Vintage BOSS merchandise items

[Pepe]

I'm pretty sure that most of you know the '80s BOSS Heavy Metal monster poster, but did you see this bag before?



For sale here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/163806006813

[laurie]

That's a new one for me!

That price isn't too bad... At least the current bid isn't too bad...

[The_Doc]

That is an unusual one ! Love it.

[fuzzbuzzfuzz]

So very 80s! And isn't that a Burt Reynolds look-alike there? Seems happy with his Hand Clapper

[Pepe]

When I started working at the small music shop in the year 2000 we had such a BOSS banner. I really loved it and I had more than just one proper look at it. Some of the pedals had already been discontinued at that time, so this was my first contact with models like the SD-2, the OD-2R and the short-lived FZ-2 and FZ-3. And I often gazed at the expensive SYB-3 and all of its modes that promised awesome synthesizer sounds. A few months later I had already acquired a used ODB-3 and also a GE-7B (having expected to receive the modern version GEB-7!) through very early internet ads of a big German music shop. And a while later I couldn't believe my luck, because I managed to purchase a rather cheap SYB-3 and it kept a lot of its promises.

Two decades later I have already had almost all of these pedals in the picture. Only six models missing, seven if we include the OD-1.

The banner of our shop was very wrinkled, because we had it hanging outside in the small shopping center and we always had to take it inside in the evening. When our contract with Roland/BOSS ended around 2005, my bosses threw it away. I had loved to keep it. The one in the picture is from a recent ebay auction that started at 25 EUR and ended without a bid. Maybe I'm going to bid on it, if the seller lists it again for a lower price ...

[laurie]

That would be sweet... that banner beside a cabinet containing one of each of the pedals!

[Dirk]

That's a really cool banner. I count 13 of them I had or still have.

[Pepe]

The seller listed it again, beginning at 1 EUR this time! I'm trying to purchase it.

[Pepe]

It sold for more than I wanted to pay (16.50 EUR plus shipping). But it was nice seeing it again.

[laurie]

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