#Vox guitar plus

Reverb and drive effects were also included. The factory sound palette includes: single-coil and humbucker pickup models, an electric 12-string model, a variety of acoustic guitar models including small body, large body, nylon string and 12 string instruments, banjo, sitar, resonator guitar and even synth sounds.

#Vox guitar plus

It offered six banks of instruments, each with three variations plus two user banks to store up to six favorites. In an industry hardwired to perpetually churn out a next big thing, any design that remains the kid. The Guitar-organ was a Dick Denney creation that combined the mechanical elements of a Phantom guitar with the oscillators of a Continental electric keyboard. The control panel for the battery operated AREOS-D modeling citcuitry is shown above. 1966 Vox Guitar-organ and ’66 Phantom XII. The output from these pickups could be routed either directly to your guitar amp or through the AREOS-D module to create a variety of modeled sounds. The VGA-3D featured a Vox XLM humbucker in the neck position plus six individual saddle mounted piezo pickups in an adjustable Tune-O-Matic style bridge.

Transparent blue, transparent black or sunburst finishes were offered. It featured a 22 fret mahogany set-in neck with a baked Jatoba fretboard and a 24¾' scale length. It's fully hollow, bound and laminated maple arch-top body was about 3' deep. The AREOS-D modeling circuit was originally designed for the Vox Starstream Type 1 guitars introduced by Vox in 2016.Īlthough it might appear much larger in the photos above, the Giulietta VGA-3D had a rather compact, 13½' lower bout. Introduced by Vox in 2018, the Giuletta VGA-3D guitar followed this tradition of internally installed effects by incorporating the AREOS-D battery-operated guitar modeling circuit. A number of Italian (Eko) made Vox guitars built for US distribution included a treble/bass booster, fuzz, repeat percussion, an E-tuner and a palm actuated wah.

The heaviest they go is Brian May’s soaring tone which combines a treble booster with an AC30 (or three) turned up to ten.

Vox Phantom, Teardrop and Marauder guitars produced by JMI in the UK for European distribution featured battery powered internal circuits that offered treble, mid, bass and top boost plus fuzz and repeat percussion. Vox are perfect for rock and indie music. The first Vox guitars featuring factory installed, battery powered effects were introduced in 1967.