This article needs additional citations for verification. (August 2018) |
Company type | Privately held company |
---|---|
Industry | Musical instruments |
Founded | 1957 |
Founder | Thomas Walter Jennings |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Global |
Products | Electric guitars Bass guitars Amplifiers Electronic organs Electric ukuleles Electric mandolins |
Parent | Korg |
Website | voxamps |
Vox is a British musical equipment manufacturer founded in 1957 by Thomas Walter Jennings in Dartford, Kent, England. The company is most famous for making the Vox AC30 guitar amplifier, used by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Queen, Dire Straits, U2, and Radiohead; the Vox Continental electric organ, the Vox wah-wah pedal used by Jimi Hendrix, and a series of innovative electric guitars and bass guitars. Since 1992, Vox has been owned by the Japanese electronics firm Korg.