Today we’re comparing four Tone Bender-type fuzzes – the Behringer Fuzz Bender, the JHS Legends Of Fuzz Bender, the Keeley Fuzz Bender… and a free Tone Bender capture I loaded into my ToneX One that sounds amazing!

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Get these fuzzes at Thomann (EU): [ Ссылка ]
Or at Sweetwater (USA): [ Ссылка ]
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Oh, and we’re doing the comparison as a blind test too! So your challenge is to see if you can work out which one is which. Place your guesses in the comments and we’ll see how many of you managed to work out which is which.

This video came about after the release of the Behringer Fuzz Bender. This is based on the iconic Sola Sound Tone Bender MK 1.5 – but while it’s a vintage fuzz in terms of build and circuit, it comes with the thoroughly tiny price tag of $69/€59! So, this pedal looks like a great way to get into ‘vintage’ fuzz at a massively affordable price, and this is precisely why I bought myself one.

And, naturally, I wanted to compare it to the other two Benders in my collection: the JHS Bender and the Keeley Fuzz Bender, both of which are USA-built and cost considerably more than the Behringer. They’re also both based on the MKIII Tone Bender, so give you more tonal options, and the Keeley also has a Bias control. This gives you access to the kind of splattery, sputtery, gated, Velcro fuzz tones that are so beloved by modern players like Jack White.

The final pedal in today’s comparison is a Tone Bender capture I stumbled across for the ToneX One pedal. Being digital, it’s a different kettle of fuzz fish to the other three pedals, but it more than holds its own in the shootout here.

Here are the rules of the blind fuzz challenge: I play a succession of riffs with each of the four pedals. Each pedal has a letter: A, B, C or D. Your challenge is to guess which is which!

Let me know if you guess the Behringer correctly, and also tell me which of the pedals you think sounds best in the comments!

Here are some links to the various parts of the video:

00:00 Intro and what we’re doing today
01:13 Behringer Fuzz Bender specs and info
01:53 JHS Bender specs and info
02:56 Keeley Fuzz Bender specs and info
04:20 ToneX One specs and info
05:46 Today’s rig and plan

07:27 Amp’s clean and crunch tones without pedals
07:41 Smashing Pumpkins-esque riff (bridge pickup, coil split, guitar volume full, amp clean channel)
08:23 Classic rock tone (neck pickup, guitar volume rolled down, amp clean channel)
08:51 White Stripes-esque tone (bridge pickup, coil split, guitar volume full, amp clean channel)
09:15 Hendrix-esque tone (neck pickup, guitar volume full, amp crunch channel)
09:38 Garage rock riff (bridge pickup, coil split, guitar volume full, amp clean channel)
10:33 Led Zeppelin-esque riff (bridge pickup, guitar volume rolled down, amp clean channel)
10:57 Quacky classic rock tone (bridge/middle pickup, guitar volume rolled down, amp clean channel)
11:44 Grungey riff (bridge pickup, coil split, guitar volume full, amp crunch channel)
12:11 Rolling Stones-esque riff (neck pickup, guitar volume full, amp clean channel)
12:38 Jack White tone (bridge pickup, coil split, guitar volume full, amp clean channel)
13:24 Blues rock riff (neck pickup, guitar volume rolled down, amp clean channel)
13:48 Indie rock riff (bridge/middle pickup, guitar volume full, amp clean channel)
14:33 Garage rock melodic riff (bridge pickup, coil split, guitar volume full, amp clean channel)
14:50 Indie riff (neck pickup, guitar volume rolled down, amp clean channel)
15:19 Rockabilly double stops (neck pickup, guitar volume rolled down, amp clean channel)
15:44 Sleazy rock riff (bridge pickup, guitar volume full, amp clean channel)
16:17 Sludge/doom riff (bridge pickup, guitar volume full, amp crunch channel)

16:58 The big reveal
18:27 These four pedals are all excellent
18:56 Behringer Fuzz Bender opinions
19:33 JHS Bender opinions
19:56 Keeley Fuzz Bender opinions
20:18 ToneX One opinions
21:05 Why you should buy the Behringer Fuzz Bender

My setup was as follows: I ran the pedals into the front end of my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 amp, then went from the Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That’s it. No post-processing on the sounds was done. Here’s some links to those bits of gear:

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At Thomann: [ Ссылка ]
At Sweetwater: [ Ссылка ]
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Enjoy!

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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe.

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