Rush Amps - Rush Pepbox
Rush Amps - Rush Pepbox Rush Amps - Rush Pepbox Rush Amps - Rush Pepbox
Rush Amps - Rush Pepbox
Rush Amps - Rush Pepbox
Rush Amps - Rush Pepbox

Rush Amps - Rush Pepbox

£330.00

About/History

I would like to introduce you to the authentic and authorised reissue of the legendary RUSH PEPBOX®!
One of the first wave of guitar effects pedals with the new “Fuzz” sound, designed and built in London in 1965 by the creator Pepe Rush. The RUSH PEPBOX ® was used by a number of leading groups in the 60’s including The Beatles (who used one at Abbey Road during the recording of Revolver) The Shadows, The Animals and others. 
An iconic and historic pedal that I am now very proud to stock here at James' Home of Tone.

Unfortunately, Pepe Rush passed away in late 2018 but his daughter, Lucy, is carrying on building them. Lucy had been working with her father for a number of years and wanted to carry on with the work they did together to keep his legacy alive. An honour to have these really cool recreations, made by the same family as the original, here in stock at the Home of Tone and would like to thank Lucy for having me on board to represent her great work.

Controls/Sounds

There’s no doubt right from first plug in, your proverbial time machine has joined you to experience some of that unique mid 60s early Fuzz circuit tone. With your guitars volume pot on full, I’d describe the Pepbox as having a rather compressed vintage fuzz attack (think spirit in the sky!) and a surprisingly (to me, at least) broad range of gain via the ‘Pep’ control. From a little sizzle to absolutely soaring, feedback inducing aggressive and spitty fuzz. Believe me, even at low office friendly volumes, this thing was soaring into controlled feedback with ease. Each region of the varied Pep/gain control capturing it’s own unique response from the input of your guitar too, by that I mean pick attack or type of pickups for example influencing it. Must admit though, couldn't help but keep it dimed and bask in that mega fuzz!
It cleans up almost immediately at the top end of your guitar’s volume, so if that's your thing, you'll find the Pepbox will deliver that effect.

Built on a copy of the original printed circuit board using germanium transistors to capture the unique original sound.

The recreation spec builds are housed in a faithful replica of the original wedge-shaped welded steel enclosure with hands engraved panels which are engraved using the original rotary engraving machine that was used on the original RUSH PEPBOX® in 1965. It has a pre-wired output jack lead and is powered via a 9v battery. Just like the original
It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

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Do you have them in stock?

You betcha'. These are in stock, here at James' Home of Tone available for collection and ordering

Ordering/shipping

Local pickup - If you are local and wish to collect any items or order in advance for collection on a specific day, then you can still place an order online and select local pickup at the checkout. Or drop me a message and I'll reserve the items ready for your visit.
For online ordering and dispatch - In stock, non made to order items are processed and dispatched 3 days a week; Monday, Wednesday & Friday.
For orders that are placed on a Monday, Wednesday & Friday I have an order cut off time of 12:00GMT to allow me chance to process, pack and dispatch your order same day.
For non dispatch days (Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday) there is no order cut-off time, and these will be processed, packed and shipped on the closest following dispatch day.
I will always endeavor to fulfill orders as quickly as I can and if you have specific requirements for a delivery date please do let me know and hopefully I can help.
If you have more queries regarding order placing, processing, fulfillment or general shipping then please see the FAQ page HERE

I would like to introduce you to the authentic and authorised reissue of the legendary RUSH PEPBOX®!
One of the first wave of guitar effects pedals with the new “Fuzz” sound, designed and built in London in 1965 by the creator Pepe Rush. The RUSH PEPBOX ® was used by a number of leading groups in the 60’s including The Beatles (who used one at Abbey Road during the recording of Revolver) The Shadows, The Animals and others. 
An iconic and historic pedal that I am now very proud to stock here at James' Home of Tone.

Unfortunately, Pepe Rush passed away in late 2018 but his daughter, Lucy, is carrying on building them. Lucy had been working with her father for a number of years and wanted to carry on with the work they did together to keep his legacy alive. An honour to have these really cool recreations, made by the same family as the original, here in stock at the Home of Tone and would like to thank Lucy for having me on board to represent her great work.

There’s no doubt right from first plug in, your proverbial time machine has joined you to experience some of that unique mid 60s early Fuzz circuit tone. With your guitars volume pot on full, I’d describe the Pepbox as having a rather compressed vintage fuzz attack (think spirit in the sky!) and a surprisingly (to me, at least) broad range of gain via the ‘Pep’ control. From a little sizzle to absolutely soaring, feedback inducing aggressive and spitty fuzz. Believe me, even at low office friendly volumes, this thing was soaring into controlled feedback with ease. Each region of the varied Pep/gain control capturing it’s own unique response from the input of your guitar too, by that I mean pick attack or type of pickups for example influencing it. Must admit though, couldn't help but keep it dimed and bask in that mega fuzz!
It cleans up almost immediately at the top end of your guitar’s volume, so if that's your thing, you'll find the Pepbox will deliver that effect.

Built on a copy of the original printed circuit board using germanium transistors to capture the unique original sound.

The recreation spec builds are housed in a faithful replica of the original wedge-shaped welded steel enclosure with hands engraved panels which are engraved using the original rotary engraving machine that was used on the original RUSH PEPBOX® in 1965. It has a pre-wired output jack lead and is powered via a 9v battery. Just like the original

 It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

 

You betcha'. These are in stock, here at James' Home of Tone available for collection and ordering

Local pickup - If you are local and wish to collect any items or order in advance for collection on a specific day, then you can still place an order online and select local pickup at the checkout. Or drop me a message and I'll reserve the items ready for your visit.
For online ordering and dispatch - In stock, non made to order items are processed and dispatched 3 days a week; Monday, Wednesday & Friday.
For orders that are placed on a Monday, Wednesday & Friday I have an order cut off time of 12:00GMT to allow me chance to process, pack and dispatch your order same day.
For non dispatch days (Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday) there is no order cut-off time, and these will be processed, packed and shipped on the closest following dispatch day.
I will always endeavor to fulfill orders as quickly as I can and if you have specific requirements for a delivery date please do let me know and hopefully I can help.
If you have more queries regarding order placing, processing, fulfillment or general shipping then please see the FAQ page HERE