I think people might be missing the fact that is a TUBE amp with some modelling. It’s not just a digital modeller. The Nu-tube concept is amazing. I have one of the mini-heads and it’s great.
@@SmithWesson90 It uses the Vox NuTube tech in the preamp. Very cool stuff with amazing potential. All the power stage is handled by solid state, which is more reliable anyway. The preamp is where most of the tone is shaped.
@@Emi-rp4ie50 watts isnt really louder than 40 watts, maybe a tiny bit but the 12 inch speaker in the Cambridge is what would make the biggest difference. I wish the vt40x didnt have a 10 inch cause thats the only thing wrong with that amp, that being said as long as your drummer isn't breaking his heads you can definitely here yourself easily with the 40x
This video review has proved to be the most helpful to me thus far. Sam took the time to go through each of the models, and didn't skip or skimp on the cleans. Yes, I agree with the other Larry (Antinozzi), running an acoustic/electric guitar (or even a keyboard) into the Line "model" would have been nice, but this video is still the most comprehensive I've seen thus far.
I like the fact that he demonstrated each amp type and paired some of them with an effect or two, to showcase the Cambridge 50s potential. The tones, to my ears, at least, sounded killer.
Going on this demo the range of different tones sound better to me than most other modelling amps. Of course this guy knows which tunes to demonstrate to the amps full potential. Very impressive, thanks for the demo.
Quite a few people posting here have expressed their regret that this amp doesn't have an effects loop. But as far as I can see, you really have to step up to Boss Katana 100 price range to get that (the Vox AV30 also has one and is cheaper, but it's a hybrid). I can't help thinking that the big manufacturers are missing a trick here. I'm sure if one of them could come up with a modelling amp which offered the following for under 300 euros, they could wipe the floor: - attenuator or master volume control to allow playing saturated valve-type sounds quietly - just the classic amp models, say 2 Fender, 2 Vox, 3 Marshall and 1 MB and 1 clean/instrument channel, and dispense with all the obscure "boutique" models - just the simple basic good quality effects which the Katanas have - a good quality 10 or 12" speaker - simple control layout, like this Vox - and an Effects Loop! Surely it can't be so difficult or expensive just to add an effects loop?
I went to guitarcenter dead set on picking up a Fender Blues Jr. or Laney Cub. Instead I brought one of these home. The plug and play factor is huge. It's probably missing an effects loop, but it's a medium sacrifice for a big sound in a little box.
I will most likely get one of these soon. I have always enjoyed Voxs hybride oriented amps but never thrilled at the reverb. However, I keep wondering why Marshall isn't able to create things like this. It is easy to understand why some marshal employees left and created Blackstar.
i just bought this amp, it's awesome - I've been using the OG metal grill VT50 since 2008 lol. I'm blown away by the responsiveness, I've played a lot of tube amps and you can really hear every and feel every little detail and dynamic of your playing. Modulation effects are surprisingly good too, although I have a main pedalboard which I run through the AC30 clean, this amp has a huge "plug and play" factor that to my ears sound a lot better than the boss katana line (which I was deciding between before picking this up).
How would you compare sound quality (or maybe in other words: how real is "tube sound") to vt40x with tube pre-amp? Of course it's not about Watts power now ;)
@@cjschaef It should be, but the Katana sounds so impressive anyway without tubes, and works as a proper acoustic amp, and all those delicious Boss effects...
niallio77 , not for Fender tones. The Katana is focused more around the Vox and Marshall tones and even if I scoop the mids, it still doesn’t get a Fender tone. In my opinion, the Katana is ugly and dated /cheap looking.
Idk....I think this guy can make a piece a crap smell good. I think what we really need is players like me to demo these amps. It's a hell of a lot more realistic!!! Seriously though amazing playing. I'm trying to copy some of those intro riffs. Well done.
Ok I have a AVT 100 watt marshall which is sounding horrible a Bugara which is OK a VOX VT20 which sounds amazing but Im starting again in quite big rooms.. Is this amp better than the Vox VT20 even tho obviously bigger and on saying that if I had an extra 400 dollars to spend what is better than the cambridge?? Maybe silly questions but I just compared my little practise vox with the marshall and bugara yesterday and was blown away so getting a bigger vox thanks heaps ??
Great review. Would you say this is better than the vox vtx amps.they seem similar but can't make my mind up on which to go for. Your advice would be helpful
@@avion1963 its not that ive been playing metal for a while and just want to change the amp, ill practice metal so i just need an amp for that you know.
