JHS Bender Fuzz Pedal

The Legends Of Fuzz series is a collection of the worlds most historic, rare, and sought after circuits At JHS, fuzz pedals have been in our lineup for over a decade We have designed original circuits, replicated classics, and we have seen the trend of fuzz popularity come and go The Legends Of Fuzz series is our tribute to the most important fuzz circuits ever made It is our way of ensuring that the stories of these effects live on in the music that you are going to make From the earliest days of fuzz in the mid-60s London scene to the 1990s ex-Soviet military factories that brought the Big Muff back to life, fuzz tells a story, and that story includes guitarists just like you There is nothing more primitive than plugging your guitar into a vintage fuzz circuit it is raw, untamed, and so pure that it pushes the boundaries of what your instrument can accomplish Plug into a fuzz and plug into sixty years of beautifully broken sound In April of 1965, a new device changed rock n roll forever From the back workbench of MacariAs Musical Exchange on Denmark Street in London, gary Hurst invented the Sola Sound* Tonebender* fuzz Building on the foundation of the American-made 1962 Maestro Fuzz Tone*, gary expanded what fuzz could do and gave a new sound to the thriving London music scene Starting with his very first prototype made in a simple wooden box (April 1965) to the many other official Sola Sound* versions like the MKI (Sept 1965), MK2 (Mid 1966), MK3MK4 (Feb 1970), etc, the Tonebender* has evolved just like the music that it helped create The JHS Bender is our attempt to recreate the most prized Tonebender* in my collection: my 1973 MK3 SilverOrange AOnomatopoeiaA version This version has three very special germanium transistors, tons of mojo, and fifty plus years of experience, but it is finicky and it doesnAt always do what you want it to do I had to ask: could we replicate this pedal sonically could we capture what its all about, but in a way that is more consistent, dependable, and easy to manufacture Yes The end result is a pedal that gives you the touch, feel, and response of the vintage germanium fuzz but with accuracy and consistency of carefully chosen modern silicon transistors The controls are Volume, Tone, and Attack Volume sets the overall output level of the effect turn it up and things get louder Tone lets you sweep between bright and dark tones so that the Bender works well with a range of different amplifiers and guitars Attack is the distortion control, the more you turn it clockwise, the more fuzz you create On the side you will see a AModeA button that lets you access a never-before-heard AJHS ModeA Push that button for more gain and a mid frequency boost to send you leads soaring through the mix With higher Attack settings in this mode, you will feel the fuzz slightly gate depending on your picking dynamics If you want a fuzz that can go from middle of the road crunch distortion to full out aggression, the Bender is for you The tone control is extremely flexible and allows for dozens of sonic variations that most fuzz users only dream about If you love the fuzz sounds of Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, The Beatles, Mick Ronson (David Bowie), and My Bloody Valentine, then the Bender is for you