Vox Satchurator

Three chicken-head knobs, two footswitches, and a pad switch. EASY!

It is very easy to get a great sound out of it as well as just plain fun getting many sounds from it. The most tiny movement on the knobs, and you change things very much sometimes.

I am using a Ibanez JS1000 Black pearl, into...Dunlop Crybaby 535q, Fulltone Ultimate octave, Satchurator, Digitech whammy, into a Peavey Triple XXX head. I have other effects in my effects loop, but I digress....


I do not think I have ever played through a pedal that is so quiet with this much gain available. This is the most impressive pedal I have purchased since the Fulltone OCD and that is saying a lot for me. It is better than the OCD. It is better than anything!
The best pedal possibly ever as far as distortion goes.

The smallest changes in knob position yield very different results.
The tone that pours out from this pedal is extremely touch sensitive. It plays like all boutique pedals wish they did.
I cannot say enough about this. If you back the volume on your guitar down, this pedal cleans up so nicely it is almost unreal.

It is very sensitive to the players touch as well. If you dig in, you get more drive. Ease up and play soft, you get lighter shades all over the place. Another thing that is awesome is the rich harmonic structure of the tone. Every note rings out so well.
If you hold notes for a little bit, it rings out into a beautiful feedback. AWESOME!

Great pedal for all styles. Not just shredders.

Since I have only had this pedal for a while, I cannot comment on the long term. It has only been available for a short time, but I am willing to bet I could gig heavily without a back up, and not worry about it.

I have never dealt with Vox before. Therefore, I cannot comment.

However, I can comment on the customer support at MusicToyz.Com, and they are awesome. There was a mix up on my pre order for this pedal, and they made it right and sent me one out immediatley even though it somehow shown I was no longer in line to get one. They bent over backwards to make me happy, and I cannot thank them enough.
Especially Dawn. She is one awesome lady. I love you Dawn!

Personally, I play instrumental rock. However, I play in blues, rock, etc etc. This pedal could cover anything.

This pedal takes away the tone of raw strings bleeding through the distortion that the DS-1 is so good at. It eats that part of your tone. I spent hrs A/B'n the two and the Satchurator just did not have it. The distortion becomes fizzy very quickly when the tone knob is turned past 12 o'clock and very muddy when turned below 10 o'clock. The only positive thing I can say is that it has way more gain/saturation and less noise at the equivalent level of the DS-1's highest setting.

Built very well.

I waited forever for this pedal to be released and I am quite disappointed. For three times as much as I paid for the DS-1 I expected all that and "More" but it ended being more of what I did not want and less of what I did.

Doesnt get any easier! 3 knobs, volume, gain & tone, a 'more' switch for more gain and a pad down switch and thats it!

I been waiting months for this so I couldnt wait to try it out and I wasnt dissapointed. Running a couple of Srats through either my Peavey JSX stack or a Crate Vintage Valve 50 and this pedal loves both amps. Single coils or humbuckers this things amazing. No loss of your original guitars tone but with gobs of beautiful hi gain distortion. And this pedal responds really well to your picking technique to allow you to coax all kinds of tones out of your guitar without ever sounding mushy and its also really quiet. I could go on all day its that good. Best distortion pedal Ive heard in 25 years of playing guitar and as for nailing Satches tone, it delivers in spades, you wont be dissapointed!!

Only had it 2 days, but its really sturdy and quite classy looking too, photos on the web do it no justice. Its made in Japan too, not China so thats got to be a good thing. No Chinese cheap plastic here, it wont fall apart and you wont get poisined by toxic paint lol.

Who knows, Hope I never have to find out!

Its not very often you find a piece of equipment that just works so well yet is so simple. I play everything from RnB to Rock to 80's Metal to Funk & Reggae etc and this pedal will work brilliantly for any of those styles. This will become a permanent fixture on my pedal board and I'll kill any bugger that tries to steal it!
Very inspiring tone and I think its going to be a very popular pedal.

It's finally arrived. This cute red box with the chicken head knobs does exactly what it's been designed to do. Getting a good sound is as simple as plugging it in and balancing up the 'gain' and 'tone knobs to your taste.

I run a JS1000 through an English VS100 on the clean channel and it's very easy to go straight to Satriani type tones.
When the 'MORE' button is on I can pick up a little hiss but when it's off it's very quite.
Distortion is anything from just barely discernable to a silky fuzz right up to gnashing scream.
This is I think it's greatest quality, the variation in tones is just so good. Bending and sliding with the 'MORE' switch off is warm and bluesy at one end, but screaming lead tones at the other. Natural and pinched harmonics are a breeze and have good sustain.
With the 535q Dunlop Wah first in the train the tone and sweep seem easier to control, I'd almost given up on the wah but now it seems like it's useability has been broadened.
The owner's manual states: "capable of very high gain levels, but preserves the tone and pick attack of the guitarist" - this about sums it up.

Haven't owned it long enough, however the build seems sturdy enough.

Warranty in Australia is VOX er no it's KORG er no it's YAMAHA, errr.
I hope it doesn't break.

I've been playing for only two and a half years but mostly Satriani and I've been looking for an easy way to get his tone and now I've found it.
I think I'd have to have another one if someone pinched it, just for the versatility. I had been looking at a DS1 which are mostly digital and somehow thin but the chance to try an analog box has paid off.
I just want to play with this thing plugged in to my amp.