Vox AC15C1 Combo Amp

i've owned a AC15 for about 10 years and it still kicks ass!!

The hunt was on. I was in search for TONE!!! After playing about a hundred different amps, the Vox AC15 was the winner. The Vox AC30 was a close second. This all tube amp has a big sound for such a little guy.

I like the AC-15 for the Beatles sound. It's full and the highs are chimey. It also gets the Edge and Brian May sounds really well. The only reason I don't give this 5 stars is that I don't have a 60's original. Mine is a first generation AC15-C1 with a Weber Blue Dog in it.

I use my AC15 and epiphone hollow-bodies to get my jangling, barre-chord heavy sound. It also overdrives amazingly. I only use the top boost input

This amp is pure awesome if you know how to use it.

It can go anywhere with just one or two pedals to help it along. Set your sound to just breaking up and then plug in a 'transparent overdrive' and away you go.

Thick overdrives will sound bassy and muddy if you push them into this amp when it's already breaking up - it wont get louder it will just get darker and darker.

Guys like brain may approach this by using a treble booster which has the effect of taming the wall of bass the overdriven tubes produce.

Personally, I stick a tumnus (klon clone) in the path and it's pure heaven. It goes from clean to scream just by turning the guitar volume.

I got one but sold it later ... i'm still asking myself why ! Almost all of my favourite guitarists played once (and some still) played on Vox AC serie. The jangle, the sweet treble boost, that unique tremolo : it was all i needed ! Moreover it's a very versatile amp in the life of a guitarist : with it's master level control, you can use it for the "midnight composition" and even in a small room with a softt drumer. It's elder brother AC30 would be too powerful for home-work but may have a more "authentic" sound ! Nevertheless it's a perfect amp for british crunch (and clean) lovers : from the brand that made it !

Stock the amp was really good. The basic tone was there for me. Once I replaced the Reverb tank with the Mod 8EB2C1B, the speaker for A Weber 30 Watt 16? AlNiCo Blue Dog and better tubes, it is all the amp for my needs. (My wants are for other amps! GAS!)

The AC15 Vox amp is a very good amp. I will never buy another brand other than Vox because they are great sounding amps and they are well made too. It sounds very good with all of my pedals including a tube screamer, germanium fuzz face, topanga spring reverb, DS-1 distortion, crybaby wah, and ep booster. My next amp will be an AC30, but for now, the AC15 is plenty of amp for me. You'll actually be surprised with the volume that this amp can actually put it too. So all in all a great amp that works great with pedals.

Its got that classic vox sound. Very bright and lots of low end as well. Good onboard EQ options help tame it. Beautiful spring reverb and tremolo. Sounds awesome when cranked. Takes pedals wonderfully.

Good amp for live and recording. Reasonably sized so its not that much of a pain to carry around.

Comes with really low end Chinese tubes. Upgrade to some sovteks or JJ's ASAP. Could also use a speaker upgrade.

I bought this amp used from my local Long & McQuade (where I go for most of my gear), got it for a great price with the only wear being a slight circular mark on top from where I assume someone put a drink. (The store inspects & repairs any functional damage to their used gear before putting it on sale, so I don't know if that drink ever did any real damage.) It was my first tube amp, and plays real nice with any effects. Cleans are the best I've had to date, and when overdriven it sounds great by itself or with my preferred distortion, a zvex fuzz factory. For the price I got it at, it's incredible value, and more manageable volume-wise and portability-wise than an AC30.

Here is a sample of a setting I like a lot; the only pedal I use is a DD20 for giving depth to the swells; about the amp settings the guitar is on the Top Boost channel, with boosted lows, gain cranked up about 12, maybe 1.

It's the best amp a Beatle fan could ever wish!

This is my first valve amp that I own, however I played many others back before, like the Fender Twin Reverb, the Fender Bassbreaker and Marshall DSL 40C, and the Vox AC15 is what I needed since much time before. In terms of sound, you get the classic chime but also a pretty good overdrive which can bring you in the classic and modern rock position. I don't consider it has much headroom but we can also Mic the amp. Anyway, you can get clean tones even with a high volume. I mostly play in the normal channel but the Top Boost puts a little more gain in it. I suggest to put any tone control at 12* and start there to get tones. Also, the formula for cleans is high master volume>less channel volumen, to get overdriven tones you have to put high the channel volume> less master channel volumen. The FX included are awesome, the reverb reminds me of Kings of Leon - Because of the Times album sounds. Check it out, probably this is your amp.

!

I tend to stick to the top boost channel. I keep the bass at about 10 o'clock, the treble at about 2 o'clock, and the channel volume at 5 o'clock. Master volume and tone cut vary by room size

Crisp cleans from the normal channel and great edge-of-breakup tones from the top boost side. Takes pedals well, killer tremolo. The integrated reverb could use a shorter spring, the dwell (RT60) is a bit long for most applications, but works well enough if you don't have anything else. Don't expect extreme high gain tones from this amp, it's much better at blues and rock tones than it is metal.

for everything

Utilizing the stereo output of an efects pedal, I am able to use a blend of both the top boost and normal channels

Great amp.

I like the clean tones from this amp. It's got a nice crunchy to overdrive channel to, but I mostly use my Jet City for that so...

Great amp! Gives the classic Vox chime and takes pedald really well! Super versatile.

For a couple of years now, I've been dragging this on a trolley over incredibly rough pavements to my gigs in Cardiff. With it being valve and such, I was expecting it to die quickly with how much of a racket the trolleying was creating. However, this is still working to this day! The reverb tank busted which is no surprise really with it being the most fragile part of the amplifier. Other than that, it's perfect! I love it. I've tested it against the blues junior, I found the AC has a more 'open' sound and I think the cabinet really helps with that. I would say if it were lighter, it'd be better! However if that changed the tone in the slightest, I would refuse the change. Wicked amplifier!

Amp

An incredibly versatile, well-rounded and full sounding amp. I wanted to buy an AC30 but this one blew my mind

This is a nice combo amp made by Korg. They used some cost cutting measures but the final product comes out pretty nice. No channel switching, but that's okay cause I got a TS in front of it. The gain is pretty hot and anything beyond 12 o'clock with humbuckers gets pretty muddy. The trick is to roll back the gain and jack the volume to get the best tones. Other China made combos like this come with the footswitch included, but Vox charges $40 to switch on the Tremolo and Reverb. Reverb is your average Spring, nothing fancy. Really like the Tremolo, great speed and depth options. I know it's sacrilegious to question the Vox tone controls, but it would bet nice to get a mid control and ditch the Tone Cut.

I have one and I have used it for countless gigs and other performances. I think it sounds great. I had to replace the tubes since the stock ones were losing their flavor. I think its a great amp for anyone who wants a classic brit or crunch sound

It seems a stable amp to me.

That classic British Invasion sound, with beautiful reverb and tremolo, a gritty drive and a Top Boost channel.

A wide range of tones are available with this small beast.

One of the bigger mistakes I made was trading this little guy away a couple years ago. Looking for one now - lots of raw tone and power that you almost don't need pedals to rock with. Classic British tone on a budget. Highly recommended for a serious local gigger or someone's first tube amp.