Ankh - Zonk Machine (Circle Electric)

The Ankh Machine is a recreation of the John Hornby Skewes Zonk Machine from 1965. The Zonk machine shares some similarities with the MKI but is a bit darker and slightly less gated than its Tone Bender cousin. It’s a tremendously nasty and nasally beast ready to send you straight into a 60s garage. Go check out The Plastic Cloud’s self titled record from 1968 and you’ll get the vibe.

** These are made to order. Will ship within 3-6 weeks.

What’s Inside:

• Built onto authentic Vero board utilizing the exact component layout of the original units.
• Vintage new old stock and/or salvaged capacitors intentionally selected for quality and tone
• Vintage new old stock and/or salvaged resistors hand selected for performance and aesthetic quality from a mix of vintage Allen-Bradley, Piher, Iskra, and others.
• 3 carefully matched vintage germanium transistors. Transistors are hand selected by me through a rigorous tuning process. Transistors are chosen based on how they perform in the circuit. I tune all my pedals with integrity to be as close to the originals as possible. I don’t add any modern tweaks to the circuit.
• The signal path is wired using high end UK shielded cable like the original units.
• High quality hardware including full size alpha pots, Cliff UK style jacks, stainless steel battery holster, and a carling footswitch.
• On/Off switch attached to the volume control like the originals
• Housed in a hand painted Hammond 1590P1 diecast aluminum enclosure (6x3.3.x2). 
• Circle Electric Co. name plate
• Bakelite knobs.

** I tune all my pedals with integrity to be as close to the originals as possible. I don’t add any modern tweaks or “improvements” to the circuit.