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chrissydamage
Silver Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 09/04/2009 : 04:07:17
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Greetings all;
Thought I might start this thread as I keep saying I learn something new about Boss compacts pretty much every day - information which does not seem to be mentioned anywhere else on the interweb. Rather than start a new thread everytime I discover a different shade of yellow on an OD-1 I thought it would be cool to throw it all here....
Any new discoveries or anomolies about the pedals themselves and construction techniques, design changes, sound variation, even different combinations of pedals that work really well together.....any discoveries that we made today? Its all educational (at least thats what I keep telling myself, I'm sure this knowledge will come in useful someday) so lets hear them!!
I shall set the ball rolling and say today in Boss School I learned that the early Boss pedals prior to mid 1980 (ie the ss ones) have really short battery wires fitted from the factory, and you can barely fit the battery in the compartment without breaking the spring off!! This is why so many of the old pedals have been 'modified' and the battery connectors have been extended - to make them usable. What a dumbass design!! Never knew that before.........
Any recycling of information is welcome of course, but if someone spots it please provide a link to where this has been mentioned before so the poster can read more about the subject.....
(this is where someone pipes up and goes 'chrissy; we already had a thread like this 3 years ago and the link is here:' lol)
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phostenix
Gold Member
USA
754 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2009 : 05:44:44
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| I only recently noticed that the LED in an early CE-2 is just gooped into place. At some point they started mounting the LED on a small PCB that screws into the case, but the early ones just have a metal "tube" cast into the housing that the LED goes into. |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2009 : 14:45:25
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Goood idea.
About 1 to 2 months ago,
Laurie & I figured out that there are at least 3 variations of chip sets used in the MT-2's.
Not a bad discovery for a a pedal that has been around a bit,
& is one of Boss's biggest sellers.
Laurie even started a new post about our findings.
Regards Dr. Bob 
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sp-1
Platinum Member
Germany
1454 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2009 : 17:56:28
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I posted somewhere that we know of DF-2's with green, orange and silver internals.
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Right Foot Boss
Gold Member
USA
881 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2009 : 07:45:03
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I was about to dredg up an older DN-2 thread to post this, but since I'm here...
The DN-2 keeps its level no matter how softly you play it. The only thing that changes with your playing intensity is the distortion or drive. Very cool (IMHO). |
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guitarfreak1387
Bronze Member
USA
91 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2009 : 10:01:19
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| I found that vb2 prices on eBay are ungodly hight priced lol |
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rhcp_1005
Silver Member
United Kingdom
307 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2009 : 14:43:00
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quote:
Originally posted by Right Foot Boss
I was about to dredg up an older DN-2 thread to post this, but since I'm here...
The DN-2 keeps its level no matter how softly you play it. The only thing that changes with your playing intensity is the distortion or drive. Very cool (IMHO).
That's pretty cool. |
Edited by - rhcp_1005 on 09/05/2009 14:46:16 |
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rhcp_1005
Silver Member
United Kingdom
307 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2009 : 14:44:32
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| As are SG-1, SP-1 and now DM-2s as well. |
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rhcp_1005
Silver Member
United Kingdom
307 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2009 : 14:45:43
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quote:
Originally posted by rhcp_1005
quote:
Originally posted by Right Foot Boss
I was about to dredg up an older DN-2 thread to post this, but since I'm here...
The DN-2 keeps its level no matter how softly you play it. The only thing that changes with your playing intensity is the distortion or drive. Very cool (IMHO).
That's pretty cool.
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2009 : 17:11:52
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| that working on a saturady of a holiday weekend is no fun |
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Rich_S
Silver Member
USA
219 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2009 : 21:12:08
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| That an SD-1 with the Eternity mod rocks in a major way, and it looks really cool with red and blue Davies-style knobs. |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2009 : 22:56:08
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quote:
Originally posted by Rich_S
That an SD-1 with the Eternity mod rocks in a major way, and it looks really cool with red and blue Davies-style knobs.
Pictures please  (inside and outside) |
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chrissydamage
Silver Member
United Kingdom
180 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2009 : 23:13:45
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and today I learnt that the repeat rate dial on a DM-2 works in reverse
and also I despise hacked pedals (the above DM-2), especially the ebay favourite 'stealth mod' (ie you know nothing of the mod until it turns up in the post looking all sad and with holes drilled in the case, extra sockets fitted and jumper wires bodged into the board grrr )
One of these days I'm going to have the pleasure of hearing an original analog boss delay.....(sigh)
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Rich_S
Silver Member
USA
219 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2009 : 03:04:54
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Originally posted by Laurie
Pictures please (inside and outside)
Here's the outside. Inside's going to have to wait 'til the next time have it off the board.
Download Attachment:  SD-1E_a.JPG
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Edited by - Rich_S on 09/07/2009 03:52:21 |
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paperboycalle
Copper Member
Sweden
20 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2009 : 20:54:11
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I just learned that there are only 12, out of ca 310 Boss products with the number 4 in them. Whats up with that?
(KM-400, KM-40, KM-04, KM-4, BX-400, BX-40, BX-4, RCB-4 (a case..), J-44, MPD-4, SP-404, PQ-4 (1 out of 93 pedals!).)
And Roland: Just the Jupiter 4 and the MC-4...
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Dirk
Platinum Member
Netherlands
1309 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2009 : 09:53:16
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As explained in the Boss book, the number 4 is unlucky in Japan, kinda like number 13 in other countries.
So therefore they skipped it, except for the PQ-4. |
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And what did YOU learn at Boss School Today?
