twangmeister
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Formerly Known As: Twangmeister
Age: 72 and fading fast.....
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Post by twangmeister on Sept 7, 2020 12:23:51 GMT -5
EH Small Stone late 1970s.
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Post by squarewave on Sept 7, 2020 13:45:23 GMT -5
A late 60's Thomas Organ wah.
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Post by Vibroluxer on Sept 7, 2020 14:02:18 GMT -5
Mid 70s Univox Impersonator EQ. A seriously cool pedal.
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Post by Seldom Seen on Sept 7, 2020 16:45:14 GMT -5
Cry Baby Wah early 70s.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2020 17:51:19 GMT -5
No old ones anymore.
I think the oldest one I have left is a BOSS DC-3 from 1985.
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Post by Riff Twang on Sept 7, 2020 20:28:30 GMT -5
Thomas Organ Company Cry Baby, MXR Dynacomp and Phase 45 and Roland (SD1?) sustain pedal all from mid 70's. Can't remember what was first, but probably the wah.
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Post by guildx700 on Sept 7, 2020 20:44:36 GMT -5
Some of my oldest stuff would be from the 1960's: Fuzz Face Vox Wah Some from the early 1970's: Big Muff MXR Phase 90 MXR Distortion+ One of my fav boxes is one of the most sought after first issue of the Boss OD-1. It's from 1978, has the 14 pin NEC chip, inked serial number on battery compartment. I Bought it new & believe me it's a keeper, it has always seen the most use out of all my stomp boxes. And the most fun one is not a pedal, but it is from the mid 1960's? (has tubes):  |
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Post by Blacksunshine on Sept 7, 2020 22:30:26 GMT -5
Thomas Organ Cry Baby, has to be somewhere between 1972 and 1978, I think that's the time frame they were made.
It was my Dad's, he was a professional musician in the 70s through the early 90s.
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Post by Blacksunshine on Sept 7, 2020 22:31:38 GMT -5
A late 60's Thomas Organ wah. I may be wrong, but I think they were made from 72-78, but the innerwebs have been known to be wrong!  I have one too. *shrugs* |
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Sept 8, 2020 7:04:05 GMT -5
Cry Baby Wah, probably from around the turn of the century. I just don't keep gear very long, pedals included. I think my first pedal was late/mid 70's, a Big Muff. After that probably a Memory Man. I used an Altair power attenuator with a Twin for most of my early gigging years.
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DrKev
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Post by DrKev on Sept 8, 2020 7:30:17 GMT -5
Danelectro Daddy-O. Birthday and first paid gig present, 16th March 2000. Took me nearly 15 years to realize that despite the 50's styling it was a Marshall G'vnor clone. I had a mid-90s RAT (with the magic unicorn-farted op-amp that the tone sniffers get all wet about) and Japanese mid-'80s Bass SD-1 Super Overdrive but I didn't like either of them and moved them on.
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Post by Leftee on Sept 8, 2020 7:55:31 GMT -5
Danelectro Daddy-O. Birthday and first paid gig present, 16th March 2000. Took me nearly 15 years to realize that despite the 50's styling it was a Marshall G'vnor clone. I had a mid-90s RAT (with the magic unicorn-farted op-amp that the tone sniffers get all wet about) and Japanese mid-'80s Bass SD-1 Super Overdrive but I didn't like either of them and moved them on. I think it was you who turned me on to this pedal at the old place. I eventually bought three - one virtually NIB. I didn’t spend more that $35 for any of them. And these qualify as my oldest pedals. I don’t have any pedals left from my band days in the ‘80s. |
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Post by LM on Sept 8, 2020 8:37:05 GMT -5
My oldest is a Keeley-modded BD-2 from at least 1997. It's never left my board.
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Post by squarewave on Sept 8, 2020 11:26:09 GMT -5
Blacksunshine -
It could be an early 70's pedal, but a friend who is a fantastic luthier (who has happened to build guitars for players we all know and respect) and all-around gear nut, has dated it to the late 60's based on certain components used at the time. Late 60's or early 70's...doesn't matter one bit to me, I just love the pedal.
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sfk
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Post by sfk on Sept 8, 2020 13:10:42 GMT -5
EH Small Stone late 1970s. Same here. 1978. Bought new. |
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Post by Blacksunshine on Sept 8, 2020 18:47:10 GMT -5
Blacksunshine - It could be an early 70's pedal, but a friend who is a fantastic luthier (who has happened to build guitars for players we all know and respect) and all-around gear nut, has dated it to the late 60's based on certain components used at the time. Late 60's or early 70's...doesn't matter one bit to me, I just love the pedal. It got me curious, seems I was fed some incorrect info in the net (imagine that lol) Thomas Organ indeed made them in the 60s. Cool! Maybe mine is older than I thought! Oh and I love mine too, the sound is great, although mine has a replaced pot and I wish I would have gone with one that has a little more range. |
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Post by jazzguy on Sept 8, 2020 22:38:55 GMT -5
'64 Fender reverb/vibrato switch that came w/my Twin Reverb  |
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Post by reverendrob on Sept 9, 2020 5:20:26 GMT -5
My venerable Space Echo.
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Post by Ayns on Sept 9, 2020 11:13:23 GMT -5
I've got a (non-working) early '70's Coloursound Fuzz/Wah/Swell pedal. It was the first effects pedal I ever bought. The Wah was ok, but the Fuzz only had two settings; "On" or "Off" ;-) and on reflection sounded pretty terrible, although I loved it at the time.
