Foxrox Electronics

Foxrox designs come from Dave Fox himself, who writes the company's blog posts and answers questions directly. On the Captain Coconut page, a note from Dave Fox appears alongside the product description², and his posts on the TZF, Octron2 and battery policy pages are signed with his name and the date³⁴⁵.

The Foxrox story

The timeline below shows the dated events in the company's history:

Known for: Paradox TZF flangers, FuzzCards and the Wah Retrofit

Foxrox Electronics is known for offering different versions of the classic FuzzFace circuit as FuzzCards, plus the Captain Coconut and the Wah Retrofit². The Captain Coconut 2, sold through Analog Man, is a combination octave, fuzz and vibe effects pedal in one unit².

The Paradox TZF line is the company's best documented design. Dave Fox designed both the original TZF and the TZF2, and in July 2015 he published a feature-by-feature comparison of the two on the Foxrox site⁴:

The TZF1's expression jacks mean you can control the SPEED setting, the MANUAL setting, or both, with an expression pedal⁴. The TZF2 is covered in more detail on its own product page.

The Octron line carries the company's octave work. The Octron octave divider design grew into the Octron2, and Fox later compared the Octron4 against the Octron2 in a post signed by him in February 2022⁶⁵. Each signal in the Octron2 has its own foot switch and LED⁵.

Dave Fox, founder and designer

Dave Fox is the founder of Foxrox Electronics and the designer of its pedals. He writes the company's blog posts himself, signing them with his name and date: the TZF versus TZF2 comparison is posted by Dave Fox, dated July 27, 2015⁴, the Octron4 comparison is posted by Dave Fox, dated February 7, 2022⁶, and the battery policy post is signed September 9, 2014³. Commenters on the TZF post address him directly as "dave"⁴.

His design work also reaches outside the Foxrox brand. The Captain Coconut 2 page carries a note from Dave Fox about the pedal's fuzz section², and his Octron2 design came from a direct collaboration with a player, described below.

What inspired the Octron2

The Octron2 came from Frank Marino. Dave Fox titled his post on the pedal "Frank Marino Inspired Me to Create Octron2," published October 11, 2018, telling the story of how Marino's suggestions and a modified Octron led to the Octron2 design⁵.

Support and contact

Foxrox handles support through Dave Fox's own writing on the company site, where he explains policies and answers player questions directly. The clearest example is the battery policy post, where he lays out his reasoning for players³.

The 9V battery policy

For years, Foxrox included a fresh 9V battery with each new pedal that used one, installed in its spot but not hooked up, with the plastic clip left on top³. Starting in April 2014, the company stopped including a battery with each new pedal³.

Dave Fox's reasons, in his own words from the post:

• Many players use pedalboards and designated power supplies, so a pedal might go years or decades without being opened, and a battery inside can die and leak, creating a mess³
• Batteries are bad for the environment and likely to be wasted³

Before the change, Fox had started a thread at The Gear Page titled "9 Volt Battery in a New Pedal - Do You Expect One?" to gauge what players expect³. Foxrox pedals also have a big hunk of foam on the bottom plate, which keeps the battery clip from shorting against anything if you do carry a battery inside³.

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