The Vox TG1V8DS Tone Garage V8 Distortion packs all the power shred heads love along with a few extra tricks for added versatility. Starting off with a real Vox 12AX7 vacuum tube built right into the pedal along with minutely-crafted discrete circuitry, the V8 sports a transistor amplification circuit for immense gain control that alters both the level and character of the effect. Not content to stop there, Vox included a mid-shift switch for toggling where your mids peak out at for an array of distortion flavors all in one effect.