FUZZBENDER FUZZ MACHINE

Around 1960 the British Gary Hurst developed the first known distortion unit for electric guitar, which was available only as a custom order. So only a few were built and sold. Later, in 1965, Gary Hurst joined the team of Sola Sound, which was based in London. As an OEM-product, Sola Sound built Hurst´s circuit, slightly modified and in a big production number, as Tone Bender MKI for the fellow British company Vox. Once developed and done, Sola Sound offered a minor number of the Tone Bender circuit under their own flag and brand. In the fall of 1966 the giant in the British music business, Arbiter, introduced an own Fuzz under the name Fuzz Face, which looked unique, but actually was just a modification of the Vox/Sola Sound MKI. The Arbiter Fuzz Face generated a similar distortion sound like both the Tone Bender MK1, but with more bass.