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I will send it to you. The benefit of having it on your hard disk (over 1.2 GB unzipped) is that you can do an online search with any keywords. For example "Slow Gear" in quotation marks lists up all the threads and pictures with exactly this word combination. Nearly 20 years ago... wow. Even 21 yea...

For anyone interested, I can send the large data package of 10,022 files (560 MB) via WeTransfer.

Our forum veterans might sigh with nostalgia when they see this logo. https://pepemusic.de/bossarea_forum_archive/localhost_8080/logo_bossareaforum.gif Almost six years ago, the owner of the first version of our beloved forum - registered here as "formerly_bossarea" - sent me the backup of the old f...

Great to hear that it is alive again! ... but some of the modes don't work (like Reverse and Lo Fi). The standard modes (with tap tempo) and looper work great, so no need to replace the bypass/tempo switch. As to why some modes don't work, perhaps it's something wrong with the mode rotary switch, pe...

I have two at the moment, one in almost New Old Stock condition with the box, the other one in beat-up shape, that I had to repair (gruesome adventure!). It is a nice pedal. Not my absolute favourite, but it has a few cool sounds.

The HM-3 is such an underrated gem!

The one corporation was originally called Arai, founded in 1956 by Shiro Arai. Due to increasing exports, it was renamed "Aria" in 1958. The other corporation began as Prince Tsushinkogyo Co. Ltd. in 1950. It was renamed to "Arion" in 1980. Arion is the name of a famous poet and musician in ancient ...

Several years ago, Laurie documented how to clean the switch of a BOSS compact pedal. I used these instructions six years ago to clean the unreliable switch of a BOSS TW-1 T Wah. I managed to do it with the switch soldered to the wires. It is quite easy. Here is the thread - I just made it a sticky ...

The ATO-1 is an Aria pedal, though, the Tube Overdrive. And I'm really thankful for this discovery!

I moved your postings into this thread. Could you perhaps supply pictures of the circuit board, bigtone23? With some luck it's just a burnt diode.