ZVEX Box of Rock

“built to simulate the everything-on-ten sound of a non-master-volume Marshall JTM45, the amp behind a great deal of classic hard rock”— from the zvex-vbor listing

ZVEX built the Box of Rock to recreate a dimed non-master JTM45, so plugging it into the real amp doubles down on that everything-on-ten roar.

Comes later in the signal chain

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → mid-forward)

Stack Marshall Origin 50 Head on top and a high gain tone tightens toward mid-forward

Comes later in the signal chain

Comes later in the signal chain

Stack Ceriatone HRM 50 on top and a high gain tone tightens toward mid-forward

Comes later in the signal chain

Ceriatone Overtone Special HRM Bluesmaster 50 pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward

Comes later in the signal chain

Feed a high gain signal into Gallien-Krueger GK Legacy 4x10 Bass Combo Amp and it comes out closer to mid-forward

Comes later in the signal chain

Phil Jones BG-400 Suitcase Compact Bass Combo takes that high gain character and pushes it toward mid-forward

Comes later in the signal chain

Aguilar SL110 Fawn Limited pushes a high gain tone toward tight

Comes later in the signal chain

Roland Cube Street EX takes that high gain character and pushes it toward mid-forward

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → mid-forward)

Push the Box of Rock's thick crunch with the Klon's midrange boost for extra sustain without losing the amp-like character.

Comes earlier in the signal chain

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → mid-forward)

Nobels ODR-1 pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward

Comes earlier in the signal chain

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.

What MXR Dyna Comp brings here leans toward bright — that's worth building a pairing around

Comes earlier in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (high gain → lush)

Run the Electric Mistress' lush, unique flange sweep after the Box of Rock's thick, everything-on-ten crunch and the modulation gets real weight.

Comes later in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (high gain → lush)

The Mercury7's lush, ambient reverb tails go at the end of the chain, catching the Box of Rock's everything-on-ten crunch rather than getting distorted itself. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (high gain → lush)

Box of Rock's thick, everything-on-ten distortion feeds Moby Dick V2's massive wash, drive first, reverb-scale space last. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Comes earlier in the signal chain

MXR CAE Wah goes in front of ZVEX Box of Rock — a wah tracks picking dynamics best on the raw signal

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Suhr Koko Boost pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward