Great story to finish up the year on ...congrats and your friends dad is very generous...hope you buy him some of these... or where you live it's probably this....next time you see him... that if Mrs G 1928 lets you out anymore.......
slap that mother in the fx loop of your amp of choice and hang on...i dug mine out the other day(gotta sell it and a few other thingsChristmas killed me this year) and toyed w/ it for awhile...i almost forgot how superbadass these little things sound...killer score
Oh man that grommet is fubar'd I'd throw the whole thing away... As is happens I am starting a Vintage Boss Pedal recycling program if you are interested, you could send it to me