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Published on 06/22/14 at 08:07I 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!!
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!!