Fulltone Soul-Bender

3 knobs, not much to it really! Make sure you have the appropriate adapter, as you cannot use standard "boss" type ac adapter. Also, you it messes with the pedal if you put it after a pedal that is not ture bypass.

Here's where this pedal does its thing! I got it to try and re-create some of that Jimmy Page magic. This thing does it dead on! My effects chain goes Fulltone Deja-vibe>Soulbender>Crybaby wah (modded for volume and true bypass)>Boss DD-2 Delay> Bad Cat Hot Cat 30 combo. Right now I'm down to just my Les Paul, so I don't know what this pedal sounds like with single coils. I'm anxious to try it! What I do know is this thing has that horn like "honk" on the neck pickup that is all throughout Zeppelin recordings.

Fulltones stuff is built like a tank--5 YEAR warranty!!!!!

I've e-mailed fuller a couple times, he always gets back quickly.

It's a no brainer. Three knobs -- turn 'em until you find something you like. If you can't handle it then you are brain dead.

Excellent. I have a Fulltone '69 as well and was amazed that this peddle sounds much different. It really is an aggressive mother when you crank it but it can be subtle as well. The '69 is not as in your face. If I had to have only one, I'd take the Soul Bender. Just seems to rock out better and harder.

Sounds great through just about any amp I have. Like it especially through a boogie and a Dr Z.

Built to last. Doesn't get any better when it comes to build quality.

I never want to have to send something back to the factory. That's why I like Fulltone. They are built to take abuse and keep on cooking.

I own several fulltone effects and have never had a problem with any. Have only had the Soul Bender a few weeks but I'm not anticipating problems. Mike Fuller builds them with so they never fail. I appreciate that.

This has got to be one of the best effects boxes I own. I prefer it lots of time over the tube distortion I get by overdriving my amp. If it got stolen, I'd buy another one. Of course.

AIN'T NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS PEDAL!
THIS IS VERY EASY TO USE...
IT HAS 3 KNOBS AND AN INTERNAL TRIMMER THAT CHANGES CLIPPING OF THE SOUND FROM SOFT TO MORE SQUARE WHEN TURNED COUNTERCLOCKWISE


1- VOLUME
TURNING THE KNOB CLOCKWISE YOU WILL INCREASE THE LEVEL OF THE EFFECT


2- TONE
IF YOU TURN IT CLOCKWISE YOU WILL MAKE IT SOUND MORE BASSIER AND SMOOTHER


3- DIRT
IT WILL INCREASE THE GAIN (SO THE DISTORTION) WHEN TURNED CLOCKWISE

I PLAY WITH A GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD VINTAGE SUNBURST, AND I THINK THAT SOUL BENDER IS A GREAT FUZZ, COMBINED WITH MY GUITAR...
IT'S LIKE.... A "SMALL EEL"...
THIS PEDAL HAS 5 YEARS WARRANTY AND USES GERMANIUM TRANSISTORS LIKE THE OLD "VOX TONE BENDER" AND THE OLDER "SOLA SOUND TONE BENDER"...
SO I CAN SAY: "ORIGINAL VINTAGE SOUND WITH PRESENT ACCURACY".
BELIEVE ME BECAUSE I GOT ONE AND I PLAYED WITH THE OLD "VOX TONE BENDER", THAT SOUNDS NOISIER, BUT THE SOUND, ALL OVER THE YEARS, IS REALLY THE SAME.


