Vox (company)

Vox
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryMusical instruments
Founded1957; 67 years ago (1957)
FounderThomas Walter Jennings
Headquarters,
Area served
Global
ProductsElectric guitars
Bass guitars
Amplifiers
Electronic organs
Electric ukuleles
Electric mandolins
ParentKorg
Websitevoxamps.com

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.