#Fender vs vox amps mod
#Fender vs vox amps pro

School Bus Seat material with old Zenith Radio grill cloth from the 1930's. I've already warned him that it's going to be too loud for his house. Kevin Gray is building a new VOX AC-30 Top Boost from scratch (with help from a few collectors) and it is going to be awesome. I had a neat Matchless setup for a while but finally had to sell it it became worth too much money to be sitting around my den with me copping Animals licks and entertaining the dogs. Problem is, the amps are too friggin loud for home use, and not loud enough for concert use. So, for me, listening to the intro of 'You Can't Do That' or 'I Feel Fine' speaks VOX to me. By 1966 everything sounds, well, Fender-ry and pinched (Geoff E.'s fault he liked it that way).

I only like the sound of their 1963-65 stuff. Regarding the Beatles, believe it or not, when they switched engineers and amps, part of their charm left as well. That's what it sounds like to me:Ĭlick to expand.Prix, the Shadows used both the 15's and the 30's.

I figured it was littered with Vox amplification. Here is a great site if you are a gear jackal and a Who fan like me, for example 'Sell Out' I was shocked to find the seemingly claimed, total lack of Vox on that album. To my knowledge, he never used a Tweed Bassman, but occasionally dabbled in the Tweed Twin action, but I could be wrong. I swear, more than half of THE Vox tone is in those Blue Bulldogs.Īlso, are you sure about the Buddy Holly sounds you are hearing? He used his Ampeg almost exclusively. Just not quite as loud and ballsy as the AC30. The Pacemaker, of course, is pure Vox tone. The closed back cabinets really add definition and punch to the typical floppy and thin Fender sound.

#Fender vs vox amps mod

The Bassman does the Marshall thing and the Bandmaster has a bypass mod so that with the flick of a switch, I've got a screaming AC30esque tone. With these, I can pretty much get any sound that I want.

#Fender vs vox amps pro

My current amps are: '65 Vox Pacemaker (hotrod), '64 Fender Bandmaster w/cab(blonde), '64 Fender Bassman w/cab, '65 Fender Pro Reverb, '64 Fender Reverb Unit, '6? Silvertone(small combo w/ 10'), and a Vox AC1(novelty practice amp). It's the perfect recording amp and also is great paired with a Fender for playing live. I recovered it and put in a 12' Blueback and a pair of 7189s just to make it a little hotter. Then I got a '65 Pacemaker that was chewed up. I hung up the AC30 and started using a '65 Pro Reverb live, but still a compromise.

I used to use an AC30 exclusively, but it's really hard to be practical in small clubs because they are so dang loud. But in the real world, there really is no way around it. Click to expand.I totally agree, but what if you had to choose? You're on a desert island and you have to pick one amp and one amp only.