Lauzon Music · Est. 1945
Vertex
Vertex pedals in Canada, from Ottawa. Vertex Effects designs and hand-builds its pedals one at a time in California. We stock its Dumble-style overdrives and the Buffer Interface, and test each one on our bench before it ships.
Vertex buying guide and questions
Vertex
Buying guide
Vertex pedals at Lauzon Music
What Vertex is known for
Putting the sound of rare Dumble amps on a pedalboard. The Ultraphonix took more than four years of work: between 2012 and 2016 Vertex owner Mason Marangella and the team voiced it against five original Overdrive Special amps. The Ultra-Phonix HRM recreates one of the few EL34-powered Overdrive Specials, ODS #0214, and the Steel String MkII is based on serial #001 of the Steel String Singer. All of them are 100% analog.
Buying a Vertex from us
Every Vertex pedal is tested on our bench and ships insured, free over $200 across Canada and the US, with no duty on US orders. If you're after a Vertex pedal that isn't on this page, ask us in the chat.
Questions
Vertex questions, answered
What's the difference between the Ultraphonix MkII and the Ultra-Phonix HRM?
The Ultraphonix MkII was voiced alongside four Dumble Overdrive Special amps from the 1970s to the 1990s, which ran 6L6 power tubes. The Ultra-Phonix HRM recreates ODS #0214, one of the handful built with EL34s, so it has a more British voice. The HRM's controls are Master, Volume, Accent, Tone and Ratio, which blends in your clean signal.
Can the Steel String MkII work as a clean boost?
Yes. With the gain below halfway it behaves as a clean boost with some D-style colour; past halfway it moves into light overdrive. It has a Jazz/Rock toggle for the low end and runs on 9 to 18 volts, with more clean headroom at 18.
Where are Vertex pedals made?
In California. Vertex designs and handcrafts its pedals one at a time and sources its materials in the USA wherever it can.
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