Re: Your very first pedal
A few Boss pedals, that I bought from a guy who could not get them to work....
CS-1, Turbo OD, DD-2, CE-2....and some old Boss power supply....
My father checked the supply, cut off the barrel, shortend the two wires from a place that looked like a break, soldered a new barrel on, and we had power and the pedals worked just fine with their daisy chain.
He also took apart the CS-1 and changed one resistor, now it had plenty of volume, same with the Turbo Od.
Used them on my old Dynacord EL-34 equipped tube amp, and a home made cab with two red back Celestion 10" speakers lifted from an ancient cab...one strange thing...thought it was some old PA cab, and these where the midrange speakers...haha
I played like sh!t...but it was a glorious noise to have at 18, after 5 years on an acoustic

My old man bought me a music theory book, that I sadly misplaced when I moved to Copenhagen a few years later, after some boring years at highschool.