Colorsound Overdriver Jake Rothman Master Volume Version - Super Rare

Make: SolaSound / ColorSound

Model: Overdriver  Master Volume (See Comments)

Manufactured Date/Era: 2000’s

Manufacture Country: United Kingdom

Sound/Effect: Boost/Overdrive/Fuzz

Power Supply: 9v Battery

Controls: Treble, Bass & Drive

Case Colour: Hammered Grey Case with Orange Logo

Circuit Details: Three Transistors

Original Box Y/N: Yes

Non-Original Parts/Mods/Upgrades: Not Aware of Any (States Unmodified on Backplate)

Used By: Pink Flloyd, Jan Akkerman of Focus and Marc Bolan of T Rex.

History (Extract Copied from KitRae Net):

The COLORSOUND POWER BOOST and OVERDRIVER are pieces of British fuzz history that were very popular in the 1970s. They are generally acknowledged to be the first "overdrive" pedals on the market and were sold by the legendary Macaris music store of London. These were essentially pre-amplifiers with a bass and treble boost, designed to drive amplifiers into overdrive or fuzz, and they were LOUD. The Power Boost was the original 18v version of the circuit. It was later changed to run on 9v power and renamed the Overdriver. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd used the old orange Power Boost version throughout the 1970s on such tracks as Shine On You Crazy Diamond, the solo in Have A Cigar, Sheep and many other mid to late late 1970s Pink Floyd songs. He also used it heavily on Pink Floyd's 1972-1977 Pink Floyd tours and was later seen using the Overdriver version in the 1990s. Jeff Beck was another Power Boost/Overdriver user and it can be heard all over his early 1970s studio recordings and live work, including the Blow by Blow album. Other well known users were Jan Akkerman of Focus and Marc Bolan of T Rex. The modern Colorsound Power Boost is a reissue of the classic 18v pedal released in 1969-70. The modern Colorsound Overdriver is a reissue of the classic 9v version of the pedal made in 1971. Both are still distributed by Macari's of London, with master volume Standard Series versions hand made by Jake Rothman of Theremin.co.uk at the time I write this (2011), and non master volume Vintage Series versions made by Stu Castledine of Castledine Electonics.

Jim Boogie’s Comments:

I believe this is the 2007 “Standard Series” built by Jake Rothman, as looking at other photos of the Stu Casteline versions, it seems that this ones components match towards the Jake Rothman. This is my favorite ColorSound pedal that I’ve tried so far (and will regret selling this one) as the master volume just makes it much more user friendly, especially when paying at home. It’s everything you want from an overdrive and when dialed right up you get that magical colorsound fuzz.