a Tonebender is a thing of beauty .....

[Sol]

I heard Jimmy was using a Dallas Arbiter head around this time. I forget the details but I recall a sharp eyed person identifying it, and the concensus of the forum agreed with him at that time. I wouldn't know either way, but given the close relationship between Arbiter, Hiwatt and Sound City Im inclined to believe it.

 

[Zinc Alloy]

Yes, the Arbiter Power One Hundred.

 

[Sol]

Thanks for the confirmation.

 

[F-Hole]

I heard Jimmy was using a Dallas Arbiter head around this time.

I had occasion to speak to him at great length about his early effects........I'll make a post when I have the time.

 

[ourmaninthenorth]

I had occasion to speak to him at great length about his early effects........I'll make a post when I have the time.

That'll be cool.

 

[kats]

I would be surprised if Page 'didn't' use a treble booster on parts of Led Zep II.
The closest Ive got to that sound was with the aid of a treble booster, amongst other things..

The thing about 3 tranny tone benders is that as you roll off guitar volume the tone gets brighter and brighter. Treble booster not required. Interestingly in the vid I noticed Page went into the wah first THEN the Tone bender. Personally I prefer it the other way around (buffered or not). Using a fuzz like this is not plug in and play - the interaction between your tone and volume knobs and the TB is huge. You really need to take time with them and figure them out. And once you do, a light bulb will go off in your brain and a myriad of familiar vintage tones will be available to you.

On another note, and how I landed on this thread, I picked up one of the infamous BPC Tone benders (OC81D) the other day. I have a nice stash of Mullard transistors (I've built some TBs in the past) and was planning on upgrading the pedal. After plugging it in though, I have to admit, it sounds way better than what many people are saying on the Internet.

 

[c_wester]

In my experience.... the Fuzz Face gets gentler with the vol roll of not the Tonebender MkI and MII circuits.
And I have a couple here by my feet. Or kinda all of the mentioned above and others.

I too have trouble with the wah into the Fuzz pedal.
The range is much broader and richer with the Fuzz into a wah.

Maybe it's a loudness issue.

 

[garywright]

That'll be cool.

.

 

[charliechitlins]

I was trying to do a young guy a favor and I sold him my Tonebender CHEAP.
Said he was going to meet Pagey, get it autographed and keep it forever.
Totally lied to me.
No good deed goes un-punished.

 

[rialcnis]

This thread reminds me of all the Famous bender pedals I got destroyed and lost. Oh well I have plenty of pedals. I have a Fulltone Soulbender

 

[58Plaintop]

Don't know how close it is to an original, but I really like the Lovepedal Bonetender for that early British Blues rock thing.

 

[grimlyflick]

Don't know how close it is to an original, but I really like the Lovepedal Bonetender for that early British Blues rock thing.

I had that pedal, is on the list of pedals I should never had sold.
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[58Plaintop]

I had that pedal, is on the list of pedals I should never had sold.
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I sold my Lovepedal Jubilee, so I feel you.

 

[SG Std]

I had one of these for the longest time [probably should`ve never sold it]. A the 'Prescription Electronics' version of Jimmy Page`s 'Tonebender'.

 

[Zinc Alloy]

That's a MKIII clone. Page only used this circuit for a very short time. The "Yardbox" name is totally misleading.

 

[Bryansamui]

That's a MKIII clone. Page only used this circuit for a very short time. The "Yardbox" name is totally misleading.

Pretty sure it was only synonymous with Led Zeppelin 1 and his Telecaster..
A lot of stuff around Page is 'Misleading' .
The 21 sound Harness and the Expensive 2004 Custom Shop LP to name but two.

 

[TM1]

I had one of these for the longest time [probably should`ve never sold it]. A the 'Prescription Electronics' version of Jimmy Page`s 'Tonebender'.

I have one of these around my house someplace. I'll have to dig it up. I also have a late Vox Tone Bender in the cast aliumium housing.

 

[garywright]

I had occasion to speak to him at great length about his early effects........I'll make a post when I have the time.

^ Oct. 2021

 

[F-Hole]

^ Oct. 2021

Yeah, not really had cause to be here since. DM me with what you want to know.

 

[garywright]

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