Small Valve Amplifier SHOWDOWN! Vox AC10 VS Fender VIBROCHAMP!
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- čas přidán 28. 11. 2021
- Nick puts two popular small valve (or tube) amplifiers side by side. In this video its the super popular VOX AC10 vs the brand new FENDER VIBROCHAMP. The Vox has been one of our most popular items for several years thanks to its small size, digital reverb and great price tag. The Fender VibroChamp is a new entry to this space and brings the classic Fender tone in a small package. Which sounds better??
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I like Vox's reverb more, there's more clarity there. Can't wait to get an AC10!
1 of the more interesting, & well executed demos I've seen. Gonna have to tune in for more!
Thanks Mike!!
I have the AC10 and a Super Champ X2 i run in pair together. Am considering the Vibro/Reverb as a replacement for the Super Champ. Thank you for the video.
I've been wanting to get the AC10 for a couple years now... you've just re-ignited the urge! Amazing playing mate, very well done.
The vox is killer. I was really thinking about getting a vibro champ. I grew up playing through a vox so i wanted to try something new. Changed my mind. LOL
Great comparison. I found the Champ to be quite boxy. Awesome playing by the way
I bought the Vox with high hopes and ended up returning it. It was noisy and too loud for recording in my apartment. I got the Vibro Champ Reverb and am thrilled with it. It was a much better choice for my needs. Thanks for this excellent vid.
What kind of noise?
Damn, they are both pretty damn sweet sounding. I think I might prefer the vox but there was some good tones coming out of the champ aswell. The master on the vox is very useful and the price is quite abit cheaper. Nice playing 👍
God I love both of these amps!
I prefer the Vox for Vox tones and the Fender for Fender tones. Get both.
I want both
Wow what an excellent video! I hadn’t heard about Coleman’s music before but glad to check it out now. Just a tiny suggestion - I wish u showed closeups of the controls for each sound.
I have this Vox. It will play clean jazz with colorful round notes, rockabilly, blues, Surf, Spaghetti Western, and even AC/DC style hard rock, without a single pedal, becase of that gain control. I do recomend using a tranparent overdrive, for buttery hard blues and rock. A DEL-VERB peddle for delay, because is also has a realistic spring reverb. The amp's reverb is a little weird. I keep the reverb below two. That little amp sounds great with a mic, and in a recording.
How does the AC10C1 stack up against the Fender Blues Jr or the Pro Jr?
I found them to be incredibly different in sound, and depending on what you’re playing each one of them sounds good for a particular mood…! Rocks sounds thin and has a bit of pie and distortion at clean levels. Where is the fender clean, is clean and sounds more balanced and thick. I suspect the box would be better for recording because of how it would sit in a mix in the fender would be good or better for live playing.
What´s the name of the song starting at 7:25 Pleaaase? :)
Dark World at the end?
That gold guitar sounds terrific. What brand is it and what pickups are in it?
If you’re referring to the hollow body, it’s a Heritage H535 with Seymour Duncan ‘59s. Looks like an Artisan aged antique natural. I have one. Killer guitar.
@@jgsunsetbeach5075 - Yeah, SD 59s are great pickups. Sounds killer.
Both great and both do certain things better than the other. Price wise thought it's hard to beat the Ac10. You can get the Ac15 which has tremolo as well and a better speaker for less than the champ.
Quite interesting. The Fender sounded boring clean, while the Vox was bright & lively, albeit more scooped!
BUT, once you started getting them distorted, the Fender came alive, and the Vox sounded like a cheese grater!
So I'd go Vox for cleans, Fender for crunchy tones! Nice 1 Nicko! \m/
At first I liked the fender better then once you went from the vox back to the fender I was like…ok, yeah, the vox is fuller sounding 👍🏼
vox wins the cleaner tones, articulate and the clarity is better
i liked the fender a bit more When it got a little more dirty
But having the master and since I prefer on the cleaner side I'm picking up the vox
nice, both amps are awesome, apples and oranges . . . (no apple amp company as iphone apple will prob sue them for name biting)
did a blind test on this, fast forwarded the video and didn't watch. only listened. i came to the unbiased conclusion i like the ac10 better
That Strat deserves a mint green pick guard
Doesn't the Vix have an effects loop?, that could be an important feature to some people.
