Tone Bender pedals - differences?

andershp · Post by **andershp** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:54 pm

Hi

I've been looking at the Tone Bender pedals, but I can't really figure out what the differences between the different models are.
(Vox/Sola Sound/Colorsound/JMI and MK1/MK1.5/MK2/MK3/MK4/MK5/Professional etc.)

Anybody knows about this, and which one can be considered the original one?

Thanks

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:54 pm

The Wikipedia page is surprisingly good. Essentially: v1= Maestro fuzz, v1.5=fuzzface, v2=the one to get, v3 etc. tone control added, some argue m@j@ lost (it isn't, by the way, but start off with a v2, that's the archetypal one...).

andershp · Post by **andershp** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:05 am

benecol wrote:The Wikipedia page is surprisingly good. Essentially: v1= Maestro fuzz, v1.5=fuzzface, v2=the one to get, v3 etc. tone control added, some argue m@j@ lost (it isn't, by the way, but start off with a v2, that's the archetypal one...).

Okay, I think so too. Do you know if there's a reissue of this and where to get it? I've seen the JMI reissue, but it seems to be more expensive than most new pedals (300 $ +). Or is there a new pedal with the same circuit?

George · Post by **George** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:07 am

I'm not very sure about official reissues but Mike who posts here makes very decent pedals and can knock you up a clone with mod cons like a Boss style power supply socket. Loads of people on this forum have them. I expect he can build you whichever mk Tonebender you want.

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timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:17 am

I played a D*A*M MkIII a little while back, sounded really good. The D*A*M page on this has some good info:
http://www.stompboxes.co.uk/History.html

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:54 am

I was flailing around for ages trying to find that link that Tim just posted; you don't need to go berserk and pay JMI prices - Mike of this parish does indeed make a very good Mk2 clone (I've got one), the Bajatech Bonebender Mk2 is meant to be lovely, and the BYOC version is meant to be cracking. Go careful with those pursestrings, though: I'd say the tonebender has more crazily expensive clones and m@j@ arrows around it than any other fuzz.

andershp · Post by **andershp** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:18 pm

Do anyone know about the Vox Tone Bender re-issue (v829). Which one is it a re-issue of? MK2?