IF YOU TURN THE "DIRT" KNOB ALL THE WAY UP YOU CAN HAVE A GREAT FUZZ BITE, CLEAR AND SHARP ON DEFINITION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME GRANULOUS AND CREAMY ON THE EXPRESSION AND VERSATILITY.
OBVIOUSLY, NOT SATURATED LIKE THE "FULLTONE '69 FUZZ" BUT HOWEVER SMOOTH.
INSTEAD IF YOU TURN THE KNOB 3/4 UP YOU WILL GET A BLUESY, CREAMY LEAD SATURATION... I LOVE IT...
I ALWAYS HATED TO USE FUZZ BOXES WITH THE GAIN NOT ALL THE WAY UP, BUT THIS ONE HAS MORE VERSATILITY THAN ALL THE OTHERS I PLAYED WITH... ("ELECTRO-HARMONIX BIG MUFF PI (REISSUE, USA MADE)", "SOVTEK BIG MUFF PI (REISSUE, RUSSIAN MADE)", "JIM DUNLOP FUZZ FACE", "T-REX MUDHONEY"...


A LITTLE THING FOR "FUZZ FANATICS"... DON'T TRY TO USE A GIBSON WITH THE "FULLTONE '69 FUZZ"... THE HUMBUCKERS WILL BURN OUT ALL THE MID-HI FREQUENCIES, MAKING UP A WEIRD, FOR ME "BAD" SOUND....

Reliability: 10
DESPITE THE SMALL DIMENSIONS, IT'S REALLY HEAVY!
IT HAS A TRUE BYPASS CIRCUITRY: WHEN THIS PEDAL IS TURNED OFF, HIS SIGNAL WON'T EXIST ANYMORE ON YOUR PEDALBOARD.
DON'T USE REGULAR NEGATIVE CENTER PIN "BOSS" OR "IBANEZ" ADAPTER WITH THIS UNIT, BECAUSE THE GERMANIUM TRANSISTORS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE SYLICON ONES, TODAY NORMALLY USED ON DISTORTION PEDALS, SO YOU MAY DAMAGE THE PEDAL.
I USE BATTERIES, BUT PREFERABLY NOT THE ALKALINE ONES, CAUSE THE CHEAPER ZINC-CARBON ARE WORKING BETTER ON FREQUENCIES.

Customer Support: N/A
THIS PEDAL HAS 5 YEARS WARRANTY.
IS HANDCRAFTED AND ALL THE PEDALS ARE ONE-BY-ONE CONTROLLED, SIGNED BY M.FULLER, AND HAND NUMBERED.
MY SOUL-BENDER IS THE NUMBER 1911.
WHO OUTBID THAT..?

I JUST LOVE PEARL JAM, THE WHO, SOUNDGARDEN, LED ZEPPELIN, MUDHONEY, SMASHING PUMPKINS, KULA SHAKER....
...AND OF COURSE... SIMPLE CHOICE!
go to "www.simplechoice.com"

AIN'T NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS PEDAL!
THIS IS VERY EASY TO USE...
IT HAS 3 KNOBS AND AN INTERNAL TRIMMER THAT CHANGES CLIPPING OF THE SOUND FROM SOFT TO MORE SQUARE WHEN TURNED COUNTERCLOCKWISE

1- VOLUME
TURNING THE KNOB CLOCKWISE YOU WILL INCREASE THE LEVEL OF THE EFFECT

2- TONE
IF YOU TURN IT CLOCKWISE YOU WILL MAKE IT SOUND MORE BASSIER AND SMOOTHER

3- DIRT
IT WILL INCREASE THE GAIN (SO THE DISTORTION) WHEN TURNED CLOCKWISE

I PLAY WITH A GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD VINTAGE SUNBURST, AND I THINK THAT SOUL BENDER IS A GREAT FUZZ, COMBINED WITH MY GUITAR.
THIS PEDAL HAS 5 YEARS WARRANTY AND USES GERMANIUM TRANSISTORS LIKE THE OLD "VOX TONE BENDER" AND THE OLDER "SOLA SOUND TONE BENDER"...
SO I CAN SAY: "ORIGINAL VINTAGE SOUND WITH PRESENT ACCURACY".
BELIEVE ME BECAUSE I GOT ONE AND I PLAYED WITH THE OLD "VOX TONE BENDER".
IT SOUND MORE NOISIER, BUT THE SOUND IS REALLY THE SAME.