It does not.
But...what does it sound like in the room? Pretty important info when it comes to small amps like that
I’ve owned both. The Champ is ‘better’ (it’s twice the price) but the speaker is really sterile. I just didn’t feel it was worth the money, so I bought the Vox which is just insanely loud. It’s also noticeably cheaper sounding than the Fender ( the fizziness at 8.33)I might get the Vibro again and change the speaker. Hence I’m here commenting!
Vox!
The speaker on the vox is writ next to the tubes and blows them out. It has many floors
I have had my AC10C1 several years, since they came out, with no issues. Love it.
Yes the valves are close, but they don't get blown.
Vox sounds much better to my ears.
is that life sized jimmy barnes in the background. LOL!
Admit it. You were having more fun with the vox!
Came for the amps, stayed for the Heritage
Howwwwww good are theyyyyy!!!!!!
welcome to guitar chat: Heritage has joined the chat. Fender: play authentic eh? Gibson has left the chat. GL: wow. Fender has left the chat. Heritage: ???? PRS: not your fault
The vibrochamp is horrendously overpriced for what it is.
Pocket change… work smarter, not harder 😮
Both sounded horrible overdriven, but clean, the Fender sounded so much better to me.
VibroChamp is better on cleans and slightly better on dirty sounds !
It’s funny amps … I have … oh Gawd…. AC 15… Deluxe Reverb… Twin… Tonemaster…. Blues Jr… Princeton… Hiwatt … couple Marshall’s…Blues Deville…. On and on … and now I want an AC 10 and A Vibro Champ? Am I crazy?
Not at all!😄
I'm stealing your riffs, ok?
🤣
I love how this is written like a bully stealing a kid's lunch money haha
Vox is 1/4 of the price
I have both. They are both excellent.
If you only have room for 1, the master volume in the Vox makes it the winner. It’s also BLAZING loud and is more useful at rehearsal.
I don’t think the Champ could cut it with a live drummer unless you want that specific driven Fender tone when the amp volume is at 7 or 8.
Vox… It’s what’s happening. True in 1964, and still true today.
There's a weird sound I hear whenever you played the vox aggressively on cleans
Haha you mean the clipping? That's what a tube amp does, the tubes distort when dynamically pushed into higher volumes.
@@TheRealCowlick it's a weird distortion. I can only hear it on headphones. It sounds almost like springs from a reverb box vibrating and at the same time the sound like opens up a bit more. I can hear this around 5:18
@@TheRealCowlick it sounds like tambourines randomly being played lol
@@arturolinares6565 I absolutely agree. It comes across on almost all recordings I’ve heard of the AC10. Sucks, cuz it’s one of the funnest amps you can play in person. But it doesn’t record as well. There is a heavy amount of solid state circuitry in drive with the AC10.
This Vibro Champ sounds KILLER!!!
@@arturolinares6565 could be tube rattle, the cheap tubes that come with the AC10 aren't great. I swapped mine out for JJ tubes.
A tiny amp ? Buy an old Fender Champ 12. That's an amazing amp. Loud enough for a small band too.
The AC10 sounds to boxy. The small cab affects the quality of the sound. AC15 sounds much better. The Champ however sounds great. Fender got this one right.
The ac is quite a bit bigger than the vibrochamp tho?
@@bobbiemiles-foremaniii8747 Not by much
@@charlesm7646
What you're hearing is
Open back vs closed back ' I have both and I'd take the ac-10 over the vib champ any day
You can dial that thin sound out by tweaking the amps EQ.
Open back cab sound more “open”. Closed back is boxy by nature. I’d take the AC10 all day over the champ.
This dood is sleep deprived
I prefer the american voicings. vox sounds a bit harsh
The ac10 has many floors.but these people on CZcams lie. There not honest
Fender by a mile… the vox was just ok. The fender actually sounded more like a vox when it was turned up.
vox!