Vox

I’ve had it for 4 days, of course an update will follow if need be. This is an all-analog amp, with a 12ax7 preamp tube and a 12ax7 power tube. As the original output must be around 1 watt, its re-amplified with a solid state processor for a final 30 watts at 4 ohms. Such amps are rare – I’ve only known two, including Koch’s Jupiter and its more metal-oriented sibling. So, we get 8 analog preamps per channel (ranging from clean to saturax), resembling my old – and defunct – Yamaha DG60. Then, there’s an effect section (just mixed with the sound), allowing chorus+delay+reverb. The reverb’s length and depth can be roughly set, as well as the delay’s time (but not its depth), and as for the chorus you can set a mix between speed and depth. It can do the job, but there’s an fx loop on the back panel for a more serious job. Then, you have two switches per tube, drastically changing the overall sound. The result is well-conceived, and very versatile. The more you push the volume, the more the tube can be heard, compresses softly, even with the master at a very reasonable level. Valvetronix owners will definitely feel at home. Finally, the minimal 4-ohm impedance allows to plug just anything to its output (while bypassing the internal speaker) through the jack on the back panel. The on/off switch is quite peculiar, it has to be pushed upward to switch the device on (and downward to switch it off, but you won’t even need to do it as it switches off automatically after one houre without an incoming signal – very practical, and green too!). Soundwise, the tube circuit results in a very organic sound, it lives, pulsates, far from your average solid state amp. In clean sounds, you can’t get tired of the various possibilities, especially considering that the effects sound nice and warm, and the settings allow for two different clean sounds at once. Or two saturax by the way, and so on. Easy, user-friendly and efficient – what more can you ask as to its ergonomy? No background noise, which is a good point. The speaker is 10 inch large, but it sounds warm and wide – another proof that whenever the acoustic part is well-conceived… By the way, I consider its big brother to be too expensive (a hundred more bucks for a bigger speaker and only 60W…), as to the smaller one of the gang it lacks too many things and it already costs 250. In the end, the AV30 appears a very good compromise of size, weight, features and price. And the best part of it is – its look! Awesome, very classy, a nice furniture to have in your living room (its rounded curves and 3D-ish speaker cover are just… wow!). : I’ve used it for a while at a high volume, and it’s full of good surprises! I thought a 10” speaker would absolutely sound shy and lack lows, and I was absolutely wrong! The output volume is impressive, its diffusion in space is great and the small speaker provides large and precise lows. Plus, the amp doesn’t seem to shrink after a few hours – how impressive! The only cons is that I have too much highs with the HiHain 2 setting (even with the treble and mid settings zeroed), so I have to get satisfied with HiGain 1. Plugged into an alnico 212, it sounds much louder, it’s really an incredible small combo… Its sound intensity reminds me of the Princeton Reverb, more precise and powerful, needless to say how much stunned I am. As a result, I almost regret not opting for the AV60, but this 30W version is small and practical so not too much regrets. A single cons, the four tube switches at the right and the last one bring some buzz in. I’ll change the tube. Thanks for reading! Oh, and of course, if I were to buy it again… you bet I would!