I was told Marshall, Blackstar, Peavey, Soldano, Boogie, and the 100 watt Katana maybe are great for metal. Vox would never be my first choice for metal. I have a new Blackstar V3 10 watt small amp, and that actually has some decent high gain OD settings, you can get some metal out of it, but maybe not super heavy metal or death metal.
@@UA-camHandlesAreMoronic MDF is definitely not more reliable. It's just cheaper and easier to manufacture. Real wood is more resonant, stronger, and more resistant to water damage. MDF is just a bunch of sawdust glued together.
@@Chaps_Jr I didn't say anything about reliability. I said MDF was more consistent than wood, which it is. Plywood has some distinct advantages for certain needs; it is very durable, lighter weight and more resonant than MDF (though heaver and less resonant than solid pine). That said, not everyone needs the durability (studio and home amps don't see much movement), and not every design benefits from added resonance, particularly modeling amps. The designers "model" the cabinet resonances of multiple real-world amps using software. They need the physical structure of the modeling amp to present a neutral "blank canvas" on which to cast their modeled sound, not to color the sound on its own. MDF is almost acoustically inert (dead), which is why loudspeaker manufacturers use it. They want you to hear only the sound that was recorded, unaltered by resonances added by the speaker cabinets. The Vox Cambridge is a modeling amp. It needs to be a chameleon, taking on the sound of the various amps it's attempting to mimic. MDF is a natural fit for it.
@@UA-camHandlesAreMoronic Not so much aimed at you Desert Rat, on the whole I agree with you. There is one point in particular that most seem to have missed. A speaker cabinet needs to be acousticaly dead, no resonance whatsoever. We should be wanting to hear what the amp and speaker combination are producing, NOT "coloured" by the cabinet. Vintage amp speaker combos had that colouration and the modelling of this amp reproduces that as part of the sound, it definitely doesn't want any more coloration (distortion) added by its own box.
Not sold on the Marshall digital amps only their tube amps. Given a choice I'd go with the Vox over the Mustang mainly because I'm not a fender amp lover.
I checked one out. There is a horrible fizz on the overdrive models that can’t be dialed out. It’s terrible. I can’t believe Vox would put it on the market like this. Cleans are nice.
It kinda depends on what you need it to do. Katana can handle heavy metal a little better, and has more functionality in the control panel. Vox has the NuTube tech in the preamp and gets you that classic Vox sound with zero effort. Katana is more geared toward the American sound, although the MkII models have an alternate voice for each channel. I guess it just comes down to your needs and preferences. Both are going to give you incredible sounds, and handle both live gigs and bedroom practice with no problems. I can tell you I own a Katana 50 MkII, and I absolutely love it; a beautiful pedal platform.
I think it's two totally different animals, really. Isn't the Blues Cube all solid state? I've heard though the Blues Cube amps are fantastic, for basic blues, rock, hard rock, and clean, playing. And the Blues Cubes don't have modeling as far as I recall.
How come they just can't make a simple amp with volume ,bass ,mid,treble,decent reverb master and let me add my own effects so I sound like me ??? I don't need these effects I just want the power.and the amp to be light to Cary .an effects loop would be ok!!
Vox did the AV60 which is pretty similar to this Cambridge but with some differences: - effects loop + knobs for delay, reverb, and chorus/flanger - proper external speaker output - no-brand 12" speaker + 12AX7 tubes (instead of Celestion 12" speaker + NuTube) - traditional solid state modeling (instead of digital) - two channels with identical controls (instead of up to two/five presets with two/five button Vox footswitch) - weight: 16.6 kg (instead of 9,6kg) - closed back cabinet (instead of open) There's also AV30 which is otherwise identical to AV60 but is equipped with a 10" speaker (instead of 12" like both this amp and AV60) and weighs 12 kg.
Not the point of a modeling small practice (but higher power as here, where it's switchable) amp: Vox is marketing this at home and beginner players who want built-in amp models and FX and don't want to run a whole pedal board, etc. And you can take this one on the go unlike the heavier older Valvetronix amps.
