How we started

 

My name is Jason Van Pelt.  As a fellow musician who plays a variety of venues, I had used loopers tapping on my guitar, miking shakers, used drum machines that needed to be programmed, stomped on stages, and all the tricks you probably have.  I watched other musicians do the same or play stomp boxes that just didn't sound great.  If you're like me you do anything you can to make a performance better and more enjoyable to the audience.  As a former Nashville recording engineer, musician, and woodworker, I wanted it to design a percussion instrument that would sound amazing.  If it sounds great, it just feels great, right?   I also wanted an instrument that could provide a variety of tones based on where you play it.  Why lug around a bunch of percussion instruments that are difficult to mic correctly? 

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I designed my first Vbox at the end of 2013  and played my first gig New Years Eve the day it was finished.  The response was overwhelming.  After a few modifications and after winning a small entrepreneurial grant from Hormel the following year, I was able to patent the Vbox and launch the company.  Musicians across the country and now around the world are able to add great sounding rhythm with the Vbox acoustic stomp box! 

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I hope you'll give the Vbox a try and more importantly, I hope you as a musician will continue to make the world a better place through your music!

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Jason Van Pelt

owner/designer