Hot Silicon
 For years people have been asking me about this..and I'm finally doing it!
The Foxrox "Hot Silicon Fuzz" is the same Hot Silicon previously available as a FuzzCard for Captain Coconut 2 only. It's my take on the original high gain silicon FuzzFace with some tweaks and improvements. Foxrox Hot Silicon Fuzz uses a pair of high-gain BC109C silicon transistors, just like many of the original silicon FuzzFaces, and all of the Crest Audio reissues from the late 80's.
More information coming soon. For now, take a look at some interesting FuzzFace pages from the past couple of years
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Musictoyz.com Price $179.95
 
Octron
 Features
OCTRON is all analog, it's not a digital pitch shifter. You won't get that cheesy harmonizer sound. Instead, it's an organic analog effect that responds to your playing style/technique. And takes on a new life when you put it though other effects and crank it up! Octave up, down, clean with a little of each mixed... you can dial in just a hint of octave or you can make OCTRON your octave monster! (check out the clip below).
Octave Down - It's an octave divider in the tradition of Mutron/BOSS OC2/DOD Octoplus/etc... It tracks your dynamics and has more pre-divide gain and filtering. The result is probably the best tracking you'll ever get from an analog octave divider. Ultimately the tracking is most dependent on playing technique. Articulate playing tracks well, sloppy playing doesn't.
Octave up - It's a high gain circuit that uses a pair of germanium diodes to get the octave doubling effect. There's an internal drive/gain trimmer and a tone trimmer, so you can dial in octave sounds that range from pseudo-clean to screaming and bright. The upper octave is present at all parts of the neck, but it becomes most prevalent as you go up the neck on the high strings. Up around the 10th fret and higher you can get a pure upper octave.
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Musictoyz.com Price $199.95
ZIM
 ZIM is like two separate pedals joined at the hip. The two channels can be configured a number of different ways depending on what ZIMcards are installed. The easy and convenient CardSWAP arrangement makes it easy for you to customize your ZIM to suit your needs. Unless you specify otherwise, you get your ZIM with the default Overdrive cards
ZIM - it's not the same as other overdrives. Instead of a bypass switch and a boost switch, ZIM has two individual channels which can be used individually or together in series (cascaded). Each has it's own true bypass (3pdt) switch w/ LED. This gives you three differenet sounds (A, B, or A + B). With the option of having two gain stages in series, you'll never be starved for gain.
Instead of a treble control, ZIM has a unique voicing circuit that gives you almost limitless control over your overdriven tone. In addition, each channel has it's own bass/treble trimmer which can be set internally.
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Musictoyz.com Price $249.95
Paradox TZF Flanger
 Paradox TZF An original design, it's not a clone of anything. The first and only flanger of it's kind. Through-zero-flanging was done in the 60's using a pair of analog tape decks. Stomp box flangers were never able to produce the authentic tape flanging sound, the part where it goes over the top, the best part! The orgasm. Here are some examples of through-zero-flanging. Hendrix - Axis bold as love, Midnight, House burning down, Gypsies Eyes, Have you ever been, Queen - Keep yourself alive, Eagles - Life in the fast lane, Doobie Bros - Listen to the music, Lenny Kravitz - Are you gonna go my way, Black girl, Stop draggin' around (Lenny - you asked me for this pedal back in '93 - contact me!), Small Faces - Itchykoo park, Joe Walsh - The confessor (Joe rules!..what a f*cken incredible song!).
Serious flanging Paradox TZF meant for people who are serious about flanging. If you just need a swirly, tubular sound, your garden variety $40 flanger will do just fine. But if you've been on an endless quest for that magical flanging sound, a sound you only hear on recordings from the 60’s and 70’s, this baby is for you! Follow the links above to hear audio clips.
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 CAPTAIN COCONUT 2
Written by Dave Fox..
Finally at Music Toyz.com.....
Since Captain Coconut was introduced in September of 2000, they've been selling faster than I can produce them. It has proven to be a solid, reliable, great sounding unit that brings together three of the coolest effects of all time. Being a Hendrix/Trower/SRV/Gilmour freak, I've always loved the sounds of the old Fuzzface, Univibe and Octavia effects. I always thought it would be cool to have those effects in one box, and I figured that if I wanted it, so would other guitarists. And guess what - I was right. Captain Coconut is a dream come true, it's a solid, pro quality analog multi-effects box designed for live performance use. The FuzzFoot, Provibe and Octave effects are top-notch. To get an idea of what it sounds like, check out the audio samples page.
Due to the incredible success of Captain Coconut, I decided to do a re-design, setting a new standard in limited production, hand built guitar effects. What follows below is a list of changes and enhancements that make up the standard in its class -Captain Coconut 2.
