black label boss and ibanez??

[stereotypy]

i just saw a few auctions at ebay with "black label" in the description. concerning the boss dm-2, ibanez ad-9, fl-9, cs-9 i think.

 

does this mean something special?

[inscho]

for boss it typically varies by its country of origin. I am sure its the same for ibanez but I am not too familiar

japan typically being the most sought after

both green and black labels on the dm2 are from japan though

[stereotypy]

does this mean different sound, too? or dieffernt quality of production??

[andreas]

In some cases a different label colour coincides with a major or minor circuit change, and/or production location change. In other cases it's merely a case of running out of a certain colour label...

For Boss pedals, check out www.bossarea.com - they list the various label colours, and while you can't tell definitely which label corresponds to what manufacturing year/location, it will at least give you a hint.

/Andreas

[Robbert]

A lot is been discussed about this before.


My opinion.

Yes, there is audible difference, but not neccessarely because of build location, but could rather come from component variables. With other words, a resistor has a certain tolerance, say 5%. With a 100K resistor that could mean it 105K or 95K, quite a difference. And that for every component.

But Japanese Boss pedals were only made for a limit time, that's what makes them more valuable. Some Boss pedals were only made in Japan, those are even more valuable.

Cheers

[inscho]

I haven't noticed any build quality differences, but the sound quality can vary between models, some have very noticeable differences, and some have slight differences that only gearsluts such as ourselves would recognize. The general consensus is japan is the best for boss

[stereotypy]

same for the ibanez ad-9??? because i'm looking for a new analog delay...