Anyone have any experience with either of the vox V8 or Straight 6 "Tone Garage" pedals?
I'm running a JC 120 and am currently using a Blackstar DistX to give it some tubey tone. I run the gain low on DistX, and it sounds great if a little too scooped.
I'm specificaly interested in high-voltage tube pedals, and Vox claims the tubes in these operate at 200V.
Any experiences you could share would be appreciated, especially if you've owned other high-volatge tube distortions and have compared.
Thanks ILF!!
Vox V8/Straight 6, Experiences?
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Re: Vox V8/Straight 6, Experiences?
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Re: Vox V8/Straight 6, Experiences?
Thoughts?
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Re: Vox V8/Straight 6, Experiences?
No experience with the Vox, but that said try the Fryette SAS...
If there's anything out there like it, I haven't found it. EF86 based, IIRC step up transformer inside to take it to high/full voltage. Sonically, it covers everything from a clean boost with massive volume on tap, to a wide variety of OD & distortion textures, and with everything cranked it's just nasty power-tube-saturationeqse fuzz evil.
There's still a few floating around at GC for $100.
If there's anything out there like it, I haven't found it. EF86 based, IIRC step up transformer inside to take it to high/full voltage. Sonically, it covers everything from a clean boost with massive volume on tap, to a wide variety of OD & distortion textures, and with everything cranked it's just nasty power-tube-saturationeqse fuzz evil.
There's still a few floating around at GC for $100.
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Re: Vox V8/Straight 6, Experiences?
I did this with an english muffn for a while and it was pretty cool
Monarch at 18v kicked it off my board however
I tried a vox a while back in a store and it created some noise issues
muffn does too depending on the tubes and how you use it
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Monarch at 18v kicked it off my board however
I tried a vox a while back in a store and it created some noise issues
muffn does too depending on the tubes and how you use it
get a monarch
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Re: Vox V8/Straight 6, Experiences?
Thanks for the comments!
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Re: Vox V8/Straight 6, Experiences?
Into my Jazz Chorus, I prefer stuff that's studio-ready and designed to slam things in a mean, mean way- high-crackle 80s stuff, modern spitting gated fuzz, etc.
The JC's voice is a little different in the EQ/speaker characteristics versus a normal guitar amp so I've had little luck with things designed to sound good with non-clean amps.
Crossover tangent: if it sounded good with a BF-type Fender 6L6 amp, it generally sounded good with the JC as well.
Look for demos with that Vox pedal into a clean Fenderish amp and you'll probably be in the ballpark.
The JC's voice is a little different in the EQ/speaker characteristics versus a normal guitar amp so I've had little luck with things designed to sound good with non-clean amps.
Crossover tangent: if it sounded good with a BF-type Fender 6L6 amp, it generally sounded good with the JC as well.
Look for demos with that Vox pedal into a clean Fenderish amp and you'll probably be in the ballpark.
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Re: Vox V8/Straight 6, Experiences?
Thanks for your comment!rfurtkamp wrote:Into my Jazz Chorus, I prefer stuff that's studio-ready and designed to slam things in a mean, mean way- high-crackle 80s stuff, modern spitting gated fuzz, etc.
The JC's voice is a little different in the EQ/speaker characteristics versus a normal guitar amp so I've had little luck with things designed to sound good with non-clean amps.
Crossover tangent: if it sounded good with a BF-type Fender 6L6 amp, it generally sounded good with the JC as well.
Look for demos with that Vox pedal into a clean Fenderish amp and you'll probably be in the ballpark.
Good deals: Monkey Boy, julius_deane, oldangelmidnight, K2000 (x2), kbithecrowing, Casavettes, leaves turn, psychedelicrelic, nevada, alexsga, sa1126, Invisible Man, foot, solewheelin', hbombgraphics, bronzetalon, Aquietcabin1978, bass_econo, christafarai; (on TalkBass) jazzyitalian, MicG, bufert57, marineman227, karter2000; (on TGP) leray1, Electroman, bigEbeer; (on DIYstompboxes) LucifersTrip, lethargytartare; (on HC) StratsRule07, lfrz93, Firebrand, caeman, bluesthug
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Re: Vox V8/Straight 6, Experiences?
Resurrection!!!
Looking for more comments from anyone who has played them! Thanks!
Looking for more comments from anyone who has played them! Thanks!
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