...and yesterday a few old haunts turned up some more Boss beauties!
A time-warp/local typeshop had a big selection of pedals gathering dust in a display case so I cherry-picked and negotiated my way through to get these:
The
OC-2 is an ACA Taiwan model, boxed with all the papers. Although I bought it "NOS", it has a few minor micro chips consistent with being on a BOSS BCB type board (those little holding lugs have left very small paint chips). There are also a few micro chips on the body (somehow its always OC-2s that have this!). So it may have been a demo unit at some point. Nether the less its about 95-97% perfect
Since I already have 2 x OC-2s, I'll be listing this one for sale in the Sale section and then a week later on Ebay.
The
PQ-4 is NOS mint in box. I've never had one before as they are not so common to pick up, particularly as old stock. I haven't tested it yet. I should keep it for the collection, studio use, but I may have to let it go if I get a good enough offer since I've bought quite a bit recently.
From a larger used store (where the staff failed to produce either an adaptor or fresh 9v batteries to test with!), I took a chance on bringing the following home:
DSD-2, again never had one, and its the shorter lived "2" model. Has some hard knocks down one side but otherwise its quite clean, dates from Aug 1985. Compared to the early DD-3 its identical sound wise but with the odd sample type function. I'll keep it as the price was right for the collection and the sample trigger might be useful for...something
Anyone have any bright ideas or use one?
DD-3 - MIJ Long chip from Jan 1988 almost mint bar the knobs now faded to almost green! Most stores seem oblivious (usefully!) to the superiority of the long chip and in fact tend to charge less due to them being more worn/older/faded etc. I'm a bit overstocked on DD-3s (3 working, 1 not) so I may pass this on sale wise or sell another).
All in all its been a good week for BOSS hunting!
..and that PD-1 kicks some serious posterior, a GREAT Tubescreamer on steroids
