Bell Electrolabs - Fuzz

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DiscoFreq
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They exist with different graphic designs too:

"handwritten" font, normal font and normal font with stripes:
http://filters.muziq.be/model/bell/phaser

Maybe each type of font is linked a certain period (for all models with that font).

My pedals all have the "handwritten" font, except the phaser which has the normal font (without stripes).
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Post by THE_SCORPION »

Here is a composite image from DiscoFreq's gut shots.
Perhaps someone would care to trace?
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Post by Olav »

Please forgive a n00b for digging up an ancient thread. I just wanted to add pics of my Bell Electrolabs chain of effects.

These were among my very first guitar effect pedals (198something and they were used then!), long before anyone had ever heard of TrueBypass. Especially the Vibrato is a noisy bugger when in the chain.

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As was mentioned (or wondered really) they do indeed connect on the sides, via 5point DIN connectors (they would seem). They connect on both sides of the Mother. I've only ever owned the 4 stompboxes I pictured, so I have no clue as to how many the Mother might 'feed'.

Sadly the ADT and Phaser have gone and died on me, which happened quite suddenly, I expect a fuse burnt out, well I hope so anyway. I'll open them up and shoot some gut shots for you fine people if you wish.

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I’m looking for the ADT, Flanger and Filter in this series if anyone is holding?

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