BSM announces 10-unit "Spice Box ... à la Dawk" limited edition

March 1, 2026 · 1 sources

BSM announced in March 2026 a limited edition of 10 "Spice Box ... à la Dawk" units, built to resemble the original MTC box from John "Dawk" Stillwell. The announcement came 1.5 years after the death of BSM's Bernd C. Meiser in July 2024¹.

The Spice Box is described by BSM as "a faithful replica of the old MTC filter box for guitar installation used by Ritchie Blackmore since around 1978"¹. It has two functions: a treble bleed, which BSM says is "intended to clean up the tone with a tighter bass response, when the volume control is rolled back," and a mid-filter using a toroidal coil with selected core. BSM says the mid-filter creates more chime and high-end than a standard tone control, for a warm tone that stays transparent. The unit fits under the tone pots of most standard routed Stratocasters¹.

The limited edition uses the same parts as the standard model, with a different wire color code and a branding mark on the case instead of a sticker. BSM says it is "the same price" as the standard version and that no blem versions of this edition are available¹. The standard "SINGLECOIL Spice Box ... à la Bernd" is produced by the SINGLECOIL company and will be available permanently, according to BSM, which also sells blem units at a lower price¹. BSM says the standard units use capacitors with 1% tolerance and resistors with 0.1% tolerance, built point-to-point without PCBs¹.

BSM did not give a price for either version in the announcement. Orders and questions go by email or the site's contact form¹.