Members Northstar Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 History buffs, this one is for you. What is the commonly accepted first effect pedal? I don't know the answer myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members forgottenking Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 It's probably some type of fuzz box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L6Sguy Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 you guys should both get this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phishmarisol Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 The first effects pedal was a TS-9 clone repackaged in a swirly painted box and it cost $900. Keith Richards owned it but traded it to Roger Mayer for a some skag and the rest is effects history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fywmf Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 you guys should both get this: +112084748764586724986938572 amazing book. everything you ever wanted to know about the genesis and evolution of effects. a. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 I'm gonna guess something like a DeArmond volume pedal in the late '40s..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 there was a dearmond trem pedal in one of my books. it supp. came out in 1940 or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members #16 Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 History buffs, this one is for you. What is the commonly accepted first effect pedal? I don't know the answer myself... I thought it was the Gibson Maestro Fuzz. :wave: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 I thought it was the Gibson Maestro Fuzz. :wave: I have a book with old Silvertone/Daneletro catalog pages in it - there's two DeArmond pedals from the mid '50s listed (Trem Trol and Volume pedal)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 you guys should both get this: I came in here just to make sure somebody posted this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted January 31, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 I came in here just to make sure somebody posted this. Looks like a Fruit Loops box... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sense_of_henry Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 + = brewtal gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TweedBassman Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 ah yes, the ol' sticky note on a subwoofer cone trick. that's a joke before you guys butcher me. yeah i know... the kinks, razor'd speakers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sir H C Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 DeArmond trem would be the first. That had been around decades before the Maestro Fuzz Tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members g3rmanium Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 DeArmond trem would be the first. That had been around decades before the Maestro Fuzz Tone. Yeah, but they're mechanical. No transistors, no brewtal gheyn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members g3rmanium Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 What is the commonly accepted first effect pedal? Some will say this one But as you can see it's not really a pedal (besides being entirely mechanical). More rightfully, the first one was the Maestro Fuzz Tone FZ-1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 Some will say this one......it's not really a pedal (besides being entirely mechanical). g3rmanium - I'm not sure what you mean when you refer to the DeArmond Tremolo as being "entirely mechanical". How is its operation mechanical rather than electronic? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members g3rmanium Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 g3rmanium - I'm not sure what you mean when you refer to the DeArmond Tremolo as being "entirely mechanical". How is its operation mechanical rather than electronic? The only electronic thing in it is a motor. The tremolo is generated by shaking a cylinder. In that cylinder, there's a liquid that bleeds some of the signal to ground. No transistors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skylab Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 + THAT is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 The only electronic thing in it is a motor. The tremolo is generated by shaking a cylinder. In that cylinder, there's a liquid that bleeds some of the signal to ground. No transistors. Thanks for the info. I wonder if it's similar to the Tel-Ray "oil-can" echo units, or if Ray LuBow was involved in its invention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members g3rmanium Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 Discrete four-quadrant multiplier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members puretube Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 anybody mentioned this: great, beautiful book by Non Digital Tom yet? Worth reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L6Sguy Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 ^you didnt like the three previous mentions? its worthy of another though. great, great book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted January 31, 2007 Members Share Posted January 31, 2007 Some will say this one But as you can see it's not really a pedal (besides being entirely mechanical). More rightfully, the first one was the Maestro Fuzz Tone FZ-1: There is a later foot controlled version of that DeArmond tremolo from the '50s, and also a volume pedal as well. I guess we need to define what an 'effect pedal' is - does it have to have transistors to qualify..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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