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moondevil
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Link Posted on Sep 22 2006 03:42 AM

My bass player died a couple years ago and in the back of an old brown gibson combo amp was this little red box with one knob and one switch and strangely enough an imput plug sticking out of it's side. Imprinted on the box is "plug into your instrument" I've tried putting a 9V in it and it's dead.
Does anyone have any info on OLSON products. Especially "FRIZZY"-FUZZ?

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Link Posted on Sep 22 2006 05:00 AM

no ouput?

is there any other language on or inside the box? might give a clue to origin

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Link Posted on Sep 22 2006 02:30 PM

Yes there's an output side marked amp and the "plug" side is marked instrument. There's a slider switch marked OFF and BOOST and a small black knob. Printing on the face of the unit reads "PLUG INTO INSTRUMENT" which would be impossible with a strat. Underneath the OLSON logo is "XM-14 O". That's it. It's about 2 inches by 3.25 by 1 inch. Aluminum casing, red. I just took the face screws off the inside looks kind of messy, no circuit boards, just capacitors and resistors wires in a straight line between input and output. The battery in it was dead, so I'll pick up a fresh one later today and try this thing out. I don't think it's dead after all, (I think I was plugging it in backwards)
I'll keep ya posted.

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Link Posted on Sep 23 2006 12:53 AM

moondevil
Check out this link for more info on your Frizzy -Fuzz pedal
Joelman

http://www.guitarbarn.com/barn/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=66

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Link Posted on Sep 23 2006 03:25 AM

Thanks joelman! That is indeed the box I have except for the Solvaka name and model number. I put a fresh battery in this thing and nothing other than a slight overdrive came through. It wasn't "frizzy" or "fuzzy".
Thanx for the link tho!

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