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Vox AC15C1 Custom Guitar Combo Amplifier
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Great with tube upgrade.

By: Bob P.      Submitted: 1/30/2024

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Product Rating Product Review The Vox AC15C1 is a great amp. The PCB construction is great with a thick board and traces and good components. To really make the amp sing, you need to replace the cheap Chinese tubes that come with the amp. A lot of people recommend JJ’s and they’re great. I’m using NOS Russian made 7189 power tubes, as they have a 5,000 hour tube life and NOS GE 12AX7’s. If you want to reduce the weight some, I recommend a Celestion Neo Creamback. That will take 4lbs. off the weight of the amp. Nothing sounds like a Vox!
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Amazing Sound

By: Cari      Submitted: 1/26/2023

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review I bought this as a gift and I expected for it to be a good amp, but the sound blew me away! Great amp.
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Tone Rules!

By: R. Thomas Reagan      Submitted: 4/28/2022

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I've wanted a Vox tube amp for Years! But which one? The AC30? or AC10? Turned out to be a "Goldy Locks" type deal, Right ?? This AC15 is Just Right! Very versatile amp both for home use or a gig plus it takes pedals very, very good! I LOVE IT
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Warm warmer warmest

By: Fritz      Submitted: 3/16/2022

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7 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Warmest amp I've ever played. Would recommend to players of all levels.
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This amp is worth it

By: Justin Adams      Submitted: 7/28/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review The sound quality is good. The price is reasonable. I recommend
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Packs a punch

By: Zach      Submitted: 7/27/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Was in the market for a transportable tube amp and picked this amp up from AMS. Sounds good at bedroom volume levels but really sounds amazing when you crank open the tubes.
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The Best Amp Ever

By: Jared W      Submitted: 7/6/2021

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7 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review It sounds just like they did in the 70s. This amp is the flagship classic rock amp that does it all! Rock, metal, Midwest emo, everything!
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Classic Vox sounds aplenty

By: Garrett      Submitted: 6/28/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Great combo! Celestion Greenback speaker. Classic looks. Fantastic reverb and tremelo- need optional footswitch to really maximize the effects. Plenty of power too!
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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

By: Ryan      Submitted: 6/3/2021

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5 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review The Good: Come on, you know what you’re getting here. Sparkly cleans and raunchy overdrive. Stick a treble booster in front of the normal channel and you’re off or use the top boost channel and you’re in U2, Tom Petty wonderland. The Bad: Reverb is blah, fortunately you can upgrade it for about 30 bucks. Tube snobs will want to purchase a new set along with the amp and just change them out right away. The Ugly: Nothing at this price point. Purists may scoff at this amp but it’s the closest we will ever get to Vox glory. It’s made in Vietnam but is well made and built like a tank. This amp doesn’t chug and shouldn’t be used for that effect as there are better amps suitable for that but it does the 60s/70s classic rock thing beautifully. Also bears repeating that this amp is more than gig worthy. The Beatles didn’t upgrade because their amps weren’t loud enough, it was because the crowd were TOO loud. Save your back and ears and try this before picking up an AC30.
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Goodness, this thing is fantastic.

By: Tyler Hartman      Submitted: 4/5/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Straight up, this is one of the best amps I've ever owned. Vox just makes the coolest amps, and this particular model (a steal at this price) will truly blow you away. It's bright and sparkly and truly sings with every strum. I've been using it with my Fender Telecaster, PRS Vela Semi-Hollowbody and Gibson Les Paul, and it brings out the best clean elements of each of those guitars. It is especially gorgeous with that deep bluesy tone of the Les Paul. This is a Vox amp so clean is the name of the game. It can produce a serviceable distortion tone, but you really want to be using this for your clean guitar work. It is also an excellent gateway projector for guitar pedals, so if you do want this amp to bring you gorgeous cleans and sick distortion, it will work wonderfully with any of your pedals. Buy this amp right now.
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Great Tube Amp

