Re: Boss DS-1 "Oddball"
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 12:31 am
After my last post here I found some others DS-1 pedals that have the same characteristics: long dashes, black thumbscrews, "use a coin" back labels...
Now it is like a warning signal to me, every time I see a 6 digits stamped batch number, "bang", it's another strange DS-1 from the same era and with the same characteristics, I even saw another one with the same made in Taiwan pcb, like mine.
This time it's an OD-1, batch 211000 stamped, with the "use a coin" back label, but no other mismatch, except by the MIT pcb!!!
As I mentioned before, the Boss book says that the mysterious collector Mr. "M" has/had an OD-1 from 1988 that has the MIT pcb, and that is presented as a rarity.
Just recently I bought a 1988 OD-1 (890551 April) and it does not have any abnormality, plain JRC4558DD with black stripe diodes and the expected orange capacitors used at the end of the Japanese production and early Taiwan's.
As I asked before, who was refurbishing those pedals?
I think we should try hard to solve this mystery, maybe one of the last pieces of information about vintage Boss pedals yet unknown.
This OD-1 is really beaten up (horrible condition) and a bit expensive.
Should I buy this OD-1 with MIT pcb?
Is it, really, a collectible feature?
The print is hard to see in the picture, maybe you have to adjust the brightness of your screen:
Now it is like a warning signal to me, every time I see a 6 digits stamped batch number, "bang", it's another strange DS-1 from the same era and with the same characteristics, I even saw another one with the same made in Taiwan pcb, like mine.
This time it's an OD-1, batch 211000 stamped, with the "use a coin" back label, but no other mismatch, except by the MIT pcb!!!
As I mentioned before, the Boss book says that the mysterious collector Mr. "M" has/had an OD-1 from 1988 that has the MIT pcb, and that is presented as a rarity.
Just recently I bought a 1988 OD-1 (890551 April) and it does not have any abnormality, plain JRC4558DD with black stripe diodes and the expected orange capacitors used at the end of the Japanese production and early Taiwan's.
As I asked before, who was refurbishing those pedals?
I think we should try hard to solve this mystery, maybe one of the last pieces of information about vintage Boss pedals yet unknown.
This OD-1 is really beaten up (horrible condition) and a bit expensive.
Should I buy this OD-1 with MIT pcb?
Is it, really, a collectible feature?
The print is hard to see in the picture, maybe you have to adjust the brightness of your screen: