SONIC BOOM

The Sonic Boom is based on the built-in/on-board effects Vox put in some of their professional line of guitars around 1967-68, models like the Starstream, Ultrasonic, Delta, etc... Specifically it’s based around the holy trinity of the “Treble/Bass Booster” “Distortion” and “Repeater” effects. I don’t know what kind of acid those guys at Vox/JMI were smoking back then, but they produced some of the wackiest and best sounding musical devices of their time. Although I don’t think these effects ever got their just desserts until the 1980’s when Spacemen 3 got a hold of them. If you’ve never had the chance to check out one of these guitars let’s just say they are a real fun trip, very hypnotic and psychedelic, especially when the effects are used together.