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Zvex ships Tremorama, Ringtone

Blake — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:09:42 +0000

Zvex is shipping two new offerings this month – the Tremorama and Ringtone pedals. According to Zack, the Tremorama is to the Seek-Trem what the Ooh-Wah is to the Seek-Wah… there’s a random mode where you never know for sure if your guitar is turned off or on. It’s like having a bad guitar cord that cuts in and out in perfect time with the music. The Ringtone is a sequenced ring modulator.

The function of the mini-toggle to the upper left selects Run or Step mode. When in Run mode, the left stomp switch goes between random and sequence modes like you’d expect. When in Step, the left stomp switch moves the sequence manually, one step for each push.

NAMM: Zvex promises amp, Vexter Probes coming

Blake — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:54:42 +0000

While Zvex had its new Instant Lo-Fi Loop Junkie prototype on display at NAMM, the boys told WTDP? that their are also plans for Vexter versions of their popular Probe line in the pipeline. No info on availability or price yet. Additionally, an amp prototype was on display. Called a mix between a Silvertone and a Marshall, the amp boasts two fully independent channels… like having two amps in one… and may get a third in the form of a mic pre. Production is a few months down the road and it will be smaller, but there is a new Zvex amp on the way. Check out the pics below the jump!

NAMM: Zvex’s Inventobox revealed

Blake — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:49:09 +0000

This is a very interesting offering from the Zvex camp. The Inventobox is… or has… the potential to be several pedals in one. The working model on display at NAMM was in fact a Super Hard-On, Fuzz Factory and a ‘Marshall’ styled EQ all in one. The plan will allow users to buy different components to fasten into the Inventobox housing to create custom multi-effects. It is said to work for most all Zvex pedals… and others as well! Current estimate for availability is this spring, possibly as soon as April. The unpopulated Inventobox will carry a price tag of around $300. Check out the pics after the jump!

What’s Zvex up to?

Blake — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:43:27 +0000

Sounds like Zack Vex has a monster pedal set to debut at the Winter NAMM show in January. Details are scarce, but Vex posted on Harmony Central late last week that he is working in earnest on a pedal with ‘three circuit boards, 16 pots, 20 LEDs, 4 switches’ and is nothing like anything he has ever done before. Speculation is that he will debut a super delay – a Delay Factory, if you will. He is not letting on as to what exactly it is, but did say that he has been working on it off and on for the better part of a year and intensively for the last three months. Stay tuned!

Zvex opens online custom shop

Blake — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:43:33 +0000

Zack Vex has opened up a fantastic new online custom shop which allows would-be Vexians to tour and purchase from Zvex’s large catalog of hand painted pedals. The graphic-intensive shopping experience gives each pedal its due with awesome controls enabling you to zoom in and out of individual stomps or groups of pedals. You can browse the entire line or just pick the pedal type that suits from the Fuzz Factories and Boxes of Metal to the Super Hardons and Seek Trems. The emersive nature of the site is… a site to behold! Click here to check it out, either to drool or to buy!

Zvex touts new Vextron Series pedals

Blake — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:42:43 +0000

Zvex Effects will showcase the first two in the company’s new Vextron series of new lower prices pedals at the Winter NAMM show next month. The Disortron is the distortion side of the company’s popular Box of Rock stomp with added gain boost and subs switches, while the Mastatron is a ‘bastardized’ Hendrix silicon fuzz using the 2N2222 transistor. According to Zachary Vex, the stomp has a ‘bumble bee’ quality that stays solid for all settings. Pricing for the new Vextron Series is an attractive $149. Both new pedals are slated to be available in April.