Rotosound Fuzz Box - MKII OC81Ds - 1967-68

[jerms]

too too cool john!!!

[Philip]

John, can you send this pedal to Rotosound, or better yet to Macaris so we can see some future pedals in this ace enclosure?

Pretty please.

[Nick]

Definitely not to Rotosound

Congrats again :)

[Jim Goad]

That is ace! The chunky enclosure is possibly the coolest ever.

[theemadcap1]

So, it is a bit of dream to be having this and the Grey Vox wah at hand... (as well as the amazing greenie Sola!! ) The Roto came via Cornwall. It belonged to a keyboard player (which is probably why it had the writing rubbed off as it was a footrest.). I cleaned it and the Vox Wah up. Took the red nail polish off, which basically marked the Volume at 3/4's and the Attack/Filter at minimum. Right there it sound's great, but I turned the Filter up a bit and it was perfect! Usable along the whole range, I had trouble putting down the guitar. It does that whole MKII "Cleanup" really amazingly!! I never fully got that, but this pedal does it flawlessly. It gives it so many tones...essentially making the guitar volume a 3rd knob. With the Grey Wah, it is Page "Little Games" tones perfectly. It is one thing to hear other recordings and other's description's of these tones, but quite another to be wielding them. I will try to pull off doing a demo soon...!

As far as loaning the pedal...
I gave Jason How the idea to do the project, loaned them my original for 6+ months (which was expertly put together by Dave Main!) to clone and they not only made a horrible product, they made 2000+ that have inundated the fuzz pedal market.



Along with botching up all the info I sent him, (I told him Gary made the original Roto MKIIs...) Jason How repeatedly emailed me saying I would be, "Handsomely Rewarded"... I didnt get anything except a Rotosound T-shirt, some sets of strings and a crappy pedal...which I had sent to Dave Main, while giving them the mean's to make 2000+ pedals ("Units" to them...) they sold at wholesale for $200-$250+ (You do the math!) and I had to ask to be compensated after their pedals were put up for sale everywhere... Never even just a "Thanks!", much less being "Handsomely Rewarded".... So, long story short, not looking to do that again...
I'd like to enjoy this one a good long while before thinking of loaning...

[The Captain]

Enjoy karmas rewards, man. You deserve them. Fuck Rotosound. You have some seriously fucking radical pedals here, man. Dig in. Feel the love.

[jetofuj]

I bet you look handsome in this t-shirt

[theemadcap1]

I bet you look handsome in this t-shirt

I gave it to my teenager daughter... She can rock that fluorescent orange.







Thanks Dave!!

[Philip]

What a duo!

Edit: trio!

[redeyeflight]

Wow...Rotosound FAIL...that sounds almost JMI-ish. I guess that's life when you're a major manufacturer of goods these days...what's the easiest rip off?!