WTF Dr Bob??? I'd rather watch Saw VI alone in a dark forest than give a look at those pictures!!!
Maybe that pedal comes from Boss headquarters, where they make ageing tests to see if they can resist uncontrolled circunstances. Looks like a 200 hundred years old pedal.
oh cmon its pretty much mint. From the sellers point of view you call it mint cause it sounds way better than 99% clean. Heads up if any of you buy it ill reduce the price just msg me.
I bought that one and restored it. Now it looks like this:
With all kidding aside, that picture of the one that's all deteriorated looks like it was probably sitting in the bottom of a salt water fishtank for a number of years. The second pic is of my own CE-3 as it looks today.....which proves that if these pedals are stored in a climate controlled environment, they should last longer than we will. No kidding, I bought it new in 87'....nearly 23 years ago. Amazing.