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  • TYLKO POLAK TAK POTRAFI KURWA!!!!

  • I bought this... only going to get the sound in this video using emg pickups... seymour duncans give you only van halen hot for teacher sound. If you have to be quiet than I would get this, otherwise I would pass on this product, it sounds like a very cheap amp.

  • @googxmsr I used to say...."there is no bad and good gear...there are only badly selected sets". Maybe You should Try some other guitar or monitor system. And...I don't agree as for the pickups...It's all about what You can achieve by matching right wood, right construction, right pick, right articulation, right amp, and right pickup...

  • Nice Mega Man

  • thumbs up if you think VOX should do a distortion pedal by this one !!

  • What were your settings for this demo?

  • If set correctly could I also get hardrock/classic rock tones out of this as well?

  • @kHeartgrand Honestly You can get a crunch overdrive but vintage sounds are based on other frequency response so for me there is nothing that much "good for all" and best for the classic rock stuff is AC30 (my private taste) cause it has lots of warm, low midrange .

    Cheers!

  • Wonder if you could use this for an overdrive pedal, actually sounds pretty cool I heard it in a mix and thought it was a nice amp mic'd up. Sounds like there's actually space like it's not direct. How'd they do that? lol

  • Howz the lead tone on the metal vox, is it still decent for playing solos?

  • How long are the batteries?

  • @bladhack up to 15 hours with 2xAAA Batteries

  • I've got one with a mini cabinet, great great stuff, sound quality is crisp and fantastic!

  • my friend had one for his bass and i was amazed by the sound of it,i now bought one for my guitar and it keeps amazing me how good and heavy the sound is from this little thing

  • its got also a clean channel ??

  • @yamcoverZ nope

  • @yamcoverZ You need a different version for clean. I think the AC30 does clean.

  • I dunno if you know how to play some metallica songs.. if u do a favor to ask. please play MASTER OF PUPPETS. TAHNKS

  • you could plug this into an 8 string with some pc speakers and go busk some meshuggah on side of the street :D

  • can you use this for bass?

  • @wormyivanxPAWNx there is a bass model for it.

  • Im probobly guna buy this. Its awesome.

  • yo tengo ese y tengo la ltd con emg y no suena asi noe s una maravilla...

  • Love the pinch harmonics about 0:30!!

  • This, Lead or Joe Satriani?

  • @pivotgodxd this... its WAY heavier...

  • @pivotgodxd To me, to give you a reference point, this is a heavier, more modern American Rectifier sound. The lead is a more Marshall gain sound, more like the 80's style metal sound. Both good, just depends on what you're looking for.

  • I actually like this more than my vox ac15's distortion:)

  • @TheRane0us if you use two AAA alkaline batteries, you can get around 15 hours out of it. If you use two AAA zinc-carbon batteries you'll get around 5-7 hours of use.

  • it sounds great and all but really if you want a killer sound and more variety to play different styles get a direct input device and get revalver mk 3 from peavey nothing compares

  • That sounds sweet, but how do you use it for live performances?

  • Would be nice for gigging, sounds better than my whole gear.

  • The riffs at the beginning sound great. What song is it?

  • can this me changed for like deathcore/ grindcore sounds??

  • I so want to play like this.................!!!

  • What program did you use to record?

  • Respekt za grę :) Czy uzyskam dobry efekt podpinając Ampluga do mojego Les Paula ? Nie posiadam innego modelu gitary , lecz niedługo kupuję nową. Czy mogę prosić o poradę ?

  • noob question : works on single coil pickup?

  • @sniper33666 ye

  • @sniper33666 you wont get this kind of fat tone, but yeah sounds ok on my strat

  • @sniper33666 xD

  • I'd like to know, how long will the battery last until it starts to sound bad or no sound? And what type of batteries does it use?

  • can i use this for clean tones too? i dont want to buy two amplugs, one for distortion and one for clean

  • @samumaster You won't get absolutely clean sound out of it. You can only make some kind of bluesy clean by cutting out gain on amplug and pullling down guitars volume.

  • @vavrzyn

    Who is the best beetween the lead and the Metal amplug ?

  • Holy frriggin cow, this thing is a monster! Nice Riffage, is it improvised or part of a song(s)? I muts get one of this...

  • noob question but how does it sound when you just play through the thing, nothing else? and is this the sound you get when you play it through speakers?

