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Clone of the Hornby Skewes Bass Booster
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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 :
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- 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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