Cavagnolo - Chorus Sound

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 23 Sep 2008, 19:15

Cavagnolo is a company making accordeons, but they also made some synths (in the 70's or 80's?).

I just bought this on eBay:
http://filters.muziq.be/model/cavagnolo/chorussound

it's a tremolo/chorus, but the chorus seems to be a phaser (with a sawtooth modulation wave: I\I\I\I\I\I\). Speed and depth are controlled with the trimpots behind those holes in the bottom plate.

Here are some better shots of the inside...

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 23 Sep 2008, 19:29

That phaser sound seems to be a filter: it has a CEM3320 chip...

The Rotagilla · Post by **The Rotagilla** » 23 Sep 2008, 19:33

I hope you ddon't mind me asking but I've had a few questions for quite some time...

1) The stuff you buy, do you keep it or flip it?
2) How do you find the pedals?
3) Is the site a labor of love or covered by sponsers? A hooby that got out of control?
4) How big is your pedal collection?
5) What are the Top 5 pedals you have yet to buy/own?

Your site is killer but the up keep must be amazingly expensive. Keep up the great work!

analogguru · Post by **analogguru** » 23 Sep 2008, 19:50

Never heard about Cavagnolo, but the pcb looks very "Elka/GEM" to me - at least italian.

Item was build in the middle of 1983.

analogguru

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 23 Sep 2008, 20:37

The Rotagilla wrote:I hope you ddon't mind me asking but I've had a few questions for quite some time...

1) The stuff you buy, do you keep it or flip it?
2) How do you find the pedals?
3) Is the site a labor of love or covered by sponsers? A hooby that got out of control?
4) How big is your pedal collection?
5) What are the Top 5 pedals you have yet to buy/own?

Your site is killer but the up keep must be amazingly expensive. Keep up the great work!

1. I keep everything, I like to compare new stuff with old stuff (sound, housing, circuit,...).
2. nowadays most of it comes from eBay...
3. it's a hobby, first just about envelope filters because I couldn't find a good list of models (the longest list online was around 20 models long) and I started adding other types after that. I added ads to cover the hosting costs and I did some things to make those ads more interesting: matching eBay auctions on each page and making an automated list of interesting items on eBay (the column on the right), which already helped me to find interesting stuff on eBay before I added it there.
4. Not sure... probably over 300 or 400 pedals?
5. I have no Mu-Tron pedals yet, no Uni-Vibe, Super Fuzz,... most of the things I buy are cheap, often rather unknown and not "wanted"

I put a lot of time in it, I still have a lot of things to add... The costs are ok thanks to the ads. I'm thinking about adding samples, but that would take a lot of space and traffic, so I probably have to try and see

The Rotagilla · Post by **The Rotagilla** » 23 Sep 2008, 21:16

DiscoFreq wrote:4. Not sure... probably over 300 or 400 pedals?

DiscoFreq wrote:5. I have no Mu-Tron pedals yet, no Uni-Vibe, Super Fuzz.

This surprises me as I see these for sale quite often. Is it a "finding it for the right price" issue? I do need an EH Talking Pedal should you have one you're willing to part with.

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 24 Sep 2008, 06:06

The Rotagilla wrote:
DiscoFreq wrote:4. Not sure... probably over 300 or 400 pedals?

DiscoFreq wrote:5. I have no Mu-Tron pedals yet, no Uni-Vibe, Super Fuzz.
This surprises me as I see these for sale quite often. Is it a "finding it for the right price" issue? I do need an EH Talking Pedal should you have one you're willing to part with.

Yes, Mu-Trons are often more than $300 now and that's a bit too much as I already have several clones...
Until last year I rarely went over 50 Euro for a pedal, now I go up to 80-100 and sometimes even more, but always only if it's really worth it or even cheap for that type of pedal.
I have no EH Talking Pedal yet, but I did buy a second PUE Talker (a Polish copy) since that thread where I posted gut shots of the first one