Dr.No Drive-O-Matic (gutshots)

Pruttelherrie · Post by **Pruttelherrie** » 26 May 2013, 16:20

Looks to be an almost exact TS clone...

All shots here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/170 ... omatic.zip

snofla1900 · Post by **snofla1900** » 26 May 2013, 17:32

As far as I know it is a Tubescreamer clone !

LaceSensor · Post by **LaceSensor** » 27 May 2013, 20:51

those jumpers are the epitome of shit

Cub · Post by **Cub** » 27 May 2013, 21:02

No creativity with the design either.

rocklander · Post by **rocklander** » 27 May 2013, 21:56

LaceSensor wrote:those jumpers are the epitome of shit

they really are god awful aren't they?

Mbas974 · Post by **Mbas974** » 27 May 2013, 22:17

"O-Matic" name sound to me like a Boscorelli design.... isn't it ?

The Rotagilla · Post by **The Rotagilla** » 28 May 2013, 03:13

Mbas974 wrote:"O-Matic" name sound to me like a Boscorelli design.... isn't it ?

Stamps had the Drive-O-Matic and Drive-O-Matic XL.

Dirk_Hendrik · Post by **Dirk_Hendrik** » 28 May 2013, 06:02

Cub wrote:No creativity with the design either.

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Careful here. There is a close relation between;
- Philips (origin: Eindhoven, the Netherlands),
- Peter Pan Speedrock, the band for which the original was built (origin: Eindhoven, the Netherlands),
and
- Dr No himself (origin: Eindhoven, the Netherlands).
Therefore no creativity is far from true. It's a pedal built by, for and in a city that breathes Philips and follows a concept.

Of all boutiquers I've seen over the years Dr No is, in my opinion, one of the more original ones when it comes to the appearance of his pedals. The guy is a graphics designer from origin. No electronics engineer and not making any claims on that field either.

Also,
What is the origin of these pics and more specific, how old are they? The first DoM was GGG TS based.Later ones aren't.

Cub · Post by **Cub** » 28 May 2013, 07:54

Thank you very much for clearing that up, Dirk, I did not realise that this person lives in the same town as the company of the original logo.

Dirk_Hendrik · Post by **Dirk_Hendrik** » 28 May 2013, 09:08

Completely off topic Cub,

got my 2.5 yr old son here on my lap while reading your response. He's watching the screen, sees your avatar and says "hey.... buuman". (Neighbour for the english speakers. Would'nt know howw famous this series is abroad (other than the Chech republic)

~arph · Post by **~arph** » 28 May 2013, 15:22

Dirk_Hendrik wrote: Of all boutiquers I've seen over the years Dr No is, in my opinion, one of the more original ones when it comes to the appearance of his pedals. The guy is a graphics designer from origin. No electronics engineer and not making any claims on that field either.

+3

and

Pruttelherrie · Post by **Pruttelherrie** » 28 May 2013, 16:07

Dirk_Hendrik wrote:Also, What is the origin of these pics and more specific, how old are they? The first DoM was GGG TS based.Later ones aren't.

The pics were made last sunday with a crappy iPhone. The unit was bought by a friend of mine a few weeks ago, from a local shop that had had it in stock for at least a year or so. So it could very well be one of the earlier ones. I did not recognise the GGG TS as I have never dealt with GGG. I assume this is an older GGG PCB design?

The unit was very well presented, nice cardboard design-box, sticker, etc.

Also, I really like the ledholder/lens. Does anybody know where to get these?

Dirk_Hendrik · Post by **Dirk_Hendrik** » 31 May 2013, 08:10

Thanks!
This photo:

is from 2007. Shame to see that the board is still virtually the GGG board.

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