Fantastic tone, Jonathan. The Cambridge 50 is very versatile and natural sounding, and your precise playing gives us clear examples of its capabilities. I bought one last week and still discovering all it can do.
Please note that @ 4:03 it should be BOUTIQUE CL @ 5:50 it should be VOX AC30TB @ 6:25 it should be BRIT 1959 @ 8:22 it should be SL-OD Terribly sorry about that!
Jonathan, you most definitely have soul, and your music reflects that! I’m getting the Vox Cambridge 50 in the next day or so, and your review and playing helped me to make up my mind. Thanks!
I just got mine. I love the old Brit amps. It sounds awesome all around. I can’t wait to do some small gigs with it. I’m a songwriter first so being able to completely change my sound at the turn of a dial is amazing. These are not “fake” sounding and it is loud!
Love your review, very calming with good insights on the strengths and limitations. I do wish Vox would take the guts of this and make something like the Fender Tonemaster for AC30 and AC15. I know they have been playing with amp sim quietly for almost 20 years now, but the AC30 is like an 80lbs beast and will get damaged moving it, it will damage your car after a gig loading in... Good AC tone and Top Boost tone would be so nice in a cab that is more like 50lbs.
Hi Jonathan! The video is very upscale as always! I really like your musical performance on the guitar! The sound is great! I am a fan of Vox. And I myself am a user of the combo amplifier of this manufacturer, but not Cambridge 50, but Vox VT40X. Great amplifiers! For rehearsals at home, a very good option, and high-quality and on the budget is not burdensome.🎶👏👏👏👍 !!! 🎸👍👍👍 !!! 🙏🤝👋✌️
This is the Swiss Army Knife of amps. It doesn't do anything great, but does a lot of things pretty well. I absolutely love it's compact size and super light weight. I've had other similarly priced amps that do one or two sounds better, but nothing that covers the complete gamut without any real clunkers. To me this is a pretty versatile little puppy. Good for home studio recording, and loud enough for a small gig. Thanks for the great review.
@@LedbetterBand No experience with the AV60 so not sure. I have played on a VT40X and liked it very much. I think it might sound a little better than the Cambridge but is more difficult use. I'm a big fan of simplicity.
Hi Jonathan, thanks for review. On my side I enjoy a Vox AC15HW1, , it's the hand wired version with larger and stronger cabinet that really improve the sound ( I tested and compared to a standard AC15). I used to have a Marshall 2525, very good too but sold it as I allways returned playing my Vox. So that I don't need any other amp tones . Being a bedroom player, I don't need either a 50watts amp, 15watts from Vox tubes are already seriously loud. I fully understand gigging guitarists who would favor the reasonable weight of a 50watts nutube amp.
Hi Jonathan! did you maybe have a chance to check out vt40x as well? :) I just wonder how to compare them since vt40x uses real tube in pre-amp, on the other hand nutube is probably newer replacement of it :) Thanks in advance for your comments.
Yes Jon! Almost missed this review. I want to hear a great musicians take on this product. I really enjoy Vox’s innovations with Nutube, owning two amps with it. I’m bummed that I purchased the GTV50 which is almost identical to this model but no Celestion or 1/4 inch line out. It it still a pleasure to use with the built in effects and amp models but would love to hear this one close up. Thanks for an amazing demo and overview! I loved the tones you recorded by mic. On a side note, when I record this amp via the usb input it is rather a weak signal. I’m not sure how to go about getting more output from that source. Again glad you featured this amp. Cheers!
@Michael Zola ... I know I’m stating the obvious here, but as I have a similar problem recording from the headphone out of another Vox amp, the vt40x, I couldn’t get very far with it if I didn’t boost the gain around 10db in my daw on the guitar’s channel before tracking
Jonathan. I just bought this amp. From sweet water, lots the cats meow. For a bedroom guitar player lt cost me 299.00 us and 65.00 more for the foot pedal I really like the amp. You make it sound Really good thanks.
