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Price: $300 at City Music (but its out of stock at the moment)
Thanks to the CM staff for letting me and Ized try this amp to its maximum
potential.
Features: Ok, what we have here is an affordable all-tube practice amp,
rated at 4 Watts. Comes with a 1 x 10" Celestion speaker. One 12 AX7 tube at
the preamp and one EL84 tube at the power stage. Controls are Tone, Volume and
OP level (to select between 4W,1W and 1/4 W).4W offers the most clean headroom
and 1/4W has the least clean headroom and goes into overdrive quickly. This
amp can even be connected to a cab for versatility. Looks retroish too
overall. Seems that Vox are jumping in the bandwagon along with Epiphone and
Blackheart.
Sound: We plugged in a Craftsman Strat (H-S-S pickup config) straight
thru the amp, no pedals yet. Sounds great clean below 12 O clock with the
Strat twang at 4W but this amp really comes alive when it goes beyond 12 O
Clock. I put the volume knob at 3 O Clock, adjusted to 1W setting and I could
get a great classic rock tube overdrive at acceptable hearing volume. It
really shines on the bridge humbucker, playing classic rock stuff like AC/DC,
Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Rolling Stones is not a problem at all! Had a great
time playing the riffs to Highway To Hell, You Shook Me All Night Long etc
And this is where the guitar's volume knob comes in handy, it cleans up really
well when the guitar's volume knob is turned down. This amp is great for
cleans and great tube breakup overdrive but what it won't do is high gain
metal distortion. Get a decent distortion pedal for it.
And now for the acid test to see if takes pedals well. According to Ized,
there was a Vox AC15 that he tried thru before that didn't sound good due to
lack of clean headroom and the tone was coloured. We plugged in Ized's trusty
7th Heaven pedal and lo and behold, instant high gain metal territory.The
clarity and definition of the amp combined with the pedal is clear and not
muddy at all. Even Ized was surprised, he commented that when he tried the 7th
heaven thru the AC15 back then, it sounded nasal, thin and bright/harsh
sounding.
Conclusion: My only complaint is that the amp does not have reverb and
tremolo .At $300, it really is affordable for an all-tube amp. According to
the amp's label on it, Vox uses a good quality transformer and spare parts in
the amp. Compared to that of a Epiphone Valve Junior, which has low quality
parts/transformer, 5W,1 X 8 " speaker,one volume knob, 1 12AX7/1 EL84 and
costing about $375 (if I remembered correctly cos I used to own the VJ combo
before). Between the Vox and Epiphone, in terms of quality of sound and
features, the Vox wins hands down. There's the head and cab version coming out
for this next month or so, according to City Music, so that's one to consider.
Well, what can I say? A great Vox sound that won't leave a huge dent in your
wallet (or purse)..
http://www.voxamps.com/images/modernclassic/ac4tv/lg_ac4tv_top.jpg
Click above to see the full size pics.
Price: $300 at City Music (but its out of stock at the moment)
Thanks to the CM staff for letting me and Ized try this amp to its maximum
potential.
Features: Ok, what we have here is an affordable all-tube practice amp,
rated at 4 Watts. Comes with a 1 x 10" Celestion speaker. One 12 AX7 tube at
the preamp and one EL84 tube at the power stage. Controls are Tone, Volume and
OP level (to select between 4W,1W and 1/4 W).4W offers the most clean headroom
and 1/4W has the least clean headroom and goes into overdrive quickly. This
amp can even be connected to a cab for versatility. Looks retroish too
overall. Seems that Vox are jumping in the bandwagon along with Epiphone and
Blackheart.
Sound: We plugged in a Craftsman Strat (H-S-S pickup config) straight
thru the amp, no pedals yet. Sounds great clean below 12 O clock with the
Strat twang at 4W but this amp really comes alive when it goes beyond 12 O
Clock. I put the volume knob at 3 O Clock, adjusted to 1W setting and I could
get a great classic rock tube overdrive at acceptable hearing volume. It
really shines on the bridge humbucker, playing classic rock stuff like AC/DC,
Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Rolling Stones is not a problem at all! Had a great
time playing the riffs to Highway To Hell, You Shook Me All Night Long etc
And this is where the guitar's volume knob comes in handy, it cleans up really
well when the guitar's volume knob is turned down. This amp is great for
cleans and great tube breakup overdrive but what it won't do is high gain
metal distortion. Get a decent distortion pedal for it.
And now for the acid test to see if takes pedals well. According to Ized,
there was a Vox AC15 that he tried thru before that didn't sound good due to
lack of clean headroom and the tone was coloured. We plugged in Ized's trusty
7th Heaven pedal and lo and behold, instant high gain metal territory.The
clarity and definition of the amp combined with the pedal is clear and not
muddy at all. Even Ized was surprised, he commented that when he tried the 7th
heaven thru the AC15 back then, it sounded nasal, thin and bright/harsh
sounding.
Conclusion: My only complaint is that the amp does not have reverb and
tremolo .At $300, it really is affordable for an all-tube amp. According to
the amp's label on it, Vox uses a good quality transformer and spare parts in
the amp. Compared to that of a Epiphone Valve Junior, which has low quality
parts/transformer, 5W,1 X 8 " speaker,one volume knob, 1 12AX7/1 EL84 and
costing about $375 (if I remembered correctly cos I used to own the VJ combo
before). Between the Vox and Epiphone, in terms of quality of sound and
features, the Vox wins hands down. There's the head and cab version coming out
for this next month or so, according to City Music, so that's one to consider.
Well, what can I say? A great Vox sound that won't leave a huge dent in your
wallet (or purse)..
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