The AOX (Vox TB V828)
The AOX is my take on the Vox Tone Bender® from 1966. A bright and nasty spitty machine! I tune these to be sonically identical to the original Vox Tone Bender I own. It’s thick and warm in the mids with a little bit of rasp in the highs. It cleans up beautifully and has lots of boost on tap. It does Strawberry Alarm Clock and The Stooges tones perfectly and it’s a hell of a lot of fun!
** 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 AOX is my take on the Vox Tone Bender® from 1966. A bright and nasty spitty machine! I tune these to be sonically identical to the original Vox Tone Bender I own. It’s thick and warm in the mids with a little bit of rasp in the highs. It cleans up beautifully and has lots of boost on tap. It does Strawberry Alarm Clock and The Stooges tones perfectly and it’s a hell of a lot of fun!
** 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 AOX is my take on the Vox Tone Bender® from 1966. A bright and nasty spitty machine! I tune these to be sonically identical to the original Vox Tone Bender I own. It’s thick and warm in the mids with a little bit of rasp in the highs. It cleans up beautifully and has lots of boost on tap. It does Strawberry Alarm Clock and The Stooges tones perfectly and it’s a hell of a lot of fun!
** 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.
** Both output capacitor values are vintage correct. I handful of the earliest units had the thicker sounding .01uF cap although the brighter .0047uF capacitor was much more common amongst vintage units. Both options are great!
** 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.
** The “Generation” option allows you to choose between two versions of the original Vox Tone Bender circuit.
- 1st gen refers to the early ones that were painted silver hammered (66-67 ish). a little but more raspy and less sustain. Strawberry Alarm Clock or The Doors vibes.
- V828 refers to the later models that were painted black and had “Model V828” written on the bottom. These were made in ‘68 forward. These are a bit more compressed, and sustaining. The first Stooges record and Velvet Underground vibes on this one.
** Please note I am in no way affiliated with Sola Sound or Vox. I am using their trademarked name as a mere reference to the circuit that the Sterling TB V828 is based on. For more information about the originators of these wonderful pedals, Please visit Macari's Website
What’s inside:
Built point to point style on a hand cut replica circuit board made from authentic vintage phenolic board.
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.
2 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, and a carling footswitch.
Housed in a hand painted Hammond 1590P1 diecast aluminum enclosure (6x3.3.x2). Color may vary.
Metal Circle Electric Co. name plate
Bakelite knobs.