"Hot Plate" | TB MK3 Style Germanium Fuzz w/ Mid Bump Switch
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*** 2025 Update: The TB MK3 is known for having an "about unity" maximum gain, which just isn't enough for a fuzz pedal. We've significantly bumped the output volume and modded the tone stack for a slightly "thicker" max treble setting. Additionally, the fuzz pot on this notoriously high-gain pedal can actually go LOWER now! An important feature for those of you who appreciate the low-gain texture of these classic fuzz pedals. *** The Tonebender MK3 is fuzz royalty. Essential to the guitar sound of 70’s UK Glam, it’s also the source of some of Jimmy Page’s iconic guitar tones, offers all the sustain and harmonic feedback you can dream of for guitar-driven rock styles, and has a texture that makes Stoner rock guitar amps exhale sweet clouds of fuzz. Less finnicky than a Fuzzface, it sounds great with humbuckers or single coils, with a balanced response across the guitar’s range, from chunky, brash lows to sustaining high notes.
The TB MKIII is also very close in design (and sound, of course) to the famous “Burns Buzz-Around” pedal. This was Robert Fripp’s fuzz of choice for many years, and with our “mid boost” modification, the JDM Hot Plate offers a thick lead guitar sound with extremely long sustain that fits beautifully into the mix.
We’ve given the Tonebender Mk3 circuit our own treatment, and dug into our stash of vintage Germanium to serve up our own version of this iconic fuzz. The Mk3 took a while to find the right formula, and over time turned into “that pedal that always stuck to the test board”. It sounded great at rehearsals and always fit in the mix when recording. The “Aha!” moment came when we spliced in a passive mid bump circuit and that “little extra something” was making us grin stupidly. Success.
The JDM Hot Plate uses vintage PNP Germanium transistors, but we’ve also added an analog voltage inverter on-board so you can daisy chain this fuzz with your other pedals running on +9vDC. Battery power is also possible, of course.
Housed in a powdercoated "Silver Sparkle" 1590B enclosure, it’s s shining dose of vintage tone that You. Need. Yes, you do need this pedal. It’s that cool – a fuzz tone that’s a kinda like a distortion, but has that untamed fuzz feel. The tone knob ranges from truly skanky early 60’s buzzfuzz to Led Zep thickness, and the mid control takes all of that to a subtly cool other place.best regards
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*** 2025 Update: The TB MK3 is known for having an "about unity" maximum gain, which just isn't enough for a fuzz pedal. We've significantly bumped the output volume and modded the tone stack for a slightly "thicker" max treble setting. Additionally, the fuzz pot on this notoriously high-gain pedal can actually go LOWER now! An important feature for those of you who appreciate the low-gain texture of these classic fuzz pedals. *** The Tonebender MK3 is fuzz royalty. Essential to the guitar sound of 70’s UK Glam, it’s also the source of some of Jimmy Page’s iconic guitar tones, offers all the sustain and harmonic feedback you can dream of for guitar-driven rock styles, and has a texture that makes Stoner rock guitar amps exhale sweet clouds of fuzz. Less finnicky than a Fuzzface, it sounds great with humbuckers or single coils, with a balanced response across the guitar’s range, from chunky, brash lows to sustaining high notes.
The TB MKIII is also very close in design (and sound, of course) to the famous “Burns Buzz-Around” pedal. This was Robert Fripp’s fuzz of choice for many years, and with our “mid boost” modification, the JDM Hot Plate offers a thick lead guitar sound with extremely long sustain that fits beautifully into the mix.
We’ve given the Tonebender Mk3 circuit our own treatment, and dug into our stash of vintage Germanium to serve up our own version of this iconic fuzz. The Mk3 took a while to find the right formula, and over time turned into “that pedal that always stuck to the test board”. It sounded great at rehearsals and always fit in the mix when recording. The “Aha!” moment came when we spliced in a passive mid bump circuit and that “little extra something” was making us grin stupidly. Success.
The JDM Hot Plate uses vintage PNP Germanium transistors, but we’ve also added an analog voltage inverter on-board so you can daisy chain this fuzz with your other pedals running on +9vDC. Battery power is also possible, of course.
Housed in a powdercoated "Silver Sparkle" 1590B enclosure, it’s s shining dose of vintage tone that You. Need. Yes, you do need this pedal. It’s that cool – a fuzz tone that’s a kinda like a distortion, but has that untamed fuzz feel. The tone knob ranges from truly skanky early 60’s buzzfuzz to Led Zep thickness, and the mid control takes all of that to a subtly cool other place.best regards
joe / jdm pedals*** 2025 Update: The TB MK3 is known for having an "about unity" maximum gain, which just isn't enough for a fuzz pedal. We've significantly bumped the output volume and modded the tone stack for a slightly "thicker" max treble setting. Additionally, the fuzz pot on this notoriously high-gain pedal can actually go LOWER now! An important feature for those of you who appreciate the low-gain texture of these classic fuzz pedals. *** The Tonebender MK3 is fuzz royalty. Essential to the guitar sound of 70’s UK Glam, it’s also the source of some of Jimmy Page’s iconic guitar tones, offers all the sustain and harmonic feedback you can dream of for guitar-driven rock styles, and has a texture that makes Stoner rock guitar amps exhale sweet clouds of fuzz. Less finnicky than a Fuzzface, it sounds great with humbuckers or single coils, with a balanced response across the guitar’s range, from chunky, brash lows to sustaining high notes.
The TB MKIII is also very close in design (and sound, of course) to the famous “Burns Buzz-Around” pedal. This was Robert Fripp’s fuzz of choice for many years, and with our “mid boost” modification, the JDM Hot Plate offers a thick lead guitar sound with extremely long sustain that fits beautifully into the mix.
We’ve given the Tonebender Mk3 circuit our own treatment, and dug into our stash of vintage Germanium to serve up our own version of this iconic fuzz. The Mk3 took a while to find the right formula, and over time turned into “that pedal that always stuck to the test board”. It sounded great at rehearsals and always fit in the mix when recording. The “Aha!” moment came when we spliced in a passive mid bump circuit and that “little extra something” was making us grin stupidly. Success.
The JDM Hot Plate uses vintage PNP Germanium transistors, but we’ve also added an analog voltage inverter on-board so you can daisy chain this fuzz with your other pedals running on +9vDC. Battery power is also possible, of course.
Housed in a powdercoated "Silver Sparkle" 1590B enclosure, it’s s shining dose of vintage tone that You. Need. Yes, you do need this pedal. It’s that cool – a fuzz tone that’s a kinda like a distortion, but has that untamed fuzz feel. The tone knob ranges from truly skanky early 60’s buzzfuzz to Led Zep thickness, and the mid control takes all of that to a subtly cool other place.best regards
joe / jdm pedals