Ankh Machine (Zonk)
The Ankh Machine is a recreation of the John Hornby Skewes Zonk Machine from 1965. The Zonk machine shares some similarities with the MKI but is a bit darker and slightly less gated than its Tone Bender cousin. It’s a tremendously nasty and nasally beast ready to send you straight into a 60s garage. Go check out The Plastic Cloud’s self titled record from 1968 and you’ll get the vibe.
** These are made to order. Will ship within 2-4 weeks.
** This pedal uses vintage style PNP germanium transistors which are powered by negative voltage, thus the power supply must be an isolated source, such as a 9v battery or 9v power adapter from an isolated source. The power supply cannot be daisy chained with other pedals.
The Ankh Machine is a recreation of the John Hornby Skewes Zonk Machine from 1965. The Zonk machine shares some similarities with the MKI but is a bit darker and slightly less gated than its Tone Bender cousin. It’s a tremendously nasty and nasally beast ready to send you straight into a 60s garage. Go check out The Plastic Cloud’s self titled record from 1968 and you’ll get the vibe.
** These are made to order. Will ship within 2-4 weeks.
** This pedal uses vintage style PNP germanium transistors which are powered by negative voltage, thus the power supply must be an isolated source, such as a 9v battery or 9v power adapter from an isolated source. The power supply cannot be daisy chained with other pedals.
The Ankh Machine is a recreation of the John Hornby Skewes Zonk Machine from 1965. The Zonk machine shares some similarities with the MKI but is a bit darker and slightly less gated than its Tone Bender cousin. It’s a tremendously nasty and nasally beast ready to send you straight into a 60s garage. Go check out The Plastic Cloud’s self titled record from 1968 and you’ll get the vibe.
** These are made to order. Will ship within 2-4 weeks.
** This pedal uses vintage style PNP germanium transistors which are powered by negative voltage, thus the power supply must be an isolated source, such as a 9v battery or 9v power adapter from an isolated source. The power supply cannot be daisy chained with other pedals.
** I tune all my pedals with integrity to be as close to the originals as possible. I don’t add any modern tweaks or “improvements” to the circuit.
What’s Inside:
Built onto authentic Vero board utilizing the exact component layout of the original units.
Vintage new old stock and/or salvaged capacitors intentionally selected for quality and tone
Vintage new old stock and/or salvaged resistors hand selected for performance and aesthetic quality from a mix of vintage Allen-Bradley, Piher, Iskra, and others.
3 carefully matched vintage germanium transistors. Transistors are hand selected by me through a rigorous tuning process. Transistors are chosen based on how they perform in the circuit. I tune all my pedals with integrity to be as close to the originals as possible. I don’t add any modern tweaks to the circuit.
The signal path is wired using high end UK shielded cable like the original units.
High quality hardware including full size alpha pots, Cliff UK style jacks, stainless steel battery holster, and a carling footswitch.
On/Off switch attached to the volume control like the originals
Housed in a hand painted Hammond 1590P1 diecast aluminum enclosure (6x3.3.x2). Color may vary.
Circle Electric Co. name plate
Bakelite knobs.