Re: [Harp-L] great deal on vox vt30

[Garry <harp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/04/2011 09:30 AM, 46long Blake wrote:
> My guitar-playing son got the VT15 (same amp, but smaller) for 
> christmas - very cool amp with remarkable replication of classic Vox, 
> Fender, and Marshall tones. They've updated the VT series, so they're 
> practically giving away the VT15 and VT 30. The VT 30's "street" price 
> has halved in less than two months.The VT series has a 12ax7 preamp 
> tube, which adds an expressiveness that most lower-cost modeling amps 
> don't attain.
oddly enough, it doesn't use the 12ax7 for preamp, but in the power amp
stage.  still sounds great and is very responsive.

http://www.voxamps.com/us/valvetronixplus/valvereactor/

>  Not sure why I haven't plugged into it myself, yet.

well, get to it!  when you do, a warning: make sure you're in manual
mode, vs. using the presets.  the latter are mostly good for screeching
howling feedback at almost any volume level, near as i can tell.

try the AC30-HH model with gain around 4 (of 10) and delay around 4.
nice.

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