XPEWT4 - Christmas Pedal Exchange World Tour 4

[The_Doc]

annnnnnd Laurie takes the prize!

It is indeed the flanger of the range, the earliest MIJ version. Visually reminiscent of the BOSS Bf-2. I have yet to try them side by side but I'm looking forward to it!

Try it in stereo if you can. I think the stereo spread they generate is excellent.

[Pepe]

Years ago I had the Japanese Stero Flanger as well. It can produce some very funny sounds, quite different from the BF-2.

I think it's okay if I reveal that Joske_Turbo sent it to Japan.
Admin and chromandre can come up with clues now.

I haven't found further time to try out the DS-1X that sclitheroe sent me. I will do that in the next days and maybe I can give you a detailed review then. So far it was no instant love, but the pedal can produce some very nice sounds and it is quite versatile.


Admin received a pedal from fuzzbuzzfuzz

chromandre received a pedal from ?

Dirk received a Hughes & Kettner Warp Factor from Pepe
guessed by: Joske_Turbo

fuzzbuzzfuzz received a vintage Arion SFL-1 Stero Flanger from Joske_Turbo
guessed by: laurie

Joske Turbo

laurie received a vintage DOD Studio Bifet Preamp 410 from Jeremy
guessed by: chromandre

Luke Drifter

Pepe received a BOSS DS-1X Distortion from sclitheroe
guessed by: Joske_Turbo

sclitheroe received a LauriePedals FA-1 clone from Dirk
guessed by: laurie

[laurie]

annnnnnd Laurie takes the prize!

It is indeed the flanger of the range, the earliest MIJ version. Visually reminiscent of the BOSS Bf-2. I have yet to try them side by side but I'm looking forward to it!

Try it in stereo if you can. I think the stereo spread they generate is excellent.

That looks like a really nice pedal. I had an SCH-1 and an SCH-Z years ago... Arion pedals are pretty rare here. I've been on the look-out for anything from the series and the only thing that has come up in the last 10 years is a tuner (not worth the asking price).

[laurie]

Hi all

I'm afraid I have some bad news... I received a letter from the post office in the beginning of december about a parcel for me, stating that I had to pay import costs before they could deliver it.
The letter got lost in a pile of mail and I only found it today.
I tried to pay the import cost but unfortunately the pedal is already on its way back to the sender...

Annoying situation and totally my bad

At this point, I guess it is easy to deduce the pedal came from me.

Update - nothing seen back here in Canada yet. The pedal can be replaced, but there was something else in the package that I will wait to get back so I can resend.

[sclitheroe]

" haven't found further time to try out the DS-1X that sclitheroe sent me. I will do that in the next days and maybe I can give you a detailed review then. So far it was no instant love, but the pedal can produce some very nice sounds and it is quite versatile."

No instant love for it from me either, but a very serviceable pedal. One reason I thought you might like to experiment with it is because of your interest in synths - I thought perhaps the MDP would work really well with those

[Pepe]

That's a really good idea. I will give it a try!

[fuzzbuzzfuzz]

Years ago I had the Japanese Stero Flanger as well. It can produce some very funny sounds, quite different from the BF-2.

I think it's okay if I reveal that Joske_Turbo sent it to Japan.
Admin and chromandre can come up with clues now.

I haven't found further time to try out the DS-1X that sclitheroe sent me. I will do that in the next days and maybe I can give you a detailed review then. So far it was no instant love, but the pedal can produce some very nice sounds and it is quite versatile.


Admin received a pedal from fuzzbuzzfuzz

chromandre received a pedal from ?

Dirk received a Hughes & Kettner Warp Factor from Pepe
guessed by: Joske_Turbo

fuzzbuzzfuzz received a vintage Arion SFL-1 Stero Flanger from Joske_Turbo
guessed by: laurie

Joske Turbo

laurie received a vintage DOD Studio Bifet Preamp 410 from Jeremy
guessed by: chromandre

Luke Drifter

Pepe received a BOSS DS-1X Distortion from sclitheroe
guessed by: Joske_Turbo

sclitheroe received a LauriePedals FA-1 clone from Dirk
guessed by: laurie

Yes indeed, thankyou Joske_Turbo!

I have not actually had a chance to give it a proper run to, but once I do I'll report back.

[fuzzbuzzfuzz]

annnnnnd Laurie takes the prize!

It is indeed the flanger of the range, the earliest MIJ version. Visually reminiscent of the BOSS Bf-2. I have yet to try them side by side but I'm looking forward to it!

Try it in stereo if you can. I think the stereo spread they generate is excellent.

That looks like a really nice pedal. I had an SCH-1 and an SCH-Z years ago... Arion pedals are pretty rare here. I've been on the look-out for anything from the series and the only thing that has come up in the last 10 years is a tuner (not worth the asking price).

Yes, I have been tempted to pick up the first edition delay and chorus too, the latter having a good reputation. They can be found here, but like all things, when you finally decide you want one they vanish!

My first tuner was there's (solid) and I did sell the early Distortion twice in the past. The casing is off-putting but actually pretty solid. I'm curious to pick up the others but my collection is too large really to keep a handle on..

[Joske Turbo]

You're very welcome, I hope you'll like it

I also have the Arion Phaser and Delay and they're both really great pedals, I especially love the delay, real analog goodness.

[fuzzbuzzfuzz]

Yes, thanks again!

Does your delay have black writing across the (yellow/orange) battery cover or is it silver?

Very tempted to pick one up, though I have no real need