Arion Octave (GUT SHOTS)

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:22 pm

Got this off ebay for $24 shipped. Sounds rather unique, it kind of oscillates n' sich. Has alpha pots...

will do a demo when I figure out how to true bypass this bitch and rehouse it.

euan · Post by **euan** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:14 pm

Hand drawn PCBs ftw

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:15 am

hahaha

For my Arion brethren... What a weird name.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:57 am

Wikipedia wrote:Arion was a legendary kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb. The islanders of Lesbos claimed him as their native son, but Arion found a patron in Periander, tyrant of Corinth. Although notable for his musical inventions, Arion is chiefly remembered for the fantastic myth of his kidnapping by pirates and miraculous rescue by dolphins, a folktale motif.

duh. GOD.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:03 am

heheh, yea but anyway....

I have an arion flanger, it's one of the old MIJ ones. the problem with these pedals is the casing is made out of plastic and eventually the battery cover, or more drastically, the pedal hinge breaks (which has happened to mine). It would be cool to figure out a way to fit a true bypass switch in there.

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:30 am

I want to put it in a new box, that part looks easy, just desolder jacks, switch, pots and replace them. Just gotta find the true bypass method to this thing.

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:18 am

lezboz ftw

How ya gonna do it? I would either follow the lines to and from the jacks, or poke around with an audio probe.

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:20 am

When I do it, I'll take pictars like I did with a TR-2 tremolo mod/rehouse a while back.

Post by **Doog** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 9:11 am

I had one of dem, it's a OC-2 clone I think.

Mine didn't oscillate though, was yours bought as modded?

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:34 pm

Doog wrote:I had one of dem, it's a OC-2 clone I think.

Mine didn't oscillate though, was yours bought as modded?

nay. At just the right setting it does it, not real loud buy noticable with the right notes.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:42 pm

True Bypassing just means lock the switch in the on position (try jumping it's connections or removing it) and then take teh I/O of the board to a switch instead of the jacks.