![]() ![]() It is a completely professional sounding rig and would be great for many tasks. They made a huge difference to the AC15, replacing the junko Chinese tubes the amp was shipped with. I have some really sweet old stock tubes that need to be tried in the AC10. I have a half dozen decent 10"s kicking around that I look forward to trying in it after I remove the back panel and start messing with the tubes. It appears the Celestion VX10 may not demonstrate the finest qualities of this amp. Holy Mother! If the amp sounded great before it was awesome now. I decided to plug in the 15" Emi Legend cab I had sitting beside the AC10. Interestingly, it may be the external speaker jack that illustrated the amp's only potential flaw. The amp has an external speaker output which shuts off the internal speaker when plugged in. Surf players won't be using this onboard reverb anyway. The digital reverb, while no equal of the real deal Vox reverb, still sounds pleasingly good for some ambience. Controls consist of GAIN, BASS, TREBLE, REVERB, VOLUME all plugged into the Vox Top Boost circuit and all controls are adequately responsive. In addition to being light, it is a compact little package as well, measuring 520 x 210 x 410 mm / 20.47”x 8.27”x 16.14”. I would not be terribly surprised if that was conservative. Tube compliment is two EL-84s and two 12AX7s and Vox rates it at 10w RMS. Certainly loud enough for rehearsals as long as the drummer isn't too heavy handed but really, it seems very capable of anything up to small gigs, more if it's mic'd. Volume? Almost as loud as the AC15 or my 12" Princeton Reverb. For two hours the lil' fella' and I shimmered and jangled through some great Gretsch/Vox tone. ![]() After plugging my new Gretsch Panther into the AC10 via one of Tavo Vega's great Atomic Brain pedals, I proceeded to give L&M's loaner AC10 a serious workout and I discovered that this little amp is not Vox-like, it's a real Vox. That said, I expected the AC10 to be no more than Vox-like. I absolutely love the sound of a Gretsch through a Vox amp and to satiate my love for the jangle, I have a lovely AC15, re-speakered and re-tubed. It was my thought that the little Vox might prove to be a good fit in the same category as the Phaez, being ten watts and very portable. Through a Jensen C12N or a Emi Legend 12" it is a great sounding mini-rig. Currently I am playing through a 6-10 watt (depending on power tube) Phaez hand made by Randy Fay in Windsor, Ontario. One of the bands I work with rehearses somewhat quietly so, quiet but great sounding amps are in demand. Emphasis on surprisingly, definitely lighter than my 68 Princeton (with a 12" in it.) Vox says 12.3kg/27.12 lbs and I believe it. I went over and lifted it up but instead of experiencing the normal VSD symptom (Vox Shoulder Dislocation) it was surprisingly light. It looked really little beside its big brothers. But while I was there I spied a new Vox AC10 sitting forlorn on the floor beside an AC15 and an AC30. I dropped into my local L&M today to try out a Fender Acoustisonic 150, a very fine acoustic guitar amp indeed. ![]()
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