Having owned and used many amps as a guitar player, my subsequent love for tube amps like this Vox ac15cc1x tube guitar amp, has grown over the years.

I admit that my first guitar amp – a Fender Frontman – was not a tube amp, neither was my second amp purchase – an Ashton 100. Back then, I worshiped a false god called Power, and I was of the belief that power was the answer for a guitarist, hence the 100W Ashton.

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As a guitar player who started out on the blues and had ambitions for Jazz, I quickly discovered the error of my ways – instead of chasing Power, I found there was but one true god and its name was Tone.

How did I discover this? After many an hour practicing I joined a band to perform for a stage show, and when we went to setup in this large performance hall, the sound engineers came around turned my amp down real low and hooked it up to their PA system.

Hmmm I thought…..how come I paid out money for power ratings when the sound engineers are going to discard it and use their own power to generate sound? Flash of light in my head – an ah hahh moment. Since then I chased Tone realizing that volume of sound can be generated elsewhere but Tone cannot.

And that is why most guitarists will sooner or later progress to a tone guitar amplifier like the Vox AC15 tube amp – at the end of the day its not how many watts you have bit how good it sounds

The VOX AC15 Custom Classic as it is officially known is a 15 Watt amp and is the amp of choice for countless tone-loving guitar players around the guitar playing planet. 15 Watts you say – how can that perform? Yes this is the first objection many who still follow Power, raise when they see this power rating.

You need to understand that not all guitar amps are the same – a Vox ac15 cc1x is a tube amplifier and its power rating of 15 Watts is roughly equivalent to a 30 watt standard guitar amplifier – which for blues and jazz is more than ample. You also need to remember that tube amplifiers like the Vox ac15 give their best tone when the volume is cranked up in the 60-75% range. And in the world or Tone guitar amplifiers that is loud. But it is not JUST loud – it is a full, warm and soulful sound.

The Vox ac15 custom classic is an extremely flexible, and very affordable guitar amp, and even though its a classic, retro style amp it still comes with a number of modern features and conveniences, much like its big sibling, the AC30 Custom Classic. Vox ac15 cc1x features include a Master volume, spring Reverb, Treble and Bass controls and Tremolo with fully variable Speed and Depth. Tremolo and Reverb are foot switchable with the included VF002 footswitch.

The speaker impedance is switchable (8 or 16 Ohms) which means it can also be connected up to a number of external cabinets for an even fuller sound.

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The classic design of the Vox ac15 dates all the way back to 1958 when tubes were the only choice for guitar amps, and this new Vox ac15 stays true to the original amplifiers dedication to tone.

If you have tried standard amplifiers and are now ready to get something that will really enable you to work on developing your own sound, I think the Vox ac15 is a great choice.

VOX ac15cc1x core specs:

• Power Output: 15 Watts RMS into an 8 or 16 ohm loudspeaker load.
• Internal Speaker: AC15CC1X: 8 ohm 12-inch, 15 Watt VOX/Celestion AlniCo Blue
• Valve/tube complement: 2 x EL84/6BQ5 & 2 x 12AX7/ECC83.
• Rectifier: silicon rectifier with passive SAG circuit.
• Mains input: preset 100V or 120V or 230V or 240 V ~ 50 or 60 Hz depending on country of sale

The Vox guitar amplifiers are supplied through Music123. They are a huge online supplier of  guitars  and guitar amplifiers – I recommend them because they have thousands of products in stock ready to ship, and are really reliable. They have never let me down.

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