By: Nick      Submitted: 1/28/2021

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This is one of my dream amps. I love this amp, you can find many different sounds within this amp by adjusting all the features. Great reverb and tremolo. Deffinetly recommended.
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Great rich deep sound VOX

By: Bob      Submitted: 1/28/2021

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4 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Just love the amp !! Great reverb, great sound
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Tone for days

By: Sib Wolfe      Submitted: 11/6/2020

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8 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Love the amp! Wanted one for a long time and have not been disappointed!
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True classic rock

By: Remy      Submitted: 7/31/2020

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review If you like classic British tone this amp is the best modern version you can buy. Its also very light. Buy it its amazing.
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Let me tell you

By: Michael Espinosa      Submitted: 7/3/2020

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Product Review This amp by far has the best sound for that alternative rock Vibe, at least for me! This amp can take any pedal and turn it into a sweet sounding rhythmic vibe. I personally use the walrus audio slo reverb along with delay, overdrive, and chorus pedals and it just sounds like you have U2 or Coldplay playing straight out of it. Built like a rock, solid for gigs, especially if mic’ed up, although it is naturally loud. 5 stars, highly recommend, thank you American Musical!
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Smokin little amp with a big sound

By: Rev.RW Jonhnson      Submitted: 5/13/2020

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This has that beautiful vox chime .Works great with my pedals.big sound.
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Its a bit bulkier than expected. but that can be a plus

By: cory      Submitted: 4/24/2020

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review It works great on its own, as the speakers break in it will get even better.
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Amazing cleans and wonderful pedal platform

By: Ryan      Submitted: 4/9/2020

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Product Review After always wanting a nice clean amp to build a pedalboard around I fell in love with the AC15C1 at a boutique guitar store. There is no FX loop, but that does not stop this amp from really bringing my pedalboard to life. After coming from rackmounted amp modeling and recording software, I couldn’t be more impressed by this amp.
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Why did I wait so long to get one?!

By: Jake      Submitted: 3/3/2020

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Love this amp sounds great at low and high volumes the top boost channel has a nice sprinkle and the normal channel takes pedals well and I love the greenback
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Christmas gift for my son he loves it!!

By: Chris m      Submitted: 1/6/2020

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Amazing amp. Great sound for playing in the house in a stadium.
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Great sound, for a pretty good price!

By: Donathan Hampton      Submitted: 5/25/2019

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1 person found this review helpful.

Product Review Great little amp, works great with my Paisley Drive Deluxe!
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Why didn’t I get a Vox before now?!

By: Josh      Submitted: 4/26/2019

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Product Review I have been playing the guitar for 30 years and always wanted a Vox amp, but just never made it a priority. I love this amp!!!! It pairs well with several different guitars and brings tones out of them I don’t get with my other amps. The reverb and tremolo is great and the master volume set up really allows you to get that hot-tube sound.
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If your doubting the power read this

By: Eric p      Submitted: 4/5/2019

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I was worried maybe should went w ac30, but oh man. This amp is loud!! Sounds great clean which is what i intended it for. Ams rules for the payment plan.
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I love the aesthetic as well as the tone, never had a better sounding amp!

By: Glenn Stroh      Submitted: 3/21/2019

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Absolute pleasure every time I turn I plug in! I am thoroughly impressed with the craftmanship as well as the tone I get even when not “turned to 11!”
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Great Amplifier Great Price!!!

By: John Riordan      Submitted: 3/7/2019

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Product Review You can get all of the vintage tones you desire from Elvis Presley to The Beatles to Led Zeppelin along with plenty of options for any style you play! And with the convenience of the payment plan and great price it’s finally available to those not able to pay the full price all at once for an amazing amplifier!! I love mine and I’m sure you’ll love yours!!!!
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Face melting sounds

