VOX AC10, MV50 & AC30S1 Demo with Phil Scarffe |
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While a Thomann Gearhead University (TGU 2019) I had a wonderful chat with Phil Scarffe an engineer from VOX. Phil and I had a lot to talk about, first was the Vox AC10 which I never knew was such a thing. - I may have been living underground, haha.
Second was the remarkable MV50's which despite their small size, they’re punching well above their 1lb weight class! And finally the latest and greatest Vox had to show off at TGU 2019, their AC30 S1 otherwise known as the AC30 ONETWELVE.
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What's your favorite amp? Let me know below!
The Marshall 1987X I love mine.
I don't know but Warren you are an awesome guitar player. When is your album coming out? That is one I would have to have!
I recently bought a Marshall 2525h. I went for the HD3 one, absolutely love the look of it. This is a fantastic amp and easily gig-able at 20 watts. Plug it in and set the gain to 12 o'clock going through some V30's and its Malcolm & Angus. Gonna get the matching greenback 2x12 soon.
@@BD-me4nk haha you're too kind my friend!!
The Marshall Randy Rhodes full stack in white . I used one with a Jackson Model six and a Frontline O/D . Pure lethality!!!!!
Oh my god!!! I was waiting for this a while! Phil and Warren together - how awesome! I enjoyed the week at TGU with u guys a lot! can't wait to see u guys again!
Thank you Phil and Warren! Excited for you getting this amp❣️
Thanks ever so much Audrey!!
Thank you Warren and Paul! The MV range looks interesting, but I must admit my favorite part of the video is when Brian May is mentioned. Man, that room lit up with the joy and enthusiasm of two schoolboys! It brought me back to 1975 when I begged my father to drive me to the record store to buy the original 7" 45 rpm release of "Bohemian Rhapsody". Absolutely lovely!! - chaz.
I get so much out of his production tutorials that sometimes I forget what a shredder Warren is. That dude can play.
Aw shucks! Thanks ever so much my friend!!
Awesome demonstration and some interesting facts about the Vox design. Great video.
Great video. So nice to get some AC30 folklore from an insider.
Good job, mate. Thanks.
MV50 AC is on my Christmas list as a backup gig amp.
Warren is a kid in a candy store!! First Revv, then Laney, Suhr now Vox!! Guitartastic!
Haha yes I am!! I loved doing this!!
Great that you got Phil engaged in the tech talk. He really came to life discussing the amp design. Fun to watch!
Those little microamps are mind blowing. I gotta get the Vox 10. I love Vox amps! Very enjoyable...thanks!
Daniel Glen Timms agreed! I’m thinking I should have one of each!!
I own an AC30S1, I absolutely love it and have decided to start using it in my band, we're a punk kinda band but the tone of the VOX combined with a Dookie MXR pedal, it sounds really big, it's amazing and I use an AC10 my the band practices
That was so much fun, and I crave an AC30. I did go out several years ago and bought a Vox 15r (because Norah Jones was using one) I think I paid $120 US for it and I've used it so much for live performance and recording. Thanks for the wonderful video.
Thanks ever so much David! I really appreciate it!
14:08 i couldn’t agree more. I had a jcm900 for some 20 years and i made every sound i needed with this amp. It wasn’t the best at those sounds, but it was the one i had.Funny enough, I only replaced it a few years ago with an ac15. No more pushing the 4x12 around.
What a great video! Thanks guys. :)
Thanks ever so much!!
Wow, that amp guy is really good at explaining amp stuff I never quite understood, thanks!
Yes, I was very impressed! I learned a lot!
I literally listened Rory Gallagher's "Shadow Play" several times after your video! You reminded me that I should go and listen to the song I love.
As for me - I was an owner of AC30CC1 for more than a decade.
I love those little MV50 GnuToobs! I have all 5 of them....because ;-]. All of them do what it sez on the tin very well. Awesome for pre-prod quick tones. They are good enough for production too as an alternative to your main squeeze (s). An amp switcher like the KAHAYAN is very handy. The 8" speaker is also worth having, again for pre-prod or for something sonically different than your usual cab.