Tom Roberts I actually liked the id core line for the $$ if you like high gain sounds but the speakers were too small and it flubs out at higher volume they made a 2x10 but it’s a beast and heavy. Hoping this is a. Good one as I don’t really care for the katana mk1 I have not tried mkii yet but the mk1 could never get a good high gain sound
@@mattwood5493 I completely agree! My flatmate owns a Katana so I've gotten to spend a little time with it here and there. It's the most overrated guitar amplifier I've ever played. I'm looking at this Vox or the silverline standard.
Another modeling amp -- by definition made for fiddling and tweaking -- with the controls buried on the back/top of the amp where they are harder to see and use. Is it just me? It must be just me...
Grant Hutchins I thought I was specific enough but apparently not. The Amp models themselves are the exact same models Korg helped them create more than 10 yrs. ago. The keep repackaging the same amp models in all of their amps. These amp models are from before the Valvetronix series even began. All you are doing is buying the same amp models with a new label. Is is like buying the record, then 8- track, then cassette, and finally the cd of them same music. Inside you get nothing that different but you do get a new box and wrapping paper. One would expect that at some time, they would actually innovate and come up with their own models. I am sorry if I was unclear but this amp is really no different than the Valvetronix amps created years ago.
Grant Hutchins Firstly, I never said going from one music format yielded the same sound. I said that it was still the same band. It was an example to demonstrate repacking an old product in a new format. It thought this example was fairly obvious in it purpose, yet you want to twist what I said to meet your own agenda. That might work with lessor minds. I am not one of them. Now on to your arguement that they have upgraded the tech. Perhaps their were tweaks, but the actual modeling technology is the same. VET modeling tech is what they have been using since the beginning of the Valvetronix amps many,many years ago. They bought the tech from Korg. Furthermore, each every model has been around since then and is still what is used. Putting a faster processor in or smaller boards does not change the tone. Making a few adjustments for a speaker does not change the VET model. Essentially, you are buying the same thing( the amp models) in a new package. These are facts. Don’t believe me, go do the research yourself. It would be far easier for you to learn what you are speaking about, than to argue with your hands tied behind your back by ignorance of the subject matter.
Grant Hutchins The analogy is perfectly fine to anyone with common sense. It was obvious, I speaking about the same band in a different format. Whether it is Dark Side of the Moon on cassette or cd, it is still Dark Side Of The Moon, duh! See where common sense comes into play here? I am guessing not, but shall move on. The models are identical. Perhaps new packaging has made the sound the slightly different, at their core they are same. A faster processor it not going to change code, dumbass! The code for this VET technology which is what drives these models, has not changed in the least. Would they keep calling it VET modeling if it had actually changed? Hell no! They would seize the opportunity to call it the new and improved VET modeling. Perhaps something like SuperVet modeling or some such thing. They have never once stated in all these years that their modeling technology has changed. There is a reason for this. It has not changed. I never said the amp needed more models. Here again you try to twist my words. Stop doing that...you suck at it and it will not divert me from facts. I said it needed different models. But that won’t happen because that would force them to develop new modeling technology, instead of using the old tech they bought from Korg. That is why you will never see amps like a Soldano, 5150, Dr. Z, etc. on any of their amps. That would require someone to actually develop code from the tech they bought. Thus being the lazy jackasses that they are, they only use the exact same models that Korg sold them years ago. I converted all my favorite cassettes to digital to avoid having to repay for something I already paid for. Why would I do anything different with something else? These big cooperations love to take advantage of ignorance. They do this because people like you don’t see what they are doing. When another 10 years pass and you still have the same models in your precious Vox amps, I wonder if you will still be singing the same tune? I highly doubt it! At any rate, you may continue this conversation if you like...by yourself. My old age has taught me that is is far easier to stab I knife in your chest, than it is to explain anything to an ignorant fool. Not only will the ignorant fool not listen and learn, he will actually be convinced he has won the argument before it is even started.
Дмитрий Алибаев I think you should go play both and decide what is right for you. Never let anyone tell you what is right for you, only you know that answer.
Trust your own ears, not any biased review from anyone probably getting something in their back pocket. A "review" such as this is is better by far, the guy explained the features and demonstrated most of the main sounds, didn't give any opinion on anything. Good. bad or indifferent, is your judgement no one elses. Or it should be.
It sounds no better than my line 6 spider iii. Put a new label on it and call it modern. I picked up my spider for like $50 just to work out stuff and not burn tubes. I played a gig with it, 57 into FOH. Got away with it. If you don't have a road crew carrying your monster tube amps, you aren't playing shows where it really matters. Set up something easy. My giant tube amp setup is in my studio and will only get out for huge shows, if at all. All the modeling sounds the same live. Get the best sound you can with used gear. Most gear is over priced.
