Vintage Original Jen Elettronica Volume Pedal Pescar Italy + VOX carry Case

Description

Presenting a  Vintage Original Jen Elettronica Volume Pedal made in Pescar , Italy.
This is a rare original version with built in input and output cables. Many people removed them and installed jacks. Both jacks are broke. But I left them intact to keep it original. Just the tips can probably be replaced. They screw in.
SOLD AS IS FINAL SALE IN NEED OF SERVICE
OFF THE NET:
In the early to mid‑1960s, English brand VOX looked to Italy (most notably Jen) for the manufacture of their early effect pedals. They started off with the simple volume/expression pedal, used for guitar or keyboard. The first ones were designed to match VOX’s Jaguar and Continental organs and came in the very cool smooth grey ‘hammertone’ finish with the cast and white‑painted VOX logo on the front face, which pre‑dated the more familiar black crackle and chrome finish of later models. The sturdy casings made an ideal basis for the classic early wah‑wah pedals that would follow, including the classic Cry Baby and VOX V846 Wah Wah. Originally, these volume pedals would probably have had one or two long captive cables with male ¼” jack plugs, but many have been converted over time to the more useful standard ¼” female input and output jack sockets. Curiously, perhaps because of its keyboard origin or the captive lead(s), the input and output jacks were designed the opposite way round (L‑R) to the standard used on most other pedals produced since (R‑L). Like most basic volume pedals (and guitar volume controls for that matter), the VOX volume pedal is passive and doesn’t require any power. English guitarist Brian May of Queen has been known to use vintage VOX volume pedals. VOX has a volume pedal (V860) in its modern range but it is far removed from these 1960s progenitors. These very early VOX pedals seldom come up on the vintage effect market due to the age and rarity, which is gradually increasing their collectability and pushing up values on the vintage market, although prices tend to vary considerably.