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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
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 Posted - 03/09/2006 : 07:21:08
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I got a late PH-1 by the mail yesterday, it was supposed to be a silver screw but it turned out to be a black screw�
Serial 075500, paperlabel under battery.
When I opened it up I saw a very strange hole for the battery cable, it was oval (15 x 5 mm), the ends of the hole was really rounded off (but the long sides was parallel). I have never seen that before, the usual is a rectangular hole (near the screw, under the battery). This oval hole was placed at the same location but is narrower than the rectangular. I�m really sure that it�s original, the paint was still on the edges of the hole.
The usual hole from this period is rectangular and there is also a hole beside the switch, not so on my PH-1. The was just this oval hole in the whole department.
Anybody seen this before?
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/09/2006 : 13:31:25
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That doesn't sound like anything I've seen. Any possibility you can get a picture of it?
Interesting to get confirmed that the PH-1 production didn't stop immediately when the PH-1R was released. There is at least a few months overlap where both pedals were produced. |
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Vim Fuego
Gold Member
Denmark
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Posted - 03/09/2006 : 16:49:31
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Actually this is the same as mine. Never noticed it before.
Serial 075500 also. And grey battery clip.
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Edited by - Vim Fuego on 03/09/2006 16:50:04 |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2006 : 09:35:08
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I will try get some pictures taken, but it won�t happen until next week as I don�t have a digital camera myself.
Vim Fuego: can you do it faster? |
Edited by - Goran on 03/10/2006 09:35:32 |
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Vim Fuego
Gold Member
Denmark
566 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2006 : 20:53:43
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Download Attachment:  PH-1.jpg
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Here it is..
BTW Goran.. what does the bottom plate on your PH-1 say? Mine says "use a coin to open battery..." but it has black screw.
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Vim Fuego
Gold Member
Denmark
566 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2006 : 21:02:32
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Originally posted by Goran
I got a late PH-1 by the mail yesterday, it was supposed to be a silver screw but it turned out to be a black screw�
hmmm I wonder if this means that the bottom plate said "Use a coin.."
I just received a CE-2 - an old one with a long dash and different fonts in "Chorus". This bottom plate also said "Use a coin.." but it has a black screw as well. Serial number is: 124600.
Does anyone know if they changed to black screw before changing the wording on the bottom plate?? Or is it just a coincidence with 2 pedals who either got a different bottom plate or got the silver screw switched with a black?
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Vim Fuego
Gold Member
Denmark
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Posted - 03/10/2006 : 21:20:55
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Just ran the serial number of the CE-2 and the PH-1 through Bossareas excelent serial decoder. Turns out thy were both made in 1981 - one in may the other in october.
So maybe there might be something to the theory that "use a coin.." bottom plates were still used with the first black screws??
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/10/2006 : 21:54:33
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| A lot indicates that the black screw was introduced a while before the wording on the bottom plate changed. The long dash changed somewhere around 13xx00-16xx00 too. |
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visserman
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Posted - 03/11/2006 : 16:41:36
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Vim thanks for that clear picture, and indeed, it looks unusual.
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
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Posted - 03/13/2006 : 07:05:18
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My PH-1 is exacly like Vim Fuegos, the same hole. And it says use a coin.
What I meant above was that the seller said it would be a silver screw, but i wasn�t.....
Interesting to know if this hole is on other pedals than PH-1, I believe that. |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/27/2006 : 11:53:57
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I was taking some pictures yesterday when I found two similar pedals.
PH-1R, serial number starts with 08 (I'm at work and can't remember the rest) and DS-1 with unreadable serial.
It might have been a short lived feature used around June-July 1981. |
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