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Rich_S
Silver Member
USA
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 Posted - 04/07/2010 : 20:11:37
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[RHETORICAL RANT]
Who decided to put the DS-1's volume pot in the middle!?!
All the other Boss dirt boxes: BD, various OD's, couple of SD's, ALL have their tone pot in the middle. TS-9? Tone in the middle. TS-808? Tone in the middle. My Eternity clone has its tone pot in the middle. Even the Rat has its filter control in the middle.
Why, oh why oh why are the DS-1's tone and volume pots backwards? Drives me crazy.
[/RHETORICAL RANT]
BTW, my dirt pedal lineup for the upcoming 25th reunion gig by my college frat-party-and-bar band is the E-clone and my latest DS-1 (approximately a Monte Allums Recto mod). The modded SD-1 will come along off the pedalboard as a spare.
Here's us at last years class of '84 reunion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCuXczlk6WQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HeRVmL2cjA
...and 25 years ago, in the spring of 1985:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7vPdccFodA
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Edited by - Rich_S on 04/07/2010 20:21:04 |
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rhcp_1005
Silver Member
United Kingdom
307 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2010 : 20:44:15
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| The DS-1 volume pot never botherd me really. I know it could be a problem if you need to change the volume during a gig but I never did. Great videos as well. |
Edited by - rhcp_1005 on 04/07/2010 20:44:33 |
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2010 : 21:14:20
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| NO,NO,NO the question is why are all of tte other pots besides the ds-1's reversed. the ds-1 was made a long time before any of these other pedals |
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Radioheading
Silver Member
United Kingdom
494 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2010 : 21:38:31
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The big question is, so what?!
And I'm watchin the vid in 85... You guys sounded pretty damn good! Shame I cant say the same about whatever that is sitting on your head  |
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cctsim
Silver Member
United Kingdom
418 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2010 : 21:42:23
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| More annoying for me is that if you set the VOL control to zero there is still sound coming out of the pedal. |
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Rich_S
Silver Member
USA
219 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2010 : 22:04:28
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Originally posted by Radioheading
...whatever that is sitting on your head
I believe you are referring to HAIR, which indeed is in short supply these days. This year, there will be NO videotaping from upstairs.  |
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Radioheading
Silver Member
United Kingdom
494 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2010 : 22:11:30
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Eh believe me, I'm in no posistion really to comment about peoples hair  |
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Miky
Silver Member
Czech Republic
184 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2010 : 22:33:25
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Hey Rich_S, that Message in the bottle was just amazing 
As for the DS-1 I never thought of it properly but I always kinda took it that it is the distortion that is one way and the rest are overdrives so they are the other.
I have no idea though why they had to make the layout different from the OD-1 back then when all they had to do was add the tone knob down in the middle. |
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Mansun
Gold Member
Spain
564 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2010 : 01:58:25
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| The attitude onstage has changed a lot since the 80s... I don't see myself dancing so much while playing! |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2010 : 02:32:38
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When i used my MIJ DS-1 on my board i kept the volume dimed so it didn't really bother me..
sounds good rich...that girl can really sing and your guitar playing and tone sound good as well.......don't mind the begrudgers..always remember grass doesn't grow on a busy street... from a follically challenged guitar player in Dublin....... |
Edited by - FRANZONI on 04/08/2010 02:35:12 |
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Rich_S
Silver Member
USA
219 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2010 : 02:53:05
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Thanks for the complements, all. That's my MIJ BF-2 and a DD-3; they've been my "Police" sound for 25 years. The amp is my DIY Marshall 18 Watter clone.
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MullyFX
Gold Member
Germany
753 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2010 : 10:48:32
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the 85 gig was great.... honestly enjoyed that.
the synths are too loud but they always are aren't they |
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Rich_S
Silver Member
USA
219 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2010 : 13:54:36
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durango95
Copper Member
Canada
20 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2010 : 07:46:06
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Originally posted by FRANZONI
When i used my MIJ DS-1 on my board i kept the volume dimed so it didn't really bother me..
I just spent the last 2 hours (and last 6 beers  ) experimenting with my board and I put my MIT DS-1 in the loop and dimed the volume knob (something I never tried before). Tone at 11:00, Dist at 12:00 -2:00, Volume FULL THROTTLE!! , Using my Les Paul and a GE-7 to boost the mids a bit, and MAN it sounded good!!
coulda been the beer, BUT im under the opinion now that the DS-1 shouldnt even have a volume knob! Just Tone and Dist!! Tear that volume circuit out and let it rip!!  |
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Pedal Dan
Silver Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2010 : 07:56:28
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| Beer makes any pedal sound better. I'm running thru a breadboard Tim right now...it's just the dope!!! Tomorrow it'll be something else! |
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Dirk
Platinum Member
Netherlands
1309 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2010 : 10:19:25
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Wow, really great singing on Message in a bottle and Kids in America, I bet that's the same girl? If so, then 25 years later she still can sing very well
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DS-1: WWTT!?!
