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Ok guys...what is the oldest OD/Distortion pedal you know of...the Boss DS-1 is an old one, but im not sure how old however the Pro Co rat was before that in 1977 anybody have any more?
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Does the Arbiter Fuzz Face or the Octavia count (since they're fuzz pedals...kinda distortion...)?The G.B. Kirch Band on Facebook!
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The oldest one that I personally know of was the Maestro (spelling?) Fuzz Tone. If I remember right Keith Richards used one on "Satisfaction" in 1965. I remember how blown away we were with that tone because we'd never heard anything like that.Comment
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these are all fuzzes...the Maestro is one of (if not the) oldest fuzz but Im talking about OD and distortion pedals...If you just read a post by The Guy Who Invented Fire please understand that opinions change, mind sets change and as players our ears mature...not to mention our needs grow and change. With that in mind, today I may or may not agree with the post you just read!
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Right you are. I thought you meant (generaly speaking) any box that would distort a guitar sound.Originally posted by the guy who invented fireComment
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The Ibanez TS-808 and the DOD 250 were both around before Boss but I'm having a hard time finding an exact date. The Big Muff came before either but it rides the line between fuzz and distortion.Trainspotter
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I would say that the Big Muff is a fuzz...as for the DOD 250 and the TS-808 those are the only other 2 old pedals that came to mind...but I don't know when they came out either...Originally posted by saladinIf you just read a post by The Guy Who Invented Fire please understand that opinions change, mind sets change and as players our ears mature...not to mention our needs grow and change. With that in mind, today I may or may not agree with the post you just read!
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How about the distortion/fuzz George Harrison was using?Comment
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MXR distortion + ?Originally posted by tone4daysComment
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I was under the impression that it was the TS, of course who's to say a small one wasn't around before then. BUT it was a big shift in pedals going from the American?/British? designed fuzz to the Japanese designed OD/Distortion.Comment
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Isn't the Danelectro Daddy-O one of the earliest od/dist pedals.Last edited by Guitar Toad; 02-07-2006, 10:35 PM.Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
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Those are VERY recent in the scheme of things.Originally posted by Guitar Toad
I had an old Heathkit (Radio Shack) distortion that kinda rocked.
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The first rack pre's I'd ever noticed were the Mesa Studio and Marshall 9000...the 1 spc. brown one. Then the ADA MP-1.Originally posted by James Rock
The first OD's I've seen were the MXR Dist +, Boss OD-1, and DOD OD/Preamp.
All that stuff was the 80's though.Originally posted by Boogie BillComment
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Schaller made a +15 dB preamp with a 6 band quasi-Varitone circuit back in the early-mid 60's that was used a lot as a boost pedal...I had one and it worked really well with BF Fenders. EH's LPB1 also comes to mind...early 70's?Comment
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