The Vox Ice 9 was built to be best in its class, with enough flexibility to express both Joe's - and your own - individual, signature tone. Power comes from a single 9 Volt battery (an optional AC adapter is available). True to Joes design, the Ice 9 features a durable metal case, a dazzling paint job, plus easy to read, chicken-head knobs... Before joining Vox, Satriani used his BOSS DS-1s and various Tube Screamers to shape his sound. We'd see the Satchurator and this new Ice 9 as the natural evolutions of those tones, respectively. Indeed the Ice 9 is a toneful overdrive that's definitely more classic voiced than more modern, harder distortions.
Loaded with personality, the Ice 9 overdrive pedal is fourth in a series of effect pedals created in collaboration between world-renowned guitarist Joe Satriani and VOX. With two distinct overdrive modes, versatile tone-shaping, and the ever-popular "More" switch, the Ice 9 delivers a wide range of inspiring tones, yet remains remarkably easy to use.. The Ice 9 Overdrive is the latest offering in the Vox Satriani Series, and this time around the goal was to design a wide-ranging overdrive that would span tones from Surfing with the Alien to Satch's current hard-rock sound.