Roland Bee Baa
The Bee Baa was my first effects purchase. Bought used in 1975 or 76, the Bee Baa is one of the few pedals I regret selling. It transformed my 12-watt solid state 1×12 into a multi-channel, fire-breathing monster…well, sort of. It had a host of knobs and three footswitches. It covered the boost/distortion effects from a great clean boost to more fuzz than I could ever care to use. Inbetween it handled a great range of overdrive and distortion sounds and really did a nice job for me. I stopped using the pedal after buying a multi-channel amp, and eventually sold it to a friend. It’s been a long time since I’ve heard a Bee Baa, but as far as I can tell it probably was real close to some of the “boutique” pedals that are out there now.