Manlay Sound / The Honk Machine

A fuzz pedal reproducing the "Zonk Machine" released by JHS (JOHN HORNBY SKEWES), a musical instrument manufacturer in Leeds, UK, in 1965. 9V centre-plus specification.

SWELL... Output level control.
FUZZ... Gain and sustain control

Handmade, point-to-point soldering
N.O.S germanium transistors selected by ear by Roman Gilles.
High quality capacitors.
Alpha pots
Blue hammertone finish.
Specially designed old-style enclosure.

Guitar effects
■Fuzz.
Controls: SWELL, FUZZ
■True bypass.
■Serial number/handwritten on.
■Power supply: 9V battery or AC adapter compatible *AC adapter drive is reverse polarity (9C centre plus).
■Size: 156x82x64mm

~Please note~.
This product cannot be used with a centre-minus adaptor. Please be sure to use a centre plus (TIPE=+) adaptor.

Please prepare one independent AC adaptor for each unit.
Do not use a daisy-chain connection using a DC branch cable or similar.
→If you use a polarity reversing adaptor attachment to connect one of the daisy-chain connections, which are simply distributed using a DC branch cable/para cable etc., it is very dangerous as the +/- of the power supply will be shorted via the signal ground.

For best performance, we strongly recommend using the internal batteries.
→This unit is designed with a high gain circuit using PNP germanium transistors. AC adaptors with high voltage fluctuations and noise will affect the sound. The quality of the adaptor is very serious and depending on the AC adaptor used, noise may occur in many cases.