My god Vox needs to fire and forever banish their designers. That thing is so ugly! Model the look on a 60's head for heaven's sake! Not rocket science people...
None of this is true. Learn to use your gear. Late night I unhook from my Ac15 and run my entire pedal chain through an OG metal grill Valvetronix set on a clean AC15 model and it sounds great. Also just for shits it's "they're", you're welcome.
An2oine the deign is very bland looking sounds decent on the recording but I never trust these. Wonder why only able to save 2 presets with a 10 amp modeler?? That’s pretty stupid at least give me a clean crunch heavy preset save option
This amp has one of the best clean tones I've heard.
I think people might be missing the fact that is a TUBE amp with some modelling. It’s not just a digital modeller. The Nu-tube concept is amazing. I have one of the mini-heads and it’s great.
Is it a digital tube or a 12ax7 preamp style tube mix
@@SmithWesson90 It uses the Vox NuTube tech in the preamp. Very cool stuff with amazing potential. All the power stage is handled by solid state, which is more reliable anyway. The preamp is where most of the tone is shaped.
@@Chaps_Jr is the vt40x better than the Cambridge? Can't decide, I would use it for high gain stuff too
Dude @@nissansilviakoukibuying a 40 you wont be abel to hear yourself play live or rehersal. A 50watt no problem.
@@Emi-rp4ie50 watts isnt really louder than 40 watts, maybe a tiny bit but the 12 inch speaker in the Cambridge is what would make the biggest difference. I wish the vt40x didnt have a 10 inch cause thats the only thing wrong with that amp, that being said as long as your drummer isn't breaking his heads you can definitely here yourself easily with the 40x
This video review has proved to be the most helpful to me thus far. Sam took the time to go through each of the models, and didn't skip or skimp on the cleans. Yes, I agree with the other Larry (Antinozzi), running an acoustic/electric guitar (or even a keyboard) into the Line "model" would have been nice, but this video is still the most comprehensive I've seen thus far.
I like the fact that he demonstrated each amp type and paired some of them with an effect or two, to showcase the Cambridge 50s potential.
The tones, to my ears, at least, sounded killer.
For some reason most people demonstrating amps think we care only about drive. I want to hear them cleans.
Going on this demo the range of different tones sound better to me than most other modelling amps. Of course
this guy knows which tunes to demonstrate to the amps full potential. Very impressive, thanks for the demo.
Quite a few people posting here have expressed their regret that this amp doesn't have an effects loop. But as far as I can see, you really have to step up to Boss Katana 100 price range to get that (the Vox AV30 also has one and is cheaper, but it's a hybrid).
I can't help thinking that the big manufacturers are missing a trick here. I'm sure if one of them could come up with a modelling amp which offered the following for under 300 euros, they could wipe the floor:
- attenuator or master volume control to allow playing saturated valve-type sounds quietly
- just the classic amp models, say 2 Fender, 2 Vox, 3 Marshall and 1 MB and 1 clean/instrument channel, and dispense with all the obscure "boutique" models
- just the simple basic good quality effects which the Katanas have
- a good quality 10 or 12" speaker
- simple control layout, like this Vox
- and an Effects Loop!
Surely it can't be so difficult or expensive just to add an effects loop?
I got it today with a brian may guitar,
It sounds amazing!!!
Still the best in 2021!!!
Thanks for the Video! ✌️
I went to guitarcenter dead set on picking up a Fender Blues Jr. or Laney Cub. Instead I brought one of these home. The plug and play factor is huge. It's probably missing an effects loop, but it's a medium sacrifice for a big sound in a little box.
Well done 👍. This is an excellent and comprehensive review!!
I will most likely get one of these soon. I have always enjoyed Voxs hybride oriented amps but never thrilled at the reverb. However, I keep wondering why Marshall isn't able to create things like this. It is easy to understand why some marshal employees left and created Blackstar.
Just came across this video and it is externally helpful. I recently bought this Vox and finding this is great!
Regardless of what you think of the amp this guy really makes me want to play.
i just bought this amp, it's awesome - I've been using the OG metal grill VT50 since 2008 lol.
I'm blown away by the responsiveness, I've played a lot of tube amps and you can really hear every and feel every little detail and dynamic of your playing.
