Let's see your RARE stuff!!

[Baxandall]

Very cool stuff Pacafeliz!

[Adoom]

uh, i have to take pictures of my sakura boost. you guys will love it.

i think only 10 exist. i played 3 in person and this one is my favorite (50s Sony Transistor)

I would like this.

Any clue as to why he stopped making them?

[Pacafeliz]

nice collection there man. I'm a big Bosstone fan myself.
which version, or where was yours made? I guess is a better question.

hmm... how do i know that? it has the paper label missing (i had another one years ago which still had it...). but lemme open it up and snip some pics for you ok?

THANKS EVERYBODY for the nice warm welcome!!!

Pat.

[Pacafeliz]

oh here we go!











so... what is it? where is it from? how old is it?

it works great, sounds even better... but i need to somehow clean them scratchy pots. and the on/off switch and sometimes be a little PITA...

Pat.

[StudioShutIn]

A Jordan Bosstone, I think?
Isn't that supposed to be like a superfuzz/unifuzz kind of thing?

[edkoppel]

you see that long stem that sticks out of where the board is?
you can actually unscrew that from the casing just by turning it with your fingers.
that will allow you to pull out the board and see what components are lurking in there///
then we will know for sure.
here's a thread on the DAM forum all about the Bosstones and the different versions:
http://stompboxes.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6119

[Pacafeliz]

oh great! i was not sure if i could/shoud turn that thing...

look it's brown on the other side!

[univalve]

uh, i have to take pictures of my sakura boost. you guys will love it.

i think only 10 exist. i played 3 in person and this one is my favorite (50s Sony Transistor)

I would like this.

Any clue as to why he stopped making them?

As for the mechanical element parts of this, the electric parts are selected from present standard due to durability, however, the main electric parts are selected from old Japanese, especially, the transistor which is called "2T76", made by SONY in 1950s, is germanium transistor, and it is the former model of "2SC" which became the name of standardization model.

He ran out of these transistors. Obscure stuff.

[StudioShutIn]

oh great! i was not sure if i could/shoud turn that thing...

look it's brown on the other side!

now we just need our resident component experts to weigh in on what's inside this thing!

[edkoppel]

ok, it looks like you have a Pasadena, CA or maybe a Nashville, TN version.
but either way I think that tropical fish is a replacement? because I have never seen one on a either version before, and it looks like some soldering went down on the other side of the board.
still awesome!
and I bet its pretty thick and saturated sounding?

[Adoom]

uh, i have to take pictures of my sakura boost. you guys will love it.

i think only 10 exist. i played 3 in person and this one is my favorite (50s Sony Transistor)

I would like this.

Any clue as to why he stopped making them?

As for the mechanical element parts of this, the electric parts are selected from present standard due to durability, however, the main electric parts are selected from old Japanese, especially, the transistor which is called "2T76", made by SONY in 1950s, is germanium transistor, and it is the former model of "2SC" which became the name of standardization model.

He ran out of these transistors. Obscure stuff.

Ah, a pity. they're beautiful though. I'd have enjoyed giving one a whirl. In fact, they're so pretty I might even leave it on the side of my board if it was useless. I know it isn't useless, but that minimalist aesthetic and the colour pallete appeals so.

Thanks for the info dude!

[devnulljp]

Bosstone is great. John McLaughlin played a Mustang through one of those on the Jack Johnson album. Wicked, gnarly fuzztone.

[nightraven]

bump for some more p0rnz.....

i got this one a while ago, definitely one of the coolest looking stompers out there, sound is great too

[adrianlee]

^^neat.

[devnulljp]

Behold Excalibur!