Mark Z (zonk machine / MKI)

Mark Z is germanium fuzz based on circuits of Zonk Machine and Tonebender MKI. It may appear to be a step between these two - Zonk at heart with MKI muscles, reasonable choice for the one who's undecided and the obvious choice for one who's decided on all of them... but in fact it becomes the third option validating it's existence by raw force.

And ever heard of 'System' tuned MKI, famous for quite an unconventional bias? Let's pretend it was not MKI, but Zonk instead - and that's how Mark Z was born. This one sounds sweet at lowest fuzz settings, while richest tone and natural unrestricted sustain is achieved just below noon, spiced with some artifacts (there's no sizzle in this standard box version - if you dig sizzle, try the wedge unit). Cranking it up makes transistor 'over-saturating' guitar signal, what yields in wild harmonics with rugged feel and pronounced gating effect. There's great range of accessible fuzz shades with this knob and Mark Z is a dynamic device, which feels like fuzzy extension to your instrument.

Standard box version comes with circuit assembled on my PCB inspired by early Zonks layout, and spots all the good stuff - current batch comes with Mullard OC72, Philips OC75, Texas Instruments mil spec OC41 transistors, Miflex polystyrene & Vishay electrolytic & Philips mustard & Mullard tropical fish caps, carbon composition resistors, switched swell pot, heavy duty hardware, etc.

Please note, if you're outside of UE it will be shipped without battery.