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It's a four transistor, six-knob pedal based on the Colorsound Supa Tonebender. It's a Fuzz Dog board called the Pitbull. I built out the board a few months ago and it was splatty and gated and basically unusable. I figured I'd made some kind of mistake, so I ordered another board, built it out and got the same results. Dunno. This is why I normally build really simple circuits like Rangemasters and the occasional Fuzz Face. I can troubleshoot those. And with my turret layouts I can easily change or add things. With these PCB builds I'm kind of in over my head when something like this happens. Twice. Heh...
Note the brass bushing and shaft on the Volume pot. The circuit calls for a 500K audio taper and the only full-size 500KA pots I have are the CTS 450G pots I use on guitar builds, so it's got one of those. The other pot is a 50K linear and I still had some big ones left from the old Big Muff turret builds.
Just about every brand of guitar effect pedal has been through my hands in the 25 years I have been doing this. Vintage Guitar effect pedals. Classic EFFECTORS! MXR VOX EH Mu-tron Tycobrahe guild Foxx Jax Colorsound Dallas-Arbiter Roland Boss Ibanez Maestro Univox Mosrite Ludwig Mica
1960s-1970s vintage VOX wahs, Cry Baby, Tone Bender, Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face and other guitar effect pedals.
Lots of fresh stuff.
The Kimbara Fuzz Box is currently for sale on eBay.
Missing is my Subdecay Blackstar (had it disassembled at the moment I took this picture) and my Hermida Mosferatu (currently on loan).
1977 Boogie Bodies Mighty Mite set neck guitar serial number 17. Back when Ken Warmoth, Lynn Ellsworth, Wayne Charvel and Dave Schecter were blazing the SUPERSTRAT path!
Right, another pedal shot. What's changed since the last shot:
Gone:
* Boss CE-2
* Arion SCH-1
* Yamaha FL-01
New:
* Zoom Tri-Metal
* DOD 201
On the way:
My gear as of 2006-04-03.
Top row:
Vox Tone Bender (JEN-made)
Arbiter Fuzz Face reissue (modded)
Daneletro French Toast (very cool)
Kimbara Fuzz-Tone FZ2
Maestro Fuzz-Tone FZ-1 (1962)
Colorsound Supa Tonebender (Steve Hackett Special Edition)
Shin-Ei Fuzz/Wah
Jen Distortion Booster
Second row:
Alesis Bitrman
Arion Tubulator
HAO Rust Driver
Third row:
Boss DC-2
Boss CE-2
Arion SCH-1 (Japan)
Yamaha FL-01
Fourth row:
MXR 10-band EQ
Maxon Treble Booster
Another gear shot.
Gone:
* Colorsound Supa Tonebender.
* HAO Rust Driver.
* Two of my Vox Tone Benders.
* Nobels ODR-1 (nice, but noisy).
New:
* Hermida Mosferatu.
* Roger Mayer Mongoose.
* Boss VF-1 (not pictured because not a pedal).
Some of my guitar pedals. Top row is for fuzzes, second row is for distortions and overdrives, third row is for modulation effects (chorus, flanger etc.) and bottom row is for tonal effects.
here are 2 of my fav effects pedals...of which i built ^_^
this was my first try on building or even soldering one of these bad boys...they are true bypass pedals. and clones of the greats.
analog chorus (right, and always on my chain) and tonebender (left). they sound so awesome! especially on my Marshall 100watter. The wiring is pretty darn clean if i do say so myself.
i have yet to paint to covering. been lazy, had these for a while too...
17-50mm f/2.8 Tammy
Strobist:
285HV thru umbrella 1/16th cam left. YN460 into softbox difused 1/4th, SB-26 w/DIY snoot grid 1/8th cam left above pedals
This is a truly beautiful looking and sounding thing made without compromise by David Main of D*A*M for Macari's. More info here
Replica of the three OC75 transistor prototype Marshall Supa Fuzz from 1966, originally based on the Tone Bender MkI. A Filter (Tone) control replaces the Tone Bender's Attack control - the saturation of the fuzz is fixed on maximum. Made by Stu Castledine, more info @ wah-wah.co.uk
"The Doom Bender is a version of the classic 3 transistor 1965 Tone Bender MkI modded for more bass and volume." This is also made in 2 & 3 knob versions. More info here - www.ghosteffects.co.uk.