For which specific applications or uses have you chosen this product? Installed on my pedalboard, I use it only on headphone so far as I recently moved to a flat but I consider buying a good cab soon to play at home at low to moderate volume. How long have you been using it ? : I’ve use dit daily for 3 months with an American Standard Limited Edition Telecaster with a bridge humbucker. Have you tested other comparable or competing products before purchasing this one? : I tried supposedly good small last generation digital amps with all known features (modulation fx, headphone out…) and it sounded digital and cold, a no-go for me as I previously played on a tube Marshall DSL 40C which was way too powerful to play at home, so to get a good valve amp I turned to this small Vox head which keeps its promises. I also tried the Two Note preamp range which I found attractive but they provided me with strange noises which I couldn’t determine whether it came from the device or the supply, considering I only tested it in a shot using my own pedalboard. In comparaison, the VOX head was really silent with a nuanced and sharper sound, so in a word convincing. As for my pedalboard, I use : a Moller TREX tube screamer, an MXR Fet driver fuzzy distortion, a TREX comp, a TREX wah, a TREX ghost tone reverb, an MXR carbon copy delay and a BOSS EQ. I generally put the VOX’s gain at 0 (clean), its tone at 12h and volume at 10h, which is way enough to mye ars while playing on my headphone. The pedals sound really good on the amp’s clean, and sometimes I only use the amp’s crunch with a little comp for the typical Vox sound I love. In clean, a bit of compression and reverb are required to have yous playing style’s subtleties come out (comething all amps require to my taste). I use my pedals on clean sound to change the grain and get into more modern territories, and also getting close to Marshallesque sounds. In the end, I get a wide sound palette with a single-channel amp, with a tube sound in my headphone (harmonics, warmth, dynamic…). I originally intended to buy the VOX MV50 Clean, but it wasn’t available before a while so I got for this AC which was in the shop’s window and tried it for a long moment. I not only have no regret but am also particularly satisfied – hence this review. I read people criticizing this VOX head xlaiming the Hotones were half the price with an extra fx loop, well I’ve owned both and I precisely sold my Hotone British Invasion which I used to work at night as it was way too limited with my setup – as soon as distortions came in let alone the wah, it definitely lacked clarity. While the Vox has no fx loop indeed, I put all my pedals in the front and it works perfectly. What are the pros and cons of this product? PROS: + Sound quality with a pedalboard (can’t wait to try it with a good cab!) + Value for money + The knobs’ progressivity and precision + its look ! CONS: I can’t think of any so far, as it perfectly matched my expectations but I may update this review after using it more – and especially with a cab. Now that I think of it, perhaps it lacks an internal reverb for those who want to use it with no effect pedal.

I finally tried it out!! The famous all-tube AC30C2 (with 2 speakers) that's as heavy as a corpse!! I copy the features: - 1 Tremolo with depth and speed controls. - 1 Reverb with tone and mix controls. • 1 master volume control - Preamp tubes: 3 x 12AX7/ECC83 - Power tubes: 4 x EL84 - Output power: 30 watts RMS into 16 ohms - Speakers: 2 x 12" 8 ohm Celestion G12M Greenback - 4 inputs: Inputs: Normal (high and low), Top Boost (high and low), all footswitchable, - Spring reverb (switchable) - Tremolo (switchable) - ” Tonecut ” to adjust the presence - Master volume control - FX loop: The EFFECTS LOOP allows you to add other effects to the signal path rather than insert them between your guitar and amp. Using the effects loop with, for instance, a DELAY, you can avoid distortions and strange repetitions. The EFFECTS LOOP sends a -10 dB adapted signal to the effects pedals. - Dimensions (W x D x H): 702 x 265 x 556 mm / 27.64 x 10.43 x 21.89 inches Weight: 32.2 kg / 70.99 lbs. - Outputs: External loudspeaker jack, Extension loudspeaker jack, FX SEND jack - Options: VFS2A Footswitch USE It's a bit of a mess and, to top things off, the name of the controls is upside down when you are looking at the amp from the front!! What a joke!! But apart from that, I love its sound!! SOUND It's a really good amp because I can work the sound and really shape it. It's an amp to do precise work, it was not conceived for distorted rock, hard rock or metal because it has no drive, crunch or lead channel!! Only the Top Boost channel indicates that you can have a more significant sound. In practice, you really need to crank up the volume of the Top Boost so the sound starts distorting...and it's really good!! This amp really made my day today!! I plugged in an LTD elite horizon III and really shaped sound the way I wanted!! OVERALL OPINION I tried it out one afternoon and was half satisfied!! I said to myself: I have finally found a sound I love, but it lacks a more significant distortion, and I'll have to let it go!! Indeed, it's a pity, because I had finally found an amp that lived up to my ambitions!! I don't know if there's any trick, like on the '80s Marshalls where you had to plug a mini-jack of a normal input into a boost input to make the power amp distort more quickly, but I'd take it anyway, because it takes me closer to the sound I love!! To finish, I'd say this vox is an amp for rock and funk above all, for distortion sounds you'll have to look elsewhere!!