Modulation effects are surprisingly good too, although I have a main pedalboard which I run through the AC30 clean, this amp has a huge "plug and play" factor that to my ears sound a lot better than the boss katana line (which I was deciding between before picking this up).
I had the actual OG valvetronix which was the AD60VTX, which was a $800 amp, and this is just as good.
Great Demo!!! Best comparison and detailed info (top right), thanks!
Great demo bud, nice amp 👍🏻
How would you compare sound quality (or maybe in other words: how real is "tube sound") to vt40x with tube pre-amp? Of course it's not about Watts power now ;)
I've got the vt20+ and would buy it over this, simply because the reverb is separate to the other modulation effects.
Boss Katana 50w is $100 cheaper. Why bother with this? No fx loop or anything extra to entice paying more money...fwiw i might get the Vox VT40X.
@@niallio77 celestion speaker and the tube thing this has happening would be pluses over the katana 50?
@@cjschaef It should be, but the Katana sounds so impressive anyway without tubes, and works as a proper acoustic amp, and all those delicious Boss effects...
niallio77 , not for Fender tones. The Katana is focused more around the Vox and Marshall tones and even if I scoop the mids, it still doesn’t get a Fender tone. In my opinion, the Katana is ugly and dated /cheap looking.
@@niallio77 Is boss katana actually? I can buy it in similar price
Idk....I think this guy can make a piece a crap smell good. I think what we really need is players like me to demo these amps. It's a hell of a lot more realistic!!!
Seriously though amazing playing. I'm trying to copy some of those intro riffs. Well done.
Really great video and some tasty playing. Thanks from sunny Bolton :)
6:57 crazy little thing called love
Deluxe CL = Fender Twin
Boutique Clean = Dumble Steel String Singer
Boutique Overdrive = Dumble Overdrive Special
Brit 1959 = Marshal Plexi
Brit 800 = MArshal JCM800
Brit VM = MArshal JVM
SLOD = Soldano SLO30
Double Rec = Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
Been waiting for pmt to review this, and luck have it, it's my local store
Do you think the clean channel can be used for Jazz ?
Simply can’t decide between this or mustang gtx
Just ordered one
Isn't there an app where you can adjust effect settings and save 8 presets?
Do you have to change the Nutubes like a classic tube amp?
Best review on the item 👍
Ok I have a AVT 100 watt marshall which is sounding horrible a Bugara which is OK a VOX VT20 which sounds amazing but Im starting again in quite big rooms.. Is this amp better than the Vox VT20 even tho obviously bigger and on saying that if I had an extra 400 dollars to spend what is better than the cambridge?? Maybe silly questions but I just compared my little practise vox with the marshall and bugara yesterday and was blown away so getting a bigger vox thanks heaps ??
Perfect video.
Great video very informative - thanks
Good review. Sam reminds me of Arthur Daley.
Great review. Would you say this is better than the vox vtx amps.they seem similar but can't make my mind up on which to go for. Your advice would be helpful
Hi, friend. What's better. Choose between Cambridge50 and katana mk2
@@ЕжиКкоторыйлюбитбенды I'm still between the two
Great demo good job!!!!
Awesome sounds ... did not know that it is possible to get so nice even though I have VX-15GT version. Mostly I use AC30TB model.
i own the vox vx50 and yeah the ac30tb is great great great
No effects loop, which means it's not looper friendly. Too bad. Dig the nutube sound in there.
But You can connect looper dirextly...
Why is there no mid control !!! Why!!! Do companies continue to make this mistake!
I dont know my fender is the same & it puts me off dialing in . Then you find you need a footswitch.
Even my new ac30 doesn’t have a mid control lmao
How well does it take pedals? I know it's a common question but... This looks really solid
I’m running a compression
7:50 isnt that brian may's "Since youve been gone"?
Reminds me on that one..
Is this amp good for metal playing, its what i play so i really need to know.
It's ok for that. I would get the katana for that. Katana is more of a rock or metal sound and it's cheaper. I have the vox but I play alt rock
@@avion1963 its not that ive been playing metal for a while and just want to change the amp, ill practice metal so i just need an amp for that you know.
I was told Marshall, Blackstar, Peavey, Soldano, Boogie, and the 100 watt Katana maybe are great for metal. Vox would never be my first choice for metal. I have
a new Blackstar V3 10 watt small amp, and that actually has some decent high gain OD settings, you can get some metal out of it, but maybe not super heavy metal or
death metal.
