Vox Bass Amp Club

[bassofhearts]

I own a Vox Pathfinder 10 Bass Amp and noticed that there were no Vox Amp Clubs! So I created one.

No number will be given in this club. But feel free to post pics and become a proud member!

NOTE: Amplug owners may join as well.

~Bassofhearts

 

[bassofhearts]

Anyone?

 

[Killed_by_Death]

This went over like a lead balloon.
Here's mine:

VX50BA on the back porch

• Killed_by_Death
• Feb 5, 2019
• ibanez premium vox

taking the SR1800E outside for the first time in 2019

 

[bhendrix]

This went over like a lead balloon

 

[G-Dog]

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Here's mine.

Vox VX50BA bass amp at church.

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[Nebula24]

Mines almost always out. Somewhere in the house. Light weight. Small form factor. Traded in a pathfinder for the vx50ba.

 

[iagtrplyr]

I’m absolutely joining this cool club. Why didn’t I see this one before? I’ve owned too-many VOX combo guitar amps: Valvetronix-series, AmpPlugs, Deacy Combo, DA5 Combo, bass pedal, cables, blah blah blah.

My latest is the VOX VX50BA, which was highly recommended by KbD and G’Dog about a year ago. It took me a while, but I jumped in looking for a little tube action (yeah, NuTube) and it’s been a blast to play through. Unlike Doggy, I haven’t been able to play live with others yet but I’m excited about trying it out.

I just want to know when VOX is going to get going building a gig-ready combo or even separates? Take my money, VOX!

 

[Jim Carr]

No Essex? No Foundations? No Kennsinton? No Domino? No ever-loving T.60 or Bristol?

 

[Timmah]

I used to have a Vox Pathfinder 15R that I’d use for guitar and bass (bass only at home). It sounded damn good til it got stolen, and I miss it sometimes.

 

[Jim Carr]

I guess I have to join. I had an Essex that I got in 1966—replaced it in 1968 with a dual showman with D140F drivers—they both sucked.

I have used a couple of different model 118 Foundations at gigs (terrible), and played though a T.60/Bristol at the Vox shop in the French Market in Overland Park, KS (I was in awe, but then again, I was also playing a Hofner bass that belonged to the store), and I was 15. That was like 1965!

Two years lears later, I think in 1967, I played through a 412+horn Super Beatle a few times at the Vox dealer in Lincoln, RI. It was not really a bass amp, but was fascinating due to the built-in MRB, the weird tilt frame, solid-state 120 rms wattage (a lot then), and the all those drivers. Seemed cool.

 

[wayshot]

I wanna join! Here's my ~1971 Vox V100 tube head that I got this summer. Did lots of work on it, description in this thread.

 

[Guitalia]

Love my Vox amps. I've used my mid-'60s AC-50 as a bass head once or twice, in small clubs. Sounded fine, although it gets as hot as a toaster.

I've also used my solid state Thomas Vox California-built Berkeley (35 watts) and Royal Guardsman (60 watts) three-channel heads for bass. Both are plenty loud through the Berkeley's 2 X 12 cabinet (complete with chrome trolley).

The '60s California-built solid-state amps have a mixed reputation, but mine sound just as good as the AC-50 for guitar or bass and are much more versatile, with built-in tremolo, reverb, fuzz (essentially a non-adjustable Fuzz Face), and mid-range boost (with a switch to select between three fixed frequencies).

Vox trivia: they later installed the mid-range boost in a pedal and replaced the three-way switch with a pot, thus inventing the Wah pedal.

 

[Dave814]

I’ll be the proud AC100 owner in the club!

 

[G-Dog]

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Happy Thanksgiving!
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[BassmanPaul]

First amp I ever bought round ‘1963/4 was an AC50 with it’s 18” foundation speaker cabinet. I loved it - until I didn’t. All it gave was mud. I rebuilt the pre-amp using a Selmer Treble and Bass 50 as a guide. Sounded a lot better after the modifications.

 

[R Briere]

On the other side of the Room there are two more Super Beatles...an AC100 head with a T-60 Cabinet and the other 4x12 Churchill PA Cabinet. Just out of sight on that Foundation cabinet sits an AC-50 head.......

Note...If you have Pathfinder Bass amp, put a back on it. Sounds Killer. No matter What you try, a Vox Essex Amp sounds awful. Take it up on your Roof and toss it off...The Shattering sound as it hits the Ground is the Best it will ever be....

 

[Robal]

Anyone use a vintage AC-50 for bass, using the normal channel?

 

[Ethix4]

Any love for this one here? Just got this recently as my first tube bass amp , and fell in love with tube amps since. 1981 vox 125 tube bass amp. has a lot of good eq points, and a lot of good volume with the right cabs.
Unsure if this amp can take 2 ohm loads ?
pudge likes it after it’s nice and warm from the tubes

 

[ac100X]

Any love for this one here? Just got this recently as my first tube bass amp , and fell in love with tube amps since. 1981 vox 125 tube bass amp. has a lot of good eq points, and a lot of good volume with the right cabs.
Unsure if this amp can take 2 ohm loads ?
pudge likes it after it’s nice and warm from the tubes

If you ever want to sell it let me know.

 

[Ethix4]

If you ever want to sell it let me know.

I’m unsure since I don’t have another to compare it but I think it may have some issues seems to not have as much power as it used to going to retube and test soon!