Tonebender book...

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Tonebender book...

Post by zhivago » Fri May 25, 2018 10:59 pm

Looks very cool indeed, but it is very pricey...

Level & Attack The Untold Story Of The Tone Bender Fuzz

https://www.11publishing.co.uk/store/tonebender

If it was £40 or so I'd probably pick one up...but at £75 I have to pass. Still, it looks cool. 8)
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Re: Tonebender book...

Post by stevejamsecono » Sat May 26, 2018 8:00 am

zhivago wrote:
Fri May 25, 2018 10:59 pm
Looks very cool indeed, but it is very pricey...

Level & Attack The Untold Story Of The Tone Bender Fuzz

https://www.11publishing.co.uk/store/tonebender

If it was £40 or so I'd probably pick one up...but at £75 I have to pass. Still, it looks cool. 8)
So I imagine it comes with one for that price? :D
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Post by PJazzmaster » Sat May 26, 2018 9:07 am

oh, I read about it 2 weeks ago and still thinking about it whether to buy or not. Yes, very pricey...

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Post by ludobag1 » Sat May 26, 2018 10:22 am

not cheap for sure ,but the tonebener is my favorite fuzz ;)

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Post by MechaBulletBill » Sat May 26, 2018 10:27 am

I think they were including the book with the mk1 reissues they did recently. But they were ~£1k after tax so you'd have to really want the book to pay that much

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Re: Tonebender book...

Post by zhivago » Sun May 27, 2018 2:33 am

stevejamsecono wrote:
Sat May 26, 2018 8:00 am
zhivago wrote:
Fri May 25, 2018 10:59 pm
Looks very cool indeed, but it is very pricey...

Level & Attack The Untold Story Of The Tone Bender Fuzz

https://www.11publishing.co.uk/store/tonebender

If it was £40 or so I'd probably pick one up...but at £75 I have to pass. Still, it looks cool. 8)
So I imagine it comes with one for that price? :D
hahaha!! yes, you'd hope so!

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Post by fortytwo » Sun May 27, 2018 1:59 pm

I bought the book and it's a fun read, mostly for the behind the scene details, but yeah, it's a little pricey, but it's also really nice hard back, with a hard cover on top of that.

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Post by zhivago » Sun May 27, 2018 2:11 pm

fortytwo wrote:
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I bought the book and it's a fun read, mostly for the behind the scene details, but yeah, it's a little pricey, but it's also really nice hard back, with a hard cover on top of that.
I think the company that makes these also made the Dinosaur Jr book, which I have and it's so well made. Wasn't cheap though either! :)
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Post by Fuzzsonic » Wed May 30, 2018 1:54 pm

Hi there, I’m the publisher of the Tone Bender book. I (and the team) wanted to make this really special. I’ve art directed luxury books for Ferrari, Vivienne Westwood and a host of other big names and I wanted to create something beautiful about one, if not thee, greatest fuzz pedals ever made. It’s an incredible story and we wanted to do it justice.

I made a call early on that as we are only going to do this book once (no other editions, no reprints etc etc) it needed to be as good as we could possibly make it. The producion values are very high on it. It was printed in Italy by the same printers used by Taschen. Purely because I wanted to best results. The photography is amazing and the text rather than a being overly technical is written from a first person perspective growing up as part of a family involved in the legacy of this pedal.

It was a big risk as I really had no idea if anyone would buy it and it cost a fortune to produce but I’m glad we made it as it is a beautiful thing. It needed to be made and I think/hope we did it justice.
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Post by zhivago » Wed May 30, 2018 10:19 pm

Fuzzsonic wrote:
Wed May 30, 2018 1:54 pm
Hi there, I’m the publisher of the Tone Bender book. I (and the team) wanted to make this really special. I’ve art directed luxury books for Ferrari, Vivienne Westwood and a host of other big names and I wanted to create something beautiful about one, if not thee, greatest fuzz pedals ever made. It’s an incredible story and we wanted to do it justice.

I made a call early on that as we are only going to do this book once (no other editions, no reprints etc etc) it needed to be as good as we could possibly make it. The producion values are very high on it. It was printed in Italy by the same printers used by Taschen. Purely because I wanted to best results. The photography is amazing and the text rather than a being overly technical is written from a first person perspective growing up as part of a family involved in the legacy of this pedal.

It was a big risk as I really had no idea if anyone would buy it and it cost a fortune to produce but I’m glad we made it as it is a beautiful thing. It needed to be made and I think/hope we did it justice.
Very cool to have you here!

The book does look great indeed. I too am an art director / designer guy and really appreciate the work that goes into this sort of thing. 8)
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Re: Tonebender book...

Post by Fuzzsonic » Thu May 31, 2018 3:46 am

Thanks so much Zhivago! Great to be on here. I’m a jazzmaster nut too. I’m hoping this book will be the first of many...
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Re: Tonebender book...

Post by Jaguar018 » Thu May 31, 2018 8:25 am

Where can I get a knock-off clone of this book for $20? :shifty:

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Post by Fuzzsonic » Thu May 31, 2018 11:48 am

Jaguar018 wrote:
Thu May 31, 2018 8:25 am
Where can I get a knock-off clone of this book for $20? :shifty:
British Pedal Company?

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Post by fuzzjunkie » Thu May 31, 2018 6:59 pm

Jaguar018 wrote:
Thu May 31, 2018 8:25 am
Where can I get a knock-off clone of this book for $20? :shifty:
I think you'd have to copy and paste most of the D*A*M website forums. :P

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