United States
ZVEX Effects
ZVEX Effects, also written Z.Vex, is a US maker of guitar effects pedals and amps based in the Minneapolis area of Minnesota. Zachary Vex founded the company in June 1995. The first pedal he shipped was the Octane, an octave-up fuzz based on a modified 1960s Shin-Ei Apollo fuzz-wah.
- Founded
- 1995
- Product
- 1
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About ZVEX Effects
The Fuzz Factory, designed in the autumn of 1995, became the signature product. Its five interacting controls reach from gated fuzz to oscillation. Other designs include the Box of Rock distortion. The Candela Vibrophase is a phaser and vibrato that uses a Stirling engine for modulation.
Early pedals were hand-painted because screen printing was unaffordable at low volumes, and hand-painted and custom-designed pedals remain part of the range. The lower-priced Vexter series uses printed graphics instead. The Vexter Fuzz Factory has the same internal parts as the hand-painted model.