Supa Tone
Grinding distortion for guitar or bass
Available with 2 different voicings of the mids toggle switch:
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Guitar, with classic 1974 mids scoop to the left and flat mids to the right
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Bass, where the Mids switch has been changed to a "Guitar/Bass" switch. Guitar mode (left) is a classic scooped sound like the original circa 1974 fuzz, and Bass mode (right) preserves ALL of the brutal bass throughout the tone knob's sweep.
Supa Tone: based on a 1974 edition of a "Tone Bender" fuzz released by Colorsound™, this circuit is not based on a germanium Tone Bender design but is actually a variant of the Big Muff™ circuit, involving the deletion of the first set of clipping diodes. This has the effect of making it sound bassier and rougher than the smooth compression of the original Big Muff design and makes it an ideal bass fuzz.
Bass Voicing:
When mids switch is set to "bass," grindy, tubey distortion that stays in the pocket
You get a fuzzed attack but it's still punchy and retains the normal decay envelope
All the low end is preserved in Bass mode, so the tone knob becomes a treble knob and does not thin out the tone even at full clockwise.
Mids switch set to "guitar" is the classic 1974 scooped tone stack
Guitar Voicing:
Rough, unrefined, grinding, low-gain fuzz
More raw & dynamic, less compressed and sustainy than a Big Muff*
Low sustain-knob setting makes a nice cranked JCM900* emulation
Mids switch selects between scooped and flat mids
*Note: we have no affiliation with Colorsound or Electro-Harmonix or Marshall, who of course own their trademarked names.