For me.... Vox AC30, humbuckers, Les Pauls, the Foo Fighters, There Is Nothing Left To Lose.... since I played through one at a jam night 17 years ago, this is the tone I was chasing, and I'm happy with my AC15C1 and a RAT, Phase 90, Analogue Delay and Small Clone Chorus... classics!
jayjay ripoff sounds like an amazing combination!!
I'd honestly never heard of the AC10. Having coveted the AC30 after hearing stories about so many artists using them - primarily The Edge and Brian May - that's been the Ultimate amp I've been aiming for. After learning about and hearing that AC10, however, I very suddenly have a new goal on the horizon haha
Loved the video, as always. Looks like you had a lot of fun with these Vox amps, and they all certainly sound fantastic!
Lethonai I’m very impressed with the AC10!! What an Amp! Truly incredible!!
absolutly amazing
Tip; I have tried taming my AC-10C1 to make the controls more
manageable. First I had a JAN Philips NOS 5751in V1, and it helped a
little. Today I put a JJ12AU7 in V1, and there it was!! gain at twelve,
volume at twelve, bas and treble at twelve and reverb at nine. Perfect
sound and volume as a starting point, much easier to adjust gain and
volume form clean to top boost. You might think that the 12au7 would be
too weak, but no, it's perfect for getting right control of tone and
volume! highly recommended.
an AU7 would give less gain than a 12AX7 ??
Hola amigo soy de España y no hablo ingles sinceramente amo la música y usted es un gran profesional estoy contento de haber conocido este canal y tus contenidos me gustaría poder formar parte de la academia pero por no hablar inglés me resulta difícil entender pero aquí estaré viendo vídeos y aprendiendo de la música que es mi vida saludos y suerte!
Mike Campbell and Tom Petty used them extensively to create their signature sound. Any of his catalogue is a testament to the AC30's greatness. Cheers and LOVED this insight. I own a '63 and a newer CC2 AC30 and will NEVER part with them. As you say, a sound unto itself!!
🔵 just started to amp a few months ago and been researching Vox reviews and player comments so i could buy one of these babies ; found a great new condition used ac30s1 at a local shop but ended up changing my mind for the alnico blue speaker so settled on a new ac15c1x ❕😊
LOVE my AC-10! I have though added a parallel speaker jack (on the 10"), for using loadboxes and linedrivers, because the amps speaker-out shuts of the internal speaker. This way I can reintroduce the speaker signal to the speaker, and also use it to drive other amps through it (using it as a speaker cab, without using the amp). VOX you really should add this feature, it's a very simple mod ;-)
Christian Boddum the AC10 is truly an amazing Amp!!
My favorite amp is my ‘73 Marshall Superbass. For both guitar and bass actually. It has tons of headroom, loves pedals, and really lets the sound of the particular guitar come through. Not very practical though.
My desert island amp is my ‘69 Deluxe Reverb. Perfect size, volume and can cover most anything. Not ideal for hard rock, but a true workhorse nonetheless.
The one style of amp I’ve never owned is a Vox. Something I’ve been wanting to check out for a long time.
I miss my mid-90s AC15 but I wouldn't give up my Roland JC77 or JC90 for anything, except possibly a Brian May AC30. Even then... I use 2 amps, one for clean (Roland JC) and a PRS Custom 20 for distorted sounds for originals with a Morley AB/Y pedal. For clubs and playing covers, I use the Custom 20 only, no need for the two amp setup for that. (SUPER clean sound and 'verb!) The AC30S1 is now officially on my radar for recording.
1) Fantastic explanation of tube amps; and B) I thought I was the only guy who knew that Jerry Donahue double bend lick (at 5:15)
Just got my AC-10 & I love it for home-use. It’s a fantastic platform for drive pedals, but there’s no effects-loop, in-case that’s important to you.
Warren ,You are really a great guitarist .
Hi A.D. Green that’s very kind of you!
I've got a Vox VT20X and absolutely love it. Obviously it models other amps besides their own, but I really do like the unique sound of the AC30 and Top Boost that it models. Would like to upgrade to a real AC30 at some point.
