Yes. I had a Colorsound Supa Tonebender like this as my first ever pedal. I bought in sometime around 1977:
A development of those early Tonebenders but still just a few basic components on a PCB.
I thought it sounded horrible, but it was half the price of my mate's MXR distortion pedal and I couldn't afford to get anything more expensive at the time (I was 16). It was also my first purchase from Andertons, who were just a small but decent music shop in those days.
Last edited by Simon Barden; 03-05-2017 at 08:47 PM.
Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Yes. I has a Colorsound Supa Tonebender like this as my first ever pedal. I bought in sometime around 1977:
A development of those early Tonebenders but still just a few basic components on a PCB.
I thought it sounded horrible, but it was half the price of my mate's MXR distortion pedal and I couldn't afford to get anything more expensive at the time (I was 16). It was also my first purchase from Andertons, who were just a small but decent music shop in those days.
Oh cool, apparently Jeff Beck used one of those at one point in his career, they're regarded as quite collectable nowadays, I'm seriously thinking of doing a build project thread on one of those soon, would be cool to get some Jeff Beck tones with it and my Gold Strat.
The circuit of the Supa Tonebender is a lot like the original 4-Transistor Big Muff, except there's only one transistor stage with the back-to-back clipper diodes.
Last edited by DrNomis_44; 03-05-2017 at 08:04 PM.
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