The Colorsound Tone Bender Distortion, one of the lesser known Tone Benders - which also happens to be a recent D*A*M collaboration with Colorsound (Macari's Music), who released a faithful reproduction using original circuit boards after some were found in a basement.
More information can be found on the D*A*M forum which is a very handy source of information for all things Tone Bender. Just don't go asking for advice, it's not really a builders forum from what I can tell.
The Colorsound Tone Bender Distortion is more overdrive bordering on distortion than bender - there are zero similarities between a MKI, MKII or MKIII bender and this beast.
COLORSOUND TONE BENDER DISTORTION - POINT TO POINT LAYOUT
SCHEMATIC
This is probably more like an overdrive than a distortion, as the diodes are soft clippers
Gain @ 100% - Tone pot sweep
Tone control is a variation on the classic big muff
2 comments:
Thanks for posting this. It's a bit strange that they needed to claim a D*A*M collaboration to re -issue this circuit. I'm not quite sure how I feel about them using the tone bender name on it either. I bet they weren't cheap!
Ha - I think this was my first blog post. I guess it's still a Tone Bender, in the same way all other Tone Benders have different circuits.
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