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 for Adrian in the USA. Larger capacitors for more bass, and a bias control for tonal variety.
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.
Maestro FZ-1 in a blue hammerite prism wedge style enclosure from pedalenclosures.com. Tagboard layout, shielded audio wiring, decal labelling.
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!
Stock Tonebender mk1, tagboard construction, shielded wiring, last of the wedge enclosures I comissioned a year ago.
Tonebender Professional mkII with bias control for kris, tagboard layout, oc71, cv7004, and cv7042 germanium transistors, 9Vdc input.
Elka Dizzytone, turret board construction on mahogany, carbon comp resistors, ac128 and ac107 germanium transistors.
Ok here we have a small case Doombender mk1, in a nutshell a Tonebender mk1 with larger value capacitors (for theoretically more bass), and a smaller output resistor (for more volume).
Circuit is on tagboard, has Carbon Comp resistors, Russian Mil spec input cap, Tropical fish output cap, OC45 and OC71 transistors, nice build quality.
I did an Elka Dizzytone from an online schematic last year and sold it to a fuzz enthusiast who actually owns an original unit. While it sounded good there were some 'issues' with the overall sound compared to the original. So the customer kindly loaned me his original to check out the circuit itself and the sound. A few months later and I have finally got round to completing the clone, and it sounds exactly like the original! Very similar sound to the Burns Buzzaround but with more compression and generally a wilder sound. The clone has 2 nkt214s for q1 and q2, and (like the original) a sft308 for q3.
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.
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.
'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 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.
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 for Ken in the UK, stock circuit, OC71, OC45, OC84 transistors, Turret board construction, White Hammertone powder coat finish.
A FY-2 for John in the USA, stock circuit apart from the added scoop control.
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