Anyone tried...how does it compare with the Vox vt40x?
This is exactly what I want to figure out too Cambridge 50 or VT40x
@@SmithWesson90 me too
I don't see a line out. Can you use the headphone out to go into a mixer?
Yes you can use headphones and link to your computer via usb
External PS, no FX loop :-(
When you say wood, you really mean MDF or Particle Board?
MDF, the stuff that's more consistent than wood and is used in most $5,000+ loudspeakers? Go educate yourself.
@@UA-camHandlesAreMoronic Nothing beats a nice birch cabinet you short bus rider
@@UA-camHandlesAreMoronic MDF is definitely not more reliable. It's just cheaper and easier to manufacture. Real wood is more resonant, stronger, and more resistant to water damage.
MDF is just a bunch of sawdust glued together.
@@Chaps_Jr I didn't say anything about reliability. I said MDF was more consistent than wood, which it is. Plywood has some distinct advantages for certain needs; it is very durable, lighter weight and more resonant than MDF (though heaver and less resonant than solid pine). That said, not everyone needs the durability (studio and home amps don't see much movement), and not every design benefits from added resonance, particularly modeling amps. The designers "model" the cabinet resonances of multiple real-world amps using software. They need the physical structure of the modeling amp to present a neutral "blank canvas" on which to cast their modeled sound, not to color the sound on its own. MDF is almost acoustically inert (dead), which is why loudspeaker manufacturers use it. They want you to hear only the sound that was recorded, unaltered by resonances added by the speaker cabinets. The Vox Cambridge is a modeling amp. It needs to be a chameleon, taking on the sound of the various amps it's attempting to mimic. MDF is a natural fit for it.
@@UA-camHandlesAreMoronic Not so much aimed at you Desert Rat, on the whole I agree with you. There is one point in particular that most seem to have missed. A speaker cabinet needs to be acousticaly dead, no resonance whatsoever. We should be wanting to hear what the amp and speaker combination are producing, NOT "coloured" by the cabinet. Vintage amp speaker combos had that colouration and the modelling of this amp reproduces that as part of the sound, it definitely doesn't want any more coloration (distortion) added by its own box.
Lovely playing
so is it better than the Vt40x?
I don’t know really. Vt40x has more sound options and a smaller 10“ speaker, price is also less.
At 7:06 it kinda sounds like crazy little thing called love 👀
Oh wait the last couple sound like Queen songs on purpose I’m dumb nvm
Cool looking amp, but for the money, it seems you'd be better off (options/channels/savable tones)with the Marshall code or the Fender Mustang
Not sold on the Marshall digital amps only their tube amps. Given a choice I'd go with the Vox over the Mustang mainly because I'm not a fender amp lover.
@Hectic Von kaos I actually just went and got a Boss
Are you the voice for Howdens
Cambridge 50 vs VT40 ? Which one?
Cambridge
@@croslowj why?
I checked one out. There is a horrible fizz on the overdrive models that can’t be dialed out. It’s terrible. I can’t believe Vox would put it on the market like this. Cleans are nice.
This or the Boss Katana 50??
Blackstar silverline
@@BrandonEht That wasn't the question. Silverline is significantly more expensive.
It kinda depends on what you need it to do. Katana can handle heavy metal a little better, and has more functionality in the control panel. Vox has the NuTube tech in the preamp and gets you that classic Vox sound with zero effort. Katana is more geared toward the American sound, although the MkII models have an alternate voice for each channel.
I guess it just comes down to your needs and preferences. Both are going to give you incredible sounds, and handle both live gigs and bedroom practice with no problems.
I can tell you I own a Katana 50 MkII, and I absolutely love it; a beautiful pedal platform.
7:32 hammer to fall
No mid control, no thanks. Ever cranked the mids and volume on a vox? It's awesome.
It does have a mid control in the software. But they should have added a knob.
Interesting but compare to Roland Blues Cube Hot?
I think it's two totally different animals, really. Isn't the Blues Cube all solid state? I've heard though the Blues Cube amps are fantastic, for basic blues, rock,
hard rock, and clean, playing. And the Blues Cubes don't have modeling as far as I recall.
How about an acoustic guitar through the line out, please?
Larry Antinozzi the line amp is for acoustic and or a keyboard!
9:15 one vision
I just want the Sec Pistols sound.