I play jazz and pop (I actually play anything, except metal, although...). This amp is excellent for practicing. If I use it with batteries, I can take it from room to room in my apartment. I plug in my Samsung or I-RealPro to play along. Both the clean and crunch sounds are excellent. Metal sounds are nothing to write home about, but using a good overdrive with the clean channel will certainly do the trick. It sounds like a good clean solid-state amp. It respects the sonic qualities of the guitar. The digital reverb is crappy at low volumes, but you'll forget the cut-off of the noise gate at higher volumes. The rest of the built-in effects are very good. I use the built-in compressor and the sound remains natural. I don't need any other effects. I really like that it can be placed on a mic stand so that it's at ear level. That way it sounds better and you only need to set the volume accordingly so you can play at any time of the day or night. I think its better than the Yamaha THR in terms of quality, because the latter is too digital, too tight, in my opinion. The SoundBox mini sounds like a very good solid-state amp, somewhere in between the AER, the jam 100 Shertler and the Jazz chorus, but in mini version. You can get multiple clean and crunch sounds. It sounds just as good with single-coils (Es 330, Fender Strato, Tele) as with humbuckers (SG, ES 135 Gibson). The amp works perfectly will all sorts of pedals! (so you can do anything with a good pedalboard). And you can plug in a mic, a keyboard, a bass...very handy! The two speakers are by no means a handicap to play at home or jam (it's obviously not a Twin Reverb...). I think the youtube videos don't do it justice, because the clean sound isn't really showcased. The presenters usually rush to display overdrive sounds and that's not where the Soundbox shines most. It's better for clean and crunch sounds. Its portability and compact size make it easy to take it anywhere with you. Vox went with classic and reliable connectors: Jacks (instruments) and mini jacks (headphones, line out and aux in), rather than investing on a stammering and unpredictable Bluetooth to end up with overcompressed digital sound. The output power is enough for a piano-guitar duo or even piano-guitar-double bass for an improvised jam in a bar. For a more serious gig I'd obviously take my 15Watt Fender SuperChamp or my Schertler Jam 100. On weekends in the countryside I simply connect it to my laptop and I can continue working on my songs plugging in my guitar. I recommend it to guitarists looking for a clean, or even crunch, sound. It's perfect to practice, to rehearse at home with a guitar duo and even for small gigs in town. Try it out. :-)

I couldn't be happier considering a small and affordable amp. VT20+ Limited Edition is neat, has a cool retro design (the limited edition has a brown finish instead of black like the other of the series). The analog and digital effects are great, it has a valve to deliver a full analog tune). The amp simulators are awesome. VT20+ is plenty of features and effects. If was not the power of this small one, it could easily be used on serious performing. But there are the VT80 and 120, so... It has a headphone output that can be plugged on your computer line in or microphone input for recording and if you use amp volume on its minimum possible and turn off any microphone "boost" on your computer side, you will be able to record with NO distortion. I recorded this 2min Hard Rock Instrumental and posted at YouTube and you will be able to see some of this amp tunes. Please, I'm not a professional it was first time using a recording software, but my musician friends love it. So check the attached MP3 for a real sound sample on Rhythm and Lead tunes

(Originally written by nikos015/translated from Audiofanzine FR) Features: Open guitar cabinet (60 watts / 16 Ohms) with two 12" Wharfedale GSH12-30 speakers (100 dB efficiency). Dimensions: 27.8" x 10.4" x 21.3" Weight: 44 lb. Multiply birch panels, good cabinet construction. The tolex covering seems to be quite slim and the plastic protection corners don't help the finish quality much. But the grill cloth is wonderful and gives it a nice vintage feel. The product is provided with a 3' VOX speaker cable and a user's manual. ------------------ Use: The top handles are not very convenient for transportation or amp head placement, unless you have a head which has the exact same feet position, like the Vox AC30 (the amp intended to power this speaker cabinet). In this case, the design is perfect because the head doesn't move at all. The connection is simple: plug the amp speaker output to the speaker cabinet. In doing so, set the amp impedance selector to 16 Ohms. ------------------ Sound: I