Product Overview
Very good condition. Pedal only. Tested as working to spec. Dates to April 1985
Serial number 535900
Evolving from the DM-2, the DM-3 includes some design tweaks that cleaned up the delay repeats for a clearer sound with less noise, an ever-present engineering challenge when trying to get the best performance out of analog BBD circuits. The DM-3 also features a Direct Out jack for sending dry and effect signals to two separate amps, as well as some unique knobs not seen on any other BOSS pedals before or since.
Though many effects aficionados cite the DM-2 as having superior tone, the DM-3 really sounds quite similar. It’s perhaps a touch less gritty and more refined in the delay repeats, but that can be a good thing in many applications.
By the late ‘80s, digital tech was taking over in the delay world, and the DM-3 was discontinued in the middle of 1988. It was the last all-analog delay pedal in the BOSS lineup for 26 years, until the introduction of the Waza Craft DM-2W in 2014.
BBD: MN3205
OP-AMP: JRC4558
CLOCK TIMER: MN3102
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