What is it? Washburn LSEBOD Blues Overdrive. Made in china around 2010. Should it ever even been made? Not so sure. So. It is 1:1 with Artec Blues Overdrive. Artec is a korean brand that’s been around for some time. It has produced couple of interesting, or at least promising designs. I’ve had some contact…
Marshall VT-1 Vibratrem
What is it? Marshall VT-1 Vibratrem, made in china around 2005. The Marshall pedals are curious things. The hits in the 60’s and 70’s , another hits in early 90’s. After that the big black box series went through massive inflation. The next generation of Marshall pedals were introduced in early 00’s, while the players…
Ibanez PH5 Phaser
What is it? Ibanez PH5 Phaser from the Soundtank series. Made in taiwan around 1996. I’ll admit it. I love phasers. Don’t use them much (or at all) on my standard pedal board, but i always have a couple of differently voiced ones with me when i’m in studio. Some phasers are bad, while some…
Ibanez PH10 Bi-Mode Phaser
What is it? Ibanez PH10 Bi-Mode Phaser from Power series, made in japan between 1986-89. One of the nicest phasers. The Bi-Mode here means that the phasing stages are switchable between six and ten stages. Which is not a bad idea to throw in to a huge bowl of phasers. Got this unit for a…
Nux AS-4 Amp Simulator
What is it? Nux AS-4 Amp Simulator from Nux New Analog series. Made in china in 2013. Cheapest thing there is. These units have around for some time now, and this unit is part of family of four. There is Overdrive, Chorus, High gain distortion and this one – The Amp Simulator. The price tags…
Ibanez BN5 Black Noise
What is it? Ibanez BN5 Black Noise distortion from later Soundtank series in plastic enclosure. Made in taiwan in mid to late 90’s The marketing section of Ibanez pedals made this out to be a “industrial” distortion. It’s how the marketing can turn a design to something that it is not – and then people…
Colorless writings, part 7 – The Collector value
So you’re talking about the prices of used, collectible units? Yes i am. This is one subject that shows human nature at it’s finest. Let’s make up a person. We’ll call him Peter. Peter was playing a guitar actively in early to mid 90’s. He had all the right gear back then. The gear that…
Ibanez SS10 Session Man
What is it? Ibanez SS10 Session-Man Distortion/Chorus from Power series. Made in japan between 1986-89. Mid 80’s was a perfect time to try out stupid things like to combine distortion with other type of effects in small pedal enclosures. DOD did it, Boss did it and of course, Ibanez did it. The idea of mixing…
Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer
What is it? Boss GE-7 Equalizer, made in taiwan in may 2002. Otherwise in fair condition, but missing a few slider knobs (which seem to very hard to source as spares). Schematic is online, courtesy of Hobby-Hour.com. There are three DIP-8 and two SIP-9 opamps plus a transistor based output buffer that make up the…
ENO Music PT-21 Guitar Tuner
What is it? ENO Music PT-21 Guitar Tuner, made in china 2013. I wanted to try something tiny as a tuner for my personal pedal board. The price was one factor. I didn’t want to get another TC Electronic tuner as the old Polytune i have works reasonably well and i’m familiar with the use….