Ultimate guitar juicebox bass series#

Pricing obviously pays a big part here - with the Grey box versions fetching ridiculous prices nowadays, while a decent Yellow box 741 can be snagged for as little as £150-£200 - a comparative bargain. For me the differences are rather subtle - but I prefer the slightly more articulate Grey Box editions overall including that somewhat more open-pored texture - while many favour the first Yellow versions. Latter versions seem to be calibrated somewhat differently with slightly different core EQ, and compression. All are discontinued now - while some Reverbers are wrongly calling the late 90's versions vintage now - which I would dispute. So you have the Grey 70's editions as the most sough-after, then the early 80's Yellow editions, and finally the 90's Yellow reissues. The interesting point here is that while all of the original 70's grey editions contain the typically more desirable 741 chip, a lot of the early 80's Yellow versions had that same chip too - with the 351 chip though gradually taking over later on. Pedals listed alphabetically by name / association : Most likely next acquisition is probably a 741 Yellow Box 250 - if I can find one in good condition - and at the right sort of price! The Meatbox had been riding high on my wishlist on occasion, but that has now really been supplanted by the Way Huge Atreides. I’ve recently come into the possession of the Gunslinger and Looking Glass, partly driven by current scarcity and possible discontinuation - so I now own 4 of those listed, including also the Boneshaker and Carcosa. While 6 varieties are still available for sale on the Harman DigiTech website - the Carcosa Fuzz, Gunslinger Distortion, Looking Glass Overdrive, Mini Expression, Mini Volume, and Rubberneck Analog Delay. DOD’s original pedals were 200 Series, then these were updated and expanded for the 400 Series, and finally 600 series.Ī number of the later editions of DOD were collaborations - like the Boneshaker Distortion with Black Arts Toneworks’ Mark Wentz, and the Looking Glass Overdrive with Shoe Pedals’ CJM Venter.īrand Owner Harman seems to have knocked back operations of late and there are relatively few of these in distribution - especially in the UK.

Ultimate guitar juicebox bass series#

It’s one of numerous 200 series pedals that were later reissued - a little bit like Boss’s Series 2 pedals - which have tended to overshadow later editions. Probably DOD’s most celebrated pedal - the 250 is most desirable in 741 chip edition - which funnily straddles both grey and early yellow edition boxes.

Elsewhere I’ve gone for pretty much the latest viable editions - including the Blue reissue of the 201 Phasor - which also had Grey and Yellow predecessors. A lot of people focus on the early editions / 200 Series - while I’ve taken a slightly broader overview here - with the one concession really being the original 250 Overdrive/Preamp. DigiTech’s latter sister brand DOD has delivered a number of pedal greats over the years, and since its foundation in 1973 by David Oreste Di Francesco.