VOX AC15H1TV 50th anniversary handwired heritage demo
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- with professionally recorded and re-amped DI guitar tracks of legendary guitar riffs we showcase the broadest possible range of sounds on the #VoxAC15H1TV.
the AC15H1TV was introduced to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of #VOX guitar amplifiers. it combining the prized #EF86 preamp channel of 1958 with the 1963 top boost channel. the #handwired combo features a bass shift and brilliance switch, a pentode/triode mode and an O/P switch that halves the power output to 7.5 watts.
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CHAPTERS
00:07 razorlight - america
00:51 daft punk - lose yourself to dance
01:17 the beatles - all my loving
01:35 pink floyd - another brick in the wall
02:49 red hot chili peppers - under the bridge
03:51 jimmy hendrix - hey joe
05:10 jimmy hendrix - little wing
05:45 bloc party - elicopter
06:53 rolling stones - brown sugar
07:47 free - all right now
08:38 ac/dc - back in black
09:21 the wombats - moving to new york
10:36 lenny kravitz - always on the run
11:37 gossip - heavy cross
12:27 spin doctors - two princes
13:39 jet - are you gonna be my girl
14:41 the black keys - little black submarines
15:04 led zeppelin - whole lotta love
16:35 amp specials
Best AC15 demo I have ever seen.
Thank you!
Definitely! Highlights the versatility of the amp, not the player. (No disrespect to the player though) 👍
By far
Definitely!
This is what Demos are supposed to be about. Unreal attention to detail, multi tonal, loads of different styles. Great stuff folks.
A fantastic collection of tones and riffs. The most fun demo I've ever heard.
Dear Lord! That's how is made a fucking good demo video for some amplifier!... Right to the point, no bullshit talking, beautiful tones and a very well made recording! I heard it in my Sennheiser headphones and was glorious! Thank you so much!!
Honestly, hands down the best amp demo I have seen. This is about the amp, not your amazing chops (which you do have). I wish they were all like this!
I have the head version, your vid showcases why I find it to be one of my most favorite amps. So many great sounds, one amp but with a signature.
One of the coolest VOX ever! And of course the best demo on RUclips ever of the Heritage series.
Thanks Agus G.T. Glad you like the demo! The AC15H1TV definitely is a great amp.
I have this amp myself and you’ve done this amp far greater justice than I could but this is extremely versatile as you demonstrate. Every song you selected to demo is a banger 🤘
this is the perfect gear review. different guitars, different sounds, popular tunes, nicely recorded
Thank you very much!
@@reamplabs thank you for doing it differently and making me actually wanna buy this thing :D
Great video! I've quickly learned that AC-type amps really like compressors, so thanks for including one in the demo.
This is the most thorough demo of any amp that I've ever seen!
Thanks mate!
Wow! Thats how an amp demo should be done 🤩
Thanks!
Perfect demo - thanks!!!!
This perfectly done demo did help me made my decision on purchase this little bad ass, thank you very much. Most of my indie or rock n roll preferences tone is coming from this : )
Thanks for taking the time to go through all the tones! Very nice demo. It helped me make my decision to buy one.
Tim White thats great! Please let me know how you like it :)
This is a great demo video. Excellent format and content.
Thank you!
Awesome man came back to check this out and it's pure beautiful pure tones still speak to me. Thank you!
You really know how to demos, wow. Only using the necessary amount of sounds, really honest as to what the amp is doing, exactly whati want to see, fantastic job
Best demo on this amp on you tube. Thanks for making this video!
I’ve never heard a Razorlight song on a gear demo. Awesome.
You have just blown my mind. Wow wa wee you have created every/most guitar sounds I have ever inspired to emulate brilliantly. Thank you so much for the most awesome demo ever. In the words of Austin Power Yeah Baby or Borat Hi Five! Can you arrange finance? LOL! My new amp one day.
Ha. Thanks mate 🙌🏻
Fantastic demo of fantastic amp with great EF86 in preamp ❤️
Thank you! I am glad you liked it :)
AMAZING video, finally somebody who knows how to dial in Vox amps!
Great demo, thanks!
You're welcome :)
great job, this is the perfect and best amp demo I've seen, thank you - also got me thinking that solid state & digital have still got a way to go
i am so glad one of these coming to my door next week.
