Laphillyboy
Joined: Jan 15, 2007
Posts: 107
Lost Angeles
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Posted on Oct 29 2007 02:45 PM
In the world of the GAS obsessed the vintage pedal collectors have got to be the most demented - are these guys high or what...
Check this out -
$400+ for a DOD Overdrive? For god's sake - a 12 eyar old could make this for about $7 and it would sound exactly the same...
We are all high...
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eddiekatcher
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2775
Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Oct 29 2007 03:34 PM
I think I have one of their analog delays and a chorus pedal in the trash drawer in the basement. If I remember correctly, the delay eats batteries and the chorus is pretty anemic sounding. Anybody want 'em? ed
— Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?
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IvanP
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 10331
southern Michigan
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Posted on Oct 29 2007 04:51 PM
Yngwie has used one of these since his early days, and therefore for the guys that want that tone, this is the pedal to get. Whenever you see high prices on effects of any kind, it's because a celebrity used it and it's not made anymore (though I think there is a signature Yngwie replica of this pedal out on the market now, but I'm not sure).
Ivan
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tonybologna
Joined: Mar 06, 2006
Posts: 796
Oakland
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Posted on Oct 29 2007 05:01 PM
Ah, Yngwie. So great.
— Science friction burns my fingers.
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outsides
Joined: Jul 08, 2006
Posts: 460
NorCal
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Posted on Oct 29 2007 06:08 PM
tonybologna
Ah, Yngwie. So great.
and oh so modest.
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CaptainSpringfield
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 4387
Under the Sun
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Posted on Oct 29 2007 07:35 PM
outsides
and oh so modest.
He's about as modest as he is tasteful.
Listenable, too.
-Warren
— That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it.
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Oct 29 2007 08:18 PM
As we can hear differences in tubes these people can hear differences in capacitors, resistors, and chips used in these pedals.
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kenposurf
Joined: Feb 23, 2007
Posts: 1650
Santa Rosa, CA
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Posted on Oct 29 2007 09:32 PM
Eric Johnson has said he can tell (by tone) the brand of batteries in his pedals...
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B_Zilla
Joined: Oct 13, 2007
Posts: 90
Rochester, NY
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Posted on Oct 29 2007 10:10 PM
After looking at the insides of that pedal, I think I could easily reproduce it in an afternoon of parts hunting/building. In fact, I imagine I could build that far better. It honestly doesn't even look like it's that well built.
Sometimes vintage doesn't always mean it's good.
— "Hope is a waking dream." - Aristotle
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Oct 30 2007 01:38 AM
kenposurf
Eric Johnson has said he can tell (by tone) the brand of batteries in his pedals...
I believe Mr. Wronski has as well.
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LHR
Joined: Aug 23, 2006
Posts: 2123
The jungle
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Posted on Oct 30 2007 02:17 AM
kenposurf
Eric Johnson has said he can tell (by tone) the brand of batteries in his pedals...
I have to imagine an imaginary conversation between Eric Johnson and Link Wray would go something like this:
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Eric Johnson: So, Link, I noticed that when I put Ray-O-Vac brand batteries in my Tube Screamer it sounded more, more, well..."brown". Super bluesy and raw. More real.
Link Wray: Come again?
EJ: The batteries, man, the brand of batteries really matters. I can't play my guitar unless I have Ray-O-Vac!
LW: F^@%ing pansy...
...
Eric Johnson has absolutely no Elvis in him, to paraphrase Mojo Nixon.
— SSIV
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Oct 30 2007 02:55 AM
The difference in battery type can theoretically be discerned. Certain batteries have different resistances.
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spy
Joined: Mar 29, 2007
Posts: 815
Athens, Greece
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Posted on Oct 30 2007 10:41 AM
haha! $400 for a stompbox?!
I think I'll build some DOD reissues and sold them on ebay...... With $200 I'm happy!
— Every word is like an unecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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mom_surfing
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 5302
the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Oct 30 2007 10:48 AM
i've got a klon 'centaur' i've been thinking about putting on ebay. this makes me wonder if i can actually get something for it.
— www.surfintheeye.com
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IronMaiden
Joined: Nov 02, 2006
Posts: 564
Virginia Beach
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Posted on Oct 30 2007 10:58 AM
"When I was a kid in Sweden back in 1978, I bought my first DOD 250 pedal. This preamp overdrive pushing the front end of my tube amps has been a key element to my tone ever since. Like most handwired vintage equipment of the era, there is some variety in the sound between my different old gray pedals. DOD took my favorite pedal and used that as the reference to create the YJM308. Now I can always get my trademark tone and keep my original vintage gear safe at home. More than that, this new pedal sounds so good it is what I am using these days. I have not hooked up my old 250s at all recently. I am using the YJM308 for everything, including my new album. Not to mention it looks cool"
-Yngwie Malmsteen
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Ruhar
Joined: Jun 21, 2007
Posts: 3909
San Diego, CA
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Posted on Oct 30 2007 11:16 AM
momsurfing_
i've got a klon 'centaur' i've been thinking about putting on ebay. this makes me wonder if i can actually get something for it.
mom_surfing: I would reccommend that you do put it on ebay because I just got $484 for mine from a guy in Austrialia 1 month ago. It will sell. No doubt. These things are highly sought after and people don't want to wait 3 months to have one made to order.
— Ryan
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JetBlue
Joined: May 30, 2006
Posts: 746
Cool, CA
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Posted on Oct 30 2007 11:42 AM
I sold my TS808 for $475 on Craigslist and had a dozen responses within two hours of posting the ad. I don't get it...it was a good pedal but it wasn't THAT good. This was a pedal I got new somewhere around '80-'82 for about $30. A lot of hype drives that market, in my opinion.
— Don
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jp
Joined: Feb 09, 2007
Posts: 917
Brew City
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Posted on Oct 30 2007 01:28 PM
I recently got $217 for a Maestro Fuzz-Tone reissue on Ebay. I bought it a year and a half ago from musicians friend for 89.99. I was flabbergasted.
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