BOSS SP-1 Spectrum Demo

[@syktgrei]

It’s a bandpass with a blend knob. Can be really useful in a live setting, if your sound is either too muddy or too thin

[@verivorax]

Great demo, Pepe! I’m very happy to be the owner of this exact pedal now. Thanks!

[@gearoftones8585]

So it's an EQ pedal with 2 controls

[@strangehermitage2242]

Lol

[@blakemcnamara9105]

If this pedal was like fifty bucks I'd consider it. This must have been really cool back in the '70s though because the funk tones are pretty nice.

[@subs4794]

Even 50 bucks is too much, you can do all this does for less $. It's only worth buying for cheap because there are suckers willing to overpay.

[@jimmythorpe4368]

So it's a 500 dollar tone knob?

[@Hawkeyefoxspirit]

Yeah, lol actually it’s a $1000 tone knob depending on where you buy it. Your almost better off with a mid priced e.q. rack or just better pick ups .

[@victorramsey5575]

This is the final pedal I need to get to complete my "long dash" collection. I also have the HM-2... i think it will sound like totally rad with my LP

[@SameAsAnyOtherStranger]

I haven't heard "Big Log" by Robert Plant for while but this pedal reminded me of the guitar on that song. I just gave it a listen and I think I could be right. It sort of gives a slapback sound to heavy reverb.

[@standupstraight9691]

seems like a parametric eq without the Q control?

[@PepeMusic]

That's it, correct. But ultra rare.

[@jeffbateman2339]

Like a very mild phase shifter?

[@PepeMusic]

Yes, you could say that it is like a static phase shifter.

[@kyle2skye]

Wot does it actually do ? 😮

[@PepeMusic]

It is some kind of a parametric equalizer for a single frequency band. Listen to the sound clips to get an idea what the two knobs are doing.

[@mattguitarwilson]

Sounds like it works best with keyboards.

[@Deaf_Notes]

Sounds better as a piano/bass pedal

[@TheWolfbass]

Could this be the most useless Boss pedal ever?

[@PepeMusic]

In 1977 you didn't have too many options to shape your tone. Over 40 years later it's easy to say it's useless. I like what it does, but today's prices are insane.

[@TheWolfbass]

@@PepeMusic Prices are insane because not many people bought it in 1977.A '77/'78 PH-1 doesn't cost a fraction and is still sounds great today.

[@phantasmagora6542]

In the late 70s when this came out you had players like Michael Schenker who would "park" a wah pedal at 3/4 toe-down position for a searing lead sound that would cut through a mix. This pedal basically serves that function minus the treadle. You can place it after dirt or fuzz to create some really crazy sounds. MXR makes a similar pedal called the Q Zone, btw.

[@subs4794]

​@@phantasmagora6542I saw a video of the guitar player for Khruangbin showing he does what you describe with a wah set at one position.

[@WolfMountford]

No, that would be the Boss Enhancer 😂 It basically just makes you sound like you put on a new set of strings. Does nothing other than that lol