Has anyone heard of vintage MK1 MK2 Walt Byrd effect pedals?

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Re: Has anyone heard of vintage MK1 MK2 Walt Byrd effect pedals?

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Yep, I have now up'd production of Pigdogs to two a month! :oldsmile: So, its on its way bro!

I now have a very long short list instead of a stupidly long short long list. list, short list, um... :bong3:
The new Pigdog builds have much better internal speakers too!

I need to post some gear ( :wink2: ) up to Dave soon, so I am trying to get that one started this weekend, then I will concentrait on sorting out everyone that wanted one from the old forum.

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dazed and confused wrote:Nice to have API on the forum and a great collection that I am sure will help with some unanswered questions.

Graham,
Please can we see a shot of your lovely collection? Apologies if you have already posted it, I am waaay behind on reading posts.

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I'm travelling again the usual right now so have infuraiatingly intermittent web access - in the pastI have always been a bit cautious about putting too much of my stash on showin one go - partly security partly not really likeing to show off too much (ok we all like a bit of that dont we boys!) but with these latest gorgeous pics I'll make a real effort to put up something tha will tickle your fancy -- not that I want to be competing with Dennis or anybody else (those pictures are wonderful!)- those who know me will hopefully realize that is exactly the opposite of where I'm coming from - just that I have been into gear for a lot longer than many here and have been fortunate enough to have bought well when prices were cheap which now having soldoff a bunch of stuff permits me to engage with some of the currently much more expensive stuff - basically its just the same pennies I earned / saved in the eighties!! My own form of fuzzy recycling so hopefully politically correct and socially praise worthy!!

Graham

ps I rthink the old forum is still running so you can go there and search my posts - I usually put something like "NICE REFERENCE SHOTS" into posting titles where I stuck any nice pedal pics up though theres a smattering of Amp porn too!!
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Re: Has anyone heard of vintage MK1 MK2 Walt Byrd effect pedals?

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Graham, I am so happy you are part of this forum. You are providing a glimpse into what only most of us can only dream about, Thanks! :tu:
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1bottlerocket wrote:Graham, I am so happy you are part of this forum. You are providing a glimpse into what only most of us can only dream about, Thanks! :tu:
The Power and the Glory that is Graham, always getting to the Heart of the Matter ;) I know it's not quite the same spelling for the surname but what's a extra 'e' between friends ? :lol:
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Re: Has anyone heard of vintage MK1 MK2 Walt Byrd effect ped

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OK - it's been two years since this link was made! What happened to those rare blue vintage walt byrd mk1, mk1.5, mk2...?! You API still got the beauties? Did Graham grab them..? Or what? And what are they, really, more than blue..?

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Graham got um
I have a big dick and I challenge you to swallow it or fight me strait up.
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Re: Has anyone heard of vintage MK1 MK2 Walt Byrd effect ped

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OK, so Graham got em, good! - Now, anybody know what they are? When and where they were made (Italy)? And who this Walt Byrd really was/is...?

Graham can't you make a clip? And will they be included in your book..?

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Post by API »

Yes, Graham got the ones I used to have.
Me and Stu tried to solve the mystery back when I still had them but we did not.
It pointed towards Italy though but I do know that they were sold new in Sweden in the late 60´s which is slightly strange but possible even for an Italian pedal back then.
I have seen three of the Mk I version, all here in Sweden, but just one of the Mk II style case and that I bought on German Ebay many, many years ago.
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Post by Philip »

They sound crap though no?
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Re: Has anyone heard of vintage MK1 MK2 Walt Byrd effect ped

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I would not say that they were totally crap, decent to good but not real Mk II territory.

Here are gut shots of both pedals.
Stu helped me with them and cleaned them up, i think the wiring is new in both.
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