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Vox VBM-1 Brian May Special

Solid-State Combo Guitar Amp from Vox

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Published on 01/24/08 at 02:54
Best value: Excellent
- What kind of amplification (lamp, transistor ,...)?

10W transistor amp (10 watts spitting anyway ...)

- What is the power dlivre?

10 Watts (...)

- What connection?

Input, output to connect a speaker, exit to register / make a headphone

- What are the rglages the effects? ...

A single effect, the "treble boost", which ignores the effect used by Brian May of Queen for her, it is used to saturate the amplifier, to get (very) large distos ...

Without a results in a crunch or distortion cra-cra

I put a note to the possibility of using it as boost (treble boost) on an amp, and the output register (great idea I think)

UTILIZATION

- The configuration is it simple?

Uh ... 3 knobs, easy to difficult ...

Gain, Treble and Volume!

NO EQ! impossibility therefore rgler precision with low, medium or acute ...

- Gets it easy to sound good?

This is the highlight of this amp, I have rarely seen a transistor sound like this ... And I jou on a lot of transistors (I am a big fan of all-tube), we get easily a very good distortion sound, the sound clear, yancssit to gain the mini ( really mini) ...

The advantage with a 10 watts is that you can push it;)

Sold as a rplique as the sound of Brian May, has had nothing to do, I do not play on Burns, so I was not the complete kit (or AC 30), but sounds especially very metal once the boost engaged!

I play on a Toni Iommi G400 SG and a Melody Maker, possibility to have a very nice clean sound when the treble boost, it gives a standard disto ...

- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...

bought new, but not read: p

I put 7 as it would have nice t get a clear, easy ...

SOUNDS

- Is it your style of music?

I want to say yes 100%, but simply because I gave him a branch PDAL dual channel tube ass ...

I play screamo / metalcore, pop, punk, rock, everything I touch ... the possibility of having a clear aid would have (although it is feasible on the SG rduisant the volume of microphones)

- What kind of sound you get and with what rglages ("crystalline", "bold ",....)?

Crystal clear sound through the Melody Maker, a clear round on the jazzy SG

Otherwise a very big distortion when the treble boost switched to a crunch better not touch it

8 because it has a particular sound that I love and I think it's the best "little amp apartment" I've heard.

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?

must have 5 years I think ...

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?

No clear sound vritable

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?

Some, but only for large transistors

- How do you report qualitprix?

Well, that could be very good the problem from clean rgl: p

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...

Almost ... to 70%)