oc42 1.5 tone bender by david main

Sola Sound 1.5 Tone Bender

It's been a long time . . . . .

Really?  . . Yes really.  We have one or two 1.5s to offer you with no waiting list.

We have spent the last year attacking the monsters that were the MKII and 1.5 waiting lists and they have been defeated. It involved a lot of hard work, a few body swerves and the closing of the lists for a long time. But here we are.

So it is with great pleasure I present to you – our regular production Sola Sound 1.5 Tone Bender

Over time we have built this pedal with various transistor set ups

For these we’re using original Mullard OC42 transistors – they are  incredible!! Evil sounding - in the best way possible !

Over the last four years we’ve made very few cast case pedals, partly because so many people have been copying our products that we thought we should down tools and start again from scratch and make sure we we’re making the best version of this pedal known to mankind . We wanted people to know that there is only one real Sola Sound Tone Bender and it is in a different league to the copies.

We started by recasting the case.

Now each enclosure is made by one of the most well established engineering companies in England who individually sandcast each case by hand. We have reshaped a few niggles inside the case (not that anyone would ever have noticed them, but we knew!). We have had the screw holes threaded so the feet can be unscrewed by hand, basically taking as much care as possible to make it feel like an original vintage case.

We used the same Hammer paint that we’ve used from day one, but paid close attention to the application – these new ones are almost sea-creature like in their finish – the insides have all been masked and finished in matt black – they look incredible.

And that’s before we start talking about sound.

We are of course having these hand built by the master of the MKII – David Main. Dave has the greatest knowledge of this circuit amongst the living, dead or undead and has a rare empathy with all things electronic that we haven’t encountered since we worked with the great Dick Denney who we reckon designed the 1.5 circuit .

Every pedal has been through his most rigorous transistor selection and is guaranteed to sound totally amazing.

In short we believe you cannot buy better.

This new 1.5 will replace any other 1.5 listings we have made, it’s a little more expensive but so it should be – it’s fantastic! They are now £ 715.00 (plus VAT if you’re in the UK) plus shipping

 Rock and Roll

PS - it seems these are going to sell out almost instantaneously - but more will be arriving , so , if the red box has lit up , please join the new waiting list and we'll let you know as soon as we have a pedal for you - Ant

PPS we've had a few emails with customers having a problem at checkout - if you need a PayPal invoice , email me at info@macaris.co.uk - let me know where you are in the World and I'll get a PP invoice to you - Ant