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verivorax
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 Posted - 09/27/2008 : 04:30:29
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I've noticed a lack of order concerning which pedals had their bottom edge painted. Generally speaking, most of the oldest pedals should have the painted bottom edge. This is the case with my oldest pedals (7900, 7400), however, the same pedals, by 9200/9600 have no paint. CS-1 #8700 has a bare edge.
All the PSM-5 that I've seen have a painted edge, but they also have a custom label.
In later models in my collection, it seems that many sparkle-painted pedals had their edges painted as well: CE-3, BF-2B, PS-2. Lacking in this category are the MZ-2, DD-2 and DD-3, which are shimmery, but have a plain bottom edge.
A few have a painted edge which seemed out of place to me.. neither old nor sparkly are two green-label BF-2s, DC-2, OD-2, and one of my CS-2s, but not the other. The one with the painted edge is two years younger than the unpainted compressor.
Is there any sense in this? Does anyone know why certain pedals at certain times got this treatment? Does it coincide with any other changes (momentary LED, skeleton switch, use of Raytheon chips, use of any 14-pin chips, Label type IV)? Is there hard data on when the initial run of pedals stopped getting painted edges? Do we need to create a database (I think so..  ) I have no point of reference on anything MIT and/or currently in production.. so maybe someone out there has some other models which always or sometimes got their bottoms blessed.
Or am I just taking this whole thing too far? 
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Edited by - verivorax on 09/27/2008 04:51:27 |
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visserman
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Posted - 09/27/2008 : 17:16:25
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No you are not taking things too far.
You have just observe some characteristics which are not consistant.
I think a lot of us have noticed similar things, and I guess it is human to try to find a system in these observations.
It would be interesting to put some of those inconsistencies in order, but it will take a lot of data from different members.
I have even noticed differences in the black screw, but I cannot be sure about this, would need to put images up, and still then, for some of us they may look the same.
I tend to see different shapes in the pedals as well. Older ones seem to look slimmer, but not always, also have different edges [rounder like on the TW-1].
Overal, it seems there is a lot of variation going on in the wole compactrange, but for the naked eye it seems that things are fairly consitent.
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bossarea
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Posted - 09/27/2008 : 18:05:36
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There's a picture in the Boss book of the pedals being painted. They're put on a plate and spray painted. With this approach the bottom edge probably won't get painted. I guess the painting procedure may have differed a bit over time and it's perhaps also dependent upon the worker doing the painting.
It's quite common to see the painted edge on older pedals but I've never noticed any pattern or corrolation with other events. |
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starr36
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Posted - 09/28/2008 : 20:35:50
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lol ... no the passion on boss pedals is never taken too far 
but... i often wondered teh same thing. My ph-1r'sare painted on the bottom my DD-2s are not. DC-3 is not ... there does not seem to be any pattern to it.
Another thread? |
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verivorax
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Posted - 09/29/2008 : 04:30:28
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by "Another thread" do you mean I should harp on some other inconsistent feature of compact pedals??  I've got at least two more.. flush jacks on early pedals, and "thumb notches" in boxes.
Or do we really start a survey to see who has which painted-bottom pedals? The CS-2 confuses me the most..
But I have to get out of here.. no time to think about these things now. I should be writing a book review. due tomorrow.  |
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