Clone (mostly¹) of circa 1966 Solasound^* Tone Bender^* Mk1.5

Gets that Yardbirds^*/early Zeppelin^*/Jimmy Page^* fuzz tone

Using new-old-stock, black-glass Mullard OC75 transistors

One of a kind swirl painted enclosure by Gashpaint aka Swank Box

Old-ass chickenhead knobs from my personal stash

Will I ever make another for sale?  Maybe, maybe not.  I can't guarantee either way.  I am thinking of making some other stuff along these lines, but not copies of the same thing.  Like AC128 Fuzz Face^* clone, maybe a FuzzRite^* clone, I don't know.

1: I prefer working with PCB instead of perfboard or turretboard.  Circuit biased (using 18k on Q1 collector instead of the stock 47k) to avoid being gated or overly frazzly sounding (at 71*F room temp).  I used 10uf capacitors for input and attack (which is functionally the same, when dealing with guitar frequencies, as the stock values of 5uf and 25uf)

*Note: we have no affiliation with any companies, artists, or trademarked names referenced with an asterisk, but I admit to a life-long love of Jimmy Page, and I hope to honor him in some way with this pedal.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm going to upgrade that little green output cap -->
 to a big 630v polyester before shipping it out.