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In pictures: Vox Tone Garage series unboxed

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By Michael Brown published 29 August 2013

New pedals from the Brit legends – with valves!

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Vox Tone Garage

Vox Tone Garage

Take a trip to the Tone Garage and you’ll see that Vox has loaded its three new drive pedals with 12AX7 valves, utilising the company’s Hi-Volt technology to up a nine-volt input to 200 (!) volts for true valve-like response.

Four of the five pedals - Flat 4 Boost, Straight 6 Drive, V8 Distortion and the valve-less Trike Fuzz - have arrived with us here at TG, so we thought we’d share the excitement of removing them from their various packing materials.

For the full review of the Vox Tone Garage series, check out Total Guitar issue 247, on sale 28 October.

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Vox Tone Garage

Vox Tone Garage

Nice boxes, right?

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Vox Tone Garage

Vox Tone Garage

Each pedal comes with an instruction manual and six AA batteries – but you can use a high-mA power supply to run these stompers, too

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Vox Flat 4 Boost

Vox Flat 4 Boost

With a range of EQ options, the Flat 4 Boost looks to be a versatile boosting machine.

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Vox Straight 6 Drive

Vox Straight 6 Drive

The Straight 6 Drive’s colour and classic tone controls recall a certain classic overdrive - with added valve, of course.

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Vox V8 Distortion

Vox V8 Distortion

Gain fiends will want to direct their wallets towards the V8 Distortion, which features a handy mid-shift control.

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Vox Trike Fuzz

Vox Trike Fuzz

While the Trike Fuzz doesn’t have a valve, it does boast three octaves of fuzz overtones for synthy analogue sounds.

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Vox Tone Garage

Vox Tone Garage

A quick size comparison for those of you who need to plan your pedalboards…

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Vox Tone Garage

Vox Tone Garage

Each pedal emits a familiar glow from its engine room.

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Michael Brown
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Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master's degree in journalism, and has spent the past decade writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as a decade-and-a-half performing in bands of variable genre (and quality). In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.

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