Tonebender mk 1.5 build vs mkII

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Tonebender mk 1.5 build vs mkII

peeps
It took me over a week to get the mkII transistors picked and biased.  It's a great fuzz, though the Mk1.5 took me about 30 minutes to build and pick transistors.  I knocked out a layout in an airport to pass time.  

The mk1.5 has less gain but cleans up really well and in some ways is more dynamic/responsive.  The attack knob would be best as a reverse log since lower settings aren't great.  Full attack gets plenty fuzzy and sounds like my mkII at 75% attack.  Haven't played loud yet, but the mk1.5 is going to push the mkII for space in my rig.

I didn't see a mk1.5 layout here and could whip one up in the diy software if anyone is interested- I even followed "the rules" (no standing resistors).  

Cheers
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Re: Tonebender mk 1.5 build vs mkII

peeps
Gain and leakage (uA) was:
Q1- 76 (97)
Q2- 113 (138)
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Re: Tonebender mk 1.5 build vs mkII

jalmonsalmon
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I used the analogman NKT sunface layout for my tonebender MK1.5 and just changed the required values to make it a tonebender MK1.5 and it works killer...  OC84s inside and it is one of my best fuzzes to date.
sunface link
I guess it would be a sunbender now LOL

Or you can use any fuzz face layout since that and the MK1.5 are identical layouts