have a JCM800 combo with one 12" speaker and I found the sound too metallic and thin. I wanted more presence to easily cut through the mix, especially when the second guitarist in the band played with his Bluesbreaker RI62. I sometimes felt my guitar wasn't audible at all... I wanted to buy a 2 x 12" Framus cabinet with V30 speakers but I found this Vox 212BN and I think it was the right choice. I play pop/rock music and I wanted a vintage and less aggressive sound with a good projection. V30 speakers would give me a modern and not so warm sound with aggressive highs (V30s are known for their sharp sound and their narrow dispersion), but these are also good speakers. On the contrary, the Vox cabinet gives me exactly what I was looking for: better presence, better sound projection, rounder and more accurate low-end plus a faithful reproduction of the amp's sound character. The speaker cabinet also provides me the punchy sound of good old 2 x 12" combos with a percussive low frequency response that I never got out of the several 1 x 12" tube combos I've owned. Quick note: In order to attenuate the sharp character of the JCM800 I removed the bright capacitor (a small condenser that lets high-mid/high frequencies pass through when the preamp's potentiometer is not fully turned on). This modification proved very effective, the sound is now darker and a bit fatter (with a moderate overdrive). I find it almost too dark with my Les Paul-like guitar with P90 pickups, but better balanced with my Strat. I've been owning this speaker cabinet for some months and it matches all my expectations. I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again. The value for money is excellent.

This Vox AC100CPH was my first real amp in 10 years since 2004 when i stopped . Then I started playing in a band again in 2014 when i bought the Vox used for ! $300 . Been buying other amps trying to find a better tone , like we all do lol . So I have bought a Marshall JCM900SLX that was a two channel beast , then a Fender Supersonic 60 watt head , then a Orange Rockerverb 50 mk2 head , and last but not least a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier RevG , and after trying all these heads , I keep coming back to my Vox AC100CPH . It just works for me . I use a OCD pedal out front , and for leads I use a Boss GE-7 equalizer in the effects loop for boost . This amp is JCM800 in spades with the OCD . I dont have the fat boost on and am always in the high gain channel i think it's channel 1 , but believe me with a Les Paul it's classic rock heaven with the gain set low , and the OCD off . Then to take it into sweet Jcm800 territory with the OCD . Then using the EQ in the loop it's a perfect boost/slash tone shaped lead that pops out with just a slight bump in the middle with everything else on 0 . It is so effective you will never use a clean boost out front ever again . I get compliments from other players all the time . Try these methods with this amp and it will be the best rock/metal/punk amp you could ever dream of . Overtones for days . I crank the master volume and use the channel volume for actual volume . I find that is the best sound . Then I crank everything on 10 except the bass , and the gain , and the channel volume . Channel volume is on 2 with master cranked , bass is on 4 , and gain is on about 6 or 7 . But all other dials are on 10 . Don't pass this amp up if you play rock punk or metal . Soo good and built like a tank . Been playing it for over 5 years and it hasn't needed any tubes or anything . Best amp ever

Finally someone is making a semi-hollow that isnt just a 335 clone. This Vox HDC-77 has a ton of unique features that most guitar players will never see because they are stuck playing Gibsons or Fenders. Vox is best known for their amplifiers but like many companies back then they made guitars too. Back then the Guitar and the Amp was seen as 1 whole instrument and were usually sold together. Fender sold amps first then guitars with them and Vox started similarly. The shape of the guitar is like a mix between a Gibson 335 and a Yamaha SG2000. The body is made from a solid peice of mahogany with two large sound chambers cut out instead of piecing it together with side and back pieces. There are two tone bars inside the guitar which the bridge is anchored to. The bright is a super lightweight one piece tune-o-matic style bridge. The lightweight bridge helps ensure that most of the vibration goes into the guitar and doesnt die in the bridge. The maple top and back are mounted to the mahogany frame . It has a 22 fret rosewood fretboard with block inlays. It has 2 vox Coaxe pickups which are like 3 pickups in one. I will talk about those later. It has a master tone and master volume knob with