Arion Tubulator and TS9/5/7 ????

[BD13UK]

I have a couple of these Arion Tubulators and although they come in a cheapo plastic box they actually sound as good as the TS pedals IMHO and I was wondering if they are basically the same circuit as they appear very similar to look at and have the JRC4558 opamp, I then wondered if they would benefit from the same mods as the TS pedals etc.

[RDV]

The circuit is supposed to be very similar, but do they have a lot of SM components?

RDV

[BD13UK]

Being a bit of a novice tinkerer I'm not sure what you mean by SM

[Fret Wire]

SM....Surface Mount.   Musicians Friend has it for $14.99. They seem to rotate the price special amongst the Arion pedals. Right now its the tubulator and Mono Distortion, which is probably a DS-1 clone. $30 for two pedals, can't beat that for modding, experimenting, and plain old practice.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=040402075218069166032191518093/g=guitar/s=effects/search/b=1106

[BD13UK]

Thats a great price Fretwire but unfortunately they dont ship certain items outside the US including Arion and the cheapest I've seen here new in the UK is £29.95 and thats approx  $54 :x

[Torchy]

This really boils me up ...

I tried to buy a Danelectro Chicken Salad (the vibe-ey one). Musicians Friend had em on special at $21.95 and regular price $29.95. But wont ship to UK.

Cheapest I found in UK was £49.99 (there were cheaper about but had "No stock" - yeah, right). THATS $89.95 FOR GODS SAKE.

What we in the UK need is, ahem, a friend in the US, who could ship stuff for us (for a fee  :wink:  natch).

I am so tired of getting ripped in this country .... <rant/off>

[BD13UK]

Torchy, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for that more than overdue rant, we get taken to the cleaners in this country with everything from Effects to petrol :evil:  just means that someone in the US can buy 3 Tubulators to the price of our one and still have change back, is that annoying or what !!!

[Torchy]

Thanks ... erm BD13UK (?)

I'm on a crusade to find the cheapest suppliers in UK at the moment and Maplin are RIGHT off my xmas card list  :evil:

When I find good deals I'll post them on here. I already found a cheap supplier for Hammond boxes (under a fiver) ... the quest continues  :wink:

[WGTP]

I have the stereo distortion, and it seems to be full of JFets, no diodes.

[BD13UK]

Yes Torchy !!!! there are two Maplin shops in Glasgow where I live and apart from becoming as you say rather expensive everytime I go in with a list of 10 items I'm fortunate to leave wth 4 as they always seems to be out of stock of the most basic requirements.