ZVEX - Box of Rock distortion pedal

The Box of Rock (TM) is Z.Vex Effect's first "distortion" pedal, highly specialized to simulate the "everything on 10" sound of a classic non-master-volume amplifier. You may use the Box of Rock effectively with many different amplifiers. Once you've set your maximum needed drive on the pedal, use your guitar's volume control to adjust for the exact amount of distortion you need, all the way down to very clean and clear with most drive settings. On the hand-painted version, the stomp switch on the right is labeled "ROCK" instead, because their paint brushes are too wide for so many small letters.

The Box of Rock also contains an extremely high-headroom, unity-to-50X gain booster with nominal input impedance and low hiss. It is very similar to the SHO boost circuit, with refinements to make it sound more like a standard amp input and less glassy. The boost channel can be used alone or in conjunction with the "distortron engine" channel. The boost channel follows the distortion channel so that the distortion is able to hit your amp harder (at a higher volume) when both switches are engaged, for boosting solos and what-not.

The Controls:

Drive: Sets the amount of distortion. Start around 1:00 o'clock.
Tone: Adjust for treble content. Start around 2:00 o'clock.
Vol: Adjust for distortron engine volume level. Start around 9:00 o'clock.
Boost: Sets the boost level, which is engaged with the left stomp switch. Start around 11:00 o'clock.

The Drive and Boost controls are based on the Z.VEX original Super Hard-On gain control, so they may crackle when turned. This is perfectly normal.

Special note on Zvex products: Some items will not look exactly like the picture... Each Zvex product is hand crafted and custom painted. Each one is unique.

Details here: http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/brands/Zvex.html

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[natnat5577]

judas priest \m/

[riquelme64]

is this beetween a ds1 and a metal distortion?

[guns1rose]

hot for teacher,

van halen

[mmx358]

At 1:38 sounds interesting riff. What is it's name?

[750tblack]

got one love it it works as described work the guit vol control,to clean up,crank it to drive

[BubsGA7]

love it! gotta have one