Re: obscure stomp boxes

SotR wrote:

Back in the mid-70's I went to buy a Big Muff. I didn't know what they
were but saw a kid playing guitar and he stepped on a pedal and made
his sound all fuzzy. I explained this to the store clerk and he said
it was probably a Big Muff. I said I wanted one, but he pulled out
this new line of pedals he stocked. I didn't know anything about FX
back then and let him talk me into it. It was called a "Dirt Box". I
can't remember the maker but it was Japanese and looked exactly like
an Ibanez Tube Screamer, shape, color and layout, except that it had a
standard round foot button.

It actually sounded very harsh and machine gun-ish, very staccato
clipping. But it was loud and distorted so I thought "this is what I
was looking for".

Sounds like a Boss DS-1...
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