Mysteron - Tonebender mk1 + Rangemaster video

Doom Bender

A heavily modified Tonebender mk1, larger value caps for more bass (Wima, Sprague, Panasonic, Russian Military), output capacitor blend control (similar to the Buzzaround), smaller output resistor for more volume.  Turret board and tagboard  construction, OC45, OC72, and OC84 Germanium transistors, carbon comp resistors.

The pedal is for Donovan Stringer who did the design for the pedal.

Shin-Ei FY-2 Companion Fuzz

Shin Ei FY-2 for Doug in the USA, with added scoop control and capacitor switching, hand painted gold hammerite finish, tagboard construction, 9v dc input.

FZ-1 video

Mysteron - Tonebender mk1 + Rangemaster

'Mysteron' for Jem in the UK, who designed the graphics herself.  It's a 2 pedals in 1 'Shatterbox' style unit, featuring a Tonebender mk1, and a Rangemaster.  The mk1 is stock and has OC45, OC72, and OC84 Germanium Transistors.  The Rangemaster has an input capacitor blend control allowing you to go from treble boost to full range boost as you turn the control up, and a highish gain OC72 Transistor.  The wedge style enclosure is a Prism 2 from pedalenclosures.com

Maestro FZ-1

Maestro FZ-1 clone for Drew in the USA.  I adapted the layout from an original unit to get the turret layout used in this pedal.  Fiddly build but sounds great.

Ghost Effects Tonebender MK1 video

Here is a little video I made of one of my Tonebender mk1s.  I used my sons Vtech camera so the quality isn't great and synced the recorded audio with the video.  It goes out of sync for some reason, need to do some better ones, but you get the picture!  There's a couple more on my Youtube page just with the audio recorded through the camera.

EP200 Booster for Bass

EP200 Booster using an ECC82 Tube for Jorn in Norway. Controls are Level and Gain, and the circuit is voiced for Bass Guitar with bigger in/out capacitors than I usually use. The circuit is based loosely on the input section of a Selmer EP200 Echo unit.

Tonebender mk1 #12

Tonebender mk1 for Ken in the UK, stock circuit, OC71, OC45, OC84 transistors, Turret board construction, White Hammertone powder coat finish.

Shin-Ei FY-2 Companion Fuzz

A FY-2 for John in the USA, stock circuit apart from the added scoop control.

Fuzz Face

Fuzz Face for Dave from Belfast band Slomatics.  Started out as a Dunlop Re-issue, I took out all the guts (pcb circuit) and added my own.  Circuit modified for more bass, and 9v DC input added.

Tonebender mk1 #11

Stock Tonebender mk1, handmade turret board construction, bronze hammertone powdercoated case, OC71, OC45, and OC84 transistors.  Looks and sounds great!

Shin-Ei FY-2 Companion Bass Fuzz

FY-2 modded for extra bass and with a silver Hammerite finish.

Bass Tonebender mk1

Tonebender mk1 for Francesco in Italy.  This one has slightly larger input and output capacitors than stock and more volume, same as the Doombender mk1.

'Deluxe' Shin Ei FY-2

Shin Ei Companion Fuzz FY-2 for Dave Hammer in Australia with switchable input and fuzz control capacitors going from 'stock' to more bass.  Additional scoop control as well.  Capable of loads more tonal variety than the original FY-2 circuit.

Selmer ep200 Echo Boost

Selmer echo boost, blue smooth hammerite finish, handmade turret board, circuit half on board and half on the tube socket, tropical fish input capacitor, 12v dc power only.

Doombender mk1

This is basically a Tonebender mk1 with larger input and output capacitors for more bass, fixed bias, and a 1m2 output resistor for more volume.  Uses OC71, OC73, and OC45 germanium transistors and tagboard circuit construction.  Soundclip soon.

Maestro FZ-1

Maestro FZ-1 for Henry Kaiser.  Veroboard construction, AC128 transistors.  Soundclip soon.

'Moomin' Buzzaround

Moomin Buzzaround for Dave in Ireland.  Dave chose the image for the labelling, silver Hammerite finish, NKT214 transistors.

Rex's Buzzaround

Rex sent me this photo of his Buzzaround on his pedal board!

Laney Klipp combo

Laney Klipp combo I picked up last week, it's solid state and has spring reverb, tremolo, and 'klipp' (fuzz) effects built in, plus 2 x 12" celestion speakers.  Can't find any info on the internet about this version.

Fuzz Face

Germanium Fuzz Face, stock circuit, carbon comp resistors, BC and Mullard capacitors, OC71 for q1 and CV7355 for q2, slim case, silver Hammerite finish with clearcoat, Bias control, red l.e.d. indicator, Ghost decal on bottom plate.  Soundclip here.

2 Burns Buzzarounds

2 Buzzaround clones for Rex in the USA.  He asked for a very specific spec for these pedals, ac-128 transistors, Wima input/output caps, BC Electrolytics, chrome LED Bezel, and shockproof input/output sockets.  These have the new "beehive" design too.  Also, some of you may have noticed the 'Ghost' labelling on these and a few other recent pedals, this is the new company name for my Guitar pedals!

Seeland live at Moseley Folk Festival

That IS my son dancing to them!

Univox Superfuzz

Univox Superfuzz for Scott in the USA.  2SC828 transistors, 1N34A germanium diodes, PCB by Mr John Lyons, hand painted gold Hammerite finish.