Prototypes, One-Offs and B-Stocks
This listing is for b-stock units, one-offs and prototypes. There will only be one of each of these!
Currently available:
Page Bender (Tone Bender Mk. II)
This is a recreation of the Mk. II Tone Bender, made famous by Jimmy Page, among others. A large aluminium enclosure with some custom artwork houses a bunch of nice mojo stuff...
- Dubilier Capacitors
- GPO Capacitors
- WIMA Capacitors
- ISKRA & Allen-Bradley Resistors
- 3x Mullard OC81 Transistors
- Carling Footswitch
As you can probably imagine this sounds beautiful. Yeah, it does the Page thing. The attack knob is much more diverse on this particular one and has a much better sweep than a lot of models I've built/played. Bags of sustain, and cleans up nicely with your guitar's volume control too. There's a little sound demo here (seriously listen to that chuggy crunch at the end):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUJNrY0IgUA
Also I couldn't settle on some knobs for this model, so I'll include TWO different sets of knobs so you can choose instead! 9v battery only.
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Jumbo Rangemaster (unfinished - built to spec)
This is another Rangemaster which more closely resembles the original - except quite a lot bigger! A massive steel Hammond enclosure (220x130x95mm) with a HUGE knob on the front and a simple, no-nonsense flip-switch to turn it on and off.
Built to the same spec as the Mini Rangemaster, or custom to your liking, with the option of DC power or 9V battery jack, or PNP transistors (I have a sizable selection of the OG Mullard OC44 and OC71 transistors.
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Blue Face (BC183L Silicon Fuzz Face)
This is a recreation of the classic silicon Fuzz Face using two vintage BC183L transistors. Considered by some to be the finest iteration. Used by Gilmour all over the pre-Wall albums. Has maybe a touch more low-end than some FFs, with a good sweep of the fuzz knob and plenty of sustain.
Started as an experiment with painting by brush with hammered paint, and turned out pretty good. With a matt finish and two bakelite knobs with brass decoration salvaged from an old Hacker radio. 9v DC power. Sound demo here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqhZl3qvLX0
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Hammered T-Bee Mk. III (unfinished) (also, bee)
I threw together a couple of enclosures for something else I was working on, and this is the one that didn't get used, but is primed to be stuffed with the guts of a beautiful Tone Bender Mk. III, using the usual array of delicious NOS parts.
It's a hammered-silver enclosure with bee artwork and top-mounted jacks.
There's a photo on my Instagram if you can't see it here!
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Mother Sky
Schaller Si Fuzz recreation!