AC15C1 Owners Shout Out!

[Middleman]

If you play it, you will buy it. Stay away from the store.

[losergeek]

Got my first gig with mine next Thursday and then another one a week later. Can't wait to bust it out at a club.

[Guitarnut]

I'm not an owner yet but I seriously considering this amp. Can the channels be jumped, similar to an AC30C2, with an ABY switch?


EDIT: I found this over in the Amp Central Station forum. It appears that it can be done without any serious phase issues. Either with a Y cable or ABY switch...seems the switch would give the best of all worlds.

Jumping Channels


Peace,
Mark

[xjazzy]

I'm in:


Got it almost new (about 1 month old!!!) for a great, great price

[jb12string]

Seriously considering moving my HotRod Deville 212 down the road to make room for one of these. At this point, 15 watts with a audio taper pot seems to be a better bet than 60 watts on a linear taper pot. Plus, I run a PODxt Live at church and the patch I use the most is an AC-15 patch. Gotta get to my local music store and give one a whirl

[jb12string]

Originally Posted by Guitarnut

I'm not an owner yet but I seriously considering this amp. Can the channels be jumped, similar to an AC30C2, with an ABY switch?


EDIT: I found this over in the Amp Central Station forum. It appears that it can be done without any serious phase issues. Either with a Y cable or ABY switch...seems the switch would give the best of all worlds.

Jumping Channels


Peace,
Mark

Also, directly from the VOX website as well
http://www.voxamps.com/forum/topic.php?id=2257
Yes - You just need to use an A/B/Y Box to run into both inputs. The Y selection will be both of the channels with the pre-amps running parallel.

[lareplus]

Has anyone plugged one of these into a 15 inch speaker?

[DTPBUSCHPILOT]

Originally Posted by Royal Tele

I just bought my AC15C1 yesterday and I love it! I probably stopped by my local Guitar Center five times in the last three days to drool over it and play through it. It's a pretty amazing amp--particularly when you consider the price tag (going for $599 brand new). I absolutely love the Greenback that came in it--and it's nice to finally get an amp that I don't need to make any modifications to in order to get it "just right". Amazing, right out of the box, and I won't change a thing. The existing tubes sound great, but I'll definitely put some JJ's in it when these ones need changing. I encourage you all to go to www.eurotubes.com to get your tubes when you need to re-tube. Those guys are awesome, and they know their stuff.

Anyone know how or where to get a Vox amp cover for the AC15C1?

AC15C1 amp cover : http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AC15C1cvr/

I have been wanting one of these for years. when they revamped it with the Greenback I knew I had to have it. I got a 20% off coupon in an email from an online retailer that is a friend of musicians + free shipping, no tax, what a deal. I have played it with both the internal speaker and an Epiphone valve Jr. extension cab @8ohms and it's pretty sweet!

[jb12string]

Anybody wanna throw some videos of a tele into one of these babies on youtube?

[Cooleyman]

I've been using an Ernie Ball volume pedal to jump the 2 channels. The 'tuner out' (which is always on) goes to the normal channel and the regular volume output to the Top Boost channel. The volume pedal then can be used to control the 2nd channel. Much better than an ABY IMO because you can swell in the 2nd channel as much as you want instead of just on/off. Pretty sweet with this amp!!

I've also tried sending the 'tuner out' to my PRRI set clean and the volume out to the Vox. Man, THAT is a great sounding setup! I may use this config this weekend and see how it goes.

BC

[xjazzy]

Nice idea BC!

jb, I'll try to record something as soon as I can.

[Guitarnut]

Originally Posted by Cooleyman

I've been using an Ernie Ball volume pedal to jump the 2 channels. The 'tuner out' (which is always on) goes to the normal channel and the regular volume output to the Top Boost channel. The volume pedal then can be used to control the 2nd channel. Much better than an ABY IMO because you can swell in the 2nd channel as much as you want instead of just on/off. Pretty sweet with this amp!!

I've also tried sending the 'tuner out' to my PRRI set clean and the volume out to the Vox. Man, THAT is a great sounding setup! I may use this config this weekend and see how it goes.

BC

Hmmm. More like an A/Y with no B. But I can see that being pretty cool. Any chance of some clips?

Peace,
Mark

[wwit]

Im an AC15C1 owner today and couldnt be happier. Wow its been a while since my last tube amp. Been playing SS for @ 10 past years and cant beleive what Ive been missing. No more modeling amps for me. Good Bye Line 6 spider III 2x12..me thinks your getting traded in for a new Tweaker in a few weeks.

Anyway, this is my 1st ever Vox amp and I love the tone of it.

[Cooleyman]

Originally Posted by Guitarnut

Hmmm. More like an A/Y with no B. But I can see that being pretty cool. Any chance of some clips?

Peace,
Mark

Actually, I forgot to mention that I have my tuner in line with the normal channel so I can kill the A and just get the B if needed. BUT, the 2 channels sound so good together I don't think I'll do that very often.

[Guitarnut]

Originally Posted by Cooleyman

Actually, I forgot to mention that I have my tuner in line with the normal channel so I can kill the A and just get the B if needed. BUT, the 2 channels sound so good together I don't think I'll do that very often.

[Jason G]

OK, this is just cruel! Not a single cross word concerning this amp. I saw one of these last time I went into our local GC. Always been wanting a real Vox AC15, but couldn't get past the issues with the previous offering. I knew it was something at least fairly new... spied that Greenback! And it's a 16ohm(I've been collecting/accumulating 16ohm 12"s) I'm wondering what a G12H would do in there?

Anyway, EVERYONE is saying buy on this one! Not sure how I could pull this one off right now???

So "DTPBUSCHPILOT", do you mind me asking who's offering the 20% off coupon + free shipping no tax deal?

Lusting and gassing,

Jason G in Amarillo, TX

[xjazzy]

Originally Posted by Cooleyman

Actually, I forgot to mention that I have my tuner in line with the normal channel so I can kill the A and just get the B if needed. BUT, the 2 channels sound so good together I don't think I'll do that very often.

Sorry but that just goes out of my understanding!
How's that works?

[Cooleyman]

Originally Posted by xjazzy

Sorry but that just goes out of my understanding!
How's that works?

I should've explained it better:

Guitar into Ernie Ball Volume pedal (VP Jr.) which has a tuner out and a volume out:

Tuner out (which is always on, even when the pedal is heel down) goes to my tuner and then on to the normal channel of the Vox.
Volume out goes to the Top Boost channel on the Vox.

Using the volume pedal I can add any amount of the Top Boost channel I want to the Normal channel. I LOVE this aspect since you can go from clean to mean and anything in between instead of the typical on/off. That's always been my beef with pedals - no in between at all. And with this amp the 2 channels blend perfectly. The Top Boost channel sounds exactly like the Normal channel in you want it too (EQ settings) and sounds like you're turning up a gain knob. Same tone just more of it.

The other post was referring to the option of getting ONLY the Top Boost channel with no Normal channel mixed in. I was just saying that since my tuner is in line with the normal channel I can activate the tuner to mute that channel.

Now I'm experimenting with separate OD pedals on each channel and the mixing of the two.

Wow, someone ask me if we're having fun yet?

[xjazzy]

Duh! I misread what you wrote and that's why I didn't get it.
That's a great, great trick!
I'll be trying that!

[Middleman]

Cooleyman, genius. I have the same EB pedal and will try that.