Tonebender MKIII Clone

[Guybrush]

Hey all

My brother has asked me to look into building him whatever fuzz pedal Edwin Collins used on A Girl Like You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkKxGzm98AU

A little digging around and it seems that it was a Barnes and Mullins Champion Fuzz. A couple of places have say that the Champion Fuzz is basically a MKIII Tonebender or a Colorsound Jumbo Tonebender.

Now I know the world of the Tonebender is a murkey one but I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of a decent DIY version of either of these versions? I know that the Pastyface does the MKII but does anyone know of a MKIII or Jumbo build?

Thanks guys

[pietro_moog]

madbean's tonebender is MK1/3. you can build a lot of different versions on that pcb.
personally i would make R10 100k for more volume, and skip R11, R12, C7. you can make C6 bigger, like 10nf, if you feel the tone knob is too bright.

[dondougie]

The Champion Fuzz is a Colorsound Jumbo Tonebender clone which itself is a Big Muff-based circuit with the first pair of clipping diodes and the gain recovery stage removed, supposed to sound like a lower gain Muff with kind of a clean blend. There are vero layouts out there, this one looks good:

http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.de/2013/03/colorsound-jumbo-tonebender.html

and a clip:

[Cortexturizer]

best enclosure ever.

[Guybrush]

Yeah that's a great enclosure!

Thanks for the tips, I'll have a search around and check out the Pastyface again.  I'm sure he'll be happy with whichever version I build.

[T_MBaker]

Couldn't you use the Sucker Punch PCB from 1776?

[Guybrush]

Perfect! I'd missed that. Thanks very much for the heads up!

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