IF YOU TURN THE "DIRT" KNOB ALL THE WAY UP YOU CAN HAVE A GREAT FUZZ BITE, CLEAR AND SHARP ON DEFINITION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME GRANULOUS AND CREAMY ON THE EXPRESSION AND VERSATILITY.
OBVIOUSLY, NOT SATURATED LIKE THE "FULLTONE '69 FUZZ" BUT HOWEVER SMOOTH.
INSTEAD IF YOU TURN THE KNOB 3/4 UP YOU WILL GET A BLUESY, CREAMY LEAD SATURATION... I LOVE IT...
I ALWAYS HATED TO USE FUZZ BOXES WITH THE GAIN NOT ALL THE WAY UP, BUT THIS ONE HAS MORE VERSATILITY THAN ALL THE OTHERS I PLAYED WITH... ("ELECTRO-HARMONIX BIG MUFF PI (REISSUE, USA MADE)", "SOVTEK BIG MUFF PI (REISSUE, RUSSIAN MADE)", "JIM DUNLOP FUZZ FACE", "T-REX MUDHONEY"...

A LITTLE THING FOR "FUZZ FANATICS"... DON'T TRY TO USE A GIBSON WITH THE "FULLTONE '69 FUZZ"... THE HUMBUCKERS WILL BURN OUT ALL THE FREQUENCIES, MAKING UP A WEIRD, FOR ME BAD SOUND....

DESPITE THE SMALL DIMENSIONS, IT'S REALLY HEAVY!
IT HAS A TRUE BYPASS CIRCUITRY: WHEN THIS PEDAL IS TURNED OFF, HIS SIGNAL WON'T EXIST ANYMORE ON YOUR PEDALBOARD.
DON'T USE REGULAR NEGATIVE CENTER PIN "BOSS" OR "IBANEZ" ADAPTER WITH THIS UNIT, BECAUSE THE GERMANIUM TRANSISTORS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE SYLICON ONES, TODAY NORMALLY USED ON DISTORTION PEDALS, SO YOU MAY DAMAGE THE PEDAL.
I USE BATTERIES, BUT PREFERABLY NOT THE ALKALINE ONES, CAUSE THE CHEAPER ZINC-CARBON ARE WORKING BETTER ON FREQUENCIES.

THIS PEDAL HAS 5 YEARS WARRANTY.
IS HANDCRAFTED AND ALL THE PEDALS ARE ONE-BY-ONE CONTROLLED, SIGNED BY M.FULLER, AND HAND NUMBERED.
MY SOUL-BENDER IS THE NUMBER 1911.
WHO OUTBID THAT..?

I JUST LOVE PEARL JAM, THE WHO, SOUNDGARDEN, LED ZEPPELIN, MUDHONEY, SMASHING PUMPKINS, KULA SHAKER.

A Monkey could get this thing to sound good. Just crank the Fuzz and Tone all the way to the right (For My tastes) and you are off to the races.

This is a GREAT fuzz. It has more detail and overdrive qualities then the 69 or 70 fuzzes. I would not say it's better - it is just different. My gear is comprised of the usual suspects (Les Paul Classic - Custom Shop 60's Strat - Custom Tele - etc. JTM - 45 / VHT 50st / and Vibrolux Reverb Blackface.) I love it with the JTM 45. I have a feeling that most of Mike's Fuzzes are really meant to be matched to 4 input Marshalls. While it sounds great with the VHT - it really shines with the JTM-45.

Also keep in mind that most fuzzes don't (IMO) sound as good through an open back Cab. I play through a VHT 2X12 closed back. Through my Fender - the low end gets sloppy.

The internal trim knob is very helpful indeed. As far as it sounding like a Tone Bender - I have no idea - I have never owned one - but it gets a very nice buttery fuzz - ala Eric Johnson.
Oh yeah and its quiet!!

