Sola Tone Bender MK!! Clone /germanium/ Stomp Box/

Description: The MKII Tone Bender is a three transistor circuit [4] based on the MKI.V version, but with an additional amplifier gain stage.Sola Sound produced the circuit for Vox, Marshall and RotoSound as well. These units were named Vox Tone Bender Professional MKII, Marshall Supa Fuzz, RotoSound Fuzz Box.[6][7][8] There also was a version of the short lived Rangemaster Fuzzbug containing this circuit. Other variants may exist.The Sola Sound and Vox version used the same sturdy, sand cast metal enclosure designed by Hurst as the MK1.5 version. In fact, most Sola Sound branded MKIIs were probably leftover stock of MK1.5s with the circuit modified to MKII specs and a "Professional MKII" silkscreen added, presumably to differentiate them from the earlier version. These MK1.5 conversions can be identified by their smaller circuit board. Only few Sola Sound branded units with a large circuit board exist. It seems the last of them were rebranded from Sola Sound to Vox. After that point only Vox branded Tone Bender Professional MKIIs seem to have been produced.By November 1966 the pedal was being advertised in Beat Instrumental magazine, marketed as a "Gary Hurst Design".[9] The circuit remained in production until early 1968. Marshall continued producing a slightly different looking version of the Supa Fuzz until at least 1972.Most units used Mullard OC75 or Impex S31T transistors. Shortly before production ended a batch of pedals using Mullard OC81D audio driver transistors had been made. Most of these are branded Vox Tone Bender Professional MKII, but Rotosound Fuzz Boxes and Marshall Supa Fuzzes from that era do exist.

Price: 200 USD

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2023-10-12T18:38:48.000Z

Shipping Cost: 15 USD