Jext Telez Dizzy Tone fuzz pedals

[jext-telez]

Hello fuzz brethren. This is my first post here and I'm happy to answer any questions in regards to the Jext Telez Dizzy Tone pedals, one of which is being given away this month in the giveaways section here at ilovefuzz.com.
I am a fuzz addict. When I came across an original Elka Dizzy Tone I jumped on it and it is a mind blower. It quickly became one of the few fuzzes that I would actually keep forever-- there's only a few of those. I had been trying tons of Tonebender stuff and digging the MKIII variations but this Elka DT just dethroned all of them for me.
What happened next was I showed the Elka to Al Sutton from Acme Audio, who is just crazy enough to make gear, usually stuff that is super rare, super cool and super hard to source parts for. He had this thing taken apart before I could blink, though I was sweating hard. So recreating this beast was almost not even a choice, Sutton was off to the races so I was on board.
The hardest parts to find were the transistors. I wanted the original 50's 60's stuff and enough to do 100 pedals. That took a lot of work, digging, searching, obsessing and SPENDING.
Anyway, these Jext Telez Dizzy Tones are now a reality. We spent a good month matching our protos to sound exactly like the original and rather than just build a published schematic, we chose to make this more of a recreation of how this one original pedal sounds- a real unruly beast yet gorgeous.

[skullservant]

I'd seen some photos floating around of them over the past month or so, and was curious. Glad to hear your labors have paid off!

[jext-telez]

Thanks! I have to resize some stuff to be able to post them here. My buddy Peter has been doing some testdrive videos on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaysA4ggWFI

Also, gearmanndude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fICZk1Iyzg

[Chankgeez]

Thanks! I have to resize some stuff to be able to post them here. My buddy Peter has been doing some testdrive videos on youtube: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaysA4ggWFI[/youtube]

Also, gearmanndude: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fICZk1Iyzg[/youtube]

[Jwar]

How's it sound on the bass?

[jext-telez]

There are three different models but the OC44YJ model is great for bass because that transistor has such an unreal bandwidth-- there's an extra 1/2 octave on the bottom. That was a huge score finding those 1950's Mullard yellow jacket OC44. They are amazing and it's easy to see why they command high prices.

[ghost_effects]

Of course other Dizzy Tones are also available!

[jext-telez]

Here's a shot of the Jext Telez dizzy tone from one of our dealers.
Some of our dealers include Vintage King, Analog.Man, RocknRoll Vintage, and Prymaxe Vintage.

[ghost_effects]

HOW MUCH DO THEY COST?!

[jext-telez]

$349 retail

[ghost_effects]

Nice one, Kudos on the cases btw!

[univalve]

Gutshots please?

[jext-telez]

Sweet man! Thanks. The scariest part of the build was finding potentiometers with bushings that were long enough to mount through the board and box like the original. There's nothing on the market so we had to custom order those. We did have a Ghost Dizzy Tone on hand for research and comparisons, along with a Jimmy Behan, our original, a borrowed original and one other custom build. Ghost sounds good man. Very nice point to point work and parts selection. I had emailed you to get one but you weren't around to doing a batch yet, then one popped up on ebay. Serial #3 in yellow I think.

[jext-telez]

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[jext-telez]

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