Not much to say other than - Mack Truck

Mike and Scott are pros to the core. They believe very strongly in their stuff and it shows. I had a nice phone conversation with Mike and he was a gracious as they come.

I bought my Soul Bender over Harmony Central. Recorded a few solos with it and really like it. I then traded it for a Distortion Pro. Realizing that I Made a Big Mistake - (NOT TO SAY THE DP1 SUCKS Cause I still have that too). I looked on Ebay and found the Exact Soulbender I traded (go Figure) . I cliked buy it now and back it came. This pedal will be me for as long as I play guitar.

Easy to use. Set the fuzz level, dial in the amount of top end you want, and put at whatever volume you need depending on how hard you're driving your output tubes.

I use this pedal with a 1952 Reissue Telecaster and a 1968 Fender Deluxe Reverb Amp. I've transcribing some Clarence White solos off of the Fillmore Show and was missing the fuzz. I believe he used a Mossrite Fuzzrite. I bought this because I figured it would come close enough, and it surely does. I use .008 to .038 guage strings so I can really bend strings behind the nut. This pedal helps to beef up the tone all around, even on the high E and B strings. Nice sputtering bass tones when playing full chords. Big thick power chords. You can dial in tones that remind you of brass insturments. Violin lead tones with the highs rolled off. The trim pot is so useful, I wish it was on the outside. There is a little noise, but it is acceptable to me given the equiptment I use, and type of pedal this is.

I also own a 1957 LP Black Beauty and a Bassman 5F6-A, which is being reconed at present. I am very excited to try this out with these, and I am certain I will find some useful tones.

Pedal looks beautiful on the inside. I've owned a Fulltone Fulldrive 2 and a ChoralFlanger. I sold the FD2 because I was playing mostly clean country for a long period of time. I gave the CF to a good friend/mentor who spent about two years teaching me fingerstyle and flatpicking. Never had a problem with either pedal.

They offer a 5 year warrenty, which is excellent by industry standards.

I play most rock, country, bluegrass, blues, and some jazz. This is certainly a rock and blues pedal, but I guess what I am using it for is country, oddly enough. I tested many pedals out when buying this and was immediately impressed with it. I usually follow my initial reaction with pedals and amps. If you don't, you run the risk of trying to convince yourself you like or don't like something.

Like I mentioned earlier, I wish the trim pot was accessable externally. No real complaints though.

I read that Page said the ToneBender was the only pedal that could make a Telecaster sound like a Les Paul, and with that in mind I tried to see if I could do the same. He was right.

3 knobs may seem easy--but they're very interactive! Subtle tone
tweeking and slight volume tweeks on the guitar vol give the best shades. Wide open it's pure fuzz madeness at it's best, but I
don't use it like that too often. I turn the internal pot towards
the smoother side.

Very good fuzz, like I said above it needs tweekin--not so
easy to get the smoother TB sounds--sounds better with humbuckers!
Roll your guitar volume back till you get the desired smoothness.
People that say this doesn't clean up when you back off the
guit vol are full of it! Lots of shades--does darken as you roll
back as well as becoming a finer tooth saw.
I hear Alman Brother/Cream~Bluebreakers/Pink Floyd/Hendrix/Vintage
Jeff Beck/Jimmy Page/etc... all are obtainable by the various pots inside and out. I put this up against my Boss FZ-3 (also a good Fuzz) on single notes the Boss was suprizingly similar--I wouldn't miss the Soulbender. But play a chord and the Soulbender showed it's time proven BADNESS! I'm suprized not much has been said about the boxy tone, very Vox'ish British sounding, with maybey a hair of John Scofield in it.

Looks solid, carbon composition resistor are a nice vintage touch.

