Sola Sound Zonk II (Data Dump)

Mr. Min T. Fresh · Post by **Mr. Min T. Fresh** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:51 am

Joe,

That is one supa sexy pedal my man!

theemadcap1 · Post by **theemadcap1** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:49 am

Looks to me like it is the same Zonk II circuit, but with germanium...? I wonder if you could maybe find a 3rd on the bottom of the circuit like Steve's early MKII, though that 3rd transistor on the other side wasn't from the factory.
Do the OC75s have a "4 M J" date code on them?
I would guess this is from mid '66...? Anyone ever seen a JHS Zonk Machine or Zonk II ad ever in a 'Beat Instrumental' or similar old magazine?

The Case looks identical to an early SupaFuzz, except this case had the part where the knobs go wacked off and it goes straight back. It's like a SupaFuzz meets FuzzBug case...now if there was some crazy early cast case Park pedal...

Electric Warrior · Post by **Electric Warrior** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:10 pm

Laundromat wrote:What?!!!

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
That enclosure type and style of wiring have my mind running wild...

Yup, looks like an early Sola Sound build

theemadcap1 wrote: The Case looks identical to an early SupaFuzz, except this case had the part where the knobs go wacked off and it goes straight back. It's like a SupaFuzz meets FuzzBug case...now if there was some crazy early cast case Park pedal...

Possibly another Olivetti enclosure?

Electric Warrior · Post by **Electric Warrior** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:17 pm

what are the resistors that are hiding behind the cap and trannie? 47k and 8k2?

get_with_it · Post by **get_with_it** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:38 am

what ????

Electric Warrior · Post by **Electric Warrior** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:49 am

get_with_it · Post by **get_with_it** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:59 pm

After a chat with Cap't Main who said he was 99.99% sure this was a Sola Sound pedal I thought I'd get that .01% cleared up .
Spoke to John Skewes a couple of days ago who confirmed my Dad and Larry supplied him with the Zonk II pedals .
God they did some cool stuff - it's a bloody hard act to follow !!!!!

the treble boost kid · Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:03 pm

Carry on now wayward son...dont' you.........aaaaaaahhhhhhhh i'm gonna shut up now as i see what i was starting to quote on.......i'd rather not.

L O N G
L I V E

Z O N K .

Electric Warrior · Post by **Electric Warrior** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:13 am

get_with_it wrote:After a chat with Cap't Main who said he was 99.99% sure this was a Sola Sound pedal I thought I'd get that .01% cleared up .
Spoke to John Skewes a couple of days ago who confirmed my Dad and Larry supplied him with the Zonk II pedals .
God they did some cool stuff - it's a bloody hard act to follow !!!!!

excellent! thanks for confirming!

Bert Ohlsson · Post by **Bert Ohlsson** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:07 am

appendix - for comparison

http://decadeoffuzz.com/index.php?/proj ... es-pedals/

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