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bossarea
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StratoSphere
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Canada
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 Posted - 12/02/2006 : 06:38:00
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Sunburst
Silver Member
427 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2006 : 22:47:20
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| My VB-2 with s/n 236800 has a green label. I doubt that is has ever been changed when considering the pedal and backplates overall mint condition. I believe that it is the original backplate. What is your reason to doubt it is original? |
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ronster
Gold Member
Australia
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Posted - 12/04/2006 : 03:16:27
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good thing we have bossarea.com forum to check out potentially fishy things out first.
I would hate it if people got ripped off by dodgy sellers on eBay  |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2006 : 12:50:43
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Originally posted by Sunburst
My VB-2 with s/n 236800 has a green label. I doubt that is has ever been changed when considering the pedal and backplates overall mint condition. I believe that it is the original backplate. What is your reason to doubt it is original?
I've collected a lot of serial numbers and there are VB-2s made later with black labels. Also the green labels seem to pop up from January 1984 (serial 38xx00) on CE-2, CE-3, BF-2 and some others. Strange if they were introduced on VB-2s a year earlier but not consistently.
I think the green label was introduced because of the FCC rules. Anyone know when these came into effect? |
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tomwest
Silver Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/04/2006 : 13:03:08
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I've never tried one, but is the VB-2 actually that good/useable? Obviously the scarcity of it inflates the price, but is it worth it?
My HM-2 is probably my favourite pedal and I got it for near peanuts, I guess it's not that rare, but it sounds great. |
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Sunburst
Silver Member
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Posted - 12/04/2006 : 18:06:05
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Originally posted by bossarea
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Originally posted by Sunburst
My VB-2 with s/n 236800 has a green label. I doubt that is has ever been changed when considering the pedal and backplates overall mint condition. I believe that it is the original backplate. What is your reason to doubt it is original?
I've collected a lot of serial numbers and there are VB-2s made later with black labels. Also the green labels seem to pop up from January 1984 (serial 38xx00) on CE-2, CE-3, BF-2 and some others. Strange if they were introduced on VB-2s a year earlier but not consistently.
I think the green label was introduced because of the FCC rules. Anyone know when these came into effect?
I believe there was a discussion a long time ago about this when it came up in a thread. If Im not mistaken I think someone had checked and the FCC rules came into effect sometime around 1981. |
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bosshog
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Canada
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Posted - 12/04/2006 : 19:37:18
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VB-2, SP-1 etc are way too overpriced people. I mean I am all for everything you know with free market and all but I am sure 9 out of 10 people would not be able to tell if they A/B'd a clone and the real thing. Many of the pros now use modellers as well.
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Overpriced VB-2 and something isn't quite right
