ToneBender III with opamp? (schematic added)

[Steben]

Old idea. Anyone done this before? 
Made several drawings, but never done it.

[antonis]

Make 82k bias resistors 68k to come closer to original circut input impedance..

[idy]

Closest thing I know is the Buzz-alike, that uses an opamp and one Ge transistor. Buzzaround is "like" a mkIII..... sort of.....

[snk]

hi,
I am not an expert by any means in that matter, but from what i have read :
- the Tonebender III is similar to the Fuzzface...
- ... and the Lovetone Big Cheese is supposed to be "a fuzzface wrapped with an Op amp input stage and an Op amp output gain stage".
Could it be worth investigating?

[idy]

It was called "buzzaround-alike" and I can confirm that it is a nice circuit, compares well with buzzaround clones. You can find it at the place formerly know as "the other forum."

[radio]

Or  here

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fQiCKXCHeBA/T18lkOZGF1I/AAAAAAAABFk/g5p4AP6LcUc/s1600/BURNS+BUZZAROUND-ALIKE.png

On Fred Briggs blog

[Steben]

Or  here

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fQiCKXCHeBA/T18lkOZGF1I/AAAAAAAABFk/g5p4AP6LcUc/s1600/BURNS+BUZZAROUND-ALIKE.png

On Fred Briggs blog

Nice. Timbre is a classic tone control, but no volume?

[radio]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HuU0RBEhCSs/TgL8ZsVvu1I/AAAAAAAADzg/mpBkGL1CmCQ/s1600/schematic_buzz.jpg

The original buzzaround didn't have a volume control either.