ZVEX Box of Rock

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ZVEX Box of Rock Vexter Series

Review - ZVEX BOX OF ROCK

ZVEX is a company that needs no introduction and you’re bound to have heard of their Fuzz Factory, made famous by players such as Matt Bellamy of Muse, who even has the effect installed directly into a number of his guitars.

The Box of Rock is based on a 1966 Marshall JTM45 cranked to breaking point and is designed to deliver all the inherent crunchy chewiness you’d expect from such an amp – it’s like your favourite chocolate bar wrapped in a brushed metal casing. It’s also not a new pedal at all, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth checking out!

As you’d expect from a company that names the distortion circuit the ‘Distortron Engine’ the appearance is a little quirky – I like to think of that as character though.

This particular pedal was of the Vexter series, which contains all the same parts as the hand painted versions but is screen printed instead. This means the costs can be kept down and so the pedal is a little cheaper – and that’s fine with me! Personally, I really like the printed picture of a Marshall on the front anyway.

There are only four controls and everything is pretty simple with this pedal, unlike many we see nowadays that have 2 or more mini toggle switches for different clipping diodes and loads of dials that can just be confusing. This pedal kind of hold true to the non-master volume amp that is its inspiration: it’s simple and does only one thing, but it does it really well.

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