Fuzz Face - Dallas-Arbiter-England - ca 1970 - bud ønskes!

Fuzz Face - Dallas-Arbiter-England - ca 1970

Et lite stykke histore som funker 100% - fikk denne datert til ca 1970 av selveste Analog Man Mike Piera. Han hadde følgende kommentar til pedalen;

"Hello, potentiometers seem to be changed but otherwise looks like a nice one from about 1970 looks like BC 108 transistors. Have fun!"

Jeg har hatt denne boksen siden slutten av 80-tallet og har klart å rote bort underdekselet.

I følge Reverb.com ligger prisene på disse avhengig av tilstand fra kr 24-40.000,-. Dette er selvsagt langt fra hva jeg tror er realistisk og ønsker bud fra kr 12.000,-!

Dette skriver Crave Guitars, UK:

Model Description:

The circular sand‑cast housing of the English Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face is possible one of the most influential and recognisable guitar effect pedals in music history and probably deserves the rarefied title of ‘iconic’. It has been claimed that Ivor Arbiter got the idea for the smiley casing shape after he saw a microphone stand with a round cast iron base. Original colours included grey, blue and red ‘hammered’ finishes. The humble Fuzz Face first appeared in late 1966 and has become famous in the hands of legendary guitarists including and many, many others. The Fuzz Face’s circuit couldn’t be much simpler comprising two transistors, three capacitors and a (small) handful of resistors, apparently based on a similar design created by competitors Sola Sound/Colorsound for their famous Tone Bender pedal. The earliest Fuzz Faces depended on Newmarket NKT 275 germanium transistors, which were highly sensitive to temperature, making for well‑reported variable performance. From 1968, the basic circuit changed to use more consistent silicon transistors, usually metal‑can BC108C transistors. Around the same time, the black on white ‘Arbiter‑England’ label became ‘Dallas‑Arbiter‑England’ and the casing was slightly revised, now with a ‘HJM 3316’ casting number on the inside. The potentiometers were small, often with no markings and with vulnerable plastic shafts. The jack sockets were black plastic sporting a seahorse design and the footswitches were regularly made by Bulgin. By 1976, however, the original Fuzz Face had disappeared. Depending on who owned the company at the time, later versions may carry the CBS/Arbiter or Dunlop Manufacturing Inc. branding. Dunlop has owned the rights to the Fuzz Face since 1993 and they continue to ‘re‑issue’ modern versions of the venerable stomp box. Despite their unreliability, early germanium transistor‑equipped Fuzz Faces are VERY highly sought after and the original silicon transistor versions are not far behind, now attracting huge – and frankly outrageous – prices on the vintage effect market.