Just looking at some past videos Jon this was interesting , VOX it appears went from their hybrid VTX series , with a pre-amp tube, to a full solid state with nutube, I do own the VOX VTX series and you can replace the pre-amp tube and you can set the pre-amp tube's class and bias, you have that option, unfortunately my usb broke my fault cannot watch where i am watching , tripped over the usb cable to the pc, amp works still, the Cambridge does sound great, maybe people complained about changing the tube who knows, it's quite easy not rocket science ,
I agree with you about the lack of a dedicated mid control. Vox manage to include it on their VT models. Why not on this one? I'd also like to see a compressor. Again Vox include it on some of their other modellers. Other than that, I like it
Good morning Jonathan. You sound beautiful as usual, but I am unfortunately just waking up and this is a little more beauty than I can imagine before my first cup of coffee. Cheers!
Jonathan, I cannot figure out how to save presets to recall with the optional footswitch. The instructions are all but non-existant. What is the key sequence to save a preset?
Fantastic playing as always. Love your reviews. This looks like a cool home playing amp. I have a Fender champ 50xl but I don't really like it. May have to check this one out.
Vox does a great job with some of their Modeling type amps. I use the AV15 hybrid amp for practice and really like it. This amp sounds very similar and sounds very good. Thanks for sharing.
Hi, did you try to direct record with it? How is the sound quality? Specially for clean fender like tones and Vox-y tones. I like it for quiet playing and some home recording demos.
Hello Jonathan, when you can, make a video with your opinion with each combo amp or head + cab in the range of each price, 400 €, 600 €, 1000 € ... Nice work 👍🇧🇷
This what I think... DELUXE CL = Fender Deluxe BOUTIQUE CL= Dumple amp?? BOUTIQUE OD = Dumble gain channel? VOX AC30, VOX AC30TB, BRIT 1959 = Marshall Super Lead Model 1959 BRIT 800 = Marshall JCM800 BRIT VM = Marshall Vintage Modern SL-OD = Saldano OD channel DOUBLE REC = Dual Rectifier | MESA/Boogie
Hello, sir, congrats for the channel and great playing. I have a question, what would you recommend, the super beetle or the cambridge? both are nutube. Which is closer in sound to a real tube amp? Thank you
Isn’t it great when your wife dozes off and you can spend time catching up on missed videos 😂 I think this is a fantastic amp. The sounds are spot on, I’ve tried on my friend owns and it’s great value. 👍
This is my first time stumbling across your channel and I must say your playing hit me deep. I’d definitely say you might be my favorite guitarist on UA-cam now. Also, you got some great tones from the amp. I’m thinking about buying one now! Would you mind sharing the link for jam track? Maybe if I get the Cambridge I can try to sound half as good as you 😂 God bless Jon! Pierce
I just took delivery of mine yesterday. I've only had time to do a very brief run through of all the amp settings. As a guitar builder, I bought this so people can try my guitars, and have a reasonable representation of what they will sound like from different well known amps, and to record demos from (see alexanderguestguitars.com). First impressions, I'm really impressed! First thing is, there's not a bad, ugly tone in it. They all seem to sound really sweet and musical, and very dynamic. EXCELLENT! Then when you think of all the easily accessible effects, the inbuilt tuner and the inbuilt attenuator, along with the headphone socket, it seems to have EVERYTHING. And I haven't even touched the software yet. It's also lighter than my NT15 Night Train, and has a 12" speaker. To my mind, Vox designs are leading the way forward (at least for practice/non regular gigging amps). My only criticisms are; 1) no effects loop 2) delay and reverb on the same dial (you can have only one or the other) 3) only 2 band eq 4) lack of exension cab socket The last one being the most important lack from my perspective. If they could put one of those in, the world would be your oyster. So it seems to me, that if you REALLY needed it, you would buy yourself a reverb or delay pedal, along with a 5 band eq pedal, put those between the amp and the guitar, and you're all set for anything. Bearing in mind the cost; under £250 (from Amzon), the drawbacks are minor issues for me. The package as a whole is bang on. And most importantly IT SOUNDS GOOD!!! either through the speaker, or headphones. Go for it, I say!
