Locobox Rotophase

Made in Japan vintage and rare pedal.

Controls

• Rate: controls the speed/rate of the LFO wave that controls the effect

• Intensity: controls the depth/amplitude of the modulation (the size of the range in which the effect sweeps).

The History of Locobox

Information about the origin of the Locobox effects pedals is few and far between. In the beginning in the late '70s, all the pedals were handmade in a small factory in the city of Urawa, in Saitama, Japan. There were virtually only three men (the president, the designer and his boss) as well as six or seven women part-time workers. They did all the R&D, construction, testing, and even the silkscreening themselves.

They started out selling their pedals to Arai Boueki (Aria), and these had the brand name "Locobox." The main brand name was Locobox, but they did make a few small runs of other brands that are exactly the same pedal.