ROLAND founder dies

RandallFlagg

The guy who invented the TR-808 has died:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39471567

guitars4you

I saw that and amazed this blog has not attracted more comments - Without him Boss would have not evolved and I dare say there are few stages around the world that has not had a boss Pedal on it - Indeed how many FB members have not had a Boss pedal - is he the Steve Jobs of our industry ?

JezWynd

guitars4you said:

I saw that and amazed this blog has not attracted more comments 

Probably because there have been a couple of threads already about his death and telling of his impact on the music scene.

guitars4you

JezWynd said:

guitars4you said:

I saw that and amazed this blog has not attracted more comments 

Probably because there have been a couple of threads already about his death and telling of his impact on the music scene.

sorry if I missed them - been away part of the weekend and just catching up on FB - thanks

JezWynd

Easily missed. I was surprised there were not more posts about his passing.

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/100409/

lasermonkey

Boss:
 BE-5b
 BF-2
 CE-3
 CE-20
CS-2
DC-3
DF-2
HF-2
NS–2
PH-2
PN-2
DR 660
RBF-10
SE-50
SE-70 (x2)

Roland:
D-50 (x2)
Jupiter 6
SH-09
SH-101
DEP-5
RE-201
SRV-330

Of all these, the only one i didn't get on with was the DF-2, and I suspect that I should have given it more time.
 I don't have all of these anymore, but I wish I did.

ICBM

lasermonkey said:

Of all these, the only one i didn't get on with was the DF-2, and I suspect that I should have given it more time.

The DF-2 is the bestestest pedal ever.

But I admit it does have something of a learning curve if you want to use the feedbacker bit to its full advantage - although I still think it's possibly the best-sounding distortion pedal ever made, even if you don't.

I still have my SE-70 as well...

lasermonkey

It was the first Boss pedal I bought, so I'm guessing it was late '84 or early '85, making me 18 or 19. I remember I moved it on quickly, so probably youthful impatience. I didn't like the distorted tone at the time, but I owned a solid state amp back then and the only drive pedal that ever sounded good with it was my old TS-9.
I know that I'd find the feedbacker really useful nowadays.

ICBM

lasermonkey said:

It was the first Boss pedal I bought, so I'm guessing it was late '84 or early '85, making me 18 or 19. I remember I moved it on quickly, so probably youthful impatience. I didn't like the distorted tone at the time, but I owned a solid state amp back then and the only drive pedal that ever sounded good with it was my old TS-9.
I know that I'd find the feedbacker really useful nowadays.

I've got one for sale if you want to revisit your lost youth .

But only because I have three (plus a broken one for spares) and I probably don't really need that many...

maltingsaudio

Honourable mention should also go to Roland guitar synths Gr500 etc and Digital modelling VG8 etc