FuzzCard "plug-in fuzz" concept - Fuzz is a touchy thing. Most players have their own idea of what the ideal Fuzz should sound like. This is due in part to the fact that the original FuzzFace was not a consistent product, there were different versions (Silicon NPN, germanium PNP, custom mods, etc..) and individual units sounded different from one another. Also, different types of Fuzz's sound different depending on what amp is used. The FuzzFoot, my custom version of the classic Fuzzface circuit covers more ground than most Fuzz pedals, but still I saw the need to add one more degree of flexibility - I designed the FuzzCard, the entire Fuzz circuit on a plug-in circuit board. This makes it possible to put any version of the classic Fuzz circuit into a Captain Coconut 2 without having to make any changes to the main circuit board. The tone of a Fuzz is very subjective, and the FuzzCard makes it possible to please even the pickiest players. Several different versions of the Fuzz circuit will be available, in addition to a stand - alone FuzzFoot unit that will be built around the modular FuzzCard. FuzzCard is also an experimenter's dream. For those who prefer to build their own Fuzz, a blank FuzzCard will be available so you can pick your own transistors and other components and modifications without any mods to the main Captain Coconut circuit board.
Envelope Controlled Speed (ECS) for the Provibe - ECS takes Vibe speed control to a whole new level. In addition to front panel and pedal control of speed, the Provibe offers an option to control the speed with the dynamics of your playing. This was a feature that made the '93 / '94 version of the Provibe unique among all the other Univibe clones that popped up in the mid '90s, and I decided to bring this awesome feature back. When you put the ECS/SPEED switch in the ESC position, the SPEED knob becomes the sensitivity and decay control for the ECS circuit. You select the sensitivity level that works the best for your guitar, playing style and amount of speed variation you want. From there, you create speed variations with your playing which are unique and incredibly expressive. The harder you hit the strings, the faster it spins. As your notes die down, it slows. Picking style, guitar volume knob changes and other effects in the signal chain all contribute to unique, yet reproducible speed variation that no other Vibe effect is capable of. This feature, along with the flexibility and super lush 3-D sound of the Provibe makes it superior to all other "Vibes".
Improved Speed pedal control - The original Univibe came with a speed control pedal, there was no speed control on the front of the unit. Since then, virtually all of the true Vibe clones which offer external speed pedal control have relied on the same basic circuit. This is good and bad - it's good because nothing beats the original Univibe "throb" that this circuit delivers. The bad part is that it requires a custom-wired dual potentiometer with an unusual taper. The common result is poor speed control range, not to mention the fact that it's a real pain in the butt to modify a rocker pedal to serve this function, and it can be expensive to pay someone else to do it. Captain Coconut 2 uses opto couplers to accomplish speed control, while still using the original vintage circuitry. Just about any off-the-shelf volume pedals or expression pedal can be used to control the speed of the Provibe, without any internal modifications. If you have a passive volume or expression pedal that you don't use, chances are it will make the ideal Provibe speed pedal. When a speed pedal is hooked up to the Provibe, the front-panel speed control becomes a "maximum speed limiter". This provides a degree of pedal control that no other Vibe offers.
Order of effects - Just like the original Captain Coconut, CC2 offers the ability to patch the three effects in any order you want. For convenience, the effects have a default signal flow. The order of effects in CC2 is Octave>FuzzFoot>Provibe. The original Captain Coconut was Octave>Vibe>FuzzFoot. While they are both valid combinations, the new order seems to be what more people prefer and it's my favorite setup, so I made the change.
Incredible new super rugged steel chassis - The original Captain Coconut was built into an off-the-shelf Hammond-style dye cast aluminum enclosure. This presented certain challenges such as limited availability, the fact that all the holes had to be hand-drilled and look is kind of "boxy". In order to make CC2 easier to produce, I decided to design an all steel, custom punched, angled enclosure. It's a two piece box made from cold-rolled steel - the top part is 16 gauge and the base is 14 gauge and it's powder coated in black. This adds up to a heavy duty, bullet-proof enclosure which is virtually indestructible, with a look and feel that just oozes with quality.
These new improvements take an already stellar product and push it over the top in terms of quality, flexibility and value. Captain Coconut 2, from Foxrox Electronics is part of a new generation of innovative custom guitar effects geared towards the professional musician.
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Foxrox Electronics Expression Pedal
 Foxrox Electronics is proud to offer the new Foxrox Expression pedal. A low cost, high quality control pedal, modified for optimum performance with Foxrox products*.
*What the hell does that mean? They figured you'd ask. CC2 and TZF have SPEED control circuitry that works best when certain pot values and tapers are used. And a taper pot is very important for smooth transitions. This pedal is modified for optimal performance. Similar pedals, like Roland EV-5 usually cost around $80.00.
Applications
1) Provibe Speed control (Captain Coconut 2)
2) Paradox TZF Manual control
3) Paradox TZF Speed control
Features -
- Taper control pot that allows you to tweak
the taper and adjust the functional travel of the
pedal to your liking.
- Rotational position of the internal pot pre-set by Fox for the best range
- 18" wire coming out of the pedal so it's not a mess on
the floor. The 6 foot wire is wound up in the pedal, so you can
get more length if you need it.
- High quality plastic casing. Of all the plastic control pedals, this
one is the highest quality I've seen. Not a light-weight piece of garbage, this
thing will surprise you. Has a thick metal base.
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