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[flanagan0718]

Got myself an awesome distortion today! Funny story with this one. I actually took this pedal in as "used gear" when I worked at the music store. Then the truck guy, Glen, bought it because he liked it so much. I was jealous. He held onto it for 10ish years then sold it 2 months ago to a friend of his. That friend happens to be a good friend of mine too. I was just finishing up a load box for him and he said "I'm broke but Glen just sold me this weird Nady distortion pedal, can we trade"? To which I said F$&K yes we can! Now I work with Glen again at Fishman but I own the pedal! Hahaha it's very cool I'll try to post a video this weekend! Here are a couple pictures!





Yes it is a 12ax7!! Thanks for reading.

-Mike-


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[blearyeyes]

Wow that is awesome! How does it sound?

[jimilee]

Wow that is awesome! How does it sound?

^^^^^


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[sjaustin]

Super cool story!

Also cool that you work at Fishman. I have found them to be a really helpful company to work with. They were quite accommodating with ideas about how to retrofit a weird guitar with one of their discontinued pickups... story for another day (or at least thread), but that has become my main gig guitar for years now.

[bcalla]

Cool story & great score!

[Govmnt_Lacky]

Am I wrong to assume that a possible trace of this circuit may occur? I wouldn't mind seeing what it is all about electrically. 

[lars]

Am I wrong to assume that a possible trace of this circuit may occur? I wouldn't mind seeing what it is all about electrically. 

This is one of those "made by everyone" pedals you can find under different brands/graphics. The original versions had only two knobs with a built-in power supply. Nady still called it the TD-1; Westbury called it the W-20; Guyatone the TO-2. The newer version is also manufactured under Zebra Audio as the DP-3; Red Stone as the X-driver.
The interesting ones would be the original versions, which surprisingly ran at 266 volts. Yikes! I doubt the newer ones with the external power supplies are pumping out 266 volts. If so, be careful plugging that power supply in!

[Govmnt_Lacky]

I love the method they used to ground the potentiometer casings.

Although, I would think that grounding every one of them is a bit extreme. Must have been a reason though...

[flanagan0718]

This was the first version of the TD1, I believe. The new one has a window that you can see the tube through.

If I knew how to trace a circuit I would but alas, I can't. If you know how I'd be happy to send it to you Greg.


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