A Vox Tonebender with Mullard OC42 and OC76 germanium transistors. Built on vero with carbon composition resistors, BC electros, styroflex and PIO caps. Finished in a red powdercoat with a white LED. The toggle disconnects the battery when not in use, averting the need to plug out the input jack.

A Vox Repeat Percussion with additional tone and rate switches. The knobs control Rate, Depth and Volume. There is also an additional boost section added to the stock circuit for some extra output. Built on vero with Wima caps, metal film resistors, red LED, Daka-ware knobs and a gold hammerite finish.
For Benjamin in Australia.

A clone of the Vox Distortion Booster V8162, which originally came in a small box plug-in like the Vox Repeat Percussion. It’s essentially a silicon Fuzz Face type circuit but with a less woofy, heavy sound and all the rich harmonics you’d expect. It uses two BC108 transistors, metal film resistors and two high quality K40Y-9 capacitors. The trimpot replaces the ‘gain’ resistor so it’s maximum output can be set to taste. Finished in a silver vein powdercoat.
For Kalle in Germany.

A Vox Repeat Percussion clone on vero. This one has a tone switch to allow for more bass through the circuit (the stock setting cuts some low end) and another toggle to switch between two rate ranges. There’s also an additional boost stage with a Volume knob to set the output level, as well as the usual Rate and Depth knobs. It uses Wima caps and BC electros with metal film resistors, a white LED and silver hammertone finish.
For Alex in Dublin.

An original Vox V809 Repeat Percussion plug-in module. This one is in particularly nice condition with its original box and instruction leaflet, and sounds great. One of my favourite effects since I first heard it on Spacemen 3 records way back when. You can hear it on the intro to How Does It Feel? below. Thanks to Paul in the U.S. for rescuing this from the Bay for me.

This is a Tonebender MKIII clone using AC125 germanium transistors. It most closely resembles the early Vox MkIII circuit, with a 0.47uf cap replacing the 25uf cap usually found in the Vox. As well as Vishay caps and BC electros, it also uses big K40Y-9 PIO caps, a 1N270 germanium diode, shielded cable and a white LED with lens. The copper vein powder-coat with clear lacquer finish was done by a local powder-coating company and provides a very durable finish. I’ll be using this kind of finish more often from here on in, with small batches of different colours available.

This is a nice example of an original 1969 Vox Tone Bender I picked up recently. Made in Italy, it has the black paint with silver panel, unlike the earlier units which had silver hammerite and a black panel. Like all later units it uses SFT337 and SFT363E germanium transistors. It’s got a 0.22uf cap on the input with a 3.3nf cap on the output, a combo which produces the typical Vox TB sound with up-front mids and plenty of treble along with the characteristic growl. Thanks to Annti in Finland for passing this one along.

A clone of the Vox V809 Repeat Percussion with Depth and Rate controls. It also features a tone switch that goes between the stock tone and a more full range tone. The other toggle switches between two Rate ranges. There’s also a boost section which allows an output higher than the bypassed signal, which can be adjusted with the internal trimmer.
For Alessandro in Italy.

A clone of the Vox Tone Bender fuzz using two vintage germanium AC125 transistors. It uses Wima, BC Component and vintage tropical fish caps with metal film resistors. Knobs control Level, Bias and Attack and it also features a tone switch that goes between the stock tone and a fuller, bassier tone. It’s a positive ground circuit and can be powered by a 9v battery or a regular 9v power supply. More info on the Vox Tone Bender page.

Price: €90.00