The Sonus Black Fox (Chrome edition)
One time chrome top edition! Only one is made! Will not make another one. Why? Because it was a pain in the a** to make.
After studying original Vox, Crybaby and JEN Wah-Wahs from the late 60s, we made some discoveries which we reproduce in our Wahs. We have exactly recreated these pre 1971 wahs with all the right NOS parts. These old parts produce a lively vocal tone, sounding more sticky and 'compact'. This typical character is lost in modern wahs.
Jimi Hendrix was probably the first to use a buffer in his wahs as early as mid 1968 in the studio (installed by Roger Mayer). We have included such a buffer with it's own true bypass switch and potentiometer. All neatly tucked away under the treadle. Un-buffered the sound is crystal clear with a mellow transition, excellent for clean tone. With the buffer engaged it gets a more distinct transition and works with fuzz or distortion, the buffer lowers impedance resulting in a better wah sound with fuzz tone.
In addition the buffer also enhances the wah effect when plugged into an instrument interface for PC/Mac recording.
Jimi Hendrix was probably the first to use a buffer in his wahs as early as mid 1968 in the studio (installed by Roger Mayer). We have included such a buffer with it's own true bypass switch and potentiometer. All neatly tucked away under the treadle. Un-buffered the sound is crystal clear with a mellow transition, excellent for clean tone. With the buffer engaged it gets a more distinct transition and works with fuzz or distortion, the buffer lowers impedance resulting in a better wah sound with fuzz tone.
In addition the buffer also enhances the wah effect when plugged into an instrument interface for PC/Mac recording.
- Features:
- 1967 Exact Replica PCB.
- NOS Tropical Fish capacitors
- ICAR replica potentiometer.
- Allen Bradley carbon comp resistors.
- HALO inductor.
- Durable Carling true-bypass switch & wiring.
- Active JFET buffer with pot and switch.