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Pearl OD-05 Overdrive

Posted on 8/12/20138/12/2013 by mirosol

What is it? Pearl OD-05 Overdrive. Made in japan, early eighties. This must be one of most desired overdrives on the planet. And for good reason i might add. I don’t know how many units were made, but the amount must be a lot. There’s almost always one for sale on eBay, so this ain’t…

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Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer Classic

Posted on 4/12/20133/12/2013 by mirosol

Ah. Back to the old tricks with yet another Tube Screamer. What is it? Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer Classic. Later version, made in Taiwan late 80s or early 90s. So it is TS9 with one resistor added before the inverting input of the opamp. These taiwanese units tend to sell for less than current TS9…

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Danelectro DO1 Daddy-O Overdrive

Posted on 22/10/2013 by mirosol

What is it? Danelectro DO-1 Daddy-O overdrive, built in 1996. Got mine through ebay for a very reasonable price. Some natural road worn, sratches and paint chips. It’s good only either in this condition or as a mint. Quite happy with aesthetics. Inside, there are two boards screwed on the very sturdy design enclosure. I…

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Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer (Reissue)

Posted on 10/10/201317/10/2013 by mirosol

What is it? Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer Reissue, made in japan. According to my guess on the serial, this is probably made in 2008. Got it used but in fair condition. This must be one of the pedals with most information written. Sad thing that the reissues aren’t getting as much attention. No one seems…

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Danelectro DJ1 Pastrami Mini Overdrive

Posted on 1/10/2013 by mirosol

What is it? Danelectro DJ-1 Pastrami Mini Overdrive. First in Dano’s mini boxes. Got this from a friend. Thanks Mr. Järvi! Not bad at all. Like many in this series, the soldering leaves me wanting more quality, but otherwise there’s not that much bad to say about this. The schematic can be found on FSB….

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MXR Distortion+

Posted on 21/09/2013 by mirosol

What is it? MXR Distrotion+, block logo and no LED. Dating back all the way to 1977. Got this unit as an addon to one special deal. The deal was so good that i thought that someone was trying to to setup a oldschool swindle and rip me off of my money. Turned out that…

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DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 (reissue)

Posted on 12/09/201316/12/2013 by mirosol

What is it? DOD Overdrive Preamp 250, 90’s reissue in yellow first series style enclosure. Made in china. This is one of those boxes that everyone should play with at some point in their life. If for anything else, for the feel of that heavvy duty box. The base design topology is pretty much verbatim…

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Ibanez CR5 Crunchy Rhythm

Posted on 2/08/20132/09/2013 by mirosol

What is it? Ibanez CR5 Crunchy Rhythm from Soundtank series in metal enclosure, made in Taiwan around 1989-90. It is a design that differs from usual TS and/or Voodoo Labs overdrive topology. Boosting, bluesy overdrive with discrete differential pair to determine which parts of the signal get to Si diode hard clipping before the tone…

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Ibanez TS5 Tubescreamer

Posted on 19/07/20132/09/2013 by mirosol

Let’s start out with underrated, yet obvious classic. What is it? Ibanez TS5 Tubescreamer from Soundtank series in plastic enclosure, made in Taiwan around 1992-1995 This unit has serial number starting with 107, which suggests that it is early Taiwanese Tubescreamer with plastic enclosure. I’m not 100% sure about the serial numbers and how these…

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