Circle Electric Tone Bender MK1.5 w/ OC75s

The Telegram MK1.5 is a clone of the legendary 1966 Tone Bender MK1.5

A lush and thick two-transistor fuzz loaded heavy mids and a tight low end. A rarity and a legend, and it's beautifully mean. It’s got some good bite with a bridge pickup or rich harmonics with your neck pickup while being very responsive to the natural dynamics to the output of your guitar. Go from full out fuzz to crunchy overdrive tones with a simple adjustment of your guitar's volume control. A terrifically versatile buzzer and an absolute necessity for any collection!

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

** 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.

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.
• 2 carefully matched vintage OC75 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 and Cliff UK jacks
• Housed in a hand painted 125B diecast aluminum enclosure (4.8x2.6x1.55). Color may vary.
• Includes an indicator LED and a standard DC jack (Isolated only!)
• ** please note this pedal uses vintage PNP germanium transistors and must be powered with an isolated power source.
• Metal Circle Electric Co. name plate
• Bakelite flat head chicken head knobs.