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Same here, I have pm'd him twice and no response

I finally got a return pm... Saying he changed his mind and the mv was not for sale.....

Sellers remorse seems to have set in early :/

I eventually got a response in regard to the BBOD. It is (or was, as of early this morning) available. The serial# is below #100; I wanted the later version so I did not purchase. Tempting, as the price seems quite reasonable, but I think I'd prefer the revised circuit.

I agree with the two above comments. He did finally get back to me, but I too wanted a V.2, but supposedly it is not. It will be interesting to see if the ad is canceled and comes back with higher prices. I know one time I typo'ed a price by $100 and got lots of replies

hi guys, whats wrong with BBOD V1? i mean aside from the fact that i prefer the heavier boxes of the later versions, i have owned both- with great results and difference hardly noticeable (if at all). or nothing that couldnt be "fixed" with turning a knob on my amp one millimeter. so i'm wondering, is there any difference circuitwise and if so, is it drastic? because sonically....i dont think there is

huckleboogie wrote:hi guys, whats wrong with BBOD V1? i mean aside from the fact that i prefer the heavier boxes of the later versions, i have owned both- with great results and difference hardly noticeable (if at all). or nothing that couldnt be "fixed" with turning a knob on my amp one millimeter. so i'm wondering, is there any difference circuitwise and if so, is it drastic? because sonically....i dont think there is

Honestly, I've never played either version. The descriptions of the v1, v2 BBODs posted by mrpicard here in the BJFE library makes v2 sound perhaps more desireable:

However, there was a major revision (V2) at serial #219 whereby the circuit was permanently modified to (a) make the output less sensitive to loading and (b) increase the output by 6dB (this change was based on the work done on the Baby Pink Overdrive, which was originally developed as a special gift for BBOD #100). As a result of the work that he did on #209, #210 and #211, BJ thought that the BBOD sounded better with the low impedance output and therefore from BBOD #212 onwards all BBODs have the low impedance modification.

Whether or not output "loading" with v1 is a problem in many or few circumstances, I don't know. I'm pleased to learn you've had both and did not find them significantly different. If money wasn't rather tight at the moment I would have bought this one, v1/v2 notwithstanding, but I decided to hold out for a v2 in my current financial state.

Thanks for your comments.

ah cool, thx for posting this! i only had the later version for a short time and never played it live, but i did a fair amount of touring with the early one. and one thing that bothered me a bit was the fact that there was not a huge amount of clean boost available! hmmmmm:-) that makes V2 indeed more desirable!

I have only played a V1 and the guy I am borrowing it from says it is the first of many he has had that he really liked. His is above 220, so with the info in the Library, I thought it best to stick with a known item.