Vox AC10C1 Combo Guitar Amp

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I plug it in my Vox and........wowwww. Warm crunchy beautiful singing tone. Best tone ever. I have sustain even if this pedal have not enough gain for me. I've had the AC10 for about a year now; mine is the limited edition White tolex version. This amp thrives in a recording environment and a gigging environment. It does struggle a bit to keep up in a practice room with a loud drummer without sounding a bit bright. The AC10C1 is one fine-sounding piece of kit. Yes, the reverb’s digital (although high-quality digital), and, yes, it uses a printed circuit board. But the price is right, the looks are historic, and the tone summons forth the greats.

With its small format but big sound, the AC10C1 will be at home anywhere. Whether practicing at home, jamming with friends, small gigs or recording, the AC10C1 is the perfect choice. You just plug in and sound great!

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NEW products: 4% of the current new selling price to double the warranty from 1 year to 2 years. 4% for each additional year. The clean (chimey?) tones are amazing, which is what I'm mostly looking for. The adjective "deep" comes to mind. Exceeds expectations in clean tones. Circuitry plus the 10 inch Celestian speaker seem perfectly matched. The controls are equally simple with a dual band treble and bass EQ, Gain, Reverb and that Master Volume for shaping your tone. Different tones are achieved through a balancing of the master and gain controls, and while the treble and bass controls do a great job, a mid EQ would have been a nice addition for further shaping the tone, although it wasn’t included on the original either. A single power switch is included with a delayed standby mode to save your tubes. This is a sweet and simple amp with fantastic tone. Once broken in, the speaker sounds great. It plays well with pedals as well.

Accessory Coverage: Any peripheral devices or accessories that come with your product (i.e. foot pedal, case) are also covered.The AC10C1 also includes a Top Boost tone circuit, as added to later AC30s. The original AC10 had a basic, passive treble cut control, but the new amp features an active tone control circuit with separate Bass and Treble knobs. This is a single channel amp. The amp distortion sounds good, but I usually dial it clean and get my overdrive/distortion tones from pedals. It takes most pedals well. The only one that didn't work well for me was the JHS Morning Glory. It just made it louder for some reason. The classic Vox top-boost tone is present: the clear and clean high-end cuts well. But I was particularly surprised by the warm bottom-end: the bass tones are clear and well-defned without being "boomy" or "woofy". And the old Vox tremelo (which I never used much) has been replaced in this AC10C1 by a reverb function that adds a realistic spacial character that doesn't wash-out the fundamental guitar tones. The AC10 was one of the first amplifiers to bear the VOX name and has long been adored for his ability to achieve rich, articulate tube tone at very manageable volumes. For this reason, the AC10 has become a highly coveted piece of VOX history since it's discontinuation in 1965. Now in 2015, VOX is proud to introduce the AC10C1, a modern take on this classic design. I get some great output coupled then with mic'ing up and running through the house PA. Yet this little beast can be tamed down for the home and still give that great clean to grit tone of the VOX.