Vox AC4 TV - great vintage tone and creamy power tube saturation

I've already several tube amp, and when i tried in shop i really don't need another amp or a mini amp. Anyway i was amazed about how warm, nice and greasy this marvellous AC4 TV sounds! A 10" custom Celestion cone for a micro combo cab, with much many bass you can image (sounds better grounded). No effect at all, just amp and my mod strato with Custom Shop 54

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• attenuator
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• EL84

[danstune]

This review is accurate from my perspective. I have this amp and it produces a nice range of sound for a variety of uses. I added a reverb pedal to mine and I get all that I want for home use and small venues as well. I recommend it, too! Thanks for your playing and the great review.

[rafport]

@danstune thank you for the nice post and for appreciating my video. If you have some free minutes and you interested in, listen to the profile i catch from this amp with the Kemper. I put the mic in this exact position and the results is really good, and really Vox voiced. Bye!

[MTLguitarist98]

it has an EL84, so can it sound like a hiwatt or a Marshall when cranked?

[rafport]

@MTLguitarist98 it's quite different, it reminds more vox style in saturation. anyway consider that it's a very small amp with just 2 tubes (pre and final), so there are not headroom at all and you are cranking it even at 2-3 of volume (and at 100 is too much and too dirty for me), so cleans are almost impossible to obtain at decent volume. and in 4w mode the speaker start to crank very soon too. it's the perfect amp to understand the reaction of a cranked amp, but is not an all purpose product

[MrStoryoftheyear]

For 4w, is the sound quality awesome for practicing?

[rafport]

@MrStoryoftheyear the quality is very good, but this amp has a very distinctive vintage saturation tone. it miss headroom and almost miss clean tones. His character is all about power tube saturation and midranges frequencies, and vintage one so very far from modern distortion. If you like this, this amp really sing, is incredibly responsive on touch. You will love or you will hate, for sure.

[guitarcanuck11]

I just used this amp to record many guitar tracks on my album. FAT warm tone. Better than video lets on.

[Carphunter1970]

Great review sir, I am now going to order one of these to go with my Jeff Beck strat, but alas it will be a few more years of practice before I achieve yours, or indeed Mr. Becks skill level!!

[BjArViSy]

Very nice.

[pleximanic1]

Sounds very thin, and boxy. Good nose sound. Great thins, and great boxy spank. Good to know it has no sustain or sag just like all vintages amps had.

[manelplus]

Será mi próximo amplificador.Decidido.busco ese sonido de limpios y de crunch.