Mr. Malady Tone Bender MKII (Circle Electric)

The Mr. Malady MKII is my take on the 1966 Tone Bender MKII.

A groundbreaking three-transistor fuzz circuit characterized by its subtle gating and thick mid-focussed harmonically rich fuzz tone. Like the originals, I tune mine to have a bitey attack with some sputter in the decay.

The 1966 Tone Bender MKII was famously used by Jimmy Page and Dick Taylor of "The Pretty Things".

** These are made to order. Will ship within 3-4 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, and a carling footswitch.

• Housed in a hand painted Hammond 1590P1 diecast aluminum enclosure (6x3.3.x2). 

• Metal 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.