Great review as always Jon. It doesnt sound bad at all but i still would prefer my Katana 100. :) Offtopic: I sent you a message on your facebook i think 2 days ago asking you for favor. Did you read it? As always, go in peace in the Jesus name brother. :)
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Fantastic tone, Jonathan. The Cambridge 50 is very versatile and natural sounding, and your precise playing gives us clear examples of its capabilities. I bought one last week and still discovering all it can do.
Nice ✌️❤️
Please note that @ 4:03 it should be BOUTIQUE CL
@ 5:50 it should be VOX AC30TB
@ 6:25 it should be BRIT 1959
@ 8:22 it should be SL-OD
Terribly sorry about that!
Jonathan, you most definitely have soul, and your music reflects that! I’m getting the Vox Cambridge 50 in the next day or so, and your review and playing helped me to make up my mind. Thanks!
Awesome!✌️❤️
I just got mine. I love the old Brit amps. It sounds awesome all around. I can’t wait to do some small gigs with it. I’m a songwriter first so being able to completely change my sound at the turn of a dial is amazing. These are not “fake” sounding and it is loud!
Yes.. the amp sounds really nice✌️❤️
Does pluging in headphones mutes the speaker or van you send signal to P.A. stíll having amp behind you?
Love your review, very calming with good insights on the strengths and limitations. I do wish Vox would take the guts of this and make something like the Fender Tonemaster for AC30 and AC15. I know they have been playing with amp sim quietly for almost 20 years now, but the AC30 is like an 80lbs beast and will get damaged moving it, it will damage your car after a gig loading in... Good AC tone and Top Boost tone would be so nice in a cab that is more like 50lbs.
True..✌️❤️
Hi Jonathan! The video is very upscale as always! I really like your musical performance on the guitar! The sound is great! I am a fan of Vox. And I myself am a user of the combo amplifier of this manufacturer, but not Cambridge 50, but Vox VT40X. Great amplifiers! For rehearsals at home, a very good option, and high-quality and on the budget is not burdensome.🎶👏👏👏👍 !!! 🎸👍👍👍 !!! 🙏🤝👋✌️
Thank you !!🤓✌
I got the same amp it is loud with great tones.
To me it's loud enough to gig with.
@@omarsharif927 Vox makes wonderful devices! I also like my special sound. And if for blues, then in general what is needed.
Nice review and great playing! I just got this amp! Love the clean tones! Seems like a great living room amp to jam on ✌🏽
Cool✌️❤️
As always superb playing , great demo vid ! Thanks for posting.
We were curious about these VOX's. yeah!
Glad you liked it!😀
Love my Cambridge-50 ❤
✌♥
This is the Swiss Army Knife of amps. It doesn't do anything great, but does a lot of things pretty well. I absolutely love it's compact size and super light weight. I've had other similarly priced amps that do one or two sounds better, but nothing that covers the complete gamut without any real clunkers. To me this is a pretty versatile little puppy. Good for home studio recording, and loud enough for a small gig. Thanks for the great review.
You’re most welcome.. “It’s A Great little amp✌️❤️
Between this, the AV60 and the VT40x?
@@LedbetterBand No experience with the AV60 so not sure. I have played on a VT40X and liked it very much. I think it might sound a little better than the Cambridge but is more difficult use. I'm a big fan of simplicity.
Hi Jonathan, thanks for review. On my side I enjoy a Vox AC15HW1, , it's the hand wired version with larger and stronger cabinet that really improve the sound ( I tested and compared to a standard AC15). I used to have a Marshall 2525, very good too but sold it as I allways returned playing my Vox. So that I don't need any other amp tones . Being a bedroom player, I don't need either a 50watts amp, 15watts from Vox tubes are already seriously loud. I fully understand gigging guitarists who would favor the reasonable weight of a 50watts nutube amp.
