Are UniVox and Vox related?
Historically they have been separate companies but currently there is an interesting connection between the two. Vox is an English company started in 1957. The Univox name surfaced when the company Unicord purchased the Amplifier Corporation of America (ACA) in Westbury, NY in 1964 and marketed a series of tube amps under the name Univox. Guitars followed in 1969, and almost all Univox guitars were supplied by Arai and company of Japan. My hunch is both companies used Vox in their name because it is an acronym for voice. OK, now for the strange convergence. In 1985, Unicord was purchased by Korg and the Univox line went extinct. Interestingly, Vox products are currently distributed in the U.S. by Korg. So are they related, you tell me. Actually, if we dug deep enough into the holdings of corporate America everything is probably related, but I guess that’s another story.