By: Elijah Holloway      Submitted: 1/25/2019

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review This thing is the perfect balance of sound quality and volume! It can go LOUD, and I mean VERY loud, but it still sounds amazing on low volume, and contrary to popular misconception, this amp works great with pedals. The sound is of course a Brit made sound, so don't expect it to sound like a Fender amp, but it has its own smooth buttery tones that can range from soft cleans to face melting growling high gain. The top boost channel is especially nice sounding. Will be my main amp for a long time to come.
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A Legend Continues

By: Rob Ray      Submitted: 12/27/2018

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Product Review Vox ACs are Legendary, and for a reason. From overdrive to classic clean and chime this thing absolutely delivers. With the master volume you can do it all sound wise from practice volumes to venue volume, something they didn’t have back in the good ol days. If you want a great sounding amp at a reasonable price, Vox delivers. I love the AC15 and the AC30, but honestly the AC15 is better. For practice, for venue, and it doesn’t break your back, it’s a great amp.
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Fantastic Amp!!!!!

By: JasonL815      Submitted: 11/13/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Years ago I had the AC15 and for whatever reason I sold it and bought what I thought would be a better amp. After going through 3 or 4 different amps I bought another AC15 and realized what a fool I had been to sell the first one. The chimey cleans and that perfect amount of grit when i need it! I play mostly in small bars and clubs so it is plenty loud for those venues even with a heavy handed drummer. I won't be selling this one!
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Classic British Crunch

By: Luiz De Lima      Submitted: 10/23/2018

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review i’ve always been a Fender amp guy. I love the clean tones of the Twin and the soft drive of the Deluxe, but the creamy crunch of the AC-15 is exactly what I was missing. This amp is so versatile. It sounds gorgeous clean or dirty and it works well with all my guitars. Thanks again AMS for making my dreams come true!
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Awesome amp!!

By: Mike martin      Submitted: 10/5/2018

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5 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Great combo amp, clean or dirty.. it’ll do what ever you need.
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Great amp

By: Dangor      Submitted: 10/4/2018

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Product Review Still playing through the stock tubes it sounds incredible. Looking forward to the tube change in the future and hear the glorious sounds that will come from this amp.
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"Great Amp"

By: Rock on Bob      Submitted: 9/30/2018

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5 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Wonderful amp good reverb and great tremolo,didn't have a chance to put it through all it's paces yet such as low notes with high volume but all seems good so far, I won't mention another brand I had problems with but excellent customer service got me up and running with this amp. Service so good I wouldn't think of buying anywhere else. I already have an A/C 30 but way to heavy to lug to sessions, thanks to sales rep. Eric helping me choose this A/C 15 I can get the same sound in the studio in a much lighter version and still can be used for gigs with or without a mic depending on venue size, if your on the fence about it all I can say is buy it you won't be sorry I love it. Thanks for listening.
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Beatiful classic sound!

By: Zac      Submitted: 9/5/2018

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This thing gives me the perfect sparkle and chimes you would expect! You can hear every tone.
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BUY THIS AMP!!

By: Chris Trivisonno      Submitted: 9/5/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review I play an American Fender Strat and this amp makes my guitar sing!! I can't believe I waited so long before purchasing this amp! Buy it now!
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Best amp I’ve played on

By: Mason      Submitted: 7/22/2018

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Product Review I have been learning to play guitar, and had been wanting an amp to play on for a while. Rather than going the cheaper route and buying a little peavey or orange amp, I wanted something better quality. This amp sounds absolutely outstanding, it reaches each note without breaking a sweat. It is definitely worth every penny.
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This amp is incredibly awesome I so love this amp

By: Arlie      Submitted: 3/2/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review This amp can do it all rock, blues ,country .i play worship music this amp cuts through the mix sounds really good
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Beyond My Expectations

By: Mike P.      Submitted: 1/23/2015

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This is the best amp I've ever heard or played. I'm not going to say anything negative about other brands and in fact I own quite a few others in this size. But the Vox gives me more of what I want, a soaring tone that keeps me doing double takes. And I've been able to dial in multiple great setups. This has to be the easiest amp ever made when it comes to finding unique sound and taking advantage of strong points of different guitars. I hope its as well built as some suggest as I intend to have a long retirement. This great amp should help me not act my age for a very long time. Thank You Vox, and Thank You AMS for getting this dream off my wish list and into my living room..
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The Vox AC15C1 is an amp with a fantastic sounding tone, it became my no. 1 amp.

