Vintage Pedal Gurus. check this interesting lil guy out!

Discussion in 'Effects, Pedals, Strings & Things' started by MarkWorth, Jan 4, 2008.

  1. Jan 4, 2008 #1
    MarkWorth

    MarkWorth Member

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    Found it in a pawn shop in St Louis..

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    To me, it looks like a fake. Like a Shin-ei made wah that someone cut a hole in the top of and tried to pass it off as a Wah face. Pretty interesting imo.

    What do you guys think?
     
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    analogmike

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    You are right!
     
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    mike@nortoncable.com

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    I've seen a Walco Volume pedal that was in the same chassis...
    if that helps :)
     
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    MarkWorth

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    well that was easy enough. :D


    thanks mike :)
     
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  5. Jan 4, 2008 #5
    MarkWorth

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    Ok, I just found this in your Vintage Effects Guide Book:

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    Were these italian made? Mine says 'Made in Japan' on the bottom, but i had NO IDEA that da wahs were ever in that type of casing...

    I Guess mike was able to look at the circuit and see that mine is a fake..?
     
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    analogmike

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    It's made in Japan by Shin-ei / Companion. They would slap on any name you wanted if you desired selling them in your country. Dallas-Arbiter usually had Italian made wahs that they re-badged but I guess they re-badged some Japanese ones too.

    I wonder if it should have been in the Euro FX section of the book or the Japanese section?
     
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