Vox AC10C1 Custom (Full On Tube Goodness)
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2019
- Vox AC10C1 Custom (Full On Tube/Valve Goodness)
I've never tried a Vox valve amp before (or tube amp, if you're american). I've not even tried a Vox AC30, that most legendary of amps. I know I should have, since I'm really into Brian May, but I haven't. So I got this amp second hand and didn't really know what to expect. It's really affordable, which can sometimes be a bad sign. But I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised. What kind of sounds did I get out of this Vox? Watch the video to find out.
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It's mostly jolly good.
Very good review. You did an Awesome job of showing what the amp can do and you kept it simple.
Thank you Elmo!
I just bought thus amp and I love it after two days. I have a small frame of reference. It is better than my H&K mini, monoprice 5 watt, vox mini superbeetle. The other amp I have is the Spark 40, which has great sounds, but has an annoying lag or artificial thing. The top boost sounds great to my ear and "dark" is in the ear of the beholder. I like a little bass compression in my tone.
Yea this sounds great thanks for the excellent demo Elmo
Cheers Cliff!
Man i really like your videos, you really get around everything if that makes sense. Keep on the good work mate and ill keep on watching
Thank you!
I play blues harmonica Through this amplifier. It is a blues beast. Love your demos . My friend You are an amazing guitar player.
Thanks for the video! Vox is still coining from the sales of this amp. It was a good move to introduce it to the market. As much as I love the sound and features on mine, I believe Vox could make a V2 to be much more successful and rendering V1 obsolete. Here are my points:
- Vox could offer a proper plywood cabinet for the amp and make it slightly deeper so people could install something like a 10" Alnico Gold speaker (it sounds way better than the stock VX10) and
- Vox could add an effects loop (the one I have in my AC30CCH sounds great!) and finally listen to what people are asking for.
This is not a complete overhaul of the existing amp, just some necessary adjustments to make the amp a super versatile and usefull one, probably the best selling amp in Vox's history.
Nice demo,nice playing !! U rock !!!!🤘🤣
Thanks a lot :)
My local music shop has an ac10 set up in one of its practice rooms. I'm sure that amp sells a lot of guitars. I like clean / just breaking up tones and the ac10 probably contributed to me buying an original series 50s strat and a 2004 Les Paul standard. Great little amp.
I rather liked it too :)
I have one, and gig with a lightweight 60's trio. Perfect for that. I also use a Blackstar Studio 10 6L6 - 10-watt Class A Tube Combo,that has many more features. You may want to look at that. And, thanks for your hard work!
Thanks Woody! :)
The clean sound really nice. If it had an effects loop then I think it would be a contender. No loop, no go. Great video!
The no loop thing is a bit annoying.
I remember a bigtime British guitarist that played in a bigtime British band that wrote a song about numbness never needing an effects loop. Well to each his own.
Do most amps at this size and price have an effects loop?
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.
Cheers!
Vox do nice things. Hey Elmo. We're old. I think I'll celebrate your 1 million subscribers just a tad in advance 👌. Kippis 🍺
Kippis :)
I don't think that Vox could sound better than my Fender Super Champ , unless Elmo playing through it 😯
Haha :D Cheers Brad :)
Sounds great! I think the AC10C1 is probably the best "entry-level" tube amp on the market, IMO. A word of constructive critique - you mentioned how the recording sounded darker than it did in the room. Judging by the mic placement, I think you're picking up a lot of cone edge. You might pick up a slightly brighter, more accurate representation of the in-room sound if you move it mid-cone or on the edge of the dust cap (I prefer the edge of the dust cap with the mic angled about 30 degrees off-axis). Just something you might try. Great review, yet again!
Also, forgot to mention - in a similar price range, I really like the Fender Pro Junior and the Blackstar HT1R head and 1x12 cab combo. You might check either of those out.
Yeah, I think I effed up the mic position. And thanks :)
@@cliftongardner4367 And thanks for the suggestions. I've checked out the Blackstar if I remember the model correctly. Still meaning to try out some Fenders.
have you looked inside this thing ?
I thought it sounded pretty good. Especially when you added more power amp. OMG the Marshall cab made a huge difference. It sounded great then.
Here locally we have a Beatles tribute band that uses the 30 watt versions and although I'm not a huge Beatles fan they sound good. 👍💝👍
Of course Briam May comes to mind too. 👍
Brian May is the man :)
@@MrPolevaulter Absolutely.