The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me for a great ac30 sound.. you mentioned in another video the cheap boss pedals Robert Smith uses as part of his sound, but I think it's the AC30 lightly breaking up depending on how hard he is picking (which the edge also does) that really makes that tone where your picking controls if it's completely clean or light breakup.
Who doesn't love VOX?!! Amazing!!
Yes! Amazing!!
I'm a Shadows fan and have been using the Vox AC 30 Top Boost since the very beginning!! There 'is'no other amp for me! I've tried many!! The Hank Marvin sound was simply dynamic, introducing the AC 30, a few years before The Beatles! Yet, whenever there's a demo on any Vox product, there are only 'over-driven' sound demos and never that clean sound, with maybe an extremely small bit over overdrive! How about the other thousands who want this!!?
I love John Scofield’s tone. It’s unique and he’s using mostly Vox AC30.
Alexey Smirnov marvellous
I have an AC10 and an AC30 and they are both incredible and ESPECIALLY when paired with a Tele. I think the AC30 is the greatest amp ever.
Definitely one of my favourite amps
Got an AC10C1 shortly after they came out. Rock solid with no problems whatsoever. Love the tone. Have had people ask what reverb I was using because they wanted to get one. It’s in the amp silly person.
how often do you use it?
@@vincentl.9469 I use several hours almost every day.
thx for this interesting video I would like to have information about the ox universal audio ?
Hi Warren, slightly unrelated to the video but I was hoping to hear your opinion about hearing loss as someone who has been in this industry for a long time. Have you personally had problems with hearing loss, tinnitus, or ear pain in any way? Do you set hard limits on how long and how loud you listen to music while mixing. How do you balance listening to music loud in a professional context as opposed to listening to music just for enjoyment? Thanks so much!
I've gigged with an AC4C12. Miked it and ran it through the front of house.
It's the one you got, well said good sir. If only my guitarist could see that logic. He is searching for that perfect metal tone. Tons of overdrive pedals, a HM-2 distortion, a Randall tube amp and a RIVERA Knuckle Head tube amp.
And still not satisfied.
Yes, indeed, guitarists, we are always searching for tone!
Hi Warren, I'd love it if you did an inside the song with Daniel Lanois on his work with Peter Gabriel.
Hi Magpie: Singular wow! That’s an amazing idea!!
How many variations of the AC30 have been manufactured? Which is Brian's primary choice?
Marvellous question! It looks as though there's people here who know!
The very early AC30s actually did use EL34s. Just throwing that out there for those who didn't know!
More importantly alot of the Beatles 'ac30' tones were ac50 and ac100s which were fixed biased el34s. Cathode biased el34s are kind of a middle of the two sounds and I wish there were more ac30 inspired amps with el34s (bad cat hot cat and cub are sort of somewhat influenced but not really).
@@JimijaymesProductions And a fixed biased EL34 circuit would *in fact* be class A because each tube is always conducting some current, that's the definition of class A amps. Class B amps always have a set of tubes (or transistors) which are basically switched off during each part of the wave. The crossover distortion is caused by the area where the tube is opening up and conducting bias current, but there's not yet any current that carries sound yet.
Pete Townshend has used many different amps over the years, I think my favorite Who guitar tones were done with Hi-Watt amps? Does anybody know?
I love Pete's sound from the late 60s early 70s when he was rocking gibson SG specials (loaded with p90s) through hiwatt stacks. One of the best, honest rock and roll guitar sounds ever made. Example - live at leeds.
I liked that MV50!
Sean Kerns me too!
The only way that carpet could be any more "Disraeli Gears" would be if it was the actual cover 😳🤩
Haha yes, indeed!!
I have a VHT ultra six and just picked up one of those little MV50’s for a song and a dance. Damn does it sound sweet. Can go wrong for under $150.00 used. I think it sounds better that my full tube VHT.
Warren they are allot of headphone amps on the market. Have you done a review of them ? Also how are the new players doing that have access to information we would have killed for in the 70-80s era.
