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Dave Van Allen


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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2006 9:09 am    
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Does any one of the Don Rich junkies here know what brand of Fuzztone was used on this 1968 recording?

my guess is a Jordan Boss Tone...

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Steve Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2006 10:56 am    
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It could have been a Mosrite Fuzzrite...they(Mosrite)were located in Bakersfield too.There is a company making a clone of the Fuzzrite...the"Fuzzbrite"...there is an original on Ebay right now for$650...wish I'd have kept the one I paid$15.00 for in the 9th grade!


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Donny Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2006 4:15 pm    
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Boy Dave, did you have to pick Buck's "absolute worst song to ask a question about?

Steve's right, the Fuzzrite would have been a logical choice. That one, along with the Maestro, E-H, Ace-Tone, Vox, and the old Sam Ash "Boxx" are about the only ones that were around 'way sold back then. But then again, I built my first one (a 1-tube model) myself in 1965, so he could have had one made too.

If you like, I can look all the models and when they were first released.
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Dave Van Allen


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Post  Posted 3 Dec 2006 7:37 am    
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Donny- I'm askin' for a friend... I think I'm in agreement with you about the relative merit of the tune in question
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Gary Spaeth

 

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Post  Posted 3 Dec 2006 8:18 am    
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i remember seeing them play that song on a tv show when it came out and saw don switch it off after the solo. it was a little black box plugged into his guitar. shortly after, i had to buy a vox because it was the only one the store had that would work with the tele's recessed output jack.
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Steve Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 3 Dec 2006 10:56 am    
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"little black box plugged into the guitar"...sounds like a BossTone...

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Rick McDuffie

 

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Post  Posted 3 Dec 2006 6:32 pm    
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I had a Fuzzrite, too, Steve. My parents bought it for me for Christmas. Don't remember when I parted ways with it, but I wish I hadn't.
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Steve Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 3 Dec 2006 6:37 pm    
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Rick,I loved mine!Used it with my SG standard and blackface piggyback Bassman amp...with the cabinet turned onto its side so it would be taller!

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Gary Spaeth

 

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Post  Posted 4 Dec 2006 6:27 am    
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steve. the bosstone wouldn't work on a tele because of the tele's recessed output jack so i chose the vox. the vox was a little black box as well. why am i wasting brain cells remembering this ? oh well, still got the tele and the fuzz.

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Steve Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 4 Dec 2006 8:08 am    
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Gary,when this first came up it crossed my mind about that recessed jack...I tried a couple of effects on my Telecaster that mounted that way and it seems like some would plug all the way in and some wouldn't...of course this was 30+ years ago...maybe somebody who was around Don then would know(JayDee?Tom?)...

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Rick McDuffie

 

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Post  Posted 4 Dec 2006 12:33 pm    
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Steve,

I had a blackface Deluxe Reverb which I set on top of a 2X12 Bassman cabinet, and I used all 3 speakers. That amp must've been running at 2 ohms, and I had no clue what I was doing! Sounded great, though. Plenty of good distortion

When the solid state craze hit, I sold that Deluxe for $50 and bought a Kustom 150. I'm an idiot
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Gary Spaeth

 

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Post  Posted 5 Dec 2006 8:20 pm    
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ya and i sold a 64 sg for $175 to buy the tele. one went for over 10 grand on ebay last month. i sold a mid60's e335 for $325 to buy my first vcr in '84. i could go on but i think the tears will short out my keyboard.

i think the show i saw buck on was the glen cambell goodtime hour.

[This message was edited by Gary Spaeth on 06 December 2006 at 06:21 AM.]

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