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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
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 Posted - 08/05/2008 : 08:16:27
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Of all Boss pedals you�ve bought, new or used/vintage, witch one made you most happy/euroforic? I don�t mean sound wise in first place, rather one you�ve been searching for a long time. And then the great feeling of having it, and on top of that it also sounded very good. Maybe above your expectations.
For me it�s absolutely DC-2, I looked for it a long time before finding it and when I got it I was very happy, the look of it made me smile. And the sound, one of the best choruses I ever heard.
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
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Posted - 08/05/2008 : 08:49:39
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Vim Fuego
Gold Member
Denmark
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Posted - 08/05/2008 : 09:35:28
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My second SP-1 - SS and almost as new - got it from Sweden actually.
I also like the sound of the SP-1 although its not going on the road
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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Posted - 08/05/2008 : 09:47:19
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Hi Goran, DeFrag & Guys
Well for now, it's my collection of CE-2's.
Closely followed by my collection of XT-2's & DD-2.
Then the HM-2's
I still don't own a DC-2.
So that might be the one, that changes my opinion.
Regards Dr. Bob
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/05/2008 : 09:50:29
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It's got to be my DSD-2 that I bought the autumn 2000.
I went to a hospital and spent a whole day being poked, prodded and x-rayed. In the end they gave me the all clear and when I left the hospital I saw a music store right across the road. I found a rather beaten and knackered DSD-2 on the shelf but feeling sorry for myself it was just the right thing to perk myself up again. |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2008 : 10:00:38
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Great story bossarea
Strange what pleases us, when we feel a little down..
Regards Dr. Bob |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2008 : 10:07:05
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Originally posted by Vim Fuego
My second SP-1 - SS and almost as new - got it from Sweden actually.
I also like the sound of the SP-1 although its not going on the road
Cheers
I also had two SP-1 for a while (a couple of years back), both bought in Sweden for around US $70 each, one SS and one black screw. You still can find bargains in Sweden even in music stores. I sure was happy for getting them that cheap, but I don�t think SP-1 is something to search for because of the good sound. But SP-1 sure can put that little extra to the tone of a guitar. |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2008 : 10:08:55
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Originally posted by bossarea
It's got to be my DSD-2 that I bought the autumn 2000.
I went to a hospital and spent a whole day being poked, prodded and x-rayed. In the end they gave me the all clear and when I left the hospital I saw a music store right across the road. I found a rather beaten and knackered DSD-2 on the shelf but feeling sorry for myself it was just the right thing to perk myself up again.
You told me this story (it�s a good one!)some years ago, wasn�t this also in Sweden? |
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PaulH
Gold Member
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Posted - 08/05/2008 : 10:27:11
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DD20
Typing in times to an exact bpm rather than a number of msec is so much more useful in a studio.
In fact some sort of delay box is the only pedal I really could not do without.
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/05/2008 : 11:27:06
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Originally posted by Goran
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Originally posted by bossarea
It's got to be my DSD-2 that I bought the autumn 2000.
You told me this story (it�s a good one!)some years ago, wasn�t this also in Sweden?
Yes, it was. I lived in Stockholm at the time.
Since I was a kid I've always had to reward myself somehow after going to the doctor's or the dentist. It's the motivation I need to go there in the first place. When I was 12 I usually got myself a spiderman comic but as I got older, the purchases got more expensive. Several of my pedals have been bought directly after leaving the doc's office but none was more memorable than the DSD-2. It has however gone downhill lately. I had a tooth capped last month and all I got myself was a DVD. |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2008 : 12:23:18
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Bossarea
It has however gone downhill lately. I had a tooth capped last month and all I got myself was a DVD.
I hope it was a music DVD?
Regards Dr. Bob |
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sp-1
Platinum Member
Germany
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Posted - 08/05/2008 : 12:41:21
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Originally posted by Dr. Bob
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Bossarea
It has however gone downhill lately. I had a tooth capped last month and all I got myself was a DVD.
I hope it was a music DVD?
Regards Dr. Bob
Yeah, naked women singing oooooohhhh's and aaaahhh's  |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2008 : 12:52:03
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Hi SP-1
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SS-1
Yeah, naked women singing oooooohhhh's and aaaahhh's
I think I saw the sequel to that movie at my friends place, during a bachelor party once.  |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2008 : 15:25:53
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The good thing is that it was Iron maiden's Live after Death DVD.
The bad part is that my DVD player broke so I haven't seen it yet. 
The DVD with the naked women, I already got  |
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sp-1
Platinum Member
Germany
1454 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2008 : 16:07:08
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Live after death is a great dvd  |
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visserman
Platinum Member
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Posted - 08/05/2008 : 20:41:19
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I have the opposite really, and must be one of the few I guess.
When I get a pedal I usually know what it does and what it sounds like, and often I feel like "So what the heck??"
Then after some time I start to see how good --or bad-- a particular pedal is.
Also after having a few more of a similar pedal I really start to appreciate the uniqueness of a particular pedal.
Examples? TS 808--so clear in tone--
OD1--such a great Marshall pedal--
HM2--unique in sound and again very Marshall, but the opposite tonal spectrum of an OD1--
BD2--such a great pedal for chorusing--
RV2--great natural reverb--
GE6--Maybe, maybe this is the exception: I liked this one straight away and felt it was so good, but I paid way too much for it, so that takes away a bit form the "feel-good-factor"
Two more and then I will stop my list:
SD1--again unique Marshall sound--
SD2--another one I liked straight away--
Another general point: Buying from Ebay--You can buy anything really, so nothing is special anymore.--- Seeing a great pedal in a secondhand shop is another matter, but the onces you see get snapped up quickly, and these days I have become more careful: Seen a few CE-2's still do not have one, but let them both pass. The guy from the shop said "Sweet pedal, it is Japenese" I thought: "So what man!!"
I guess I can tell what it will sound like and feel the chorus sound I can make at the moment cannot be bettered. It would be more a case of wanting to have another pedal for the collection.
I can see bossarea's point of buying things which make you feel happy. I sometimes do the opposite, buying things which make me feel guilty. Anyway, enough from me now and back to topic! |
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Your "happiest" Boss buy
