SOLD: One last 32TB2 Tonebender for sale

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SOLD: One last 32TB2 Tonebender for sale

Post by laurie » Thu Jun 17, 2021 11:35 am

G'day!

Buried in the bin full of stuff I use for prototyping was a transistor that I must have been using to prototype fuzz pedals over 10 years ago - back when I was designing the DingoTone GHF and VFZ. It had the wrong gain for a fuzzface, so it just sat in the bottom of the box for 10+ years.

I fished it out and it has a gain of 102. Perfect for a Tonebender Q3. It would have come from Small Bear and it will be Chinese manufacture. The model is rubbed off, and IIRC it didn't mean anything anyway.

So I can build one last 32TB2 with:
Q1 - Russian MP16B, gain of close to 70
Q2 - Russian MP16B, gain of close to 70
Q3 - Chinese PNP, type unknown, gain of 102

I've used these Chinese transistors in the VFZ and a couple of early GHF pedals, and they sound good. So while this last pedal won't be identical to the other nine, it will still be a good pedal.

Color will be your choice of yellow or a much darker metallic than the other metallic 32TB2 pedals. No... it's yellow.

So this really is the very last 32TB2 pedal if anyone is interested? CAD$120 plus your choice of shipping.
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Re: One last 32TB2 Tonebender for sale

Post by laurie » Fri Jul 16, 2021 2:03 am

Pics of the finished pedal.
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Re: One last 32TB2 Tonebender for sale

Post by laurie » Fri Jul 16, 2021 2:04 am

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Re: One last 32TB2 Tonebender for sale

Post by laurie » Sun Jul 25, 2021 2:10 am

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Re: One last 32TB2 Tonebender for sale

Post by BearBoy » Wed Jul 28, 2021 2:42 pm

If anyone's umming and ahing, just do it. They're great. Mine hasn't failed to put a stupid grin on my face every time I've used it :lol:

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Re: One last 32TB2 Tonebender for sale

Post by The_Doc » Wed Jul 28, 2021 4:58 pm

BearBoy wrote:
Wed Jul 28, 2021 2:42 pm
If anyone's umming and ahing, just do it. They're great. Mine hasn't failed to put a stupid grin on my face every time I've used it :lol:
Me too ! It’s addictive.

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Re: One last 32TB2 Tonebender for sale

Post by K2000 » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:26 am

Hi laurie, I'm a new member here. I don't have the post count to PM you...

I'm looking for a Tone Bender after hearing my friend play the Boss version that just came out. I love the raspy violin sound it can get. But I'm not sure what the different versions mean. Is this pedal in the same ballpark as the Boss clone?
Perfect for a Tonebender Q3
Is Q3 a TB variant, or is that a component reference? Mongo not smart :?

(Pepe referred me to this thread after I asked about TB's on another forum.)

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Re: One last 32TB2 Tonebender for sale

Post by laurie » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:47 am

K2000 wrote:
Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:26 am
Hi laurie, I'm a new member here. I don't have the post count to PM you...

I'm looking for a Tone Bender after hearing my friend play the Boss version that just came out. I love the raspy violin sound it can get. But I'm not sure what the different versions mean. Is this pedal in the same ballpark as the Boss clone?
Perfect for a Tonebender Q3
Is Q3 a TB variant, or is that a component reference? Mongo not smart :?

(Pepe referred me to this thread after I asked about TB's on another forum.)
Thanks for your interest - replied in PM.

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Re: One last 32TB2 Tonebender for sale

Post by laurie » Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:51 pm

Sold to K2000. Thank you!

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