N/A

I play Jazz/Funk/Blues/Soul for 12 years and this pedal has more than one application. I mostly play through Fender tube amps and Gibson
and Fender guitars. Not sure if I would replace--sounds great--lots
of tweek'n though. It does have a distintive sound you don't hear in
other Fuzz's. Warmer and more violin like than newer OD/distortions.
Add some echo and a little verb-- you'll feel like David Gilmore,
roll back the volume a little and your getting into the Steve Kimock
zone.

There is not a bad sound to be heard from this pedal there are three knobs which include, volume, tone and dirt as well as an internal trim pot. The volume obviously increases the volume, the tone knob is made so that if you turn the knob clockwise it creates a warmer fatter sound whereas counter clock wise creates more of an edgier trebly type sound, the dirt knob controls how much fuzz you want to be added. The best thing about this pedal though is the internal trim pot. Some might say rate this pedal lower as you have to unscrew the bottom plate to get to the trim pot but I prefer it inside and out of the way. The trim pot creates a rounder tone when turned CW and when turned CCW it creates a square aggresive fuzz sound which happens to be my favorite.

My setup is G&L Legacy guitar - Fulltone Soul Bender - Dunlop Hendrix Crybaby wah - Marshall AVT 50 combo.
There is unfortunatly a bit of buzz from this pedal but who cares, it is a fuzz pedal after all. There are so many sounds you can get from this pedal ranging from a slight amount of fuzz like the who to Hendrix tones all the way through to really aggresive, hard hitting fuzz. I have the tone knob set to about 9.00, the dirt knob on maximum and the internal trim pot all the way CCW which gives me the an absolutly awesome fuzz. It gives me the exact sound of the fuzz used by Hillel Slovak on the albums he made with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

I have ony had it a few days so I can't really say but the case seems sturdy as a tank and I won't be bouncing up and down on the switch or control knobs anyway.

Never dealt with them but I have read elsewhere that they are very good.

I was originally going to buy a univox superfuzz but it was heavily damaged so I tryed some other pedals in the store looking for that superfuzz sound and the Soul Bender matched what I was looking for perfectly. Fulltone pedals beat the competition. I suggest you try one out.

Three knobs for volume, tone and fuzz.

Mine is #1226 and has the increased volume output mod that Fuller made standard on all models manufactured after August 2001. Since no reviews below mention the purpose of this pedal I will enlighten you- its a recreation of the 1973 Tonebender pedal that was used by British rock guitarists.

Built like a tank.

Fuller is a great guy. Its his customers who are the arrogant know-it-all wanna-be "lemmie give you a hard time" types.

I play rock and blues and this pedal is a keeper. Strats and Pauls into tube amps is my style, and this Soulbender works with all of my amps. Other pedals I own include the MJM Britbender 2-knob version, a Maxon OD-808, Nuance Foot Grenade overdrive and a Vintage Rat. I own nearly two dozen gain pedals and this Soul-bender is one of the best. Its the player and not the gear that makes the difference, which would seem to account for the expensive gear most rich amateur players apparently acquire.

Very easy to use. 3 knobs....couldn't be more simple

WOW! What a sound. I use a fender strat plus with the Gold Lace Sensors into the Soulbender>Analogman modded ts9>Maxon Distortion Master (what a pedal!)>Maxon Analog Delay (Excellent!)>Fulltone Choralflange. I have been trying to find a fuzz that works for my playing and this is the one. Just when you think there is too much treble in the fuzz, there is a sweet midrange overtone that just sounds awesome. I like it the best when put in front of my AnalogMan modded TubeScreamer. My setting is Soulbender: tone 2 o'clock, dirt at 10 o'clock. Tube Screamer with everything at 2 o'clock. It really gives you a sweet distortion that I haven't been able to find in any other pedal. All I can say is What a sound.

No problems yet, built like a tank. What a pedal.

Emailed me right away with a manual.

I play blues, rock, garagey type stuff. I try not to play any covers and have been playing for about 5 years now. I would definitely buy it again.
The tone is fantastic, especially in front of the modded tubescreamer.