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I'm wondering if anyone out there has considered using Vox amps for
jazz guitar performance. I have a Vox Cambridge that I use for
practice and small gigs for my archtop and it really produces a nice
clean tone that rings both warm and clear for the p90 pickups on my
archtop. I've considered getting a larger Vox like the AC30. I'm
wondering if anyone has had any experience using these. The
Cambridge, by the way, is a hybrid amp with a single valve that
provides tube sound for the clean and distorted channels. I often
have to admit that I like the character of my sound through this amp
more than through my Fender tube amp, a DeVille, particularly when it
comes to my p90 equipped archtop.

AC 30 top boost is not an easy thing to use: the tone controls are
really weird, and after I have had my ?59 for ten years I still don?t
know if I like it...

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I used a Vox AC 30 many years ago, and although I recall the tone
controls needed careful setting to tame the fierce treble, recordings
made at the time reveal a nice sound when I listen to them now.

After trying lots of amps I am now using a Carvin Bel Air, which
curiously is a very similar design to the AC 30, I believe. It too
can be overly toppy, but overall I have been very pleased with it.

John Clarke
Basingstoke
UK

In a message dated 8/14/01 2:41:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, goto@...
writes:

I'm wondering if anyone out there has considered using Vox amps for
jazz guitar performance.

I'm using a Trace Elliot class A design (which is the design
used by Vox) and get lots of compliments on the tone. I used
a Fender Blues Deluxe (similiar to the Hot Rod models) for a
while and found it voiced too dark for my tastes.


Jeff S.

Interesting. For Jazz Gigs I've been using for the last few
years Trace Elliot's Acoustic Amp TA100R and also have
received great compliments on sound.

What I find is really good about the amp is that it's very
compact - one box to take to the gig - has a notch filter/
phase reversal preventing feedback, and has built in EQ
and alesis reverb.

So far I have not met anyone else using this amp for Jazz!

Alisdair MacRae Birch
Jazz Guitarist


--- In jazz_guitar@y..., "Jeff Spauld" <jefspauld@a...> wrote:

In a message dated 8/14/01 2:41:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

goto@t...

writes:

I'm wondering if anyone out there has considered using Vox amps

for

jazz guitar performance.

I'm using a Trace Elliot class A design (which is the design
used by Vox) and get lots of compliments on the tone. I used
a Fender Blues Deluxe (similiar to the Hot Rod models) for a
while and found it voiced too dark for my tastes.


Jeff S.