Apartment Amp? - Vox Pathfinder 15R IMPORTANT UPDATE

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:36 am

Haze wrote:Does the Bugera get a good tube overdrive going on with the .1watt mode?

I think so. I could try it out for you tomorrow and get back to you.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:48 am

vox pathfinder with footswitch, stupid.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:35 pm

O of fucking course! To the beat lab! I mean... INHERENT..... INTERNET!!!

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:52 pm

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porterhaus · Post by **porterhaus** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:02 pm

I'm a noob with amps. But, the Vox VT15 works well for me in a townhome situation.

Link to Vox VT15 at Musicians Friend

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:16 pm

haze, if you don't want a vox that looks like it came out of zakk wylde's arsehole, get the pathfinder. make sure you get one with reverb. they sell all day on ebay for $60 or so.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:29 pm

bob the r0bot wrote:you could try one of those zt lunchboxes

Seriously great jazz amp, I loved the tone it produced with my hollowbody. The drive sound sucks though.

On the topic of vox amps I know this is a bit of a thread hijack but does anyone like the AC4? I know there was a thread about it but I'm just being brief.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:39 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:you don't want a vox that looks like it came out of zakk wylde's arsehole.

Agreed, the ADVT series looks like absolute schmutz.
However, the early incarnations of that design, the VTX, looked pretty awesome.

I think these may have gotten too expensive now which is weird, considering the guts are essentially the same as the ADVTs but not so weird when considering how much better they look.

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:13 am

I didnt have time today to demo anything (lots of repairs and warranty help today)... It seems Haze has found a love with the Bugera anway so I think I will do the demos as I have time and just make a practice amp thread to put them in.

Justyn · Post by **Justyn** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:23 am

I can tell you with all confidence that a super champ XD is much too loud for close quarters.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:21 am

Looking at the pathfinder now, damn good demos, actually sounds like an vox with features I need I

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:59 am

best apartment amp i've ever had was my fonovox GT501
60 cycles humming and .3 amps no idea what wattage

i think i've used it in several videos on the tube.
its a late 50's first gen solid state.

MikeG · Post by **MikeG** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:29 pm

I bought a second hand 15w Pathfinder last month. Takes pedals well.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:25 am

BIN'd a Pathfinder 15r today, we'll see!
Also picked up a pair of Sony "Studio Monitor" headphones with an active eq/bass boost thing and a 1/4" adaptor. Sounds alright, but the $15 Skull Candy ones i also got for ipod listening sounds even better [?] Mainly because they're tucked snug in my ear. damn things, have to return the sony's i think

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:28 am

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:42 am

dammit i forgottt

blacktaxi · Post by **blacktaxi** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 8:41 am

Haze wrote:Does the Bugera get a good tube overdrive going on with the .1watt mode?

you should try it in a shop. i didn't like it at all, however i didn't like 1 and 5 watt modes either - it just gets all farty.

i have a vox night train with 12" blackheart cab, i use it in my apartment and i love it. but before that i had a vox amplug that i plugged into cheapo yamaha solid state amp, and it sounded really good, i mean, i liked that sound far more than "tube" bugeras v5 and v22.

blacktaxi · Post by **blacktaxi** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 8:42 am

aw hell, i'm too late.

the pathfinder is awesome, yes.

Post by **Hurb** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 9:01 am

Haze wrote: The cleans on the spider are great but everything else sounds bad, like the "crunch" channel for instance. If the cleans on the Vibro/Super champ live up to the classic fender cleans that i love but with better overdrives then I'll take a muuuuuch closer look

Interesting you say the crunch channel sounds bad, I love the crunch on mine(although mine is the 75 watt II if it makes a difference?) Although it took some tweaking to get it right I think it sounds great.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:31 pm

After some tweaking I can get a nice crunch out of it, but that'll only be one or two settings. Also there might be current models (amp sims) between the II and III