Awesome. I hope you like it as much as I do :)
@@reamplabs Thanks, i am sure i will...but dont you know, right after you buy something, you find articles about microphonic ef86 valves...the seller has JJ in there now, and he says it sings with the combo he has in there now...do you have favorite ef86s?
Tung Sol gold rate well...then of course all the NOS kicking around...i just like to collect opinions. i am going to get a tube damper/heat dissipater to help avoid microphony. It will be my first ef86 amp, so i want all to go well!
Kilgore Trout I had to replace the EF86 once because it got too microphonic... seems they do tend to have a week spot there... but I never had a problem since then. And it‘s been 3 years. Unfortunately I don’t recall which tube was used as a replacement 🙁...
I love mine. But man--they are very loud!
@@VIDS2013 When mine came, i discovered that in a real hurry. i have lately evaluating wattage cutters, or power soaker, whatever... i'd like to be able to half and quarter the output so i can get the full push, but at Home Studio levels.
Right now i run it thru a Morley volume pedal into and OCD Germanium overdrive pedal, then into the low watt input on the ef 86. i tend to like it over the Top Boost circuit for the style i play in. Think Steely Dan...swingy, jazzish rock with thin growl on top...soo....
To get to the point...it is even better than i had hoped. i completely rolled all the tubes right out of there after it had a hum, and just didn't sing. i invested a bit of cash in all unopened Mullards, opened and tested thru all 4 required tests, plus 3 other tests, and did test as new. Buzz Audio in Colorado...i think i found him on Reverb. Highly recommended. Now the Vox is
truly a VOX.
Yes this cost quite a bit, but they are worth every penny spent. The tube guy is very knowledgeable and we spent 3 weeks messaging about what different types of tube in combo would do different things. He has Brimar, Phillips, Sylvania, RCA, Raytheon, and on and on. Obviously i haven't had bands in over the last yr, so i havent been taxing the tubes all that hard, with just my own stuff. i will say, if you have it to spend, fill a Vox with Mullards, and the original sound is right there. More than handwiring, right there with good caps and transformers. This one came as a mix of JJ & Sovtek, and they were just shit. Nice to lose the hum for recording.
Good Job! Thanks! I have one, just put some nice caps and tubes... sweet!
Thanks!
Best demo yet. I have this amp and can't seem to get it to drive the way you are getting it to drive. Mine is clear as a bell until it's up to about 10. I've had it for years and kind of relegated to only when I play beatles stuff. I'm going to have to get it out and give it another try. Would have been nice if they threw reverb in there. or at least an effects loop
wait....I'm confused. Did you play an actual guitar through it or did you DI guitar tracks into it?
we use a Reamp V2 box by John Cuniberti in front of the amp and run prerecorded DI guitar tracks through it. However the signal chain is calibrated to 0.1dB so that the signal amplitude at the Reamp Box Output almost perfectly matches the signal level of the direct guitar signal... we’ve made a lot of blind tests and weren’t able to distinguish the reamped signal in comparison to the guitar plugged straight into the amp.
with regard to the drive sounds... the amp is pretty sensitive with regard to the chosen input as well as the used guitar... with a les paul it gets crunchy from anything above 9 o clock as you can hear in the demo. The amp was also recently serviced so I am pretty sure that’s how it’s supposed to be 😉... I really love the amp, especially in a band context... cuts through like a knife!
Wow really? I play single coils and it gets thick pretty quickly for me! If i want it clean with even a moderate drummer i mic it up... What guitar are you playing?
@@DaveyGage i'm playing all kinds of guitars. My highest output guitar is a music man axis EVH thing. That thing overdrives everything, but not this. I wonder why. Anyway, I've started playing with pedals a bit more and I fell back in love with this thing. Especially if I hit it with a boost, though still not getting the drive sounds just with a boost. That said, it does cut like a knife in a band context. I've given up on my other amps now, though I am thinking of buying a DRRI. Anyway, great video.
Superb demo.
The audio quality is so good, how did you get this perfect SNR?
Great tones!
Smashing!!
Great !!
Everything good.
Great video
Great demo dude. Whats your opinión about this amp?
Hi.Anyone recognize that nice piece of music in the first 45 seconds ? Thank you
Razorlight ..America
Goes to show something before unknown about the Beatles, who made VOX famous, and the unparalleled magnitude of their talent. They did it OUTSIDE "the broadest range of sounds" possible by using Casino's and Gretsch's. Imagine how much greater they would have been if they had done as in this wonderful video and played Les Paul's and Strat's like everybody else.
