If you can blast your noise and need an amp for live/band settings? Go bigger, don’t limit yourself to the ac10, 12” speakers make a huge difference in terms of sound and headroom. The tubes and the speakers really start to cook at those levels and it makes bedroom practice/recording really difficult because I cannot always raise the volume that much.Īnyways, my point is, if you want a Vox sound I’d seriously consider what your environment will allow for. if I want it to sound good I absolutely MUST raise the preamp and master volume to at least 12 o’clock for that same rich tone I’m used to with the ac4c12. I sold it and got really lucky with an Ac30cc2 with two alnico blue backs for a great price! I love this amp, it does everything I want it to! The only issue I have is. It broke up way too soon and was not as responsive to my picking as the ac4c12 was which I found incredibly strange. I decided it was time to upgrade so I got an ac15c1 and fucking hated it. It was awesome! Just not loud enough for a band setting but otherwise perfect for practice. It definitely lacked bottom end but I didn’t mind because the amp wasn’t made to fill a concert hall, just to record well and sound good at apartment volumes. I happily owned an ac4c12 for a year, it was amazing! My low output pickups let me dime the gain and master volume without losing headroom so long as I kept my picking light. Ok, to give my two cents, I’ll tell you my experience. I get that everyone has to try these out in the shop, but I have never been able to get a good sense from that short amount of time playing anything. Is the AC10 really as bad as people make it sound for clean tones as a solo performer in small settings? Any other suggestions for how to blow $650 of disposable cash? The same settings will sound twice as loud when I use a pick and break up easier. I play with fingers most of the time and have a pretty light touch, which seems to allow a lot of room to play with dynamics given what happens when I use my OD pedals on the solid state amps. I like a bit more highs than the traditional jazz tone and am mostly using a Jaguar on the rhythm circuit right now, though I do also play archtops. I wanted a Princeton but I think the price is stupid for an experiment, and don't want to mess around with used stuff right now. ![]() Yes, I am concerned about maintaining relatively clean tone but also am looking to experiment beyond the ultra clear sound of my solid state amps. What volumes are we talking about here? I get that with a big band you'd be screwed but I am only concerned with solo performance and sometimes use an OD pedal with the gain barely on as a little boost to give me a little hair if I dig in hard. The general consensus seems to be that these things, especially the AC10, break up too quickly to have any use for jazz. I have two competent solid state amps that I am very happy with and provide whatever clean headroom anyone would need, and often play them in stereo.īut since I have never owned a tube amp and have never been interested in them, now I have some entirely disposable income of around $650 CAD and am a little obsessed with trying out a Vox. THR5 only £155 though and does all I need, I have a valve amp too but for recording/meddling/playing late at night and 5 minute noodles is a great device.Just curious about any experiences with the AC10 or tiny tube amps in general. If you can get to one of the big names I would A/B THR against Adio. Lee Anderton maintains the Adio sounds better than the yamaha but depends on your taste, I like clean and crunch, quite like lead but best is Brit Hi with guitar volume turned down a bit I think. both 5 and 10 are same speakers but 10 has saveable presets which the 5 doesn't and has a bass and acoustic amp setting as well, and maybe individual base/mid/treb which the 5 doesn't but you can use on the THR software. Yamaha comes with a free version of cubase which works pretty well plus own software for different cab options and tweaking to the sounds which I use but you don't really need. The vox looks tempting or the Yamaha 5 or 10? Much difference? So guys using a computer with it, do you record with the Yamaha? Is there software you get with it or are using your own? I do like the Bluetooth feature so you don’t wires everywhere. Looks like the Yamaha gets a lot of love then.
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