I agree so much information out there now! Truly amazing!!
Yes, I've talked about a few headphones amps! The Rupert Neve one and of course the Little Labs one!
Does the ac10 and ac15 sound bad or muddy with delays and reverb effects since it doesn’t have an effects send/return??
delays , choruses, sound noisy through this as it has no fx loop
Why do I feel like the bigger amps (The AC10 and AC30) had their direct mics turned on but that the smaller MV50s were just using the shotgun mic? The small ones sound a lot boxier and muffled sounding compared to the bigger ones. Is that indicative of the amps/cabs or the mics?
Yes. you can hear the room tone with the MVs
In the case of BM sound. Even though he quite always use an AC30 (or a deacky), the speaker used throughout the years did change. Going from Blue to silver, to greenback, to new bluedog... having change my 2000's celestion bluedog to 67's bluedog, the sound is hugely different. not even close. the Current Bluedog have far much low end. As Pete Malandrone said, the speaker type has most significative influence on the sound.
Ct Ld tanks ever so much for sharing my friend! I really appreciate it
ac10 for me... but that mv50 would be fun to use.
From an engineers point of view, I've always been a fan of VOX specifically AC15 but also the AC30.
Video/Audio latency?
Some sweet guitar Warren.
I know!! A Mazing!
frank blunt Thanks ever so much!!
Darlene Sheffield Thanks ever so much!!
I'm beginning to wonder with this NuTube technology... when will we use it to replicate the old 6072 and VF14 tubes so that we can revitalize the sounds of our classic legendary tube mics like the C12 and U47 respectively?
What about the MVX150?
Also, I personally think Dick Denny didn't just design with his eyes(heard he was blind as a bat), but with his ears(deaf as a post too) but designed them too sound a certain way as per his hearing.... I don't think the 15s design and sound is an accident.
jayjay ripoff I love the AC15! Such an amazing sounding amp indeed
As a huge fan of Queen and Brian May you Warren definitely should have Vox amp in your collection of amps ;)
Of course he does, just not the new ac10!
Yes! I do have some Vox Amps! 2 in fact! One of them is the Brian May model! However, I would love to have more! Haha
@@Producelikeapro what treble booster you using for the bm thing kat booster like he and I use?
I want an ac10 with a 12 inch speaker!!!!
I love you shoes haha
Thanks ever so much!!
Hi Warren, great review, really interesting, just as you say, its that little bit of wrongness that makes them so right, Thank you, all the best, Darren Ross.
Darren Ross thanks ever so much my friend!! Always appreciate your great comments!
AC30 = The Shadows. It’s why the amp exists in the first place.
I would take the AC30S1.
Backspin66 yep it’s a good one! I have one and it’s really good for gigs. It’s extremely loud
Class A...... Class B.......they're just Class Warren! :-) ✌
BlackCountry blues haha yes! Indeed!!
my only beef with VOX amps are their weight.. Can understand that a greenback equipped VOX AC15 weighs 22kg.. One eplanation is the use of heavy cheap MDF like "wood" used in the construction. They could easily shave of 2.5kg to get below 20kg..
I"d rock that ac10 without much complaint and for sure the ac30s1, but it would have to be very hard times indeed before I used those MVs.
I own an ac15c1 from when they first came out with that line. Best amp I've ever owned. I get decent mileage (a year or two for power tubes) and a happy sound using EH tubes.
I can't deal with solid state or emulators or this nutube business. They are nice options for someone with limited cash, space or other options, but I'm past those worries.
You must try the VT40X !
Mel Lindstrom thanks!! I would love to!
Love Vox looks, tone, and vibe. I'm a low budget hobbyist and after trying a dozen various other amps over the years, I saved and waited for a sale on a British Racing Green VT40X as my fave. So many delicious tones and options in one awesome beauty for me to mess with!
@@GregRband thanks ever so much for sharing!!
@@Producelikeapro you betcha buddy. Glad my little input was fun. I admire your taking time to reply. Cheers! Btw, you sound amazing on guitar, I hope to do a little of that in my lifetime.
