Affordable Tone Bender Clones

DarnWeight

Are there any out there without going boo-teek?  I'm interested in a Mk III, and I'm struggling to find much (beyond buying a kit and building one myself).

koss59

I'm selling a Hudson White Heat if you're interested? It's a Vox Tonebender clone not a MK 3 though

DarnWeight

koss59 said:

I'm selling a Hudson White Heat if you're interested? It's a Vox Tonebender clone not a MK 3 though

Cheers, but I definitely need some kind of tone-shaping options, and the MkIII looks the business in that respect.

EricTheWeary

Ghost Effects seem to do a lot of Tonebender types to order, although not spotted a MkIII on their site. Their pedals look really good and they have a few name users. Standard pedals around £100 so I'm guessing built to order will be a chunk above that.

xHymnal

I find the Mk 1.5 is also very versatile, the pick of the bunch for touch-responsiveness and vol control response imo. I can't think of many non boutique apart from the fulltone soul bender. I could name a few boutique builders that wouldn't charge the £500+ a D*A*M build would be though. The key is to get some good trannies in there. 

allicio

Do yourself a favour and bite the bullet.http://www.joespedals.com/acatalog/Skinpimp_MK_II.html
One of the best mkiii builds and Ryan Kirkland's stuff is going up in value all the time

xHymnal

^ that's my old one. It's a very very good build. I hate to admit that the only reason I got rid was because I didn't like the graphics. I like my tonebenders to be in big enclosures; old school! 

ThorpyFX

I'm selling a couple that I've built, pm me and I can make some recommendations.

DarnWeight

thorpy6 said:

I'm selling a couple that I've built, pm me and I can make some recommendations.

Cheers, PMed!

Another thought...anyone tried the Basic Audio Scarab Deluxe?  Basically a kind of Silicon Tone Bender with a few more tweakables (Bias and Fat).  Demos sound good, but not sure how accurately it cops the "proper" Germanium vibe.

Alnico

Forge, of this very parish does an excellent Tonebender clone of his own making.

I was all lined up to order one but things have gone a bit pete tong financially.

Well worth a chat to him.

allicio

^^^ oh yeah!! That octagonal enclosure is ace!!!