Roland AF-100 Bee Baa Question

[ck3]

After many years of searching and being content with clones, I finally pulled the trigger on an OG Roland AF-100 Bee Baa last week. Unlike the 5 other modern variants on hand, there's a wacky "off" position for the sustain control. I did some Google and internal ILF searching and was unable to determine if the sustain "off" positon can allow there to be no battery depletion with cables connected to both jacks and/or has to he switched off to prevent battery drain. Does anyone know relevant details?

[lordgalvar]

It's just an off switch to save the battery and still leave it wired inline . Wish more battery pedals had them. Fuzzrites are awesome.

[ck3]

Thanks. Pretty nifty. Surprised this feature was removed from clones. I have to delve into Fuzzrite variants at some point.

[Jero]

Thanks. Pretty nifty. Surprised this feature was removed from clones. I have to delve into Fuzzrite variants at some point.

I don't know of any clones that are battery only, so seems pretty normal to exclude it. Plus it's harder (slightly) to find switched pots in particular values.

...I still switch it off and unplug my cable anyway just a habit.

[dub]

The switch also means the lowest the gain goes is the 9 o'clock position.

I remember Laowiz getting slightly confused when I told him one of my favourite rhythm tones was with the gain at "zero".

[ck3]

Yeah. I also suppose it would be possible to place a dummy plug in the DC jack of a newer clone and achieve the same results.

Zero sustain is a cool setting, especially in mid scoop mode using a neck pickup and the tone completely rolled off (psuedo octave fuzz). The original AF-100's octave seems more subtle when attempting to produce the same effect, but it has a certain fatness and grind in full frequency fuzz mode that the clones can't quite reproduce with 100% accuracy.