a 3 way pickup selector and 2 3 mode selectors for each of the Vox pickups. UTILIZATION This is probably the most playable semi-hollow guitar ever made. With the top being curved the body is curved also. If you hold the guitar up flat you can see that the end of the body opposite of the headstock droops down a bit. When you are playing this allows the whole guitar to contour to your body not just the top. The neck joint is also great. It is similar to the Stephens Extended cutaway Washburn used on some guitars. There is a large space for your hand to go the body does not join the neck until after the fretboard ends. This means you can reach every fret easily there is no heel to get in the way. The neck is pretty thin and the fretboard is pretty flat it has a modern feel to it. SOUNDS The Coaxe pickups on this guitar are pretty unique. They are like 3 pickups in one. Each pickup has a set of rail magnets with a set of pole pieces inside them. This provides great noise cancelling but also gives great tonal variety. Each pickup has a mode selector 3 way switch. You can select what kind of tone you want from each pickup independently. The modes are clean crunch and dirty. You can get a single coil tone, a p90 tone or a humbucker tone. Having all these tonal options without modeling is something you dont see on many guitars. When playing you will naturally be able to select the combination you want. The single coil setting had a great bell like tone. While the P90 setting has angry and snarled like you would expect a P90 to. The humbucking setting was nice and smooth and sounded like you would expect a guitar that looks like this to sound. You dont really expect snarling P90 tone from a semi hollow but you can do it with this guitar and with a minimal amount of noise. OVERALL OPINION A guitar like this shows what the big companies could do if they werent so stuck in their ways and if guitar players were not afraid of change. Gibson is never going to put out a set of pickups that can switch from single coil to humbucking. They would rather you just buy two different guitars. They are never going to change their heel design or anything like that. If you want innovation you have to look at the smaller companies who are not set in their ways as much. If you want a super comfy super playable semi-hollow guitar with a tone of tones available this Vox is an awesome choice.

As the name suggests the Vox vt50 pumps out (and I mean PUMPS OUT) 50 watts of power,though I find it still (narrowly) outdoes some Marshall 100 watt combos. Its a decent all-round mix between a solid state amp and a valve amp as it has one 12ax7 vacuum tube powering the "realistic modelling circuitry". Apart from being incredibly loud, the vt50 doesnt actually sound too bad, it has a ton of on-board effects including reverb (as its own control/knob), delay, flanger, a ton of pre-set sounds as well as very handy controls such as a noise gate etc. the amp has a typical three band eq as well as gain, volume and master. The one feature that i was most proud of vox for was the wattage selector on the back panel, unlike alot of other brands that have these voxs' has options to go anywhere from 5 watts to the full 50 watts, though the last 15 watts is mostly more distortion/overdrive. I still believe this feature is amazingly handy when trying to practice/record/gig. the 50 watt version unfortunately does not come with an effects loop, however does give the player the option to outsource to a different cabinet. I personally used a marshall cabinet and i enjoyed the sound I was presented with. UTILIZATION Possibly the best thing about this amp is that anyone can within second unpack it from the box, plug in their axe and begin jamming along to their favourite tunes (due to pre-set "famous guitar sounds") or find their own favourite sound with the handy edit mode that is easier to use then a heap of effects pedals in my own opinion. The response of the amp is amazing dynamically, it is definitely going to be in an expressionists top ten though mainly only in the cleaner sounds... As the sound turns dirty the expression is all but lost to make room for intense amounts of overdrive/distortion and gain. Though in the eyes of a newer age metal/hardcore fan this isn't a bad thing. To sum this section up, the amp ca handle pretty much any genre of music just dont be looking for that intensely distinguishable distortion you would expect from a 6505 or mesa, obviously.and whilst saying that also dont be expecting super crystal clear cleans either though i will definately not complain with what it has to offer. SOUNDS Personally I use my shecter hell-raiser c1 or les paul through this amp, they both perform pretty well together. I tend to stay away from