Gilmour's Tonebender on eBay

DesVegas

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=291858638876 to be fair the seller does say possibly

axisus

I don't know how anyone has the gall to put such bullshit on an ad. 

capo4th

I love the relic work on this pedal

Wazmeister

@gassage ;

juansolo

Genius. Utterly fucked old TB. Doesn't know if it works (so probably doesn't). Might 'of' been owned by 'Dave Gilmore'...

...and the amusing thing is it's at £55 already. It seems the world still has no shortage of gullible idiots.

capo4th

Someone will add a couple of relic knobs get it working and it'll be resold for £500 with a pic of Dave stomping on it from a great height. 

ICBM

To be fair, it's worth more than £55 even in that state and ignoring the 'provenance' bullshit.

Maybe £60?





(Actually much more, given the ludicrous price a working one goes for.)

juansolo

It really isn't. If the transistors are fucked, it's worthless. You'd probably have to replace most of the pedal to get it working again.

We've fixed stuff in a worse state that that from a similar era, believe it or not... If it was given I might have a go at repairing it, I'd certainly not give anyone any money for a fucked up old pedal that probably doesn't work with a completely fabricated provenance.

relic245

Listing is updated.

He says it works, I've tested it and it's a distortion pedal.

Gassage

Different bloke

That one belonged to Dave Gilmore.

ICBM

juansolo said:

It really isn't. If the transistors are fucked, it's worthless. You'd probably have to replace most of the pedal to get it working again.

The casing alone is still worth plenty. You could put a reissue circuit in it if you had to and someone will still pay for that.

It's worth even more if you've got another original that someone has "customised" the casing of.

Not saying I would pay much myself, but the market for these things is so silly that someone will.

robinbowes

juansolo said:

It really isn't. If the transistors are fucked, it's worthless. You'd probably have to replace most of the pedal to get it working again.

We've fixed stuff in a worse state that that from a similar era, believe it or not... If it was given I might have a go at repairing it, I'd certainly not give anyone any money for a fucked up old pedal that probably doesn't work with a completely fabricated provenance.

These things are worth whatever someone will pay.

Relevant example - I just sold an original TS-808 for £600, which I could replace with something I built myself but I replaced it with one of your (@juansolo's) mini-clones for £25. Result!

R.

juansolo

You make a fair point. I didn't really consider the madness of people. But you're absolutely right. As long as there are people out there who'll pay hundreds of pounds for knackered old tat, you may as well flog it and spend it on something that's actually usable

ICBM

juansolo said:

You make a fair point. I didn't really consider the madness of people. But you're absolutely right. As long as there are people out there who'll pay hundreds of pounds for knackered old tat, you may as well flog it and spend it on something that's actually usable

The guitarist in my band had a Mk 1.5 Tonebender - which was fully working and original, although not in perfect condition - and he sold it for so much that he used the proceeds to buy a Soldano SLO.

If I remember correctly there are less than dozen components in the pedal circuit…it sounded great, but - really? Worth as much as a very expensive 100W valve amp?

juansolo

Playing devil's advocate with myself, the old argument comes back that people pay 10's of thousands for watches, 100's of thousands on cars. So who am I to say what something is worth...?

I should really have restrained myself on this one I feel... I really try... But that thing really does look like shit

ICBM

It does, although I think it would clean up a bit at least.

I wouldn't pay for it myself, but...

"Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand" - Homer Simpson

DesVegas

I do love a tonebender, but it would be nice to think it would work if i buy it.

andyoz

I've seen World War 1 memorabilia in better condition than that thing.

juansolo

Here you go, this was probably in as bad a state as anything we've been given to repair:

http://juansolo.co.uk/stompage/images/cbwah-before.jpg

Submerged in salt water, hurricanes are a bitch.

Needed a fair old clean up. Had to replace the pair of paper caps that were obviously fucked. A couple of others were leaking so they got swapped also. The pot was gone, no repairing that. All the wiring and the jacks too. The switch was very nice indeed, that could be fully disassembled, cleaned and re-assembled. Thankfully the inductor was sealed in resin so that survived.

http://juansolo.co.uk/stompage/images/cbwah-inductor.jpg

All in all, not bad in the end.

http://juansolo.co.uk/stompage/images/cbwah-after.jpg

juansolo

I've also had another look at the pics of that one for sale.

One of the pots is almost certainly fucked (back of it is missing), and likely the jacks want swapping given that they're rusted to fuck.

There are some suspiciously modern looking caps on that board...

I can't actually see the transistors at all, if you're gonna take a chance you at least want to see 3 Mullards in there. It's the only reason it'd be worth a punt.

I personally wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole.

victorludorum

I didn't realise Gilmour played a tone bender. I thought he was known for fuzz faces...