The Colorsound Tonebender tc is a fuzz box from the 1973 era, made by Colorsound. It sits in the wider family of fuzz pedals that carried the Tonebender name through the 1960s and 1970s. Analog Man Vintage guitar effects, which documented the pedal, describes it simply as a "1973 era fuzz box"1.
Controls
The pedal carries three knobs, in the pattern common to Tonebender style fuzzes of the period1:
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Level | Output volume |
| Attack | Amount of fuzz |
| Tone | Tonal balance |
Enclosure and availability
The Tonebender tc is a 1973 era fuzz box housed in a thin stamped metal case with a narrow footprint1. Its list price was $1991.
The Tonebender tc is a 1973 era fuzz box, and its list price was $1991.
Related Colorsound fuzzes
Players researching the Tonebender tc often cross paths with other Colorsound fuzz designs, including the Colorsound Supa Tonebender, the Colorsound Wow-Fuzz, the Colorsound Fuzz Phazer, the Colorsound FuzzPhaze and the Colorsound Tonebender Pro Mk II.
Sources (1)
- Colorsound vintage reissue effects pedals, Analog Man Vintage guitar effects (analogman.com), 2015
