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maniacally_cool
Silver Member
Philippines
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 Posted - 12/14/2005 : 12:54:25
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| hmmm.... you know what, i happen to own a PSM5 once with the same silver screw. i wasn't aware of the silver screw that time so i sold the pedal. |
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maniacally_cool
Silver Member
Philippines
212 Posts |
Posted - 12/14/2005 : 13:06:42
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and take a look at the thumbscrew on this pedal.
US ebay Item number: 7373357856
maybe pedals with the transparent switch has that kind of silver screw. |
Edited by - maniacally_cool on 12/14/2005 13:07:03 |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2005 : 07:16:18
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I have now checked my HM-2, serial: 654500 (under battery).
MIJ, "Boss AC adaptor" label, PCB: 2291085902-�
The labes says "use your fingers".
The strange thing is that the threaded part of the screw is of exactly the same lengh as the plastic screws. And I can see that it�s not cut or sawed off. It�s totaly interchangable with a plastic screw.
I don�t have any guitar with a Floyd Rose (the screw can maybe be a part of this system) or a clone off, but I�m pretty sure those screws are a little fatter.
Could anyone with a Floyd (not US threads) check if a plastic Boss screw fits at the bridge of a Floyd? |
Edited by - Goran on 12/15/2005 07:54:51 |
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Sunburst
Silver Member
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Posted - 12/15/2005 : 10:06:24
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Originally posted by maniacally_cool
and take a look at the thumbscrew on this pedal.
US ebay Item number: 7373357856
maybe pedals with the transparent switch has that kind of silver screw.
The silver screw on that NF-1 looks strange. I have never seen one like it. My SP-1 has both the transparent switch and silver screw, but it has the "normal" type of silver screw seen in the Boss book. |
Edited by - Sunburst on 12/15/2005 10:06:47 |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2005 : 11:15:18
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My HM-2 has of course not a transparent switch.
We need a little more verifications of this strange silver screw to know if it�s real or a fake.
But it�s very strange that mine and that one on NS-1 looks just the same.
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/15/2005 : 11:49:20
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I don't think there's a correlation between transparent switches and these types of screws. My transparent switch SP-1 has the normal slotted screw and I've seen Ebay pics of other similar pedals.
Is it possible that these non-slotted silver screws were once black screws that has had the black removed? |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2005 : 12:06:43
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| I can try remove the black on one of my spares, it�s possible but the silver variant is thinner. |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 06:57:37
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Yesterday I took a rather new black screw and filed it a bit here and there. Underneth it is certainly not the same as the screw on my HM-2. And I think the black plastic is so hard and sitting so secure it is not possible for it to fall off or be peeled off.
I also took a close look with a microscope on the screws, a plastic one of the same age has the same tip-cutting (or what it is called) as the all-metal one. But the newer plastics are far mor squared off.
I measured the treaded part with a (not digital) caliper, the same lenght!
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Edited by - Goran on 12/16/2005 07:37:08 |
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lightburst
Silver Member
Germany
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 16:21:50
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I think the origin of the silver screws without the notch is not Boss but another manufacturer. Maybe the original screw got lost and therfore was substituted with this particular one. I found a chorus made by Donio on Ebay wich has exactly that screw! Here is a picture of it
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2005 : 07:08:11
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| Lightburst, you could have found the solution I think. I believe it�s a possible source for the strange silver screws on some Boss pedals. Much more likely than that Boss have put different silver screws om some of their pedals. |
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Sunburst
Silver Member
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Posted - 12/19/2005 : 10:04:38
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It seems like we may have found an answer to the mystery then.
By the way, a little mystery every now and then is just what we need... |
Edited by - Sunburst on 12/19/2005 10:05:05 |
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lightburst
Silver Member
Germany
158 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2005 : 10:34:53
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a little mystery every now and then is just what we need
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2005 : 11:02:50
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| Lightburst, for the sake of completeness, could you measure length of the screw of the copy-pedal and compare with a plastic Boss-screw (the geared part). Mine on HM-2 has exactly the same length as a plastic Boss, and of course the same gears. |
Edited by - Goran on 12/19/2005 11:04:18 |
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Sunburst
Silver Member
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Posted - 12/19/2005 : 15:01:36
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Just saw a PH-1r with a silver screw on the japanese dealer Ishibashi U-box. It looks like it could be the original screw, but who knows, It could have been put there later on to "boost" the value of the pedal.
This is the first PH-1r I have seen with a silver screw. |
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lightburst
Silver Member
Germany
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Posted - 12/19/2005 : 16:46:11
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| Goran, sorry but I can�t messure it because I haven�t bought this chorus. I only found this article on Ebay and copied the photograph for this forum for documentation. So I don�t know how long the screw is |
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Silver screw pedals
