Rotosound Fuzz Box - MKII OC81Ds - 1967-68

[theemadcap1]

I forgot to tell the whole story...
This pedal came via eBay... Ya gotta have timing...!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1960-S-ROTOSO ... 7675.l2557

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-1960S ... 3f2299f3ad


So, I wish I could say my karma was that good, that I scored on this auction. Let me just say I know the person who won the auction and was fortunate that I secured both pedals for a most reasonable price.
Just goes to show that there are deals still out there to be had! There have got to be a few old Fuzz pedals yet to be found and see the light of day....


Pics of the Rotosound "Fuzz Boz" from the auction...

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Demo soon...

[Philip]

The whole story?

[Lee]

I can't believe you scored that Rotosound with OC81D for only 150 thats a deal of a lifetime. All I can say is wow and congrats. Extremely looking forward to the demo's of your two new pedals.

[psycho*daisies]

i know, right?...and that was £150, so really it more like almost $300! I can't believe you paid that much, John.
I mean, that thing is old and ratty and all the paint is worn off! Wtf? Everybody knows you could have gotten a BRAND NEW Rotosound reissue for about the same price! No issues, paint is intact, etc. Jeeze, John put down the crackpipe. Well, i hope you enjoy that old ratty, bug infested, doorstop.

[Wesley Pipes]

That thing is awesome and for one hell of a low price. Congrats can't wait to hear some demos of this beast!

[theemadcap1]

So, here is a video I made first thing today. Nothing fancy Playing with my Les Paul Custom into the Roto then the Sola, then back to the Roto into a brown Princeton Volume turned to 5, Tone at 12:00. I have the Roto set exactly where those red marks had the sweet spot marked when I got it. Then I turn it all the way to max. Mess with the Sola MKII for a couple minutes and then back to the Roto. I was sort of playing with the guitar's pickup selector and at the end show the clean up that the OC81D does that.



As far as the "whole story"... What I already said, is just the basic story. I bought it off the lucky guy who bought it off eBay. I didn't pay £150, but what I paid I think was more than fair. Anything to keep it from turning into JMI 2.0...

I will try to do a few more demo's... As Time permits...

[psycho*daisies]

FU#%ING GLORIOUS!!!
awesome sound, John!! (makes me wanna turn up my '63 Princeton (tuxedo) to that volume,
with the Vox MkII OC81D's...but my apartment does not permit.

Sounds amazing, dude. Join us in Seattle for a fuzz-out, anytime!

fuzz on, john

[redeyeflight]

Thats pretty awesome sounding!! Thanks for taking the time to do a little show and tell for us folks.

[Philip]

Sounds ace!

I don't hear the distinctive squawky page fuzz sound though.

[king_of_the_road]

That is some angry sounding Fuzz tone! Thanks for the demo!