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Vox amPlug AC30

Portable Guitar Amp Simulator from Vox belonging to the amPlug series

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Published on 01/10/11 at 23:37
This little amp headphones (or stereo for that matter) is obviously transistor but 100% analog guarantees the vox site (I do not know much so I do not take risks ...).
For use mainly in a register full (but I will later), there are three basic settings: Volume, Gain and tone.
There is also a delay, see below.
Note that we can, through an auxiliary input, remove the headphones any mp3, CD and so on to play along.
I asked myself some questions about a possible inability to retract the jack into the input of the guitar with me no problem, but having only taken stratocaster type or even at the table as on sg I can not vouch for all ...
Everything is powered by two AAA batteries that provide a lifetime of good but really nothing more (11 hours after Vox ...) And I advise you not to abuse, it is composed of plastic (one of my Friends quickly had poor contact with hers as well.)
Finally I say all this to be critical, but overall, if not a tank, he seems still to hold the road well!
I take off 2 points for strength and resilience over the centuries

UTILIZATION

The configuration is very basic, with the tone, gain and volume. You can find quite easily sound nice, not amazing commme the real material Satriani course, but impressive for such a small box!
Manual? A few lines on the back of the pack, no more, and Exemptions surcoît.
Included the delay is not adjustable, it activates by pushing the selector turned up a notch and more and that's all, but it is well settled!
It's easy to get a nice sound in a register to chickenfoot saturated (normal you might say) I play in this

SOUND QUALITY

amPlug mainly with Hagstrom F200P with P-90, but I also tested in an Epiphone SG base, and a Fender Start.

We play with this amPlug mainly with a thick enough vintage distortion to the grain (see "Soap on a Rope" Chickenfoot, or "Oh Yeah"): sound, if not reversing, is downright pleasant to repeat only at home with headphones without disturbing any neighbors! One can also use it to show a few riffs with buddies in a Hi-Fi with rather convincing results.
It is also possible, turning down the guitar volume to decrease the rate of gain, to get a clean sound / crunch decent, but nothing more. The amPlug is still mostly made for big sounds bold, for what he is doing really well for what it is.
Maybe it come from my guitar, but I get really good sound with my microphone acute Hagstrom: too low makes his first draft, but this is not a problem beyond the measure, since ' we can play on the tone to balance everything (I myself am a fervent sounds full of bass, and I find my account).
To summarize, in the saturated palette, inspired by the signature pedal vox Satchurator the amPlug is doing really well, making it a good tool for work and entertainment, nothing more. (But who would have asked him more?)
The delay, though regulated, is pleasant, with an equalizer specially tuned by Satriani himself assures us vox. Anyway, it is indeed really nice!
I put 8 for the lack of clean and lack of versatility, but this is not what is sought in this type of amp. I was offered this

OVERALL OPINION

amPlug to Christmas, I played very consistently since: who has ever wanted to send riff on riff with a stout disto at 2 am, with a its proper, without waking the whole household?
I could not compare with any of his fellows because I did not choose, but being released shortly after his kind, one can hope that Vox has improved the range over time!
Unless I had not offered, I'll have probably bought in fact, in my opinion a good product for the job and small plans unawares guitar without disturbing those around him.