Wow! that's an awesome amplifier that you have there!!! ✌🤓
Cambridge England, a lovely place, your playing as usual Jonathon is top notch
Thank you so much Stevie! ✌🤓
Hello,
It sounds so good. The review is really good. I was woundering what pickups are in that telecaster.
Thanks.
Thank you... those are EMG Hot Tele set ✌️❤️
Yet another informative video coupled with some very tasteful playing by Mr Jonathan Koh. Thank you, good Sir! :)
Glad you enjoyed it✌️❤️
Hi Jonathan! did you maybe have a chance to check out vt40x as well? :)
I just wonder how to compare them since vt40x uses real tube in pre-amp, on the other hand nutube is probably newer replacement of it :)
Thanks in advance for your comments.
No I did not.. you are right. Real tubes are just different..✌️❤️
Yes Jon! Almost missed this review. I want to hear a great musicians take on this product. I really enjoy Vox’s innovations with Nutube, owning two amps with it. I’m bummed that I purchased the GTV50 which is almost identical to this model but no Celestion or 1/4 inch line out. It it still a pleasure to use with the built in effects and amp models but would love to hear this one close up.
Thanks for an amazing demo and overview! I loved the tones you recorded by mic. On a side note, when I record this amp via the usb input it is rather a weak signal. I’m not sure how to go about getting more output from that source. Again glad you featured this amp. Cheers!
Thank you ..I would not record with the USB as I 'm working with an audio interface. YOu could try recording with the headphones out..🤓✌
@Michael Zola ... I know I’m stating the obvious here, but as I have a similar problem recording from the headphone out of another Vox amp, the vt40x, I couldn’t get very far with it if I didn’t boost the gain around 10db in my daw on the guitar’s channel before tracking
Great demo and playing. The Marshalls and Dual rec don't sound like those models to me but they sound like good distortion amps.
✌️❤️
Excellent playing, very nice sounding amp. Great demo! 👍🏼
Thank you ✌️❤️
Jonathan. I just bought this amp. From sweet water, lots the cats meow. For a bedroom guitar player lt cost me 299.00 us and 65.00 more for the foot pedal I really like the amp. You make it sound
Really good thanks.
Thank you Robert ✌️❤️
Just looking at some past videos Jon this was interesting , VOX it appears went from their hybrid VTX series , with a pre-amp tube, to a full solid state with nutube, I do own the VOX VTX series and you can replace the pre-amp tube and you can set the pre-amp tube's class and bias, you have that option, unfortunately my usb broke my fault cannot watch where i am watching , tripped over the usb cable to the pc, amp works still, the Cambridge does sound great, maybe people complained about changing the tube who knows, it's quite easy not rocket science ,
Yes the Nu tube things is pretty interesting✌️❤️
I agree with you about the lack of a dedicated mid control. Vox manage to include it on their VT models. Why not on this one? I'd also like to see a compressor. Again Vox include it on some of their other modellers. Other than that, I like it
yea..its not a bad amp!✌♥
Good morning Jonathan. You sound beautiful as usual, but I am unfortunately just waking up and this is a little more beauty than I can imagine before my first cup of coffee. Cheers!
lol!! Good morning !!🤓✌
Hi Jon. You tried both amps Blackstar Silverline and Vox Cambridge. I have listened many sound of both amp but which one is your favourite?
Cheers 🎉
The silverline!
@@JonIsJustTooLoud Thank you very much for your response! I will go with it ❤️
This amp seems so nice in terms of tone ranges and embarked effects. Why should one spend 3 or 4 times more for a very good tube amp?
well...some people do prefer the sound of a good tube amp🤓
Because then you can enjoy paying more money to have your expensive tube amp fixed after it breaks.
