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Rating And Reviews: Vox AC15C1 Guitar Amp

15 Watts Single 12-inch Celestion G12M Greenback Speaker.

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"Solid Tool, Great Tone!!!" submitted September 1, 2011

By a customer from charter.net
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Musical Background: Active Musician
Music Style: Blues / Rock, Rock.
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Sound: This amp has many sounds, I use it for Blues Rock and it fills both the genre's very efficiently, I find it to have a great clean tone and a light overdrive. Both are very useable. Feature: It would have been nice to have channel switching. Ease of Use: Pretty easy to dial in a real decent tone. Quality: It is built heavy, I have been using mine a lot in the last year and a half. Value: Great price. The Wow Factor: Dumb question. really! Overall: This is a great sounding amp, I have been playing a lot of medium sized clubs and hasn't disappointed me yet.
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"Could be all I need..." submitted February 1, 2012

By Sonny C in Venice, FL
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Musical Background: Guitarist, started earning money playing in 1974 at 16... Never looked back...
Music Style: Old School Soul, Classic Rock, Blues, Jump Blues... Americana (Country Rock)
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Overall: Very impressed with my new Vox AC15... Even right out of the box! Once I upgraded the tubes it was even more impressive. I have been using a Marshall JTM45 Bluesbreaker for many, many years... I needed something smaller. And this amp already comes with my fav speaker... and after hearing DEMO's online I pretty much knew it could do the job. I have absolutely no problem with headroom... and if I did... just adding another 16 ohm cabinet would bring it down to 8 ohms... or if you needed even more... Use a more efficient speaker. Now, if you still don't have enough headroom... Find a new band! LOL It's a great amp... I also own a Marshall 50 watt Plexi besides my Bluesbreaker and a Dr. Z Remedy Clone.
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"Vox finally back again like the early days!" submitted July 13, 2010

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Musical Background: Pro...British Invasion
Music Style: Professional Classic Rock
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Sound: If you really like the Vox sound for British Invasion along with Classic Rock.... this one is great !!! played Vox all my life ! there back with this new design and it couldn't be better... I've had mine for about 3 months no problems so far...it's build pretty damm good! don't worry about the china made thing ...it's under strict Vox British design and control in China! Ease of Use: GrEat! Quality: Just about as good as anything Value: Top Notch! Manufacturer Support: Any problems contact Korg in New York... good support! Overall: Its a Keeper!
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"AC15C1" submitted April 9, 2012

By Johnny C in Boca Raton, FL
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Musical Background: I've been playing guitar for eight years. I've played at a couple different Churches, and am going to study commercial music.
Music Style: Instrumental Rock, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert.
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Overall: This is an awesome amp. It has really good clean sound, as well as an nice overdriven sound. I love the ability to crank the channel volume, and lower the master so I can get a nice crunch, while being at bedroom volume at the same time. Takes pedals very well. Overall, a great amp.
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"AC15C1" submitted August 24, 2012

By Rick C in Fort Smith, AR
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Musical Background: 30 yrs, guitar and lap steel, learning Oud. Rarely professional, play with friends at home.
Music Style: No boundaries with respect to style. I love good music, period.
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Overall: Excellent amp! Not too crazy about the reverb, but tone is great!
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"It's all about Tone!" submitted April 16, 2012

By Ed Adams in Elmira Heights, NY
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Musical Background: Been playing guitar for 47 years, been in bands and performed solo, also play harmonica, some keys, and sing.
Music Style: Classic Rock, blues
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Overall: I made the decision to guy this amp after buying it's little brother (AC4TV8* used, and being totally blown away by the sound that was coming from it, and I am not disappointed. I can not believe how loud 15 watts is first of all, having used a solid state amp all of my life I had never even used a tube amp so I had no idea what to expect. But volume is not the most amazing part about this amp, it is the tone. Whether you are playing clean, or using reverb or the tremolo functions, the clarity and punch you get from this thing is remarkable. I'm selling my old solid state because after hearing this thing I can't see myself ever wanting to use it again. Whether you are playing rock or blues, you won't find a better sounding amp in my opinion, so do yourself a favor and grab one of these bad boys! Have not had to use support so rating is irrelevant.
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"So far, very happy." submitted June 10, 2010

