibro Thang
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…
Ibanez AW7 Autowah
What is it? Ibanez AW7 Autowah from 7/Tonelok series. Made in china, 2005. Where Ibanez AW5 from soundtank series left me a little on the cold side by its sound and overall feel, the follower for the Tonelok series does things differently. To begin with, all the control slots on the enclosure are in use….
Korg PB-01 Pitchblack Chromatic Tuner
What is it? Korg PB-01 Pitchblack Chromatic Tuner. Made in china around early to mid 00’s. Another chromatic tuner? Yes. One can’t have too many tuners. Ok, that’s not as good thing to say as one can’t have too many fuzzes, but tuners do have differences. And i do enjoy trying different ones out and…
Danelectro DJ21 Black Coffee
What is it? Danelectro DJ21 Black Coffee Metal Distortion from Mini series. Made in china around mid-00’s. Finishing up with the Dano mini series with the last unit. With this one i’ve finally covered each and every one of these plasticky things. Some were surprisingly good, some very decent to say at least and some…