Jonathan, I cannot figure out how to save presets to recall with the optional footswitch. The instructions are all but non-existant. What is the key sequence to save a preset?
Sorry..TJ..I cant help you as the Amp is not with me...✌💙
@@JonIsJustTooLoud I got it.. Not hard, just old school dense.. ;-)
@@tjnugent62 hehe
@@JonIsJustTooLoud I really like the Cambridge 50 as an at-home/studio /rehearsal.
Love your note choices....
Thank you🤓✌
Just got mine, loving it to death... 👍 Should have gotten this years ago....
NIce! ✌♥
@@JonIsJustTooLoud thank you my blood brother. 👍 Loving the Vox cambridge 50... 👍 It Rocks the blues... 👍
Hi Jonathan. Happy new year.
How do you feel it sounds compared to the boss katana 100mkII.
Thanks.
I wouldn’t know✌️❤️
Thanks anyways. Love your playing. Keep doing what you do.
Great playing! Did you try the line or aux input? I'm thinking in this amp for bass also :)
Oh I’m not mistaken.. I did try both.. might be waiting though✌️❤️
Man Jonathan .. that was hot man .. love that flow and soul soul soul ..ive enjoyed that song
Thank you brother!!! how are you doing?
Jonathan Koh doing great and this year of rest I have slightly more free time .. so I’m working on many guitars and doing lots of videos too
@@TheGuitarSpaSingapore awesome!!! you take care brother!
Sounds like a great amp for the price. I run a Vox AC15C and this might make a great backup amp....
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@Gil Rene did you get this Cambridge 50 ? In such case, do you hear significant tone difference between your AC15 and the AC30 sim of the Cambridge ?
I didn't get one... At least not yet. I decided i already have enough amps, especially since I'm not playing out at the moment...
Sounds fantastic. This might be just what I need. Then again, you just make everything sound great of course ;-)
Lol!! Thanks✌️❤️
Fantastic playing as always. Love your reviews. This looks like a cool home playing amp. I have a Fender champ 50xl but I don't really like it. May have to check this one out.
I’m glad it’s helpful✌️❤️
Hi Johnathan, nice sounds u got out of this... Soundwise do you prefer this or the blackstar silverline ? Tks
two different standards..I like the SilverLine...🤓✌
Vox does a great job with some of their Modeling type amps. I use the AV15 hybrid amp for practice and really like it. This amp sounds very similar and sounds very good.
Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure Mark!🤓✌
Hi, did you try to direct record with it? How is the sound quality? Specially for clean fender like tones and Vox-y tones. I like it for quiet playing and some home recording demos.
No I did not as I do not have the connectors ✌♥
Thanks for the review!)) It's really nice!) If you're lloking at a tube amp, then I'll suggest you a YERASOV aplifiers!) These are really nice)
✌🏻❤️
Hello Jonathan, when you can, make a video with your opinion with each combo amp or head + cab in the range of each price, 400 €, 600 €, 1000 € ... Nice work 👍🇧🇷
✌🤓
I support this comment haha brainstorming myself, I bet the harley benton 2x12 will roll by :3
@@rickysmeets1993 Vertical 2x12 ♥
Hi Jonathan, does the amp have a global delay time, if i want play live with presets?
you are able to tap tempo on the footswitch....✌♥
@@JonIsJustTooLoud If i have 8 presets, the delay time than overall is the same?
What's the difference between this one and the Vox VT100X? Which one is better?
cant honestly tell you as I have not tried the VT100X✌♥
You have 70s soul man, great player.
Thank you brother✌️
@@JonIsJustTooLoud your welcome, keep up the good work.
Hello Jonathan !! What are the names of the real amps simulated according to you?
This what I think...
DELUXE CL = Fender Deluxe
BOUTIQUE CL= Dumple amp??
BOUTIQUE OD = Dumble gain channel?