  • I picked up this VOX metal amplug a few days ago and its awesome!! I playing it using an aux cable connected to my small Marshall MG10 and it sounds amazing!!! This is a very innovative gadget :D

  • WTF !!??!? BADASS NOISE !

  • I just got mine and I have a problem with it. When chugging (palm muting) on my drop-c guitar, it farts badly. The lower the note, the worse it gets. It sounds like an amp that's crapping out on the low end. Tried different headphones. Reducing gain helps, but that's not why I bought a metal amp! I found other people online are heaving this same issue (google: vox amplug metal; it farts). Disappointing!

  • I don't see why people don't use this thing as a distortion unit. It sounds better through headphones (I am listening with 20 dollar headphones) than a recorded mic'ed cab with a good majority of the distortion pedals on the market. Plus, with a Y-connector (stereo mini to dual mono 1/4"), you could drive two amps and record them on two separate tracks panned left/right for a stereo sound. Nothing beats tube amp overdrive, but if you use a pedal for your distortion anyway, why not use this?

  • Gonna get this and the mini cab built for it.

  • So you plugged it directly in and the amplug has a cab simulator built in it right? It sounds really good, but what if you plug it into a cab? They made a cab just for the amplugs too, so it must sound weird.

  • @ShimmySystem The mini-cab has a built in low-power amp. You could plug this in to an amp, or with a Y-connector two amps, and it would serve as a very good distortion+bi-amp device. It won't drive a speaker by itself, it's more like a preamp, but it works as a distortion pedal (without a FS) and sounds as good as metal distortion pedals that cost hundreds more.

  • @punkeratheart This honestly sounds better than most "metal distortion" pedals.

  • @ShimmySystem And just imagine what it would sound like through a clean amp with a good 12" speaker.

  • @punkeratheart Seriously though, this shits all over metalzone

  • @ShimmySystem Actually, there's some 1x10" "powered monitor" speakers made by fender that really just have 10" musical instrument loudspeakers in them, and since this little guy is made for use with headphones, it can drive a pair of them for a stereo spread, or even drive a roland cube 80 on one side of the stage and a small tube combo on the other, and get a nice stereo texture that no pedal (except a stereo chorus pedal placed after distortion) can give...and it sounds WAY better than pedals.

  • @ShimmySystem The metalzone is nothing, this baby sounds better than pretty much any pedal that isn't tube driven. My twin tube classic, limited as it may be for gain, sounds better, but it also cost me 200 bucks and I can't Bi-amp off it OR plug headphones in to it. This thing could (as it was here) be used for DI recording as a songwriting tool, and this is coming from a guy who won't even record BASS without a 1x15 cab and a condenser, let alone guitar! I'd use it with computer speakers too.

  • @punkeratheart I've been going into amp modeling for the computer for about a year now. It's probably the most cheapest and easy route to go. It sounds pretty good too, but nothing will beat tubes/valves, but I think that computer digital amp modeling beats a lot of solid state stuff, mostly the pedals if not the SS amps.

    But the VOX amplugs sound really good for solid state equipment, and for such a small size. I pretty much swore off of solid state until I saw these babies.

  • @punkeratheart I'm probably going to get the Lead or Metal (lead has delay, and is good for more high mid sounding tone) and get that amplug cabinet, then screw a belt clip to it so I can play my guitar anywhere I go.

  • @ShimmySystem Like being an electric street musician. I saw a guy plug one in to his car stereo and play, the video was in spanish, but I could tell he was just using guitar+amplug+cassette-adapter and car stereo, and it sounded awesome.

  • @punkeratheart Yeah, I thought about walking around town and playing to keep myself entertained. I could bring my guitar with me to my friends too.

    It's really cool. I was going to get an Marshall MS-2 but this blows this out of the water by a long shot.

  • @ShimmySystem For anything solid state, Marshall is the wrong way to go. Even the original valvestate amps were way overpriced and sounded nowhere near as good as my BK Butler hybrid. It also has just one 12AX7, but it runs it at full voltage, the first and second gain stages are the tube, and the power amp is pretty accurate and discreet. With a good cab, that amp sounds very close to a tube amp. A VS on the other hand, well, your paying 500 bucks for a name. Vox makes a good hybrid too, cheap.

  • holy shit that's amazing for that little bastard

  • i got 1 of these, ballcrushing tone!

  • from the amplug can you go straight into your amp?