They go for £300 - £400 now
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Post by Duke on Sept 9, 2020 13:36:46 GMT -5
Thomas Organ Wah pedal from the 60s.
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Post by Blacksunshine on Sept 9, 2020 17:27:46 GMT -5
Man, maybe we need to start a "Thomas Organ Wah" club thread. |
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Post by tiller2 on Sept 10, 2020 17:09:50 GMT -5
An early '90s Nobels ODR-1. Not sure it's anything specialer than the reissues but it sounds good.
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Post by larryguitar54 on Sept 10, 2020 18:14:30 GMT -5
Same here. Crybaby Wah circa '70
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Post by Blacksunshine on Sept 10, 2020 22:00:58 GMT -5
An early '90s Nobels ODR-1. Not sure it's anything specialer than the reissues but it sounds good. Hang onto it, it will only climb in value. I have it's Ibanez counterpart (MT-10 Mostortion) and it's insane what these are getting on the used market nowadays. I've got a couple MT-10 clones too. I'll use those when I need that sound, and I'll park the Ibanez for a couple more decades, and see what happens to the prices. I really should pick up an original Nobels, just cuz. |
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Post by chimpo on Sept 11, 2020 23:15:40 GMT -5
Oldest purchased new: 2005 Digitech DF-7 Distortion Factory. My very first pedal.
Oldest pedal purchased second hand: June 1981 Boss DS-1
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Post by Davywhizz on Sept 12, 2020 8:06:18 GMT -5
Guildx700: so nice to see the WEM (Watkins Electric Music) Copycat tape echo. WEM was a popular UK brand from the early 60s onwards. The Copycat was a piece of serious kit and some bands used their PA systems and guitar amps/cabs. My first electric guitar was a Watkins Rapier 33, but that was cheap and nasty.
I don't have any very old pedals. I hardly used effects back in the 70s/80s, just wah, later chorus (had a nice Electro Harmonix Clone Theory) and a Small Stone phaser but mostly for electric piano. I didn't keep them when I sold everything in the early 80s. Since I started in bands again in 2002 I've had loads of pedals. The ones I've kept longest and find most useful: Fulltone OCD, Morley Bad Horsie wah, MXR Il Torino overdrive, Boss graphic with Monte Allums mods...
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Post by guildx700 on Sept 12, 2020 11:03:44 GMT -5
Guildx700: so nice to see the WEM (Watkins Electric Music) Copycat tape echo. WEM was a popular UK brand from the early 60s onwards. The Copycat was a piece of serious kit and some bands used their PA systems and guitar amps/cabs. My first electric guitar was a Watkins Rapier 33, but that was cheap and nasty. I don't have any very old pedals. I hardly used effects back in the 70s/80s, just wah, later chorus (had a nice Electro Harmonix Clone Theory) and a Small Stone phaser but mostly for electric piano. I didn't keep them when I sold everything in the early 80s. Since I started in bands again in 2002 I've had loads of pedals. The ones I've kept longest and find most useful: Fulltone OCD, Morley Bad Horsie wah, MXR Il Torino overdrive, Boss graphic with Monte Allums mods... I've occasionally used the WEM quite effectively with no tape loop on it as a tube driver in my effects chain along with a few stomp boxes to give a more "liquid" feel to my lead guitar. As an echo unit it's quite fun, and diddling with the tape loop as it's running can give some pretty spacey effects. I often wonder if Hendrix used one for some sounds on Electric Ladyland's spacey tunes. |
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Post by reverendrob on Sept 13, 2020 1:14:20 GMT -5
Guildx700: so nice to see the WEM (Watkins Electric Music) Copycat tape echo. WEM was a popular UK brand from the early 60s onwards. The Copycat was a piece of serious kit and some bands used their PA systems and guitar amps/cabs. My first electric guitar was a Watkins Rapier 33, but that was cheap and nasty. I don't have any very old pedals. I hardly used effects back in the 70s/80s, just wah, later chorus (had a nice Electro Harmonix Clone Theory) and a Small Stone phaser but mostly for electric piano. I didn't keep them when I sold everything in the early 80s. Since I started in bands again in 2002 I've had loads of pedals. The ones I've kept longest and find most useful: Fulltone OCD, Morley Bad Horsie wah, MXR Il Torino overdrive, Boss graphic with Monte Allums mods... I've occasionally used the WEM quite effectively with no tape loop on it as a tube driver in my effects chain along with a few stomp boxes to give a more "liquid" feel to my lead guitar. As an echo unit it's quite fun, and diddling with the tape loop as it's running can give some pretty spacey effects. I often wonder if Hendrix used one for some sounds on Electric Ladyland's spacey tunes. Hendrix stuff is almost certainly an Echoplex, FWIW. I use the Space Echo's preamp as much as the echo itself, it's an integral part of my sound - not tube, but it adds a pleasing punch. |
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Post by ninworks on Sept 13, 2020 4:02:22 GMT -5
I don't really call it a "pedal" but technically it is. I still have the first volume pedal I ever bought. A DeArmond that was purchased in 1972. It still works but I have had to replace the pot a few times over the years.
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Post by orrk01 on Sept 14, 2020 8:13:25 GMT -5
Mid-70s Maestro Phaser, the one with the controls labeled 'Balls' and 'Speed'. And it still works!
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