Okay, so I bought the Vox AC15 cc1 six weeks ago and I thought I would try to give a review on it. Bear in mind that I am somewhat new to this ? . I was looking for a low watt tube amp that would give me decent tone and decent overdrive. I’m just going to break it down to likes and dislikes.
Starting with dislikes:
Only one channel.
The reverb is absolutely awful.
The tremolo function is so-so
There is still a slight tremolo even when the tremolo effect is turned down to zero.
The foot switch for the tremolo and reverb feels and looks cheap.
Plastic knobs and some plastic finishing.
Likes:
The tone, obviously (the reason I bought it) ?
From “clean” (because it still has slight clipping), to light crunch, to all the way dirty, I really like the overdrive in any setting. To me it sounds great.
Although I mentioned some plastic finishing, overall I am very happy with the quality and look of the amp, it’s really solid, weighing in at about 22.5kg.
Very simple and uncluttered controls.
Other reviews mention reliability issues but I’ve had none (granted, I’ve only had it for six weeks)
Before I drove up to Joburg to test it, I read a stack of reviews, so I pretty much knew going in, what I might not like about the amp. It’s pretty much a one trick pony, but it has exactly what I was looking for. I played it, liked it, and bought it. Turnkey was having a sale, so I got it for R3600.
A little off topic - I’m busy breaking the speaker in today by playing music through it, surprisingly it sounds pretty good ? . I thought it would sound dirty (with the gain knob turned up slightly otherwise there is no volume what-so-ever), but it’s still clear and quite pleasant. Only when I turn the gain past halfway, does the music audibly (to me) start breaking up. So, with all that I’ve read and heard, it should sound even better once the speaker has loosened up.
Starting with dislikes:
Only one channel.
The reverb is absolutely awful.
The tremolo function is so-so
There is still a slight tremolo even when the tremolo effect is turned down to zero.
The foot switch for the tremolo and reverb feels and looks cheap.
Plastic knobs and some plastic finishing.
Likes:
The tone, obviously (the reason I bought it) ?
From “clean” (because it still has slight clipping), to light crunch, to all the way dirty, I really like the overdrive in any setting. To me it sounds great.
Although I mentioned some plastic finishing, overall I am very happy with the quality and look of the amp, it’s really solid, weighing in at about 22.5kg.
Very simple and uncluttered controls.
Other reviews mention reliability issues but I’ve had none (granted, I’ve only had it for six weeks)
Before I drove up to Joburg to test it, I read a stack of reviews, so I pretty much knew going in, what I might not like about the amp. It’s pretty much a one trick pony, but it has exactly what I was looking for. I played it, liked it, and bought it. Turnkey was having a sale, so I got it for R3600.
A little off topic - I’m busy breaking the speaker in today by playing music through it, surprisingly it sounds pretty good ? . I thought it would sound dirty (with the gain knob turned up slightly otherwise there is no volume what-so-ever), but it’s still clear and quite pleasant. Only when I turn the gain past halfway, does the music audibly (to me) start breaking up. So, with all that I’ve read and heard, it should sound even better once the speaker has loosened up.
:'(