My Zvex collection begins to expand again...oh-oh!!!

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Post by zhivago » Tue Mar 13, 2018 1:49 pm

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Yeah, and I got it on the cheap side, compared to how much they are from new. ;D
The prices on these pedals are so all over the place...I sometimes get amazing deals and other times I pay through the nose! :D :-[ :D
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Post by HorseyBoy » Wed Mar 14, 2018 1:47 am

You know, my SHO is almost identical to the one in your original collection pic:

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Dated 11/17/99. Still love that buzzy bee.

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Post by fortytwo » Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:54 am

Here's the Nano.

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Post by zhivago » Wed Mar 14, 2018 1:55 pm

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Wed Mar 14, 2018 1:47 am
You know, my SHO is almost identical to the one in your original collection pic:

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Dated 11/17/99. Still love that buzzy bee.
Very cool! Mine was 9-1-98 8)
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Post by zhivago » Wed Mar 14, 2018 1:57 pm

fortytwo wrote:
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Here's the Nano.

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Wow!!! So cool to see it again!! :-* :-* :-*
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Post by Chip Korea » Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:20 pm

I like lots of pedals, but Zvex is my fave brand! I have a fuzz probe and a wah probe. Plus an ooh wah 2 and a ringtone. The wah probe is wonderful with shed loads of fuzz. The ringtone gives the best cocked wah sound i've ever heard, and it can also - when used with loads of fuzz feeding back - be the backbone to fucked-up borderline-techno.

I'd love a sho, an octane ? and a super duper. And a wooly mammoth. And every other pedal he's ever done.

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Post by zhivago » Sat Mar 17, 2018 12:51 am

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I'd love a sho, an octane ? and a super duper. And a wooly mammoth. And every other pedal he's ever done.


I don't blame you! :D

I've literally had dozens of Zvex pedals over the years, they are such cool boxes.

I'd love a Wah Probe at some point...I had a blue one a while back.

I have two more coming in the post...stay tuned for photos 8)
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Post by Paco » Sat Mar 17, 2018 12:06 pm

This is my kind of thread! So glad you're collecting again, zhivago, your Zvex pictures in this forum is what made me interested in them in the first place :blush: .

And now I LOVE Zvex. Have you tried the Fuzzolo? I'm having a blast with it, I can pretty much replicate my Octane 3 weirdest sounds in a stupidly small enclosure.

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Post by zhivago » Sun Mar 18, 2018 1:32 am

I haven't tried that one yet...I hear great things about it though! :)
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Post by Hiwatt Bob » Mon Mar 19, 2018 6:49 pm

Here's my lil collection of Vex.

'00 Fuzz probe with the older transistors (sounds amazing)
Fat fuzz probe
'98 FF w/the older transistors--very aggro, but still very warm
'98 FF w/ spam cans--it was reissued in a small batch specifically for some music store (which has since worn off).
Reverse FF spam can 111
Germs (not Zvex) spam can FF.
wah probe
loop gate
inventobox (bought it used for cheap)
loop junky
super duper
octane 3
Mammoth
'97 Volume probe--probably the rarest one I have (and sounds/functions a lot better than the trem probe).

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Post by Hiwatt Bob » Mon Mar 19, 2018 6:50 pm

Forgot to add---I also have the Nano amp and the Imp amp--which I use for the power amp for my turntable.

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Post by zhivago » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:21 pm

Hiwatt Bob wrote:
Mon Mar 19, 2018 6:49 pm
Here's my lil collection of Vex.

'00 Fuzz probe with the older transistors (sounds amazing)
Fat fuzz probe
'98 FF w/the older transistors--very aggro, but still very warm
'98 FF w/ spam cans--it was reissued in a small batch specifically for some music store (which has since worn off).
Reverse FF spam can 111
Germs (not Zvex) spam can FF.
wah probe
loop gate
inventobox (bought it used for cheap)
loop junky
super duper
octane 3
Mammoth
'97 Volume probe--probably the rarest one I have (and sounds/functions a lot better than the trem probe).

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Wow! that is quite the collection!! :)

Is there something you'd call your favourite? 8)

(and by the way, it looks like we like the same FF setting! Like the one top left)
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Post by fortytwo » Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:24 am

Damn Bob.. That looks amazing.

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Post by Hiwatt Bob » Tue Mar 20, 2018 11:25 am

Yeah, that's my favorite FF setting for sure!

I'd say my favorites are the Fuzz Probe, Vol Probe, and its kind of a toss up between the '98 FF and '98 Spam Can. The spam can is a little softer/sweeter.

I used to own a ringtone, seek wah, sonar.

Still wish zvex would make a delay probe or seek delay.

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Post by zhivago » Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:05 pm

Hiwatt Bob wrote:
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Yeah, that's my favorite FF setting for sure!

I'd say my favorites are the Fuzz Probe, Vol Probe, and its kind of a toss up between the '98 FF and '98 Spam Can. The spam can is a little softer/sweeter.

I used to own a ringtone, seek wah, sonar.

Still wish zvex would make a delay probe or seek delay.
Oh man!! A delay probe would just rule!!!! :w00t: 8)
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