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Clone of the Hornby Skewes Bass Booster
The company "JHS" created by John Hornby Skewes and his wife Madge was born in 1965 in Garforth, England. Known for their Zonk Machine, a fuzz used by Ritchie Blackmore in the late '60s.
We can trace the Bass Booster, a bass guitar effect on a 1967 catalog:
Features :
- 100% handmade,
- Hand painted (silver hammered paint),
- Same values as the original,
- Vintage 2N3702 transistor (same as the original),
- Vintage Philips Mullard "Mustard" capacitors,
- Vintage Philips "Tropical Fish" capacitor,
- Neutrik jacks,
- Taiwan switch.
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