VOX AC30, VOX AC30TB,
BRIT 1959 = Marshall Super Lead Model 1959
BRIT 800 = Marshall JCM800
BRIT VM = Marshall Vintage Modern
SL-OD = Saldano OD channel
DOUBLE REC = Dual Rectifier | MESA/Boogie
Does this have an external speaker jack?
nope✌♥
Hi, this one or Blackstar Silverline?
Sliverline...✌🤓
I wonder how these compare with the Katana?
I believe there's a video out there comparing the 2 ✌🤓
Nicely done jonathan as usual, but your squier sounds way, way better than that vintera tele you reviewed a week or so ago, just sayin’🙂
lol! thanks man...✌🤓
With your accent it almost sounded like you said .. "the vox cabbage 50" he he he he he :D
Great job as always sir !!
no really? !! hahaha
Hello, sir, congrats for the channel and great playing. I have a question, what would you recommend, the super beetle or the cambridge? both are nutube. Which is closer in sound to a real tube amp? Thank you
They are about the same.. although I prefer the Cambridge ✌️❤️
Does it sound good with drive pedals?
Yes it does!! ✌️❤️
I'd buy this just for the nutube and 12 inch celestion speaker at 50 you could gig with it.
🤓✌
Hello, Jonathan!! 🐰❤️🎸🤘
Howdy!!!✌🤓✌
@@JonIsJustTooLoud I love you, man! 😁
Awww shucks ☺️
Isn’t it great when your wife dozes off and you can spend time catching up on missed videos 😂 I think this is a fantastic amp. The sounds are spot on, I’ve tried on my friend owns and it’s great value. 👍
lol!!!✌😆
This is my first time stumbling across your channel and I must say your playing hit me deep. I’d definitely say you might be my favorite guitarist on UA-cam now. Also, you got some great tones from the amp. I’m thinking about buying one now! Would you mind sharing the link for jam track? Maybe if I get the Cambridge I can try to sound half as good as you 😂 God bless Jon!
Pierce
Welcome to the channel! Subscribe if you havent!✌♥
I just took delivery of mine yesterday. I've only had time to do a very brief run through of all the amp settings. As a guitar builder, I bought this so people can try my guitars, and have a reasonable representation of what they will sound like from different well known amps, and to record demos from (see alexanderguestguitars.com). First impressions, I'm really impressed! First thing is, there's not a bad, ugly tone in it. They all seem to sound really sweet and musical, and very dynamic. EXCELLENT! Then when you think of all the easily accessible effects, the inbuilt tuner and the inbuilt attenuator, along with the headphone socket, it seems to have EVERYTHING. And I haven't even touched the software yet. It's also lighter than my NT15 Night Train, and has a 12" speaker. To my mind, Vox designs are leading the way forward (at least for practice/non regular gigging amps). My only criticisms are;
1) no effects loop
2) delay and reverb on the same dial (you can have only one or the other)
3) only 2 band eq
4) lack of exension cab socket
The last one being the most important lack from my perspective. If they could put one of those in, the world would be your oyster.
So it seems to me, that if you REALLY needed it, you would buy yourself a reverb or delay pedal, along with a 5 band eq pedal, put those between the amp and the guitar, and you're all set for anything.
Bearing in mind the cost; under £250 (from Amzon), the drawbacks are minor issues for me. The package as a whole is bang on. And most importantly IT SOUNDS GOOD!!! either through the speaker, or headphones. Go for it, I say!
Thank you for sharing!✌❤
Great review as always Jon. It doesnt sound bad at all but i still would prefer my Katana 100. :) Offtopic: I sent you a message on your facebook i think 2 days ago asking you for favor. Did you read it? As always, go in peace in the Jesus name brother. :)
Yes I did brother.. I ‘m pretty tied up at the moment✌️❤️
@@JonIsJustTooLoud No problem Jonathan. I just tried. :) God bless you brother.. :)
Superb shit, Jonathan;)
hahah thanks Gram...if shit can be super...😷
I tried to watch this but it was just too loud lol. Just kidding good review
Lol✌️❤️