A RARE univibe/Superfuzz combo, also does a nice tremolo. Thought some of you might be interested in seeing it. It's here for repair, I've got it going now though and think I might do a little cloning. :D
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z30/codtone/1CPM_zps2bad6083.jpg)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z30/codtone/2CPM_zps4ba91fef.jpg)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z30/codtone/1aCPM_zpsf77d8c21.jpg)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z30/codtone/3CPM_zps61bc2478.jpg)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z30/codtone/4CPM_zps7216212a.jpg)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z30/codtone/5CPM_zpsb3b74c7b.jpg)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z30/codtone/6CPM_zpsc0725a5f.jpg)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z30/codtone/7CPM_zpsd7b559c1.jpg)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z30/codtone/8CPM_zps2f4112b9.jpg)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z30/codtone/9CPM_zps94689ba7.jpg)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z30/codtone/10CPM_zpsc7edf8de.jpg)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z30/codtone/11CPM_zps75fe0fd1.jpg)
Love those! It looks pretty similar to Resly Tone.. What is wrong with it?
It's fixed now, but the problems were some dried out caps and a bungled transistor replacement. :P
Quote from: Guitarmageddon on February 19, 2015, 10:48:45 AM
It's fixed now, but the problems were some dried out caps and a bungled transistor replacement. :P
Good job on the repair! How did you troubleshoot through all that? Is a schematic available for this unit? Very cool machine.
Wow. That is a cool machine 8)
Quote from: pryde on February 19, 2015, 02:17:35 PM
Quote from: Guitarmageddon on February 19, 2015, 10:48:45 AM
It's fixed now, but the problems were some dried out caps and a bungled transistor replacement. :P
Good job on the repair! How did you troubleshoot through all that? Is a schematic available for this unit? Very cool machine.
No. no schem that I'm aware off. It's actually in the process of REing at freestompboxes. I still haven't figured out some of the switching, but the univibe section is familiar enough. I used an audio probe (#1 best trouble-shooting device ever!) to find my way around through it.
That's very, very cool. Never heard of this thing before! What else did Companion make?
Quote from: lincolnic on February 20, 2015, 04:20:19 AM
What else did Companion make?
Things like this:
(http://www.9voltstudio.se/more_pedals_1.jpg)
...and also the FY-2:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1UL_thSPfLU/T0N5RTnPJGI/AAAAAAAAAzE/238TQ4V5uLs/s1600/compafuzz2.JPG)
I'm not sure of the difference between Compainion, Shin-ei and Shin-ei Companion, if indeed there is one.
Ah, my brain didn't make the connection between Companion on its own and Shin-ei. They sure knew how to design an attractive enclosure...