By a customer from losergeek.com
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Musical Background: Active Musician
Music Style: Punk, Rock, Indie
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Sound: This amp has the tone that I've been searching for my whole life. That creamy natural british overdrive. It's just perfect. I used to play a marshall jcm600, and really pushed the tubes in the clean channel to get that sound, but never used the dirty channel. This amp breaks up really nicely at low volumes adn really doesn't need a dirty channel. If you are looking for a clean amp though, look somewhere else - you can get the vox chime if you keep the gain low, but you're never going to get fender type tones out of it. I was a little worried about the volume considering I play in a loud 7 peice punk band, and at practice the master volume sits comfortably around 5; it's really loud....not just for a 15 watt amp, but for any 1x12. Feature: Not a lot of features - 2 channels, one with EQ, one without. But the analog trem is really nice, and although some people find the reverb a little muddy, this version is a big improvement over the last one and I find it nice dialed in around 4. I don't know technically what type of reverb it is, but it sounds more like a hall reverb than a spring if that helps. Ease of Use: Can't go wrong - couple knobs, couple switches. Crank the channel volume for overdrive, stay on the master for clean. Done and done. Quality: Hard to tell so far. It seems solid and well built. The metal switches and inputs are definitely an improvement over plastic, but Vox has a reputation these days, so I feel better having a warrantee rather than picking one up second hand. The back is semi-closed as well, which gives it a good bit of weight, but makes it feel more solid which is good when an amp is made of MDF. Value: I picked this up for 610$ canadian - cheaper than a blues jr and 150$ cheaper than the old versin of this amp went for. You really can't beat the price. I can replace the tubes 2 or 3 times and still be under what I think this amp is worth. Manufacturer Support: Dunno yet - hopefully won't need to find out. The Wow Factor: This is one sexy amp. Classic Vox. Overall: With any luck I will never get rid of this amp. It seems to be a good one for upgrads/mods, so I see it being a permanent part of my collection in one role or another.
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"Sweet amp with tone!" submitted October 12, 2012

By Rick S in Riner, VA
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Musical Background: 10 years. playing the guitar. Recording artist.
Music Style: Rock, shoegaze.
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Overall: This was my first tube amplifier purchase. It has a vox tone that with careful EQing you can get a pristine clean to a tube overdrive. The reverb is nice and much improved over the older AC15CC. The AC15C1's reverb tails off "after" a sound, as opposed to where you sound like your in a room. Tremolo sounds good (hardly ever use it). I did do a "bright mod" on the C8 capacitor and it sounds less harsh. The Celestion greenback speaker is good but I am going to get an AlNiCo Celestion blue that sounds less dark. I love this amplifier for it's crisp sound. Well work the money.
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"Red Edition a MUST!!!" submitted February 23, 2011

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Musical Background: Active Musician
Music Style: Rock and Roll
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Sound: VOX really outdid themselves with the AC15C1 Red Edition. Only 1000 of these were made, and they were custom built! The sound is True VOX! As with valve amps, each have their own character, and this baby is unreal! I tried a regular C1, and it was a little sterile, but overall nice... I don't know if its my imagination, but this little red box is a BEAST of Tone! If you can do it, GET ONE!!! Feature: The Amp itself is amazing! Beautiful tone, the Greenback only adds to the splendor! I am a mod freak, and I don't think I am going to touch this one at all! Until it needs new valves... The only drawback is No Foot Switch! I think it is pretty chinsy not to include the $30 pedal... But, that's just me... Ease of Use: Right out of the box, 20 minutes to let the valves warm up, and BAM!!! It was roaring... Quality: I am very picky, and this amp was put together FLAWLESSLY!!! Kudos to VOX on the Red Edition... Value: Excellent Price for a wonderful amp... Manufacturer Support: I hope I never will... Korg are creeps to deal with... The Wow Factor: The look of this Amp is PURE Vintage! And true Quality!!! Overall: Being the owner of a lot of Tube Amps, this is truly one of the most impressive! I am shocked that I love this thing that much! Like I said, the Red Edition is completely different!
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"Great Amp" submitted October 1, 2012

By Rashad Wilson in Chesapeake, VA
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Musical Background: 6+ years jamming with friends
Music Style: Indie/Alternative rock
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Overall: This amp is unreal! A 15-watt, all tube combo that packs a lot of power. If you're into small to medium venues this amp is perfect. Even if you're using it as a practice amp in your room it still has great tone at low levels. If you're a pedal player like me this amp will do well with them. No effects loop like the ac15 twin or ac30, but still executes great tone.
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"Amazing amp" submitted January 17, 2012

By John N in Chambersburg, PA
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Musical Background: 4 years playing in live settings
Music Style: Elevation Worship style worship in church and pop punk.
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Sound: The tone of this thing is so clean, and even on the normal channel without an EQ it sounds incredible. I play worship in church (Elevation Worship style) and it works so well, but I also play in a pop punk band, and it still works great. Feature: The amp has two inputs, one that has an EQ and one that doesn't. I prefer to use the Top Boost channel, which does have an eq, just because I like a little more bass. Ease of Use: Takes pedals extremely well and sounds amazing right out of the box. Quality: Very nicely made and feels like a tank. I wouldn't go throwing it out any windows, but this thing could take a beating and will last a while. Value: Extremely good deal, and such an affordable amp. Manufacturer Support: Haven't needed any support. The Wow Factor: It's a vox. The grill and everything just looks really nice, and is already turning heads in church and at shows. Overall: The amp itself is incredible, the tone is so clean and anything you run through it sounds like gold.
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