The Beatles indeed did also play Les Pauls and Strats. (See George's guitar on the cover of Magical Mystery Tour.) And Telecasters and Rickenbackers, too.
Thanks for the absolutely perfect demo. I have this amp and adore it, but the tone you seem to get out of it is a bit better than what I can seem to get. I zoomed in on the preamp tubes you use, but do you happen to know what power tubes and rectifier you have in it? thanks so much!
Why do I have to fall in love with the sound of amps that cost about 8 times as much as I can afford. :-(
Mine costed me 450€ used, a good deal! :)
@@mrkite89 For the handwired one, that is a steal, congratulations. I paid about the same for the AC15C1, which is nice to be sure, but not as sweet as the handwired one.
Man, you could earn a living by providing top shelf amp demos like these... but alas, we live in a sick world where the cheesiest influencer gets more attention than people with real substance like you... Anyway, I got offered a Vox like yours on a trade for my PRS S2 - I think I'll go ahead with said trade... thanks to you !
This is a really awesome demo. I'd like to have one but I'm afraid of ef86 amps after all the bad things I've read about them.
Phrygian Bear I own one since day 0 and no problems.
What have you heard? I've had this amp for well over a decade and it's been flawless... Possibly some reviewer had a valve/tube go bad but that's super easy to sort.
Same here. Mine was even flooded. Once dried I plugged it and since then it has worked like a charm over the past decade.
Great demo. What model Royer mic is that? It looks like a 121, but I've never seen one in brushed nickel like that. Is it a different model?
It's a Royer R121 paired with an SM57, which both run into a Chandler TG2
@@reamplabs thanks
beautiful sound and playing! Where does the reverb come from?
High Quality Reverbs and Delays are added as Postprocessing in the DAW for each Riff individually... in most cases even more than one in parallel or stacked. It's mostly UAD Plugins. My favorites are the EMT140 Plate, the AKG BX20 Spring and the EP-3 TapeDelay... in addition I use the "Echoes T7E" by Audiority (recreation of an Binson Echorec) and "Reverberate 2" by Liquid Sonics which offers all the Bricasti Presets at a really high quality. Check them out, they are all great for guitar
I think you’ve helped me decide to buy this amp! Was hoping to get your opinion on how it sounds at lower volumes ard 9-10 o’clock. and when the triode output is used. Does it still ‘sound good’? Hoping to buy as a home practice amp.
Not the best amp for practice man. Too loud. Buy the ac10 or ac15c1 better, they have master volume.
Thanks for letting me know! What a pity! Sounds amazing
Marcus Gan hey!. Don’t worry man...I have this amp for practice in my bedroom. But I use pedals with it and the volume at 1-2/10😬...so if you like the clean sound...buy it👍but is LOUD if you put it on 3😣😂
To play at home use an overdrive pedal to play at moderate volume. This amp is loud especially with the celestion blue speaker. 15 very load watts. At 1/2 wattage looses little volume.
What's handwiring? Is it like craft beer and wanky coffee.
This amp shames the "reissue" AC15. I need one to keep my Swart AST company.
Are there NO additional tones on Channel 1? Much of the talk about this amp has been Channel 1 and the EF86 tube, but it appeared to be unused in this entire demo.
2.50 & 16.56 -__-
@@DubsMood Channel one is all I use. Triode will lower the volume and give you more headroom. bass shift will also add to that, but I prefer pentode with bass shift on 1. As tone goes, Brilliance 1 (vintage setting) is glorious with less overdrive and single coils. I use a full sounding P-90 with a large vintage style closed back 2/12 with Celestion greenbacks. Brilliance 2 rolls off some bass and works best for my setup and works best for me in a mix.
Also using a well made Dallas Rangemaster clone in Channel one is sound to die for.
Are there any mods for this amp?
Almost certainly. But I have not done any...
No mods needed. Only thing I'd do is to add a bypassable master volume above the OP switch.
The Input Jacks are crap. My Marshall tech fixed that. The only reason he bothered is because these, in his opinion, are the best Chinese amps ever made. The wire used is cheap but he said I probably wouldn't know the difference if he replaced. Just repair if needed. Other than that, very well designed and sounds great. I'll never sell.
OMG! Where is the narcissist introducing gear, spending the first 20 minutes focusing nothing on but self??