Now I did actually have a Dimension C for a couple of months. In the late 90's I used to spend weekends cruising all the local music stores. I popped in to Wood & Strings in Arlington. It was kind of more of a Acoustic/Band/Lessons/sheet music type store, They might have an electric guitar, or maybe some inexpensive solid state amp. There was a guy in there with a bag, and was trying to sell them some pedals. The guy behind the counter kind of waved him off, saying they weren't interested, as they'd end up sitting on their shelf for a long time, and suggested he go to Daddys or Guitar Center. I followed the guy out the door, and flagged him down to see what he had. There was a Yellow DOD overdrive, a Boss BF-2 flanger (old version, with the black knobs), and a Boss Dimension C.
He said one of his old tenants left it one of the apartments he owned, and he tried to get in touch with him over 6 months but to no avail. He knew he was a musician, and figured there was some value in these lil boxes.
I said, I'd be interested in the Dimension C. I already had the same Flanger, and the Overdrive I wasn't interested in. He had the original box, and even the BOSS sticker and directions in it. I got excited and let out a small "wow" unfortunately, and the guy was like "is it worth alot?" I knew it was kind of rare, but didn't know its value. I somehow pivoted it, by saying "they didn't make alot of these", partly because you can't really adjust anything, which was true. I had $35 in my wallet, and mentioned that I'd be interested in it. The guy hedged a bit, and said he wanted an all or nothing deal. I was like, well I have the purple one already, and I'm not into the yellow one. He again held his ground, and I said, oh well, and began to walk away.
I got about 3 steps, and the guy called out to me "ok, I'll do it-$35" I turned around, and the deal was made.
Getting it home, this thing was hyper clean, no dings or dents. With just 4 presets that don't go really far, it's more spacious than warblish. It was subtle but still rich. if you think 80's pop chorus, this is it! I had a Strat with EMG's, and this with some delay and reverb had that "studio strat" sound. With overdrive it was nice, as the modulation didn't seem to weep into the low end frequencies.
Remember I mentioned I had this for a couple of months? Well, I never put velcro or anything on it, as at this point I was using my Danelectro cool cat chorus. I kind of grabbed it on a lark. I was looking on Ebay for something else one day, and I looked up what Dimension C's were going for, and my jaw hit the floor. I put mine on there, for sale, and within a few days the bidding went to $300! Sold to a guy in some place I can't remember.
I don't have sellers remorse on this, it was a chorus that wasn't all that adjustable for my needs, even as a guy that is a "set it and forget it" player. My line 6 Pod HD has a model of this, and I hear TC has a toneprint for their corona chorus. So that sound is still available. I forget what I spent that $300 on, but from what I've seen they are still going for around that price range. At this point I'd rather try to track down a Spectrum Pedal!
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