By: Rafael Estremera      Submitted: 10/20/2014

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Product Review This is the best 15 watt tube amp in it's price range.
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"A True Legend"

By: John Gee from New Hampshire      Submitted: 6/22/2014

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Your general opinion of this product. I love this amp. A very solid, dependable amp. Sounds great, easy to tweak. Haven't had it that long
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Excellent Amp

By: Dennis from St. Louis, Mo. USA      Submitted: 3/6/2014

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Your general opinion of this product. Have only had it a few days but generally surprised by the range of sound available. Wonderful clean sound in the Normal Channel and chimey though the Blue Alnico speaker option might be chimier. But it's more than enough for my taste. And the Top Boost has a nice, overdriven sound. Good for any kind of music I can think of short of "Noise" or "Heavy-metal" where you might think of adding a pedal. Overall I am quite satisfied. There is no reason at this point not to give it 5 stars. It played fine out of the box but I can't speak for it's long-term dependability. It seems well make and solid though, and I do know people who have been playing Vox amps for years without undue problems. N/A Bright in the Normal channel and pre-heavy-metal overdrive in the Top Boost channel. It also has built in tremolo and reverb, neither of which I use a lot but they sound fine to my ear. Well, it worked. I don't see any evidence of shoddy workmanship anywhere. N/A- just purchased it.
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A real Beauty!

By: J.G.      Submitted: 7/16/2013

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Your general opinion of this product. Great! It took me 20 years to get a new amp, I played another great one for so long never wanted to change to a Vox. But I heard good things and my amp needed new tubes so I thought why buy a new amp for similar cost, ok not quite. But I really wanted to try another amp and the Vox killed me. Beautiful tone with that added tremolo effect makes it a great buy! Reverb is sweet sounding. Cheapest good tube amp for the money. Celestion's rock! Buy it! Yes! Tubes sound good, Good quality build! Beautiful Tone, amazing sound. Beautiful package!
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Nice after a few upgrades

By: Dave      Submitted: 7/8/2013

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Awesome Vox Tone.

By: Ian R. Medina from Miami, Florida U.S.A.      Submitted: 6/20/2013

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Just AMAZING

By: RD from Connecticut      Submitted: 5/20/2013

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Your general opinion of this product. Next to my Les Paul Traditional, one of the best musical purchases I've ever made. I've been playing through solid state amps and modeling amps. I finally took the plunge and bought THE REAL DEAL. So simple, such incredible tone, and even though it isn't one of the "Holy Grail Hand Wired" amps from Jolly 'ol England its top notch through and through. A perfect match for the Les Paul. Only have had it for a few weeks, but I can see this amp lasting me a lifetime. Crisp and clean, with the classic VOX "Chime" It can be anything I want it to be, matched with the coil tapping and boost on my LP, there are very few tones that I can't pull off. Beautiful and built SOLID
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Chime So Sublime

By: Greg Lygon      Submitted: 5/15/2013

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One of the all time best amps at an awesome price!

By: Storm X      Submitted: 3/23/2013

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Fit, finish, hardware, box are all top notch. No failures. No hassles. Just a great, well made amp. I've had mine for a few years with no problems at all. Your general opinion of this product. From blues to rock to alt to surf to jazz to about anything else, this amp can handle it with a knob or jack twist (1/4 demerit for no footswitch). The price is outstanding for what you get compared to the competition. Plenty loud or just mic it for larger venues. Brilliant must have amp. The AC15C1 can give you chimey strat reverbed + trem'd cleans to open articulate jazz box to dirty humbucked distorted breakup and all in-between. Just dial it in. The AmMus description is right on. Well finished and great looking iconic amp.
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Vox AC15C1 with Celestion Greenback rocks!

