Deluxe Electric Mistress

[Hawkesman]

I came across this a couple of days ago in my garage. I bought it new in 1978 for use with my Farfisa organ, and later used it with guitars when I switched from keyboards. I stopped using it in around 1982 when I bought a Boss CE2 Chorus, which I still have and use now (great pedal).

 

Anyhow, I don't think it'd been fired up since about 1985, so I took it apart to check it over, and sure enough one of the internal jack leads had come away. Fault repaired, and after a quick clean, I plugged it in, half expecting it not to work. It did!

 

I put it through my Marshall 2204, using my SG Special, and I'd forgotten how good these things sound. True 70's mojo, but a fair bit of background noise, probably due to the age of the components, and not being stored under the best of conditions. There's lots of room for adjustment, and the variation of sounds you can get are amazing.

 

I did a bit of research, and it's a Version 1 judging by the main board, and the pots are dated January 1977 which makes sense with the date I bought it.

 

Anyone else out there got one of these? What do you think of it?

 

Cheers,

 

H.

[surfpup]

I've owned a couple of these. I think they sound great. A quick trip to Gilmour-land for sure. They can do a pretty decent faux Leslie too. The only downsides are they take up a fair amount of pedal board real estate and there is often a volume drop when they are engaged (this is fixable though).

['Scales]

... there is often a volume drop when they are engaged (this is fixable though).

 

side question re this please Surfpup - I tried setting up a pedal train as: TU2 - Wah - Mxr Boost - Fulldrive2 (Comp cut) - DS1 - DD2 and i wouldn't usually use a distortion but thought it might be good on low distortion setting just for solos on garage rock stuff i'm doing - but as soon as I hit it even with the level on 10 it struggles to stay at the volume of the Fulldrive (set on 2 to align with clean channel on amp). Hitting the boost doesn't do much to help (wheras if I forget to hit the DS1 off first it boosts the crap out of the Fulldrive!). any ideas re volume for the DS1? (perhaps some of this is that distortion seems quieter to ears anyway?)

 

bit annoying.

[surfpup]

side question re this please Surfpup - I tried setting up a pedal train as: TU2 - Wah - Mxr Boost - Fulldrive2 (Comp cut) - DS1 - DD2 and i wouldn't usually use a distortion but thought it might be good on low distortion setting just for solos on garage rock stuff i'm doing - but as soon as I hit it even with the level on 10 it struggles to stay at the volume of the Fulldrive (set on 2 to align with clean channel on amp). Hitting the boost doesn't do much to help (wheras if I forget to hit the DS1 off first it boosts the crap out of the Fulldrive!). any ideas re volume for the DS1? (perhaps some of this is that distortion seems quieter to ears anyway?)

 

bit annoying.

 

Hmmmm... not sure exactly what you are shooting for - but I might try the Fulldrive after the DS1 and see if that evens out the levels. You can also move the boost to the end (still before the delay) if you want it to act as a level boost. In front of the dirt boxes it will add more drive than level boost.

['Scales]

thankyou - I'll try that. Just trying to get it so the solo's (with DS) are a little louder than the rhythm (without) rather than vice versa. cheers.