Modelled on my early '70's Colorsound Supa Tonebender's, this fuzz is a very different animal to the earlier members of the Tonebender family.
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The circuit is very similar to the basic Electro Harmonix Big Muff circuit with some changes in the tone section and one less set of clipping diodes. It is also a silicon transistor circuit and so tone-wise has those characteristics, a harder, brighter fuzz that packs a big punch. One unique part of the Supa Tonebender's sound is that a small amount of the dry signal can be heard in with the fuzz, this helps to create a really great fuzz with it's own character. The overall tone is very Big Muff, lots of sustain, energy and the tone pot offers a huge selection of possible tones.
The Supa Tonebender also sounds amazing with bass guitar and was possibly used at times by Genesis' Mike Rutherford which would tie-in with the fact that Steve Hackett also used a Supa Tonebender at times.
