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Boss ds-1 mods ;)

Started by matmosphere, May 28, 2016, 02:59:23 AM

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matmosphere

May 28, 2016, 02:59:23 AM
I did some mods to the old ds-1. Honestly I'm much happier with it now. I've never been really into the pedal, but it honestly sounds much better now.



First thing I did was go true bypass. I managed to jam a 3pdt switch in there. Need to grind down the to a little more so I can have space for the switch to reset but it's very close now, so I don't think it'll be a problem.



I won't go into detail about the mods right now, but I'm sure a couple of you will spot the changes right of the bat.






chordball

#1
May 28, 2016, 03:17:26 AM
Good one! ;D

galaxiex

#2
May 28, 2016, 03:28:52 AM
Nice!

I modded my stock ds-1 but followed the mods I found here.

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/boss-ds-1-mods-1

Very happy with these mods.  :)
Fear leads to Anger, Anger leads to Hate, Hate leads to Suffering.

m-Kresol

#3
May 28, 2016, 08:31:11 AM
Haha! Love it
I build pedals to hide my lousy playing.

My projects are labeled Quantum Effects. My shared OSH park projects: https://oshpark.com/profiles/m-Kresol
My build docs and tutorials

BrianS

#4
May 28, 2016, 01:43:14 PM
Quote from: galaxiex on May 28, 2016, 03:28:52 AM
Nice!

I modded my stock ds-1 but followed the mods I found here.

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/boss-ds-1-mods-1

Very happy with these mods.  :)

That's a great article. Thanks for sharing.

galaxiex

#5
May 28, 2016, 02:08:24 PM
Quote from: BrianS on May 28, 2016, 01:43:14 PM
Quote from: galaxiex on May 28, 2016, 03:28:52 AM
Nice!

I modded my stock ds-1 but followed the mods I found here.

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/boss-ds-1-mods-1

Very happy with these mods.  :)

That's a great article. Thanks for sharing.

You are very welcome!  :)

... but I must apologize... I didn't do those mods... my old guy memory failed me again...  :-[

I have that page bookmarked and "thought" those were the mods I did....

...but I actually did the mods here...

https://reverb.com/ca/news/simple-boss-pedal-mods-changing-from-stock-to-rock

Sounds great now!

And apologies to the OP for the sorta off topic.
Once again your mods are very cool!  8)

I never even considered doing a complete gutting of the pedal (or any commercial pedal) but now you have me thinking....  ;)
Fear leads to Anger, Anger leads to Hate, Hate leads to Suffering.

matmosphere

#6
May 28, 2016, 02:20:54 PM
I was inspired by drolo's DOD wah pedal. The ds-1 was actually broken. Had been for over a year and I kept telling myself I'd get around to fixing it, then I remembered my homeless little Runt I bought from Denzil.

Honestly the DS-1 isn't a terrible pedal but I'd take a Rat over a DS-1 any day.

Matt

#7
May 29, 2016, 10:42:54 PM
That's a nice little sleeper!
Matt

stecykmi

#8
May 30, 2016, 02:18:32 AM
haha hilarious. great mod.

atreidesheir

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May 30, 2016, 04:20:39 AM
Technically we are all half-centaur. - Nick Offerman

drolo

#10
May 30, 2016, 08:55:45 AM
Great job :-)
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