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Rich_S
Silver Member
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 Posted - 01/08/2010 : 20:07:23
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A buddy sent me a couple of Boss CS's to repair & possibly mod, a CS-3 and a moderately beat-up old CS-2. For my trouble, I get to keep one.
Before he sent them, he told me "one doesn't work, and one kinda works". Based on that description, my troubleshooting commenced:
1) Unpack compressors
2) Turn compressors over
3) Read label on back: "Boss AC Adapter... ACA-120"
4) Problems solved.
I know this guy has a pedalboard with some nice boutique stompboxes on it. I'm betting he tried running them off his 9-volt supply with everything else. I scared up a couple of batteries, and sure enough they work fine. Things sound a little scatchy (but that may be the flakey jack on my Telecaster) so I'll clean the jacks for him, perhaps replace the footswitch in the CS-3, since it seems a little unpredictable.
He says he wants Wampler's mod on the CS-3, which is fairly easy, with a low part count. I'll do a PSA conversion on it, too.
And I get to keep the CS-2!  |
Edited by - Rich_S on 01/08/2010 22:12:58 |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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bassinyourface
Bronze Member
France
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Posted - 01/09/2010 : 09:19:39
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Hey looks like you got yourself a very nice deal ! |
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Rich_S
Silver Member
USA
219 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2010 : 08:14:26
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First off, let me say THANK YOU to Laurie for the great tutorial - the switch-cleaning went off without a hitch and worked like a charm.
I spent two hours tonight pulling them apart, cleaning switches and jacks, and jumpering their voltage-dropping diode/resistor so they'll run on a PSA now. I cleaned them inside and out, got all the little corners clean, and pulled some major dust bunnies out from under the knobs on the CS-2.
The CS-2 is MIJ from 1982 and sounds great. I love it with the attack all the way down and the sutain all the way up.
The CS-3 dates to 1991. It's MIT, but has the DBX chip in it. I don't like it as much - it's too nice. Definitely higher-fi that the -2; when the CS-3's EQ is at 50%, it sounds about like the CS-2, so they're a LOT more treble available on the -3 if you want it.
Using them together was fun. With both set for full squash, they just begged me to play "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" on my Tele.
Since I have to order parts for the mods on the CS-3, I'll have them around for another week or so, so I can play more with the CS-2 and decide if I want to keep it. I'm not sure I want/need a compresor in my rig. |
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A pair of CS's in da House!