the effects as I'm not much of an effects type guitarists, i seem to stay towards the dirtier end of the amp where i can make good use of my EMG 81 and 89's. the one thing I have noticed about this amp is I swear vox messed the frequency curve on these things up incredibly... I have not recorded ONE song with my bass above 2-3. Otherwise it shakes the room, the amp is incredibly bassy, which in some peoples eyes could be amazing but not in my opinion. Whilst stating this I would like to inform people that i am an intermediate sound engineer/producer so I would like to imagine I know a thing or two about my recording techniques/sounds. OVERALL OPINION All in all, the amp goes for about $600 Australian. In which if you haggle you could probably get it even cheaper! Its a good amp and has been relatively reliable for me over the two years-ish that i have owned it. As stated above one of the only critiques i have about it is the over-indulgence of bass, but again that's my own opinion. I definitely recommend checking out many other models such as the ad50 which is more high gain orientated. cheers guys! Picture This!

Features 7/10 It's a small, 3-watt, solid-state amp full of digital effects for home use. It can be battery or mains powered, you can connect an MP3 player to it, as well as headphones... Use 8/10 Hyper simple dialing, everything is written on the buttons, you turn, adjust and listen. You can play anything with it, except maybe a very clean sound, although that depends on the guitar and, especially, the pickups. Sound 8/10 It's great in terms of sound, that's why I chose it over competitor products, the realism of its sounds. Whatever the guitar I use (Gibson SG standard, Ibanez with EMG 81/60 and Fender Blacktop Telecaster), I can easily get the sounds I want and you can tell the difference according to the pickups (I love the metal sound I get with the EMGs). Overall opinion 8/10 I've been using it for almost two years. It's ideal to play at home, to give or take lessons, it's a true mobile amp. Before buying it, I tested the Roland microcube, but I preferred the vox due to the realism of the sounds. The only negative point may be the fact of not having a true clean sound, without crunch, at high volumes. Small, mobile, full of different sounds, I would buy it again without any problems.

This amp was introduced a few years ago to commemorate the 50th years of business the Vox company has been in business. hey have been building great amps for guitarist for generations now. So to celebrate this accomplishment they decided to produce this amp and cabinet together as a throw back to the good old days of Vox Ac30 tone. This amp is a all hardwired amp from start to finish. It has two channels. The first channel is the EF86 Preamp channel and it has two inputs with 6db of volume difference between them. The second channel is the top boost channel and modeled off of the 1963 circuit. UTILIZATION VOX AC30HH Head & V212H Cab Specificaitons * Power Output: 30 Watts RMS into 8 or 16 ohm loudspeaker load—selectable via rear panel switch. * Valve complement: 1 x EF86, 3 x ECC83/12AX7, 4 x EL84, 1 x GZ34 (rectifier). * Loudspeaker: Where fitted, is 2 x 8 ohm VOX/Celestion Alnico Blue loudspeaker wired in series for 16 Ohms. * Included items: Power cable, Speaker cable (AC30HH, V212H only) * Dimensions & Weights: AC30HH Dimensions (W x H x D): 606 x 297 x 260 mm / 23.9 x 11.7 x 10.2 inches Weight: 20.0 kg / 44.1 lbs. V212H Dimensions (W x H x D): 695 x 564 x 260 mm / 27.4 x 22.2 x 10.2 inches Weight: 20.0 kg / 44.1 lbs. SOUNDS The biggest users of the amp is the Edge and Brian May. This amp is more used for country, blues, and mild rock tones. Not this particular amp model but the Vox AC30 in general. The best thing about Vox Ac30 is their ability to take pedal extremely well. You can throw just about any pedal in front of the amp and it just accepts the tone from the pedal and blends it with the Vox darker amp character that is present in its voicing. I like to use a Strat with this amp as I'm a big fan of the Edge and his Strat is very recognizable in the songs I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For and Bullet The Blue Sky. A Les Paul works quite well with this amp. You get a great blues rock tone that is extremely warm and smooth in tone. OVERALL OPINION These amps were for a limited time and now have been discontinued. You can find them on the used market from time to time. I have seen the, before in the classifieds and on ebay quite frequently If you need a well built combo amp and are playing anything from country to mild rock then this might be an amp for you. If you use overdrive or effects pedals frequently then this is just about the best amp you could use effects with.

