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Mesjoggah
Gold Member
Netherlands
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
 Posted - 12/20/2008 : 17:25:57
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| I HAS BEEN PAINTED YOU CAN SEE THE BRUSH STROKES IN IT. way over priced for that amount |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 12/20/2008 : 18:14:51
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Actually... that looks like crap casting to me. I've seen a couple of old Boss pedals with those sort of marks. It's not common... probably happens near the end of life for the casting moulds.
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neala
Bronze Member
United Kingdom
66 Posts |
Posted - 12/20/2008 : 22:15:31
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Hi Guys
I think thats normal for an early Japan pedal. I have a SS CS1 and a ss touch wah that look the same. I read that the early pedals were actually hand painted. |
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timbo
Silver Member
Australia
252 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2008 : 01:55:28
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| the top of the pedal looks ok, but i do see what you guys are talking about on the side... |
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Right Foot Boss
Gold Member
USA
881 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2008 : 06:02:44
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Yup all my silver screw pedals have the same paint lines. Definitely not a repaint.
Funny how he shows a picture with a box but says "The manual, battery, AC adapter and the box are not included." |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2008 : 11:08:56
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Originally posted by Right Foot Boss
Funny how he shows a picture with a box but says "The manual, battery, AC adapter and the box are not included."
Makes you wonder if the pedal he's selling is really the one pictured? |
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sp-1
Platinum Member
Germany
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Posted - 12/21/2008 : 11:28:33
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Originally posted by bossarea
quote:
Originally posted by Right Foot Boss
Funny how he shows a picture with a box but says "The manual, battery, AC adapter and the box are not included."
Makes you wonder if the pedal he's selling is really the one pictured?
He was selling a bf-2, "serial 9900" but on one of the pictures was a bf-2 with a paper label, 5 digit serial. 
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 12/21/2008 : 11:57:15
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Damn, and that's another 5-digit ink serial. That must be about the earliest of the T-wahs. Certainly among the last with SS.. would be very nice in my collection..  too bad I don't feel like importing a pedal from japan.
As for the paint, I agree completely that early pedals have that appearance sometimes. My Touch-wahs all have that brushstroke-look at some points. |
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Big Boss Man
Gold Member
USA
564 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2008 : 00:22:07
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2008 : 01:01:25
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| Is it paint, or is it imperfections in the actual aluminium casting? |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2008 : 13:27:38
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Hi Guys
My SS CE-2 looks like that, the base casting has imperfections.
I guess they increased the quality of the pre-finish on the castings,
as time went on, & people looked for better quality.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Regards Dr. Bob |
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MullyFX
Gold Member
Germany
753 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2008 : 13:38:44
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my really old pedals look like that as well.... it's just the way they were me thinks
repainting pedals and then relabelling them perfectly would be more expensive than even the pricey ones are worth. |
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2008 : 06:10:11
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| I think its pretty neat that old pedals were painted by hand. |
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
1185 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2008 : 18:03:37
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I agree with the aluminum casting side. I examined all my SS pedals and found the same look somewhere on all of them. On one of the #7400 TW-1, there is a 1cm square area of paint missing near the ACA jack, and the streaky look of the aluminum is visible. That side isn't in this pic, but you can clearly see some kind of ripple on all the pedals.
Sorry for the huge pic, but it's hard to make out the details otherwise.
It would be interesting to compare streaks between pedals of a similar age to determine if they were made in the same mold.. I bet the molds for the streaky casting were discarded - hence the change in width between the oldest MIJ pedals (which get rubbed badly by a BCB) and newer stuff. |
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