Vox has finally brought the miniature valves into its own line of overdrive pedals: enter the
Valvenergy Series.
The line-up is composed of four pedals, the
Mystic Edge (based on the AC30);
Copperhead Drive, (a classic rock stack sound);
Silk Drive (the tone of a legendary boutique amp… dare we say Dumble?) and
Cutting Edge (voiced for modern metal).
All four offer amp-style drive with a Nutube twist, promising tube tone and response via a 9V power supply internally boosted to 15V.
There are three ways to use each pedal: as a standard pedal; as a preamp, outputting a line-level signal for use with a power amp; or as a direct box via an in-built analog cab sim.
Each stompbox offers buffered bypass, and the ability to switch multiple pedals on and off at once via a clever 1/8” cable connection mode - essentially like switching amps.