By: Mike M      Submitted: 11/16/2011

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I appears well built and for a small 15 watt amp weighs in at 48lbs. This is built in China under strict supervision by VOX of Britain Engineering. It is a quality built amp! I've only had this about 1 month but so far only a small initial problem with the reverb not working due to a loose connection likely caused by shipping which I fixed myself. Your general opinion of this product. This is the best amp for the money in this price range! This is the reissue Vox classic AC15C1 with a 12" Celestion Greenback speaker that has that chimey fender like clean and that British overdrive that everyone yearns for in a tube amp! Got a great deal here at American Musical with free accessories!!! The reviews on this amp is typically 5 stars with the occasional it doesn't compete with the handwired vox AC15. Well of course not, it sells for almost 3 times the price of the AC15C1. British bite and chimey clean at any volume = pure tube utopia! I have a Gibson Les Paul and a Fender Strat and both guitars sound incredible through this amp. Buy it you will not be disappointed! The cabinet finish is excellent and has that classic vox diamond grill cloth with a metal gold VOX name plate. This is an impressive looking amp. All controls and switches appear to be high quality and work smooth with no noise.
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AMAZING!!!!

By: Curtis from Columbus, OH      Submitted: 5/27/2011

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Great! So far, so good... Your general opinion of this product. The Celestion Greenback really adds to that classic vox tone. Sounds heavenly!! Looks great!
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5 STARS !!!!!

By: Patrick      Submitted: 1/31/2011

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Seems great even though Vox is having them produced outside of england ! Very sturdy, very rugged, better then some fenders. Your general opinion of this product. Wow ! You will be suprised. Perfect weight, not to heavy with easy controls. This amp is for clean tone or with an overdrive pedal in front. Everything cranked it can be hissy due to the vintage circuitry. Nice clean that warms up with simple controls. These are beautiful amps not justified in the online pics. Gorgeous amp. N/A
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The AC15 is Back

By: Marc      Submitted: 1/21/2011

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very high quality Im thinking not gonna be a problem Your general opinion of this product. This is a proffesional quality amp for a hobbyist price. I prefered the 60th aniversery HW , with the EF86 channel, but this is a perfect (sounding)coppy of the early and mid 60's JMI "VOX" amps. Im very glad I bought it. please refer to sound stunning. gorgeous.
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chimes

By: church player from usa      Submitted: 1/5/2011

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only had it about a month, but i think it'll be ok. it is mdf, though, and we know how well that worked out for silvertone amps. Your general opinion of this product. This is a great update of a classic amp. it's a vox, it's heavy. as my wife said, "that's a really pretty amp."
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Vox is back!

By: M_Knauf from Rochester, NY USA      Submitted: 10/6/2010

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Yeah for something out of China... doesn't get much better IME. Just got it... It seems to me to be well built... has that new amp smell too ;-) Your general opinion of this product. Tone per buck... there is no comparison in my book. I don't want/need lots of headroom so a 15W amp is plenty for me. I think this is geared toward guitars but amps definitely have a feel. I'd say it feels very tight and punchy right out the box - better than the tube rectified handwired models, they are a bit more spongy but sometimes that is nice. I like the top boost channel better on this amp... just seems tighter and fuller. What do you want? It has it if you aren't looking for a slash and shed machine... if you are don't get a tube Vox... for the rest of us it's a beauty!
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Amp is worth every penny!

By: Oldskool from United States      Submitted: 7/21/2010

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Though it is made in China, do not think that should be a reason to write this one off. The sound is great, and have not heard of a great deal of complaints, esp. with the AC's with the Celestion Greenback speaker in it. The Wharfdales, have heard slightly less glowing reviews. Have not had it out on gig (yet), but appears sturdy enough. Your general opinion of this product. Had been messing around with finally getting a valve amp. Narrowed decision down to Vox AC 15 and Fender Blues Junior. Tone on this one just grabbed me, just had "it".