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Brutalitarian Supremacy
Silver Member
USA
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 Posted - 03/30/2010 : 04:03:26
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Originally posted by natthu
Sweet... I've been trying to get one of these for ages.
My Shin-ei Companion Fuzz Wah just arrived from the UK. It's a monster. This is a very angry pedal with the most blistering fuzz ever.
I love it. It's in reasonable condidition for something that is from the 60's (I think?). Needs a bit of a clean up and few screws tightened here and there, but works beautifully.
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natthu
Gold Member
Australia
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Posted - 03/30/2010 : 15:12:02
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Originally posted by Brutalitarian Supremacy
...sexy
Ha! I took it along to Band practice tonight and my guitarist agrees with you  |
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natthu
Gold Member
Australia
756 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2010 : 02:05:09
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This arrived yesterday, it's a Flanger made in the USSR. It's pretty ugly.
I can read Cyrillic so transliterating the labels into the Latin Alphabet is no problem. However, I don't speak Russian.
This pedal also has the old Soviet DIN sockets so I can't actually plug it in yet (I knew this when I bought it, I'm intending to fit it with standard 1/4" sockets... and if it sounds good, I might rehouse the whole thing).
The Manufacturer is Elektronika and the model number is FL-01
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Mansun
Gold Member
Spain
564 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2010 : 02:11:50
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| Even the colour choice is awful... How are soviet pedals usually? Do they sound good at all? |
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natthu
Gold Member
Australia
756 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2010 : 05:07:01
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Supposedly this sounds good. This is my first Soviet pedal, and I haven't tried any others. Judging by the quality of their guitars the effects are probably not so fantastic either...
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2010 : 19:59:09
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At last I have a Zvex Fuzz Factory, traded it for a Mad Professor fuzz.
And let me tell you all that the Zvex is, without any doubts, the wildest pedal I ever tried. It�s totally crazy and one needs a little time to tame it.
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Witloofboer
Gold Member
Belgium
513 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2010 : 21:10:44
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Hey Natthu, where do you find all this stuff?  |
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Radioheading
Silver Member
United Kingdom
494 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2010 : 21:13:12
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| Natthu... That... Looks... Awesome |
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natthu
Gold Member
Australia
756 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2010 : 03:19:07
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Witloofboer: All eBay my friend... the Shin-ei was from the UK, and I got the Soviet Flanger from the Ukraine. I also get a few things from Japan (you can get awesome deals on new stuff that has the tiniest flaws because Japanese people want their stuff to be *perfect*). I like to check eBay US, Germany, UK as well as Australia. I have no problem with dealing with people outside of Australia (we are a tiny market - rare, interesting and cool items don't pop up very often here). I just missed out on a Soviet version of a Fuzz Wah a few weeks ago. It looked horrible (but interesting). I like the soviet stuff more as a curiosity rather than a functional pieces of gear...
Radioheading: Cheers mate  Hope the recovery is going well... |
Edited by - natthu on 04/03/2010 03:21:32 |
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fabs
Silver Member
France
213 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2010 : 11:29:47
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my new toy, the first ever produced phaser (between 71 and 75, mine dated 74), the Maestro PS-1A, a great piece of gear
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Pepe
Silver Member
Germany
230 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2010 : 11:53:52
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| Yeah! Maestro! Cool design, but why didn't they use potentiometers instead of the three switches? |
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fabs
Silver Member
France
213 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2010 : 12:46:25
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| cause it's easier to tweak with the feet |
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Pepe
Silver Member
Germany
230 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2010 : 12:55:54
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Ouch! I wouldn't stomp too hard on the switches.  |
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fabs
Silver Member
France
213 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2010 : 14:19:19
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| yes, you should avoid Doc Martens shoes |
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Mansun
Gold Member
Spain
564 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2010 : 18:03:06
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| Can you have all three modes on at the same time? How would that sound? weird... And cool pedal! |
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New Pedals #1 (Non-Boss)