High preamp gain settings better with bass and treble pulled way back to 8 o’clock or so. Let’s the mids punch through.
Fender bassbreaker I think is close to the same price. It has a killer dirty and clean channel..👍
Still meaning to get my mitts one :)
@@MrPolevaulter I think you will be surprised. At least for what it is. 👍
I own this combo and must say that it sounds better than my marshall half stack.. The ac10 sounds good (almost) every time I'm plugged in.. And has versatile tone.. I don't understand people that say it only does one thing.. I'm not into bells and whistles.. And as to the price being too low to be good.. It maybe true in some cases.. The build of the ac10 is clearly not top quality.. But a key thing here is that they will charge as much as people agree that it is worth .. Like a hand wired version or a combo silver jubilee type deal..if everyone was so convinced that this was the greatest it would go for thousands...it sounds great with a les paul.. Few basic complaints though.. The combo picks up static and noise here and there.. And the tubes have a very low volume rattle on a couple notes when played loud..both of which are things I can easily live with for the quality that I'm getting in return
Thanks for the input :)
Great playing!!! Turning off highs near the end made the sound too dark
I am looking for my first tube amp for mostly playing in the bedroom. I use a lot of reverb and delay pedals as well as a fuzzface. Do you feel this amp will take those pedals well? What other amps around the same price range would? Love the content :)
Sorry for taking so long to respond. If you drive the amp itself, then reverb and delay won't work too well. If you play it clean, then they will. Not sure about others in this price range.
Vox AC 30 - good but temperamental when used in anger. I used to have to regularly kick mine back in the day when the volume died and it started to fart instead. It would sometimes come back to life and sometimes not (much to others amusement). Oh how I longed for a Marshall !
I've heard they can be a bit temperamental.
hello elmo, its not to this video, but i saw your vids of marshall origin and bugera 1960, i want to buy an cheaper amp, what amps of theese two would you prefer. i am not very sure bout the origin, thank you,
Probably the Bugera.
Thanks you for this review. Love the sound. You mentioned that is can get very loud. Is this usable as a practice amp? Thanks.
Yeah, as long as you don't need power amp breakup.
@@MrPolevaulter Thanks for your feedback Elmo. Much appreciated.
I eventually ended up with a second hand ac15c1 which came at a great price.
People don’t like this amp because no loop for delay? Easy fix, get a second AC10, get a boss dd3 delay. Send the main signal to the dirty amp, send wet signal to the second amp that is set up clean enough to make the repeats sound good. You will never need an effects loop again!
Holy shit how is it possible to play that fast D:
I do love my AC 10 but just one question .. every time I play OD fuzz or disto pedals I notice that the amp sounds " BOXY " so how can I solve that?? I'll appreciate someone reply me .. t-you =)
Not sure. Try it with a cab. Maybe change the speaker.
@@MrPolevaulter t- you 👍
For playing pink floyd and jimi hendrix this amp is good ?
Probably.
I never Owned a Vox, But I am a Huge Brian May Fan!
Brian May is great :)
What's the guitar ?? ..Wilkinson trem?
It's that one: czcams.com/video/P_E8p2DoZoY/video.html
And yeah, Wilkinson trem.
Elmo stop playing on the neck pickup. Only Vampires play on the neck pickup because they like it dark. This is a great sounding amp I have one
I can actually pronounce you name correctly ;) I keep asking, when are you going to demo a Blackstar? :)
I did demo the 1 watt head way back when. Not sure as to when I'll demo anothe one.
Blackstar artist 15 or 30
OK. Haven't tried those.
its a single coil amp..humbuckers push the pre amp a bit too far..
That opinion is subjective to say the least. These things get more buttery the harder you drive them. Pull some highend out if needed. Its 10 watts so overdrive/breakup is its very nature.
@@mentholdeathray That's been my experience...moving from tele Bridge to humbucker neck. as you say its the nature of the thing. Has all the classic Vox tones. I'm not keen on that closed back ...
Your guitar is "Welcome"... just kidding!
:D
Sounds really dark Elmo. No bite.
I think that was partly down to mic placement.
This amp can definitely offer bite, when set clean to crunch.
Best thing you can do for yourself is to sell your Katana and buy this thing, you will be transformed!
Two minutes in, still talking.
Why haven't people figured out yet - play first; talk later? Even if you're only jamming for 30 seconds to start it off, just play a bit - no one wants to click on an instrument video and watch someone talking for two solid minutes.
No one?