via this auction"Serial Number is 1002."
Update via pinkster in the comments: "had one of these in the mid 70's, this may well be the coolest feckin' pedal of all time. lucky enough to have found one via a friend, who's had it in his garage for the last 30 years, pick it up next week. this isn't a synthesizer or a guitar effect, it was meant as an interface unit to process audio thru the control voltage inputs on classic analog synths...you could put vocals, drums, sax, damn near anything thru it and process to your heart's content. luckily for guitarists, it is very guitar friendly...but sadly few specimens exist anymore, most were shipped to school electronic music programs in the late 60's and sadly many were discarded. while they are well worth the price when you can find one, don't expect it to be more than what it is. it features wah, pedal controlled formants, phasing, fuzz and a hefty preamp among other interesting and uncommon sounds. caveats are the mushroom shaped footswitches are impossible to find, however they can be repaired with modern dpdt or 3pdt footswitches. if you can find one, it's not hype, it is absolutely the coolest effect unit possibly ever produced. pink jimi photon"
Update 11/18/22 via pinkster in the comments" hi guys,
as it turned out, my friend had MY original pII, and i have re-aquired it.
that said, myself, r.g. keene, dino and brian from the diystompboxes forum have CLONED the pII, the first working prototype is working, and the first set of boards has been ordered.
soon, any diy'er handy with a soldering iron can build their own for their private use. the entire project is available on r.g.'s geofex.com website, so get them guns warmed up and whip out the credit card...as in addition to cloning (and a LOT of the info on the schems was wrong compared to the three units me and dino came up with) we've updated to more modern parts where applicable, and it sounds dead on like the originals...i highly reccomend this project to interested parties, looking at about 100$ american for the parts.
peace
pink jimi photon"
lol, "if it synthesizes." I think will ask that question more often at music stores.
ReplyDeleteDealer: "Oh, I see you're looking at the Moog Voyager synthesizer, there."
Me: "Yes, I was wondering, how well does it synthesize?"
Now That's a pedal!
ReplyDeletehad one of these in the mid 70's, this may well be the coolest feckin' pedal of all time. lucky enough to have found one via a friend, who's had it in his garage for the last 30 years, pick it up next week. this isn't a synthesizer or a guitar effect, it was meant as an interface unit to process audio thru the control voltage inputs on classic analog synths...you could put vocals, drums, sax, damn near anything thru it and process to your heart's content. luckily for guitarists, it is very guitar friendly...but sadly few specimens exist anymore, most were shipped to school electronic music programs in the late 60's and sadly many were discarded. while they are well worth the price when you can find one, don't expect it to be more than what it is.
ReplyDeleteit features wah, pedal controlled formants, phasing, fuzz and a hefty preamp among other interesting and uncommon sounds. caveats are the mushroom shaped footswitches are impossible to find, however they can be repaired with modern dpdt or 3pdt footswitches.
if you can find one, it's not hype, it is absolutely the coolest effect unit possibly ever produced.
pink jimi photon
hi guys,
ReplyDeleteas it turned out, my friend had MY original pII, and i have re-aquired it.
that said, myself, r.g. keene, dino and brian from the diystompboxes forum have CLONED the pII, the first working prototype is working, and the first set of boards has been ordered.
soon, any diy'er handy with a soldering iron can build their own for their private use. the entire project is available on r.g.'s geofex.com website, so get them guns warmed up and whip out the credit card...as in addition to cloning (and a LOT of the info on the schems was wrong compared to the three units me and dino came up with) we've updated to more modern parts where applicable, and it sounds dead on like the originals...i highly reccomend this project to interested parties, looking at about 100$ american for the parts.
peace
pink jimi photon
Thanks! Post updated and new post here.
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