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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:59 pm
by Mike
Who cares? If Boss isn't going to reissue the pedals then fuck them.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:06 pm
by Shane110111
Hah, yea, I think I might buy a few of these, alot less expesive than those old Boss pedals...
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:11 pm
by euan
R&D at Fender is going to be easier. It's along the lines of which old model are we going to reissue? Oh a blackface Deluxe, let's just copy the schematic into the computer and let that work out what components we need and draw the PCB.
Behringer have to make the effort in reverse engineering and taking out any mojo.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:57 pm
by robroe
you guys complaining about the construction.
just rip out the board, put new leads on it, get a good switch and put it in a metal box and paint it pink with a giant pussy on it.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:02 pm
by Pens
robroe wrote:you guys complaining about the construction.
just rip out the board, put new leads on it, get a good switch and put it in a metal box and paint it pink with a giant pussy on it.
That was my plan. Even down to the paintjob.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:04 pm
by Doog
robroe wrote:you guys complaining about the construction.
just rip out the board, put new leads on it, get a good switch and put it in a metal box and paint it pink with a giant pussy on it.
The pots are crap and all. By the time you've bought a new casing, pots, dials and switches for it, you're practically paying the same price as the real thing.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:09 pm
by Pens
Not if they did a PolyChorus clone. Even after rehousing it would be cheaper, I bet. And I'm not really too worried about the pots.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:14 pm
by Doog
Suppose. It's more the fact they're crappy plastic shaft pots- one sharp blow to the dial and it's Brokeshaft Mountain.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:15 pm
by Mike
Doog wrote:robroe wrote:you guys complaining about the construction.
just rip out the board, put new leads on it, get a good switch and put it in a metal box and paint it pink with a giant pussy on it.
The pots are crap and all. By the time you've bought a new casing, pots, dials and switches for it, you're practically paying the same price as the real thing.
Bollocks. Especially not for the vintage boss stuff.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:21 pm
by Pens
Yeah. To complain about shitty pots when we are discussing Boss is profoundly ironic.
I'm bitter because I have yet to find replacement pots for my DF-1. Fucking supertiny pots.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:25 pm
by Mike
are they special on the feedbacker or something? i never opened mine up.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:48 pm
by Doog
Doog wrote:It's more the fact they're crappy plastic shaft pots- one sharp blow to the dial and it's Brokeshaft Mountain.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:52 pm
by Mike
*shrug*
I'd upgrade the pots, jacks and switch for the fun of it.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:52 pm
by Pens
Doog wrote:Doog wrote:It's more the fact they're crappy plastic shaft pots- one sharp blow to the dial and it's Brokeshaft Mountain.
Just like my DF-1 then? Even metal shafts didn't save those POS pots. They still broke.
Mike, they are an odd size, extra small compared to what you normally find, and I have NOT been able to locate replacements. Since they are PCB mounted you're stuck with matching the size.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:54 pm
by Mike
Can you rehouse or is that a knightmare?
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:54 pm
by euan
I saw miniature PCB pots somewhere the other week. Head to the DIY stomp box forum and they could probably point you in the right direction.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:56 pm
by Pens
Course I could. The pedal just really isn't worth it, though. The whole reason I keep the damn thing and NOT gut it for the housing is the novelty factor of having an almost-complete original DF-1. Rehousing would remove that. I might just gut it anyway.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:57 pm
by Pens
euan wrote:I saw miniature PCB pots somewhere the other week. Head to the DIY stomp box forum and they could probably point you in the right direction.
I'm a member over there, and I've asked there, and no dice. The smallest I've found was 10mm pots from SmallBear, which I ordered and even THOSE are too big.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:00 pm
by Mike
Do you really mean DF-1? I thought it was DF-2 only?
btw the rare ones are the ones that say "Super Distortion & Feedbacker" before Dimarzio fucked Boss.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:04 pm
by Pens
Mike wrote:Do you really mean DF-1? I thought it was DF-2 only?
btw the rare ones are the ones that say "Super Distortion & Feedbacker" before Dimarzio fucked Boss.
You are right, I don't know what I'm thinking. DF-2, and it is the common one not the rare.