Tonebender mk1 clone in a small case with a hand painted gold hammerite finish. Nice little build which I'm very pleased with, last of the '1965' labelled mk1s from me, and likely to be the only small version as well. This is 'For Sale'! Soundclip below...Mini Tonebender MK1 ACY22, OC45, AC128 Germanium Transistors
I've recorded a few rough soundclips of some recent pedals, I'm a bit slack when it comes to clips, I could really do with some customers sending me some (hint!), maybe some discounts would be in order?! Anyway, here they are played by me on a Squire Jagmaster (needs setting up properly if I'm being honest), recorded using Logic on a Powerbook, Presonus Firepod, Sennheiser E609 mic up close and at the edge of the cone, Audition speaker, Epiphone Valve Jr on lowish volume.
Burns Buzzaround replica for Bart. AC-128 Transistors, tagboard layout, DC input, hand sanded top surface with decal labelling and clearcoat finish, red l.e.d.
Rosac Nu Fuzz, small silver hammerite case, tagboard construction, blue l.e.d., a great sound from this little circuit which is similar to the Mosrite Fuzzrite.
Here is a photo of the mk1 'test' pedal I have been using to check potential transistors
After extensive transistor testing using a 'test' pedal with sockets and trimpots I finally found a nice combination of transistors to do a new batch of Tonebender mk1s. This ones for Bart from the Discofreq effects site
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The final 'ECHO' pedal, a circuit bent and rehoused Danelectro slap echo for Steve. Increased depth control, added echo, repeat, and level controls, true bypass, 9v DC input. The switch at the back initialises the pedal so its ready for use (its fooling the original circuit into thinking its been 'stomped'). All the on board wiring (to tiny surface mount components in some cases) has been hot glued and is super solid. The original boards have been taped together then attatched to the case with velcro. Sounds great, far more versatile than the original and can self oscillate. Here's what Steve says - "Thanks recieved the echo pedal today - its got a real unique sound really like it and its so much more versatile so many thanks again...The echo repeats sound great just on the verge of feedback like an old binson ehorec, real one off, no other echo pedals sound like this one."
Little chip amp for Marc in Switzerland. 9v DC input, Mullard input cap, level and gain controls.
Dave sent me some pics of his original Shin-Ei FY-2 next to the replica I made for him!
Theres a lot of people selling Circuit Bent instruments on Ebay at the moment, I have stopped selling Bent stuff pretty much to focus on the pedals, though I AM still bending instruments for Windscale. Saw this Bent Speak and Maths on Ebay and was very impressed, a very comprehensive version of my favourite 'Speak'.
Gold Buzzaround for Richard. AC-128 transistors, tagboard construction, Gold Hammerite paintjob, decal labelling, clearcoat finish.
Some amazing pics of my replica alongside an original Tonebender mk1! I won't go into detail on what the customer thinks, lets just say he is very happy with the replica.
FY-2 replica for Dave. Has the scoop mod where you can control the amount of mid scoop on the sound, plus the fuzz control is wired differently to the original for more varied tones. Update - Dave has received his fy-2, here is what he says - "pedal is amazing! absolutely amazing, better than the original fy-2 i have" ; )
Gold Hammerite Tonebender mk1 for Graham. The last of the Gold ACY22 transistors went into this one. 3 Mullard tropical fish capacitors, tagboard construction, 2 trimpots to bias the 1st and 3rd transistors.
Tube Booster for Brent in the USA. The input and grounding is all on the tagboard, the main circuit itself soldered directly on to the tube socket.
Ampeg Scrambler for Thomas. I did a new tagboard layout for this and just about fitted it in the case.
Germanium Shatterbox, essentially a Zonk Machine 2 and a treble booster in one box. I wasn't sure how this was going to turn out but it sounds really good! soundclip soon.
Kay Tremolo with Booster for Thomas in Belgium. Features tagboard construction and switch to choose fast (stock), and slow (custom) modes.
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