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Category: Compact Series

Boss OC-2 Octave

Posted on 25/08/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Boss OC-2 Octave from compact series. Made in taiwan, april 2001. Another classic from the Boss compact catalog. The OC-2s were originally housed in much lighter brown enclosure with the label “Octaver” on them. The name changed to “Octave” in 1984, meaning that the original ones were manufactured in japan from 1982…

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Boss ML-2 Metal Core

Posted on 22/08/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Boss ML-2 Metal Core from compact series. Made in taiwan in january 2009. Sure, i was interested in this due to its reputation. This is supposedly the meanest metal distortion there is and i’ve heard good things about it from people who i share a lot of opinions on sounds. So i…

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Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay

Posted on 19/08/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay from compact series, madeĀ  in taiwan. Serial number on grey label points to june 1991. But since the units were apparently manufactured from 1994 to 2002 and the label was changed from pink to grey in early 1999, i think it’s safe to assume this follows similar error…

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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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Boss SYB-3 Bass Synthesizer

Posted on 13/06/2014 by mirosol

What is it? Boss SYB-3 Bass Synthesizer. Made in taiwan, september 1999. This is one of the pedals that have stayed with me for a long time. Got it somewhere around 2002 and i’ve used it mostly with a guitar with occasional bass hook when recording. Due to its very complex digital design, i won’t…

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