Vox Starstream – the latest evolution in onboard guitar electronics
Vox Starstream – the latest evolution in onboard guitar electronics
Vox Starstream – the latest evolution in onboard guitar electronics
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I went nuts when he played the catalyst intro. I love Chappers!!!
Sounds effing awesome….well impressed….I have no problem with companies stepping out of the mainstream…..let’s have more please….
I can’t believe Vox stopped making their beautiful guitars only to come up with this. Alright, it’s pretty cool and it looks very interesting. Notice how Rob looks like a giant next to those two guys?
Middle section needs to be removable since it already looks like an ugly travel guitar with a frame around it (it’s growing on me…but it’s still ugly) so you might as well give it that extra functionality, and the headstock absolutely needs to be painted. I don’t dislike the shape of it necessarily but the straight natural finish makes it look like a cheap unfinished Saga guitar kit neck.
Sounds fine but looks awfull! Please KORG/VOX, bring back all the great guitar of the JMI era! Phanton XII, VI, STARSTREAM XII; HE V213 LYNX; V275 ULTRASONIC XII; THE V286 GRAND PRIX; THE V219 BOBCAT; THE V252 MARK VI ACOUSTIC
That drive tone kinda sounds like one of the tones from one of the Vox Modeling amps
But….. Does it DJENT?
The price for that guitar is astounding. But I gotta admit that the appearance is somewhat off-putting.
There goes your tone wood theory, huh?
But it’s so bloody ugly
That thing is fucking beautiful. Papa bless Vox.
Rob how can you just look into the lens and lie to us like this?
HOLY SMOKES THAT’S A DUDE!
the design of this guitar has strangely grown on me, but I could do without the headstock
So is it time to put a multi-mode DSP based guitar effects pedal inside the VOX guitar but needs a multiway connector something like a DB9 connector plus a pedal connector beside the main lead which would be perfect.
I wouldn’t touch one of these with a shitty stick, all the simulated instruments sound empty, there are dozens of effects units on the market that do a much better job than this, I get a slight whiff of "The Emporer Wears No Clothes" with this
Whats the name of that country-ish tune rob was playing at the start.
They should take that modifying thingymajig and turn it into something like the amPlugs
Is there a left handed version?
there’s no left handed starstream so i’m not impressed as i would of bought one
What does in Vox make good guitars like the old ones that the teardrop guitars they come up with all this garbage they put out nowadays say thing with the fVox Amplifiers they’re too stupid they don’t know how to make anything right anymore
As nice as it plays, im not sure about this one!
I made a sandwich during the first 4 minutes. Then, I heard the guitar play and it reminded me of my guitar pedals. Big deal. Shutting down after 6 minutes. Nothing new here.
sounds like hollow body guitar
That guy has stolen Paul from guitarworld’s scarf!!
They had to make it the most stupid looking guitar though, Rob doesn’t look comfortable playing it.
It sounds incredibly well. I’m most impressed. I don’t think i would try to get it though – not with my amateur range and target style. Still, great way to find out vox makes axes alongside amps.
Am I the only one who likes the look of the body?
Resisting the obvious transformers pun here
Shit… How long until more places start to make this cheaply so I can actually get one?
I am curious though what the difference is between the Starstream Type 1 and the Type 1 Plus as far as the sound banks that are onboard? I am catching this video 3 years after the fact and seen they released some newer models that supposedly have updated sound and different tone wood options. I love that the Stompbox is in the guitar and that you can tweak the effect on the fly. I love Vox amps and should be ashamed for not having heard of this guitar before now.
If you can get your hands on an older release and a more recent Type 1 Plus to do a side by side that would be simply awesome to see if the differences are subtle or truly noticeable.
I am purchasing the Vox Mini Super Beetle and having a vox guitar that has onboard effects to accompany it would be like the perfect studio rig in a sense and that Super Beetle don’t count it out for a great gigging rig for small venues because I ran it through an Orange 4×12 Cabinet yesterday and it can get really loud upon request and not lose the tonal quality. Just curious if I should be searching for the 2018 model Type 1 Plus or if a 2016 model is going to be the same effects just different tone wood?
Not sure about the onboard modeling, but I dig the look. I’d love a standard guitar that looks like that. Something completely different and modern and original. And I love Vox’s headstock. Usually hate most attempts at those.
Beautifull? Noooo! Fuckin’ ugly! Put this tech in a good looking guitar pleaze!
Hey didn’t variax do this already?
The Gain and the Master Volume should be swappable for those Crunch/Drive moves vs the Violining
How did the hipster burn his tongue?
sounds awesome.. looks ugly … and I have lots of mango trees , but never thought that could be a tone wood…
Wow. Where can I get my hands on one?
Remember variax?
This guitar is sick Idk why it get so much hate.sounds amazing, looks so unique in my eyes
Can you upload new sounds into it?
Sounds better than Variax
With les Paul styling and all these amazing controls configured in a normalish les Paul manner, obviously being more knobs and switches… just configured in a more user friendly way with a more classic look.
Idea for Vox (great job by the way 🙂 ) :
Make a pickup / electronic kit for guitar makers / modders.
So we can have the guitar we want around it, place pots wherever we want, and you can sell a lot without being bugged by people not liking your design, crying for a shape or an other… win win 🙂
Why oh why did I get the variax standard? I’m not happy with it. Really dodgy sounding frets higher up and a bit shoddy tbh. Should have have got this beast!!,
Tbh from my blown iPhone speakers it sounds like a 200 watt triple rec quad stack in a stadium
This guitar is total nonsence
Its sooooo damn ugly though! The headstock looks like a childs toy!
hey, Rob, have you checked out the Boaz One modular guitar? Completely modular (meaning different P/U arrangements, different shapes, around a central core. No digital sampling, just regular guitar functions.
https://uncrate.com/boaz-one-modular-guitar/
3:20 someone tell me what he’s playing