  • @dxhagopian31 yup

  • i run this thing straight into my logitech speakers from my pc, sounds amazing with the subwoofer slammin

  • I have one of these little bastards, and I was really surprised when it sounded this good, I really didn't expect that, I recommend this to anyone without room for a large amp or just need something small to practice with, it's great. Of course it won't sound as good as full size amps, but this thing is smaller than my phone. How the hell did Vox do it?

  • How much does it cost in Poland ? Iam from Lithuania, if its cheaper i would buy from there.

  • Do u have to plug this into ur amp an guitar or just guitar and do u have to have headphones in to get that sound?

  • @gregdafreak Plugs into your guitar. ( battery powered. around 20 hours ). Then you plug you headphones into it. I Also believe it has a input opening on it to plug your mp3 player in.

    Put it simple, Get a child mini guitar, This and plug it into your cars cd player and jam inside your car Ha.

  • NICE SOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I just got the AC30 amplug and dig it. I think it has the most range. But this one sounds pretty sweet for metal.

  • SOUND VERY GOOD , I already have the gutiar , I only need this awesome thing!

  • it's crazy how good these little things sound.

  • i have a effects peddal to can i use it to somehow ??

  • all hail Heavy Metal!

  • Is it ok if I connect my ipod earphones? (I do not have headphones)

  • Sounds like Zakk Wylde. The pinch harmonics gave me a headache...

    But I'm pretty impressed with the tone this puts out.

  • does this have a clean channel please answer..

  • @Blackened1994

    no it doesn't, but it does very good for metal I would suggest you get the Lead or the AC30 plugs

  • That sounds pretty beefy indeed. I do have a question though?? Is this the sound that comes straight from the Vox, nothing added afterwards? Or has your signal here been run through impules such as redwires/recabinet?

    For £29 that sounds immense!!!

  • @ShaunNelson1

    As I wrote in the video description - directly to PC card. A was using this thing to play live performances for a few weeks.

  • @vavrzyn Cool man cheers for the info.

  • @vavrzyn is it good for live performances? why have you switched?

  • Just got this and it sounds amazing, wish i could get this sound out of my 1/2 stack.

  • that aaaaalmost sounds like the guitar solo in the beginning of BYOB by system of a down!....cool! listen and see for yourself!

    thumbs up if you agree

  • HOW DOES THAT THING WORK?

  • It sounds a lot like my MG15 through the emulated headphones jack! the resemblance is striking.

  • how many models of the ampplug are there? Also do you know of anything simular to this other than vox ampplug?

  • so this thing is like a pedal or the pedal and the amp ???

  • wow it sound like a 300$ amp!!

  • Can you plug this into an amp to be used as a pedal?

  • How loud are they?

  • what song is this that your playing dude!!

  • @TheCrazyFunnyGuy Those are random riffs. Whatever fingers brings on fretboard...during test. I can sound like something You know but it was not a purpose.

  • @vavrzyn how does it sound on the same amplug device but with the gain on 0? do you you get a completely dedicated clean tone?

  • @schecterman123 I'm afraid that's the little problem with amplugs. You can get absolutely clean tone from any one of them. Turning gain to 0 You'll have no output singal. AC30 with low gain setting can sound almost clean

  • @vavrzyn I am very very interested in getting one of these. In this comment your reply says that you can get absolutely clean tone from any of them. You go on to say that turning the gain down to 0 will give you no output signal. Can you elaborate a little more. Does that mean that if the gain is turned down to 0 there will then be no sound to the headphones? I love the sound of this one but I want a decent clean sound as well, an answer would be appreciated, Thanks

  • @redilago You should think about all the amplugs as a single channel amps. Those are distortions channels and kind of distortion depends of a kind of amp, wich is simulated. Unfortunetly there is no clean amplug. You can get clean tone in the same way as in real amp. Only by taknig down the gain as low as possible and taking the guitar volume down. Gain = 0 meansno signal.

  • @vavrzyn Ok, that makes sense, thank you very much. I would love to be able to get the really heavy sounds, the not so heavy sounds as well as a decent clean sound, not completely clean but at least clear would I go with this one or the classic rock in your opinion?

  • what does this do?

  • @LesPaulRockerProduct it's a minieffect-amp, you plugged directly to yout guitar, so it's usefull to play everywhere with headphones or to jam with a lil amp atached to you

  • would this be could with the seymour duncan blackouts EMTY please?

  • are you supoosed to use them with headphone so no one hears or can u just plug it in 2 guitar and play and you will hear it

  • you aither plug it into a speaker (sterio, surround sound)or you plug headphones into it

  • just directly connect it to guitar like any other amp...the advantage of this is that its portable...also it has a headphone jack to connect headphones for personal listening....like how u connect headphones to amps or processors....

