Singlecoil Guitars has relaunched production of the iconic BSM "Spice Box", a specialized, hand-wired electronic circuit designed to replicate the Master Tone Circuit (MTC) used by Ritchie Blackmore in his Fender Stratocasters since 1978.
The compact unit measures 2 ¼“ x 1 ½“ x ½ “ and fit under the tone pots inside a standard Stratocaster, acting as a passive, high-end tone-shaping tool rather than a standard treble-cut circuit. It provides a passive yet powerful modification for both soloing and rhythm work.
The BSM "Spice Box" was officially released in 2017: Bernd C. Meiser of BSM re-engineered the device after studying four original 1970s MTC units. Sadly, Meiser died in July 2024 after a yearlong battle with cancer for. At that time, all "Spice Boxes" were made to order by him so there were no units in stock – and following his death the Spice Box was no longer available.
Now, Singlecoil Guitars has brought his "Spice Box" back to life. Under its hood, the new BSM Spice Box sports the exact same guts Bernd Meiser used: The same 100% point-to-point production process without any PCB´s and pre-manufactured parts is used to build the "Spice Boxes" so there are no differences to the units Bernd built. But Singlecoil went one step further regarding tolerances and selecting parts. They are now using capacitors with a tiny 1% tolerance and resistors with an even more tiny 0.1% tolerance. This ensures that all Spice Boxes are 100% identical regarding tone and performance.
The BSM "Spice Box" has been renamed to "Singlecoil Spice Box ... à la Bernd" and will be available for a more affordable price than the original. Singlecoil even uses the original instruction paper that Bernd came up with including his hand drawn wiring scheme, supplemented by some drawings we added to the instruction papers.
Handcrafted in the Singlecoil custom shop the "Spice Box" is available for $172 USD / €149 plus shipping. Learn more about the BSM "Spice Box" here:
https://www.treblebooster.net/products/special-units/spice-box.html
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