https://goo.gl/photos/fZoCAkisRMfyWiLP6- Enormous sheet-metal pedalboard with built-in preamp/buffer that I designed and built as part of my 1st year Electronic Engineering college course.
- 1970s (?) Coloursound Wah/Fuzz/Swell that I bought 2nd hand from Macaris in the mid-80s while on a trip to London. Still have it, though it doesn't work anymore. My first ever effects pedal.
- Arion Metal Master pedal... they were cheap and cheerful, doesn't really do anything other than High Gain. Still knocking around somewhere in my old gear box.
- Arion Flanger... again, cheap and cheerful but worked fine and pretty versatile. Still have it, but the plastic cover for the battery went missing years ago, as seems to typically be the case with these pedals.
- Ibanez Digital Delay. Cost me an arm and a leg in December '85, £95 then, the equivalent of about £260 today. Yikes.
- Enormous Park 2x12 Valve combo that weighed the same as a collapsed neutron star. Sold it to a collector in the early 90's for more than twice what I'd paid.
- Westone Spectrum DX with proprietary locking trem system... still have it today, and still a very playable guitar
(Dodgy 1970s era carpet courtesy of my Mum and Dad)
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Rak Overdrive > Real Tube Over drive Pedal > Boss Pitch shift delay > Arion Stage Tuner > Peavey Stereo Classic Chorus
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Nice carpet though, very Jackson Pollock
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Thinking back to my rig circa-1991, I think it went: Tokai Strat (usually) into Boss CS-1 compressor, Schaller volume pedal, Boss SD-1 overdrive, Jen Wah, Ibanez BC9 Bi-Mode Chorus, MXR Phase 100, Boss PN-2 Tremolo, Electro Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress, Arion DDS-1 Delay into the Peavey Classic Chorus 130.
The Arion pedals are/were really nice. I still have the DDS-1, as well as the DCF-1 chorus/flanger (which is a great bit of seriously underrated kit) plus a couple of the old SAD-1 analogue delays - which still gets used for self-oscillations. On the whole they can be picked up pretty cheaply (apart from the old chorus ones, of course) but can be a bugger to sell
I had - distortion, metal master, delay and the chorus.
And a Pearl Octaver.
I have no idea why I got the octaver it wasn't even that good.
End of 87 i got a Marshall jubilee head and discovered volume and rack systems.
Then it all got a bit surreal.
I remember the Westone guitars as pretty good for the era - certainly better than most
Those Pearl Octavers were great! Mind you, I used to use mine for flute! Sounded great through the Octaver into the Electric Mistress and a WEM Copicat. Very organic and synthy. I've never been a fan of guitars!