Whats about the AMP1 of BluGutitar. Its a nice Idea, but Blug did it beter
Synergy Syn30. Just got one.
L. Scott Music nice!!
Warren can play.
Thanks ever so much Jack!!
Not a country fan but Brad paisley guitar tone is pure ac30 with alnico blue
Don't forget Mr John Scofield
A Vox AC30 or Fender Twin you can’t go wrong... but why are they also the heaviest amps in the world! 😩
Beatledave7 haha indeed!
Metal Mickey.
You play well! :-))
Thanks ever so much!!
@@Producelikeapro - You're very welcome, Warren! Thank you very much for all your great work! :-)
@@Producelikeapro - And like I'd already requested before: Please chat to Michael Beinhorn about Ozzy's 'Ozzmosis' album some time! Cheers! :-)
The Mighty 'V' that’s very kind of you!!
The Mighty 'V' great idea!!
It's Finn Balor!! 😱
Has Keith Richards ever used an AC30 or is he mostly a Fender and Ampeg guy?
I saw a video a while back saying how he'd always be turning up with all sorts of other amps, but his engineer always threw up a Fender in a booth somewhere to make sure he tracked that sound. I guess it's quite possible, just maybe not on recordings.
Keith's solo on Sympathy for the Devil sure sounds Vox to me.
keith rocks vox many times in the studio and stage.
In the early days Rolling Stones where featured in Vox advertisers, old pictures and you see the ac30 in the background, they always used other amps most notably fenders and ampegs in late 60s early 70s, Keith also liked the early little Mesa boogies, but pictures of them in the studio during Beggars Banquet Let it bleed, there are still using Vox.
Keith has said that in the very early days, the reason Bill Wyman was accepted into the band was because he had the only amp. It was an AC30 with 6 inputs and THEY ALL plugged in to it.
Dude... Radiohead.... I'm surprised Warren you are not more of a Radiohead fan
monkey dangus I’m a huge Radiohead fan! What makes you think I’m not? Hahaha
@@Producelikeapro I just never hear you talk about them all that much. Although I understand there are many bands to talk about. I am personally an extra-large radiohead fan myself.
“Didnt know there was an ac10”🤦🏽♂️
arctic hound I didn’t! There’s lots of things I don’t know!
If you want to know how smart Brian May is, he is now a physicist. He finally finished his physics degree and did his thesis on, what other physicists say is the most boring subject, space dust. Yes, he makes space dust interesting.
Phil explaining NuTube technology: "The triode....:
Warren listening to Phil: "Boffin boffin boffin boffin boffin boffin boffin boffin Vox boffin boffin boffin AC boffin boffin boffin boffin Warren boffin boffin boffin boffin boffin amps!"
that AC10 is fucking amazing. never bettered imo. accept it and move on
sticky7435 incredible amp indeed!!
JTM 45
I used to have one! Loved it!
It’s Deacy amp than Vox , ai insists, On Brian’s tone.
Phil accent he might be from North of England way....
Maybe? I don't remember asking where he originally was from!
I'm actually from Aberdeen originally... but my mum is from Northampton... so I sound odd lol
Philip Scarffe , I thought you might be from Republic of Ireland , thanks
You could do with a bit more practice on that guitar, Warren, my friend. you'll get there. keep at it. ;]
sticky7435 hahaha ok I will! Always learning my friend!!
Ac30 class A class B
A.D. Green just amazing Amps indeed!
First.
Hello THEDDIE!!
Please Vox I swear, if you can make AC10 with tube tremolo and spring reverb, people will stuff you with their money, you have no idea!
I believe you'd want the AC15 then
Ac30. From a guy who owns two ac10’s
What I find interesting is the low end on the ac10’s comparatively to ac 15 and ac 30’s, ac10 has more bass. Weird.
@@TheOtteroo It's got a closed-back cabinet, that plays a part
Cab you pipe down and let us hear the amps? ; -D
Why you have 3 amps and "Demo" in the title of the video when you choose to talk about them instead of playing? Change "Demo" to "Story behind them" in title.