Product: Goya Boom Box
Price Paid: US Free
Submitted
12/09/2005
at
07:39pm
by
Dan
Email: toolongdays<at>yahoo dot com
Ease of Use
:
6
67' Goya Boom Box. One knob "Bass Intensity" On/Off switch. Battery check button. Very Simple controls, not a lot of room for tone shaping. Changing the battery is a pain beacuse you have to unscrew the unit to get to the battery. i would suggest getting a converter so you can just make a lead from the battery connector to a 9v power adapter.
Sound Quality
:
4
When the Bass Intensity knob is all the way off you get no signal through what so ever. Only when you turn it up is when you get something through. It cuts all the highs and mids and amplifies the lows as the name "Boom Box" describes. Mine is most likely messed up so there is a bit of distortion that bleeds through when the pedal is bypassed.
Reliability
:
2
Since mine has never been worked on, the Battery Test lamp (too early for LED, haha) is burnt out. The footswitch sticks. Opening the back reveals a tangled mess of point to point wiring which could easily become shorted. The flathead screws attaching the thin aluminum control pannel to the red velvet wooden box could become stripped out; or the holes in which they are anchored could rot (if in a damp climate)
Customer Support
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No Opinion
N/A
Overall Rating
:
6
If you are looking for vintage gear, this a cool pedal that never really went anywhere. If you want to make a guitar sound like a bass but possibly blow out your speakers, this is for you. If you want to have a mellowed out really low jazzy bass tone, also for you. Just don't tour with it.
