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Boss OD-2 part 1

Lately i have been searching ebay hoping to find cheap effects pedals, last week i found a Boss OD-2 overdrive that looks like it has seen better days.

the guy wanted $50 for it which i thought was a bit too much, the same pedal in decent condition sells for about $80-$90 usually but that is a artificial average price as they almost always are sold "Buy it now" and never go for auction.

anyway, i offered the guy $25 but her never accepted or declined, the listing ended with my offer being the only one. i contacted the guy after and told him i was still interested.

2 days later i got a reply saying that if i am willing to pay $35 it is mine.

i accepted but he hasnt got back to me yet.

The pedal is missing a couple of knobs, which i cant seem to find replacement of. so i am probably going to have to use plain black ones. the permanent marker should come off easily and the seller assures me that it is in good working condition.


More to come.....

New pedal....Boss CH-1

I just bought a brand new Boss CH-1Super chorus on ebay for $60.

I have been trying to get a joe satriani type sound and this is the chorus that he uses so i thought i would give it a try.

The only problem though is that apparently Boss changed the CH-1 from analog circuitry to digital in 2001 so i wont be able to modify the one that i bought.

oh well, hopefully it will sound OK stock.


http://www.bossus.com/gear/productdetails.php?ProductId=137

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Effects/product/Boss/CH-1+Super+Chorus/10/1

Ibanez PGM100 Reissue

SPECS Neck Material:  5pc Maple/ Walnut Neck Type:  Super Wizard Prestige Body:  Basswood body Frets:  Jumbo frets Fingerboard:  Bound Rosewood Inlay:  Sharktooth inlay Bridge:  Edge bridge NeckPU:  DiMarzio® PAF-PRO® MiddlePU:  DiMarzio® FS-1™ BridgePU:  DiMarzio® PAF-PRO® HW Color:  CK Finishes:  JB
http://www.ibanez.com/ElectricGuitars/model-PGM100RE

TS7 Tube Screamer to TS808 Specs

There are several interesting things about the TS7. First of all the circuit is nearly identical to the TS9. Why do I say nearly? The circuit has a Hot mode and the parts are 1/8 watt in general instead of the 1/4 watt used in the TS9. There should be little argument that the wattage of the resistor affects tone. The Hot mode switched can be set to the TS9 mode and *puff* you have a TS9. At about 1/2 the cost! Here are some other interesting things. The new TS7 comes with the re-issue JRC4558D chip. So if someone is charging you to install a JRC4558D chip in the pedal BEWARE!!!!


     1.  PARTS: You'll need a 10kohm resistor, a 100 ohm resistor, a soldering iron, and some solder. 

2. Open your pedal by taking out the four screws on the bottom. Remove the bottom cover and put it off to one side. Be careful not to lose the spring that will fall out of the switch end of the pedal.

3. Remove the two screws holding the large circuit board to the pedal chassis. 

     4.  Carefully lift the large circuit board out of the chassis. The power adapter end will be connected to another board underneath. Pull gently to 'unplug' the large board from the smaller one.

    5.  Locate the small circuit board next to the output jack and remove the two screws holding it to the pedal chassis. The output jack is soldered to this board so when you pull it out you will also have the jack out of the chassis.

    6.  Replace the resistor labeled R58 (the blue circle) with your 10kohm resistor and replace the resistor labeled R55 (the yellow circle) with your 100 ohm resistor.

The green arrow points to the JRC4558D chip mentioned earlier. 

    7.  That's it. Screw everything back together and you've got a modern TS808 Tube Screamer.

BOSS DS-1 Distortion Mods By Keeley Effects The SEEING EYE MOD

These are the mods that i will be doing to my Boss DS-1 once it arrives,  Mostly they try to give the pedal a more high fidelity sound and make it a little more tube like by use on one LED in the clipping section instead of two (commonly seen as a mod).  

C1, C5, C12change to 0.1uF  metal film (104)    C2,  C8, C9,  C14 change to 1uF metal film (105)    C7 220pf silver mica or monolithic

In the DS-Ultra mod you change C11 to a 0.047uF metal film or better and lower R13 to 2.4Kohm. As well as changing C3 and C13 to 0.1Uf metal film or better.

D5 change to 3mm red led , In the D-Ultra mod we switch in another LED in series with D4.

R39 20K    R14 1.5K    R35 2.4K if you change the power LED to a 5mm Yellow LED

Add 47pf cap across clipping diodes, see second picture little green dot in the center.    7/64 drill bit needed to drill out 3mm LED for the SEEING EYE PART!

 

Boss DS-1

Today i purchased a Boss DS-1 distortion pedal on ebay for $40.

It will be a few days before i receive it, but when i do i plan to modify it, and in preparation i will be posting tutorials on DIY modding guitar pedals.

check back soon for more.