I tend to usually run my amp pretty clean. With pedals - here's where things got interesting. It's hard to tame the TBX, it's not a bedroom amp, but I could get some fantastic crunchy dirt tones at lower volumes with the AC10. I think I preferred the AC10 if you're going to run the Master lower and crank the Gain knob. The TBX won here, but it probably wasn't a fair fight. To get to the sweet spot of the TBX without pedals you've got to open it up and let it sing and that means volume. The TBX definitely felt bigger here, but it's hard to evaluate because once again of the speaker difference and the volume. Where I think an AC15 shines is in the middle between dirt and clean. The TBX had more headroom and got louder before breaking up, but it was a whole lot closer than you might think.ĭirt - We'll start with just amp overdrive tones. Could be difference in the 12 inch and the 10 inch speaker but they were close. My AC15 is in a rolling road case for a reason, because it freaking weighs a ton and I hate lugging it around.Ĭleans - The TBX felt a little bigger and a bit more 3D, even at comparable volumes, but the AC10 may have had a little more high end sheen. I say all that to let you know I was thoroughly prepared to be underwhelmed by the AC10.įirst, the ability to toss the thing in the back of my car like it's nothing and haul it down to the church was refreshing. More than one AC30 owner has played my TBX and said "I don't usually like AC15's but yours sounds great." Those in the know seem to claim that a little bit of Marshall snuck into the Vox voicing in this series, but all I know is that it has great cleans, does the Vox chime thing right through great edge of breakup tones and on into a great vintage rock "gain dimed" roar. Tonally, it is supposedly a bit different than vintage AC15's (I've never played a 60's AC15 so I don't know).
#Vox ac10 10w 1x10 tube series
The TBX series was manufactured in the Marshall factory in England under the supervision of Vox. Vox snobs are like any other gear snobs with their tone preferences. I'll start by saying I think my AC15TBX is a gem. Made in Asia (I've already carried it back out to my car so I don't know if it says China or Indonesia or what on the back. Tubes - 5 x ECC83, 2 x EL84, and a tube rectifier (GZ34)Įxtras - Spring Reverb (Mine's been bagged because it was noisy), Tremolo Speaker - 1x12" Celestion G12 Alnico "VOX Blue" the AC10 arrived yesterday and I brought it up to the church today to give it a spin along side of my AC15TBX.ĪC15's vary so I'll give the rundown on my amp for comparison sake. I'll post some more details once I've had it out a few times. Will play it at church tomorrow and see what it's like opened up (a little) in a big room (we still play fairly quietly) compared to my small music room at home. Definitely a grab-and-go size and weight. Seemed to weigh just about half (maybe a little more) than the AC15. Time to look for a good, Voxy-sounding trem pedal. To my ear, it sounded better than the spring reverb in the AC15 and definitely better than the spring reverb in my Pathfinder 15R. Would I like a Cut control? Probably, but I don't think I'll NEED it. The Treble and Bass are very interactive and have wide ranges of tones. I really loved the classic Vox on-the-edge-of-breakup tones. Usable, musical sounds all up and down the Gain control. It has a wide range of sounds from really pristine cleans to roaring overdrive (I didn't test it with humbuckers). If you like really clean tones, you'll need to mic it. At max volume, it's not as loud as the AC15, but it's plenty loud for small gigs. I did not like the AC4C1-12 when it came out last year.
I've been thinking about picking up an AC15C1, but the weight of it puts me off, as I have to carry my amp around quite a bit. I took my MIJ '62 Tele into GC today to play one.
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