This is surprisingly a very cool little practice tool. It has two channels one clean and one overdrive. But here is where this things get very cool. You can plug your CD player of Mp3 player into and jam along within the same amp. It has an AUX input for hooking up your ipod or other device. In addition to those features It has drum beats built in to the amp which allows you to play along with the drum patterns. This is a great device for practicing and staying long with a drummer. I great tool for guitars players to get their timing and chops down before answering a craigslist ad looking for a guitar player. Plus it has a tempo control knob to speed up or slow down the speed of the drum tempo. Vox AC1 RhythmVOX Battery-powered Mini Amp Features at a Glance: * Includes a total of 66 built-in Rhythm/Song Patterns * One extended length additional song pattern * Analog circuitry borrowed from Vox's acclaimed amPlug series * Overdrive switch provides more sonic variation * Accurate and convenient, built-in E-string tuner * Rhythm Section Controls: Pattern Select, Variation Select, Volume knob, Tempo knob * Tempo Range: 40-240 bpm * Amp Section Controls: Gain knob, Tone knob, Volume knob, Overdrive switch * 1/4" input jack * 1/8" aux in jack for jamming along to your favorite tunes using your CD/MP3 player * Headphone out jack lets you concentrate on your playing, without disturbing those around you * Output Power: Maximum approximately 1W RMS into 8 ohms * Speakers: 2 x VOX Original 3" (4 Ohms) * Power Source: 6 x AA batteries or optional AC adapter (not included) * Battery Life: Max. 26 hours (alkaline batteries) UTILIZATION Details Type Solid State Number of Channels 2 Power 1W Speakers 2 x 3" No Reverb EQ Tone No Amp Modelign Number of Models 0 Number of Tubes 0 Preamp Tubes No Tubes Power Tubes No Tubes Inputs 1 x Instrument, 1 x Aux (1/8") Outputs 1 x Headphone No Footswitch I/O No Effects Loop Height 5" Width 6.8" Depth 2.6" Weight 1.12 lbs. SOUNDS The sound of this thing isn't the best. But it does sound good for being what it is built for. Plug whatever guitar you have into this device because it isn't going to give you the greatest tone but this is rather a tool for personal development. The have designed the analog circuitry after the Vox amplugs which are very good for pocket amps. The amplugs sound very good surprisingly. So you have the tone of those preferably the Vox Ac30. Any guitar application this thing is going to help you get stronger as a guitar player. OVERALL OPINION This is the next amps I feel other manufacturers will start to mass produces. These are great practicing tools for developing the skills to play along with perfect timing. I wish I had one of these when I first started playing....I feel I would have developed a lot quicker with my timing. At new these units come in at around $60 which is a steal. I recommend this to anyone trying to get a better handle on their timing and band playing. These are portable and can take headphones for quiet jamming.