Here is an MKII made for me using NOS Mullard OC81D transistors. Sounds REAL nice!! The transistors, I think, pre date the 'Metal can' transistors(?)...
Here is an MKII made for me using NOS Mullard OC81D transistors. Sounds REAL nice!! The transistors, I think, pre date the 'Metal can' transistors(?)...
The gold cap in parallel with the one below it is a mystery - looks original, no differences in the solder tarnish, and super neat. The stripboard looks darker in this pic than in reality. This is a scan rather than a photo, so it looks odd.
Here is the third and last body shape with the lettering embossed into the casting - what I think of as the fourth version - still with 3 OC75's and using the KF board. THis body was used for an even later version but that one used a plain brown or green pcb rather than the KF board.
I probably ought to put these up with a few extra shots on their own threads and will doubtless get round to it one day but in the meantime I hope its useful for folks to see how they changed. Maybe someone (or me) ought to stick up the pics of the Captains old 2nd version 1st body shaped version to round things off.. I think that D&C ended up with it (lucky sod!! :) ) so I wont stick up my "library" shots of it yet..
G 8)
Check out the vintage band-aid insulation for the renewed battery connection!
Peace
D&C
and here is a Supa Fuzz with the clear circuit board from around 1970
That last Supa Fuzz circuit that Dazed and Confused posted looks transitional, as it has the same early circuit board, like mine, but has the later layout and components.
Wouldn't it be cool to A/B all these pedals and find the 'Golden One', though I'm sure they all are pretty 'Golden'...?
Question- Was the one simonm posted a Supa Fuzz or TB Pro MKII?
and with pots dated '2 66' would my Supa Fuzz be from 66 or 67?
Thanks!!
Hey John, Cool to see you here!! Excellent pic!! :D
and here is a Supa Fuzz with the clear circuit board from around 1970
That last Supa Fuzz circuit that Dazed and Confused posted looks transitional, as it has the same early circuit board, like mine, but has the later layout and components.
Wouldn't it be cool to A/B all these pedals and find the 'Golden One', though I'm sure they all are pretty 'Golden'...?
Question- Was the one simonm posted a Supa Fuzz or TB Pro MKII?
and with pots dated '2 66' would my Supa Fuzz be from 66 or 67?
Thanks!!
Like many here I was watching that first one but didnt fancy bidding (although 10 people did!) - guy called Waddgie fairly new to ebay with below 5 scored was enough to make me hesitate and 400 quid! here is what he said about it edited to fit better...
"This pedal is now a rarity; I bought this one in 1967. These pedals have a strong middle to the tone and a fairly long sustain. The Marshall knobs on top have had the aluminium centres kicked off and the grey crinkle finish has some small eroded spots; the control marks have been retouched. The original battery connectors have been replaced with a PP3 battery holder as the original batteries are no longer made. The feet unscrew for changing the battery.
-following suggestions from interested parties, I have added the best picture I can take of the circuit board. It does appear to have been modified when compared with an original -
However this pedal has not been changed since 1967. The transistors are NKT ACY17 (on the left), ACY20 at the top and OC81 with the heat sink around it. An extra yellow capacitor has been wired in parallel with the silver one just to the right of the transistors."
In hindsight it was not that bad a price but I'm not sure how straight it actually was - anyone here buy it
Psycho Davy's spookily clean Vox MKII....
The Ex-misses (Supa Fuzz MKII)...now living in sin with D&C...
Very early Sola Sound MKII...
First issue Supa Fuzz MKII, pics sent to me by the same dude who has the transitional MKI.5/MKII...
Rotosound Fuzz Box sporting OC81D's (and no 0.01uf on the input)...
Looks as though the MKII/Supa circuits using the Wima caps could slighty pre-date the boards that have the Iskra caps.....maybe by only by a few months?!?!
The MKI.5, the early SS MKII and the early Supa all have the Wima's. Could be that Sola Sound changed cap types at random but that doesn't really figure if you are building a pedal in some kind of mass produced manner.
and here is a Supa Fuzz with the clear circuit board from around 1970
That last Supa Fuzz circuit that Dazed and Confused posted looks transitional, as it has the same early circuit board, like mine, but has the later layout and components.
Wouldn't it be cool to A/B all these pedals and find the 'Golden One', though I'm sure they all are pretty 'Golden'...?
Question- Was the one simonm posted a Supa Fuzz or TB Pro MKII?
and with pots dated '2 66' would my Supa Fuzz be from 66 or 67?
Thanks!!
Like many here I was watching that first one but didnt fancy bidding (although 10 people did!) - guy called Waddgie fairly new to ebay with below 5 scored was enough to make me hesitate and 400 quid! here is what he said about it edited to fit better...
"This pedal is now a rarity; I bought this one in 1967. These pedals have a strong middle to the tone and a fairly long sustain. The Marshall knobs on top have had the aluminium centres kicked off and the grey crinkle finish has some small eroded spots; the control marks have been retouched. The original battery connectors have been replaced with a PP3 battery holder as the original batteries are no longer made. The feet unscrew for changing the battery.
-following suggestions from interested parties, I have added the best picture I can take of the circuit board. It does appear to have been modified when compared with an original -
However this pedal has not been changed since 1967. The transistors are NKT ACY17 (on the left), ACY20 at the top and OC81 with the heat sink around it. An extra yellow capacitor has been wired in parallel with the silver one just to the right of the transistors."
In hindsight it was not that bad a price but I'm not sure how straight it actually was - anyone here buy it
I was watching that Supa too but those transistors look pretty well changed to me....could have been a Friday afternoon job but it looks very un-Sola Sound style wise....they ain't even in the usual positions on the board and the OC81 looks as though it has a heat sink?!?! :?
Damn! That colour is too nice :shock:
Yup, I think it has the same board as D&C's Supa with 100ohm limiting resistor.