USED Sola Sound Tone Bender MkII Fuzz Pedal Stu Castledine OC82

Just in @ Guitar Brando - as new, never stepped on with a shoe - collector owned ultra limited edition Sola Sound Tone Bender MkII - handmade in UK in limited numbers (50pc per builder). 

‘ Il Gusto ‘ by Stu Castledine

  "The idea was to build something like my original OC81D MkIIs.  The OC81D circuit has a couple of resistor changes from the earlier OC75 version, which, combined with the different transistors results in a slightly smoother.   I A/B tested them with my Vox-branded MkII and they matched pretty well.

These transistors are ex Ministry of Defence stock, made by Mullard in the 1960s.  They're equivalent to an OC72* and selected for gain and leakage so they'll sub for OC81Ds. - SC

Please don’t buy before reading this – we’d like you to know exactly what you’re paying for…

This is the product of almost four years of planning and work.

After the total madness that followed our last MK1 launch we thought we’d get to work on a set of MKII pedals. Of course every MKII we make is special but we wanted to do something a bit unusual. Four MKIIs that hadn’t existed before built by the four incredible fuzz makers who built the Mk1s.

We started with our individually sand cast case. . I really don’t mean to make a big deal out of it but I sat and watched while some of these were made in the metal works. The process starts with low carbon aluminium being poured into a painstakingly made sand mould and then finished to the highest standards in one of the most well established casters in the UK.

Then came four new hammer finishes. Champagne beige for Dave Main. Nugget Gold for Ian Sherwin. Serpent skin Green for Steve Williams and Tight Hammer Ice Blue for Stu Castledine. The different finishes were achieved by a specialist hand spraying them at different rates and distances.

The insides were all finished in matt black with slight overspray.

The hold up in production came at the end of 2024 when we sent the base plates back twice because they were too shiny! Yes, we are slightly crazy!

Then it was time for transistor selection and prototypes. Each of the guys frankly knocking the whole process out of the park.

The challenge was to produce a family of four pedals, all intrinsically related but different enough to stand alone and be individually brilliant. This was done through transistor selection plus the taste and talent of the builders.

Steve produced the closest thing ever to the best vintage MKII you could ever hear – fat, aggressive, loud whilst maintaining a classy musical vibe.

Stu gave us a nasty throaty MKII with incredible clean up and amazing snarl – so much nastier than it looks with a lovely mid boost.