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bingefeller
Copper Member
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 Posted - 01/06/2009 : 21:45:04
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Originally posted by Right Foot Boss
I love my DN-2! 
What's the DN-2 like? How much gain does it have compared to the DS-1? Does it sound anything like the Dyna Drive channel on the Roland Cube amps? |
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silvertone6120
Gold Member
USA
609 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2009 : 23:04:17
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| Just scored a nice OD-1(black label), no box or manual. Two tiny tiny places where paint has chipped but that's it. |
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2009 : 23:18:16
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Sweet pedals bingefeller!  |
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Disco Stu
Silver Member
USA
303 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2009 : 05:10:54
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Picked up a volume pedal tonight from a fellow on Craigslist: The Boss FV-50H. Not quite sure what I shall do with it yet, but the price was decent enough! Two inputs, two outputs and a tuner output.
I am curious if it can be used as an expression pedal?
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2009 : 07:49:21
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Hi Disco Stu
Any chance you might upload some internal pics. of that FV-50H?
For or Pedal Internals thread.
Regards Dr. Bob |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2009 : 10:58:16
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Originally posted by Disco Stu
I am curious if it can be used as an expression pedal?
Yes! But it would need some internal re-wiring - or a special cable made. |
Edited by - Laurie on 01/07/2009 10:58:46 |
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Disco Stu
Silver Member
USA
303 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 02:56:18
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Hello --
Yes, I would be happy to take internal shots of the volume pedal. But the flash on that camera seems to oversaturate the photos lightwise.
I'll try a darker background, maybe some backlighting... any good tips on taking decent pics of boards and components?
I noticed that the photo on the main Bossarea page looks a heckuva lot better than the one I snapped of the same device. |
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
1185 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 04:06:16
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..you can try backing up and zooming in a bit (but it compresses the image and makes depth hard to discern), and make sure the flash is pointed away a bit. Even face the camera part-way away - just getting the flash off-axis will help a lot.
On a related note.. I started making little softboxes for my flashes to take better shots of pedals and internals. The initial results are promising - the whole rig should be up in a week or so (depending on school and work  ).
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 05:38:15
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Originally posted by verivorax
..you can try backing up and zooming in a bit..
I usually try this but you must hold the camera steady!
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..and make sure the flash is pointed away a bit. Even face the camera part-way away - just getting the flash off-axis will help a lot.
But THIS is what I need to do more of! Tks V  |
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Disco Stu
Silver Member
USA
303 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 06:14:55
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OK -- {re: FV-50R Volume Pedal}
I will attempt upload a few of the least blurry pics to the uploads folder. We'll see if I get a timeout error...
Oops.. have to scale them down. Sorry for the "delay".
 
(Some time later) OK I scaled down three jpg's to +/- 650x850.
All three timed out when attempting to upload. these don't seem overly large to me, as I see larger-scale photos here all the time. I suppose the timeout is a function of my having an old-fashioned dialup connection.
If anyone wants, I can send these as email attachments. The other option is scaling them down smaller, at which point they will most likely be useless for any detail.
Let me know what the usual criteria are for acceptable internal pedal pics (### pixels x ### pixels), so I don't waste any time posting tiny little jpg's. |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 07:36:49
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G'day DS! What's the file size of the pics you are uiploading? Even with a modest height/width, if the compression is too low the pics can exceed the size that works.
I usually use 1024 x 768 with a JPG compression of between 10-20%. Quite viewable and usually under 200k in size. |
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Disco Stu
Silver Member
USA
303 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 14:59:01
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Hi Laurie --
The jpg's are 244k, 216k and 224k in size (there are three).
I suspect the timeout error is due to my dial-up connection?
I can scale smaller, but likely at the price of eradicating detail.
Remember the old film "Blow-Up"?
-- disco stu |
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Gizzorge
Silver Member
USA
245 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 23:45:28
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So I logged on to a certain used website over here in the states (???) They had a really clean DM-3 (the only pedal I must have to have to make me happy!). Price:$250. I sent them an anonymous email telling them that making a buck is fine, but ripping off your customers is not. So I log on today, and they dropped the price to $149, so I called, and it was still there, and now it is on the way to me!!!!
Yeah! Unless NAMM busts out some great new stuff, I think my Boss purchasing quest might have come to an end..... |
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Right Foot Boss
Gold Member
USA
881 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2009 : 08:15:23
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Originally posted by bingefeller
What's the DN-2 like? How much gain does it have compared to the DS-1? Does it sound anything like the Dyna Drive channel on the Roland Cube amps?
I bought it because I am a finger player. I thought it would give me clean picks with driven strums
which it can to very very well, but it colors the tone to a degree that (with the drive all the way down)
sucks a lot of the low end tone and leaves a 'tinny' sound much like a  DS-1 setting does.
But alas I am not despaired by this and am driven to resolve this issue possibly with a GE-7/PQ-4 or a LM-2/LMB-2?
Any opinions anybody?
As far as a comparison to the DS-1, the DN-2 is well enough.
As well as an overdrive can be I guess.
As far as the cube, I don't own one so I can't tell you. |
Edited by - Right Foot Boss on 01/09/2009 08:43:30 |
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Stengah2010
Silver Member
Australia
167 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2009 : 08:37:16
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Hello all,
New acquisitions from the last month or so:
XT-2 - July 1996 - With box but no papers (my second XT-2  )
OS-2 - August 2008 - Brand new with box and all papers
FZ-3 - No bottom label, as usual the likely culprit is VELCRO - No box or papers
BF-2B - October 1989 - No box or papers
The FZ-3 is my first ever fuzz pedal, you can get some super wacky grind running into an already distorted amp, I like it 
53 compacts and counting
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