Found this Super Overdive at my favourite pawn shop for $99CAD.
According to the Boss Serial Number Decoder at Stompboxzone.com its from Feb 1983.
I'm quite impressed with it. I remember having a MIC model and finding it to be too bright and the midrange bump was not pleasing to the ear at all.
This one has just the right amount of top end and I quite like the mids. Nasally, but seems to be slightly lower mids compared to the MIC one I had a few years back.
I snagged this because some of my favourite guitarists that are known to have used Boss SD-1's were using the Japanese versions. Zakk Wylde in the 90's, John Christ in the late 80's and early 90's Danzig albums being the main examples.
I've seen more pristine examples being sold on eBay and Reverb for a few dollars more, but I honestly get skeptical when I see a supposedly 35 year old Boss pedal that looks like it was never stepped on. Especially when the colour of the paint in the shots showing the serial number or the back label seems a different shade than on the pics of the top.
According to the Boss Serial Number Decoder at Stompboxzone.com its from Feb 1983.
I'm quite impressed with it. I remember having a MIC model and finding it to be too bright and the midrange bump was not pleasing to the ear at all.
This one has just the right amount of top end and I quite like the mids. Nasally, but seems to be slightly lower mids compared to the MIC one I had a few years back.
I snagged this because some of my favourite guitarists that are known to have used Boss SD-1's were using the Japanese versions. Zakk Wylde in the 90's, John Christ in the late 80's and early 90's Danzig albums being the main examples.
I've seen more pristine examples being sold on eBay and Reverb for a few dollars more, but I honestly get skeptical when I see a supposedly 35 year old Boss pedal that looks like it was never stepped on. Especially when the colour of the paint in the shots showing the serial number or the back label seems a different shade than on the pics of the top.
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