Jumbo Tonebender clone first impressions: It's basically a muff, although livelier and with lower gain (it's missing one gain stage compared to a muff). Big and clear in the low end. Really nice for palm muting and rhythm. Plenty of fuzz when you turn it up. Grittier and less plasticky than a muff. The grit is kinda similar to Black Forest grit so if you stack it with a Black Forest you can make a giant, semi-consistent Overdrive/Fuzz-o-Rama. Doesn't clean up with the volume knob any better than any other muffoid. It also has the muff scoop, but not as bad as some, and it has plenty of upper mids to cut through if you turn the tone up.
Ultimately, if you have a couple of muffs, you probably don't need it, but it's gonna work for me better than the Deluxe Muff I just got rid of because it's crunchier, clearer and has a bigger ass. I'm gonna use it as a rhythm/foundation fuzz and goose it with the Black Forest and the Fuzzolo when I need to freak out.
oldangelmidnight wrote:The Spencer Amps Subzombie is amazing. It's three out of phase distortion circuits and it has these weird envelope effects. It can give you a great brutal metal sound but also all kinds of weird stuff.
I've had it for years and I've never heard of anyone else playing one.
http://www.spenceramps.com/subz.html
The Subzombie looks fucked up. I'd like to try one!