#VOX AC15 TUBE LAYOUT FULL#
#VOX AC15 TUBE LAYOUT WINDOWS#

The layout is basically preamp tubes+rectifier on one side of the chassis, and there are two EL84s and a JJ ECC99 on the other side. Good communication and order tracking and a pleasure to deal with.I recently acquired this AC15 head, it's the hand-wired with the EF86 channel. Great purchasing experience from Thomann too. It is beautifully quiet, with pretty low levels of hiss at the crucial 'all at 12 o'clock' setting even at 15W, and completely silent when attenuated unless pushed to more like 'everything at 3 o'clock'.ДЄll in all having tried to order to order multiple tube amps from a different well known brand and from different suppliers this year, and having had to send them all back for virtually unplayable noise levels (even with nothing plugged into the amp and everything at zero), I am finally in tone heaven! A built in footswitch connection would be nice, but the addition of an affordable AB-Y pedal would give you the options of either/or or BOTH channels together for even more tone exploration. Takes pedals really well in the front (no effects loop). Just a little real spring reverb fills out the sound and stops it feeling flat and dry, while the responsive tremolo is a whole playground of tonal possibilities.

#VOX AC15 TUBE LAYOUT FULL#

When attenuated down to 7W or the ultimate-neighbour-friendly 1/6th of a watt you get the joy of all the tube tone you want without blowing out the windows, but the full 15W is plenty loud enough for good-sized gigs or simply showing off. Huge variety of classic rock and blues tones available from just a little grit and gravel to a full-on saturated roar, and including, of course, that iconic chiming Vox clean sound. Was beginning to give up hope of buying a tube amp online without hearing it in store but my faith has been restored. Again, I wish I'd tried a Vox amp sooner!!! I will be using this amp for recording, and just having hours and hours of fun. Reverb/Tremolo are not the absolute best I've heard, but are adequate for my purposes. It is stylish, and with a Vox cab, will look absolutely killer. The attenuator is a welcome feature for those of us who don't want our neighbours showing up at the door with torches and pitchforks. As I don't do hi-gain metal stuff, this does everything I need it to do, and it does it well. This is why I took 1 star off for 'handling.' I am going to think about getting the 212 cab, but in the meantime will have to find another place to put it. It won't sit on my 112 cab, nor will it sit on the Vox 112 cab. The only real niggle I have is the dimensions of the unit. I've heard better on Fender amps, but this is fine for me. This amp also has a tremolo, again adequate. The reverb I find merely adequate, though since I am not playing surf music, I don't need to use very much of it, just enough for a bit of depth. This amp has two channels, with a master volume, and you can get the overdriven tones on both the 'Normal' and the 'Top Boost' channels, and they both sound different. Dig in, and you get that really creamy overdriven crunch that is not muddy. Pick gently, it is clean with a tiny bit of grit. You would be surprised how loud 1.5 watts can get! The dynamic range is something amp sims cannot yet emulate really well. I have been playing it in its middle setting, which is 1.5w. Speaking of volume, I am quite pleased with the built in attenuator.

#VOX AC15 TUBE LAYOUT WINDOWS#

It does clean very well, and the crunch/overdriven sounds are the best I've heard on an amp that wasn't loud enough to blow the windows out. I absolutely love the wide variety of tones that can be dialed in very easily. That ruled out my other choice, the Fender Super Champ, which seems like a nice amp, but didn't fit the parameters of what I wanted.ДЄs I mention in the title, this is the fist VOX amp I have played in 44 years of playing, and I can only say I wish I had done so earlier. I didn't want to pay for USB/Headphone outs, as they are irrelevant to me. I wanted a traditional amp with a real reverb. When I saw this model, I was intrigued, and decided to give it a try. So, I started to research amp heads, as I have a 12' cab. I've been using amp sims for the past few years, and started to get a bit tired of them. I wouldn't have bought a valve head to lug around to gigs, lol. I am, admittedly, a 'livingroom warrior' at this point in my life.

Vox ac15 tube layout