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Vox type box
germanium reissue
Controls
- Volume
- Treble-Bass
- Fuzz
Information
Colorsound about the reissue
We had a hard time making the prototype for this one - every mid seventies Tonebender we opened had different insides - so we took our ten best sounding ones and slowly whittled away till we had a winner - and thats what we based this on - we've used three silicon transistors just like the mid seventies original, still all hand wired and still totally cool - we're very proud to put our name on it.
Colorsound about the yellow Germanium reissue
The best Tonebender ever?
The sound of this pedal is based on a '72 Tonebender. We have built it on a Supa Tonebender board and used two original 1960s BFY71 silicon transistors to raise the gain plus a 60s NKT214 germanium transistor which provides the classic transparent fuzz tone. So , a whole load of original 60s parts plus we've also used an arrow switch, germanium diode, military grade pots and as usual a whole lotta love to create our best Tonebender ever !
Video
(2008-08-30) Original 1973 Sola Sound Tone Bender fuzz by Unkle Groove
Documentation
- diy project (Guitarra Online)
- schematics (Free Info Society)
- schematics available at Schematic Heaven
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