  • nice sounds like megadeth or metallica or lamb of god in that little thing????? im getting one.

  • hmm całkiem fajny amplug

  • do you plug this in a guitar or a amp?? i know stupid question but..

  • guitar

  • guitar

  • guitar and then u plug in earphones

  • In your ears...

  • Guitar

  • how the hell do i get thumbs down? lmao im freakin complimenting him haha

  • those were some tasty pitch harmonics

  • @hoodieninja89 i know

    i wnat one sooo bad

  • dude i just got one

    so awesome, totally worth $40

  • you mean "pinch" harmonics buddy :)

    sorry had to lol

  • gosh the pinch harmonics make me jizz in my pants! XP could yur guitar make pinch harmonics like tht without this plug? cuz if so im fucked haha when i try to pinch on like the 6th string not a damn thing comes out

  • BLS status harmonics :)

  • :)) What kind of question is this?

  • .. i was just asking,,

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  • No, you have to plug it into your guitar's output jack first ;)

    But seriously, you need a set of heaphones or a cable to connect it to a recording device, stereo, etc.. It does not have built- in speakers.

  • No.. But you can plug it in to headphones or so just like with a MP3 o what ever...

  • I think that this sound is very good.

  • holy fuk!!! thts a nice mean ass tone !!!! xD

  • Yeah! I love that fat-ass tone. Gonna buy one. :D

  • My god !

  • I wanna get this, that way I don't always have to move around my amp which is a pain in the ass by the way.

  • if my guitar only has a volume controller, does this will still play good?

  • mine is an ibanez rg370 and has only one volume controller, sound beautiful :)

  • cool thanks!

  • dude walk around town with this thing and a pedal board lol

  • Wow :o

  • That thing packs a punch for being a plug in adapter!

  • Does this have a line out? I could not see from the video.

  • Yes it has : )

  • fuck?! sounds like a stack!

  • how does that work that plug direct in your guitar?

  • How are pinch harmonics on this thing and how are they on the lead one?

  • wwell he played a few pinch harmonics so watch the vid and your first question'll be answered

  • Can someone tell me if these amp plugs have a clean setting?

  • nope. i have this one and this particular one has no clean. The others do though

  • well do you mean others as in I have to buy others to get clean or the other models have distorted and clean as well?

  • only the ac30 got clean

  • Check the ac30 for that

  • i just bought the amplug metal and the is amazing! sounds so big and full, coming from a device that fits in ur pocket and weights less then a cellphone.

    well worth the money

  • that tiny litte plug can make a sound like that? *open mouth*

  • can you get clean settings on this yao?

  • not really, and the tone falls flat on its face on low gain settings due to the way that its wired; four stage solid state amps... hence a super fat tone which just sounds dull.

    Its still possible however. I'd look at an AC30 instead, or buy both and somehow have a pocket switchboard XD.

  • this is a model of a vox amp - it is designed specifically for headphones (meaning it is equalized to perform best when headphones are plugged into it.). having said that, you can also plug this into ur amp if you have an auxilary jack or computer speakers. I got the AC30 amplug and it is very cool - only feature i don't like is that as you turn the gain down, the volume decreases significantly, so you have to find the right combination to maintain volume while gettting a clean sound.

  • how much does it sell for?

  • ~40$

  • i got a question if i brought it to scool with no other amp would this work? idk if im just stupid or if it doesnt

  • That's kind of the point...

  • hellmaelstorm...no, you cannot play with this alone - you need to either A) plug the auxilary cable into ur AMP if it has an auxilary jack...or run the auxilary to computer speakers...however, it performs best when headphones are plugged in.

  • you are asking if you're stupid so my answer is yes

    you cant even spell the word "school"

  • These actually make really good preamps. I use this, connect my amp to it and it sounds awesome.

  • Wow, you get some nice pinch harmonics out of that thing!

  • How can THIS sound like THIS!?

    Sounds cool.

  • It's a great sound for a piece of shit like that.

    Cheap and very useful, now I CAN SHRED ON THE SHOWER!! FUCK YEAH.

  • Thank you for your session about the VOX amplugs. Very helpful =)

  • ok umm i got it and when i put try to put it on tone and gain on 10 it makes some squeeky sound

  • Who said You have to put it up to 10 ?:) I have never did it even with dark sounding mahogany guitars ;)