Boss SD-1 Taiwan vs. SD-1 Japan

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donbarzini":t5xncnje said:
Vrad":t5xncnje said:
Anyone compare the two? If so, what are the differences?

The Japan one I had was a bit warmer sounding but in all honesty, I didn't notice that big of a difference between that one and the $30.00 Taiwan one. I took the $125.00 for the old Japanese one and ran :lol: :LOL: The Taiwan one will be warmer in 20 years too.

Yeah I don't think I'd spend more than $40-50 on a MIJ one.. LOL! :D
 
A friend of mine has one....I bought mine when they first came out years ago....forgot mine at a show once and borrowed his....played the gig without it after I tried it. Hated it. Probably just needed the opamp swapped to the JRC and it would have been fine.
 
Greazygeo":3w5p7u12 said:
A friend of mine has one....I bought mine when they first came out years ago....forgot mine at a show once and borrowed his....played the gig without it after I tried it. Hated it. Probably just needed the opamp swapped to the JRC and it would have been fine.

You just reminded me that I have a jrc around here somewhere that I wanted to put in my tube screamer....crap that's going to be a hard thing to find...
 
ratter":2wawuadr said:
Greazygeo":2wawuadr said:
A friend of mine has one....I bought mine when they first came out years ago....forgot mine at a show once and borrowed his....played the gig without it after I tried it. Hated it. Probably just needed the opamp swapped to the JRC and it would have been fine.

You just reminded me that I have a jrc around here somewhere that I wanted to put in my tube screamer....crap that's going to be a hard thing to find...
No kidding they are pretty small. I put one in my TS9 and tweaked the lowend awhile back. Much nicer now.
 
Ok So I found one on Ebay for under $50... I'll do a comparison when I get it. I doubt I'll hear much difference. If I do end up keeping the MIJ one, I'll mod my MIT one to OD-1 specs.
 
psychodave":12ski62l said:
Vrad":12ski62l said:
Ok So I found one on Ebay for under $50... I'll do a comparison when I get it. I doubt I'll hear much difference. If I do end up keeping the MIJ one, I'll mod my MIT one to OD-1 specs.

Nice. I think the OD mod is just a cap and resistor. I played my modded SD-1 tonight and I am really happy with it. It sounds great with my JCM800...which now has 6550's in it ;)

Yeah I think so. You also disconnect the tone knob. None of it looks all that hard. How's it sound with 6550's? Meaner?
 
psychodave":2qjgpk0t said:
Vrad":2qjgpk0t said:
psychodave":2qjgpk0t said:
Vrad":2qjgpk0t said:
Ok So I found one on Ebay for under $50... I'll do a comparison when I get it. I doubt I'll hear much difference. If I do end up keeping the MIJ one, I'll mod my MIT one to OD-1 specs.

Nice. I think the OD mod is just a cap and resistor. I played my modded SD-1 tonight and I am really happy with it. It sounds great with my JCM800...which now has 6550's in it ;)

Yeah I think so. You also disconnect the tone knob. None of it looks all that hard. How's it sound with 6550's? Meaner?

6550s are a little bigger, but cleaner...which is why I was looking for more dirt. Not my favorite tube, but they are still fun to use.

I picture it sounding more modern.
 
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