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The BitMo kits are an easy way to get into modding your tube amp. Everything is reversible, and the results are excellent! I've had a couple of nearly unusable amps come to life with BitMo mod kits over the years, and the BitMo VoxMo4 is no exception. The stock amp is ok, as long as you don't use the boxy sounding matching cabinet. With the mod kit, even the stock cab sounded decent. Switching out the stock speaker, or using a different cab, the modded AC4TVH sounds like a different amp, but still retains that Vox character we all know and love. If you take your time and have a little patience, you will make your good amp better, and maybe learn a little about amps along the way.
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Being that it is an enclosed cab design with a pretty cheap speaker it doesn’t sound good to me. I wanted to like it but it only sounds good at extremely low volume with certain guitars. I would recommend any number of solid state practice amps before I chose this.
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Bad: The cranked-to-10 overdrive sound of this amp is not useful in my opinion, as the lows become rumbly like an old radio that's turned up too loud. This amp even through a 1X12 cabinet has a sound that's focused in the mids, not much bass or high-end presence. Good: With the volume about halfway up, the overdrive and tone is superb. Here's the thing - this amp does not sound like most amps on the market. If certainly has a vintage Vox tone, and somewhat resembles the "normal" channel on my AC15C1. But with Vox amps it's commonly acknowledged that people either love the tone or hate it. They're very distinct. I personally feel the on-board overdrive could use a little well-defined grit, and this is accomplished easily by placing a $40 Joyo Ultimate Drive pedal (clone of the Fulltone OCD) in front of it, with the gain knob of the pedal set very low, around 8:00 or so, and the amp's volume about 1/3 of the way up. You're not changing the tone of the amp; you're simply giving it some "edge". Do this with the amp on the 4W setting and you have a screaming little monster with all the Vox tone and chime you could possibly ask for. Play a few open arpeggiated chords and those individual notes ring out like they're from Heaven. The attenuator (4W, 1W, 1/4W) works nicely. People complain that it doesn't sound very good on the 1/4W setting, but to my ears the tone is exactly the same as the louder settings, but the speaker of course isn't moving air like on the 4W setting so of course it's not going to feel as good. I think the criticisms of the attenuator are more of a "feel" thing than a tone thing. I run a pedal board with overdrive, reverb, and delay into this amp and it sounds awesome. Certainly loud enough to keep up with many drummers. Of course you have those occasional drummers who beat the living dog crap out of their kit - may not be loud enough for that situation.Read full review
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I'm an amplifier technician and have seen a good spread of guitar amplifiers. The Vox guitar amps that I've played have been consistently of good quality and the AC4TV is no exception. There is a lot to like about this amplifier. The controls are simple and self explanatory. The aesthetic look is fitting of a vintage lunch box amp. Most importantly however, the tones you can achieve with this amplifier are excellent. The clean tones have a crisp chime and high gain tones offer a sizzling high end break-up. As an added bonus, I find that moving between these tones is easily done from adjusting your guitar controls and attack rather than having to adjust the amp settings. I believe this would merit the AC4 as a touch sensitive amp. And what about the cons of this amplifier? My main concern with the AC4 is how hard the amplifier pushes the el84 power tube. Upon replacing the original failed el84, I found that the amplifier would drive my replacement el84s into a red glow on the screens. I feel this is asking the power tube to work harder than it should. These amplifiers do not have screen resistors which are fairly common on most tube amplifiers. From my experience the addition of this resistor helped both in a more natural break-up and added relief on the el84. My other minor complaint with this amplifier would probably be the speaker. The stock speaker is good, but there is room for improvement that most alnico speakers will likely be able to demonstrate. These amplifiers do conveniently offer and extension speaker out so you will be able to play this amp through other cabinets. To sum things up, I feel this amplifier competes well with its low wattage counterparts. The Vox has a good price and excellent tone. In my opinion the tone and control are a great deal better than the current low wattage Fender and Marshall amplifiers.Read full review
If you're looking for the classic tube warmth and "sweetness" of a Vox, for $200 US you can't go wrong. I was living in a trailer park and so couldn't crank it up enough to get the overdriven tone I like, I put a new Celestion Vintage 30 speaker in it, new JJ and Sovtek tubes, and liked it so much I bought another and played them in stereo through a Boss stereo chorus,(the intuitive echo pedals are also amazing, a bit over-the-top for me) and a Boss stereo flanger. I was really happy with the rig, but had to sell it when I moved. I love the British Racing Red Tolex and trim too! Wish I had 'em back...
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