BSM releases Spice Box à la Dawk limited edition

August 1, 2026 · 1 sources

BSM announced on August 1, 2026, a limited edition of its Spice Box booster, capped at 10 units and styled after the original MTC boxes made by John "Dawk" Stillwell in the 1970s¹.

According to the maker, the edition uses the same color code and "rustic" design as the originals, and the boxes carry a branding mark burned in with a soldering iron, as Dawk did, in place of the sticker on the standard case¹. BSM states that the circuit is unchanged: "Under the hood it's a 100% Spice Box ... à la Bernd using the same highly selected parts," with only the wire color code and the branding differing¹. The maker gives the price as the same as the standard Spice Box and does not list a figure¹.

The standard Spice Box returned to production on March 14, 2026, and is described as permanently available from then on¹. BSM states it is now produced by the SINGLECOIL company, with which Bernd C. Meiser did the analysis and research of the original MTC modules in 2013, and that it uses the same 100% point-to-point construction without PCBs or pre-manufactured parts¹. The maker also states that the current build uses capacitors with 1% tolerance and resistors with 0.1% tolerance, which it says ensures all units are identical in tone and performance¹.

BSM's news page also lists the Manifesto dual pedal as back in production and permanently available from May 8, 2026, described as the second BSM product since Meiser died¹. The page does not give prices or shipping dates for either the Spice Box edition or the Manifesto¹.