Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The mysterious Sola Sound MK1.5 Tone Bender, which is pretty much a Fuzz Face, or a Fuzz Face is a MK1.5 Tone Bender – either way… just don’t try and bias it like a Fuzz Face. You can the find history of the Tone Bender on Kit Rae’s Big Muff Page and also on David Main’s (D*A*M) … Read more
The Park Fuzz Sound is a two knob Tone Bender MKIII – I guess they thought who turns the fuzz down anyway, and it will save money on knobs and pots. PARK FUZZ SOUND – POINT TO POINT LAYOUT
The Orpheum Fuzz is a germanium Fuzzrite with larger capacitor values. Bigger caps, so a little less abrasive than the Mosrite. This was sold under a few different names, my favourite being the Wurlitzer Fuzzer Buzzer. ORPHEUM FUZZ | POINT-TO-POINT LAYOUT
So yet another variation on the Tone Bender MKIII… but which one came first? This quite possibly predates the Sola Sound Tone Bender MKIII, and was supposedly designed by Gary Hurst. The originals were built on tagboard, and you can find a very accurate replication of this here NTK213 transistors aren’t essential – like … Read more
The Mosrite Fuzzrite – two transistor fuzz mayhem. This is the earlier germanium version. MOSRITE FUZZRITE – VERSION 1 – GERMANIUM POINT TO POINT LAYOUT MOSRITE FUZZRITE GERMANIUM ON VISUAL ANALYSER INPUT SIGNAL: 440hz sine wave. 130mv TRMS Q1 Q1 is an OC75 – very leaky and high gain (can’t recall the exact … Read more
A slightly smaller point to point layout for the Sola Sound Tone Bender MKIV than the other in my post (for bigger mojo parts). Of course you can build any Tone Bender MKIII or MKIV from this layout. SOLA SOUND TONE BENDER MKIV – COMPACT POINT TO POINT LAYOUT NOTE: voltages shown are … Read more
Basically the Marshall Supa Fuzz is a Sola Sound Tone Bender MKII, but with some different capacitor values and it uses Mullard OC75s for all three transistors. It sounds killer, and cleans up really nicely using the volume control on the guitar. When you hear the fuzz, it’s hard to imagine the clean sound, the fuzz … Read more