Elka Dizzytone list

I have started a list for a run of Elka Dizzy Tone clones. I'm doing 10 with screenprinted cases, more details HERE.

FY-2

Stock Shin Ei FY-2 in a silver vein Prism enclosure for Chris in the USA.

FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone

Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone clone for Chris in the USA.

Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone clone

A FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone for Francesco in Italy. This version has a switch to choose between the stock output capacitor and one of a larger value for more bass.

Doom Bender Deluxe

Doom Bender (modified Tone Bender mk1) for Craig in the states. This is the Deluxe version with a tone control allowing you to cut some of the bass from the fuzz sound.

Doom Bender

Small box Doom Bender (bassier and louder Tone Bender mk1) for AJ in the UK. New graphics on a lovely yellow case powdercoated locally by Bournes of Digbeth. I am getting all my cases powdercoated locally now and currently have a stock of larger cases in orange and also hammerite blue. Will hopefully get some more of these smaller cases done as well soon.

Elka Dizzytone Prism wedge video

A quick vid of Henry Kaisers Dizzytone.

Maestro FZ-1 comparison 2

Here is another, Scott has a few more on his youtube page.

Maestro FZ-1 comparison 1

Here is a video Scott did comparing my fz-1 clone with his original.

Rangemaster

Rangemaster for Craig in the USA. Stock circuit but with an added input capacitor blend control, lets you go from trebleboost to a more full range boost. Mullard OC44 transistor and a eye catching orange case!

Elka Dizzytone Prism wedge

Elka Dizzytone for Henry Kaiser. Phenolic board circuit construction, transistors are 2 x AC106, and a SFT308, red hammerite prism wedge enclosure, decal labelling. A great looking pedal that sounds extremely close to the original I have borrowed but with less background noise.

FZ-1

FZ-1 for Scott in the USA, wooden Turret Board construction, carbon comp resistors, shielded audio path, full size 24mm pots, gold hammerite prism wedge style enclosure from pedalenclosures.com.

Zonk Machine

I've probably put more hours into testing the Zonk Machine than any other circuit! It seems to have its own rules with assoociated voodoo that I simply will not go into. Anyway, here's a version I did to sell (to make up for the hours of research and development I've put into getting this circuit sounding remotely good), 9 months since I started working on it, but it sounded so cool at our last Windscale rehearsal that I think I'm going to be keeping it.

PINK! FZ-1

FZ-1 for Ben in the USA, identical to the blue one posted below, apart from the bubblegum pink case!

FZ-1

FZ-1 for daron in the USA, turret board layout on phenolic.

Russian Booster

A booster based around the Russian GT308 germanium transistor, more info here. Supposed to be for Bass guitar but sounds good on guitar also. Cuts bass frequencies, and boosts some high frequencies. Some frequency info from the linked thread above - 10 Hz: +2dB, 63 Hz: 0 dB, 100 Hz: -1,6 dB, 200 Hz: -8,5 dB, 350 Hz: -25 dB (notch), 500 Hz: -14 dB, 1000 Hz: -6 dB, 1500 Hz: -3,5 dB, 3000 Hz: -1,5 dB.

Fuzz Face

Fuzz Face for Adrian in the USA. Larger capacitors for more bass, and a bias control for tonal variety.

Doom Bender mk1

Doom Bender (a louder more aggressive version of the Tone Bender mk1 circuit) in a gold hammerite prism wedge style enclosure from pedalenclosures.com. Done in the style of the original 1965 mk1s with the circuit made up of the components mounted directly to Phenolic board. The clearcoated decal labelling also echos the original mk1 look.

FZ-1

Maestro FZ-1 in a blue hammerite prism wedge style enclosure from pedalenclosures.com. Tagboard layout, shielded audio wiring, decal labelling.

fy-2 testimonial.

Just got this nice email from a customer I made an FY-2 for a while ago - "Just wanted to drop you a quick line about the FY-2 you built for me. It has, without a doubt, become my "go to" fuzz pedal. Every boost I put in front of it sounds great, every modulation effect I put behind it sounds great, and it just flat sounds great directly into my tube amp. I have several other fuzz pedals, but every time I have an idea for a sound I want or if I just want to wank around, I end up reaching for the FY-2. Likewise, whatever I'm running through it--tape loops, synthesizers, my old reverb spring--the FY-2 just takes it to another dimension. Fantastic!"

Burns Buzzaround

Burns Buzzaround clone with ac128 transistors for Rob in the USA.

prism fz-1

Here's a sneak preview of the fz-1 I have been working on with the new prism 1 case.  Going to do some labelling tomorrow, looks cool even without any labels!

Tonebender mk1 video

Tonebender mk1 #13

Stock Tonebender mk1, tagboard construction, shielded wiring, last of the wedge enclosures I comissioned a year ago.

Tonebender professional mkII video