How come they just can't make a simple amp with volume ,bass ,mid,treble,decent reverb master and let me add my own effects so I sound like me ??? I don't need these effects I just want the power.and the amp to be light to Cary .an effects loop would be ok!!
They do they're called the AC15, AC30, AC10 and even the pathfinder is just a simple amp. I mean they're no secret either lol
Vox did the AV60 which is pretty similar to this Cambridge but with some differences:
- effects loop + knobs for delay, reverb, and chorus/flanger
- proper external speaker output
- no-brand 12" speaker + 12AX7 tubes (instead of Celestion 12" speaker + NuTube)
- traditional solid state modeling (instead of digital)
- two channels with identical controls (instead of up to two/five presets with two/five button Vox footswitch)
- weight: 16.6 kg (instead of 9,6kg)
- closed back cabinet (instead of open)
There's also AV30 which is otherwise identical to AV60 but is equipped with a 10" speaker (instead of 12" like both this amp and AV60) and weighs 12 kg.
Not the point of a modeling small practice (but higher power as here, where it's switchable) amp: Vox is marketing this at home and beginner players who want built-in
amp models and FX and don't want to run a whole pedal board, etc. And you can take this one on the go unlike the heavier older Valvetronix amps.
Now for a shootout between this and a katana....
Silverline, don't you mean?
Tom Roberts small silver line is 129 more. Katana is 70 bucks less so it sits right in the middle
@@mattwood5493 Yeah, that's a fair point. I keep forgetting about the Silverline's price! Plus I'm a little anti Katana.
Tom Roberts I actually liked the id core line for the $$ if you like high gain sounds but the speakers were too small and it flubs out at higher volume they made a 2x10 but it’s a beast and heavy. Hoping this is a. Good one as I don’t really care for the katana mk1 I have not tried mkii yet but the mk1 could never get a good high gain sound
@@mattwood5493 I completely agree! My flatmate owns a Katana so I've gotten to spend a little time with it here and there. It's the most overrated guitar amplifier I've ever played. I'm looking at this Vox or the silverline standard.
Nice clean sounds . Want one income tax check yah
Can anyone tell me if you can plug in a microphone and sign through this amp ?
how much are these?
275
$300
Another modeling amp -- by definition made for fiddling and tweaking -- with the controls buried on the back/top of the amp where they are harder to see and use.
Is it just me? It must be just me...
You and other few people, so it's irrelevant
This is the most Britishy British accent of all time
On the lowest setting it is loud as hell
whats happening with the mouth?
Nice but the models are same ones they keep using on all of their amps.
Grant Hutchins I thought I was specific enough but apparently not. The Amp models themselves are the exact same models Korg helped them create more than 10 yrs. ago. The keep repackaging the same amp models in all of their amps. These amp models are from before the Valvetronix series even began. All you are doing is buying the same amp models with a new label. Is is like buying the record, then 8- track, then cassette, and finally the cd of them same music. Inside you get nothing that different but you do get a new box and wrapping paper. One would expect that at some time, they would actually innovate and come up with their own models. I am sorry if I was unclear but this amp is really no different than the Valvetronix amps created years ago.
Grant Hutchins Firstly, I never said going from one music format yielded the same sound. I said that it was still the same band. It was an example to demonstrate repacking an old product in a new format. It thought this example was fairly obvious in it purpose, yet you want to twist what I said to meet your own agenda. That might work with lessor minds. I am not one of them.
Now on to your arguement that they have upgraded the tech. Perhaps their were tweaks, but the actual modeling technology is the same. VET modeling tech is what they have been using since the beginning of the Valvetronix amps many,many years ago. They bought the tech from Korg. Furthermore, each every model has been around since then and is still what is used. Putting a faster processor in or smaller boards does not change the tone. Making a few adjustments for a speaker does not change the VET model. Essentially, you are buying the same thing( the amp models) in a new package. These are facts. Don’t believe me, go do the research yourself. It would be far easier for you to learn what you are speaking about, than to argue with your hands tied behind your back by ignorance of the subject matter.
Grant Hutchins The analogy is perfectly fine to anyone with common sense. It was obvious, I speaking about the same band in a different format. Whether it is Dark Side of the Moon on cassette or cd, it is still Dark Side Of The Moon, duh! See where common sense comes into play here? I am guessing not, but shall move on.
The models are identical. Perhaps new packaging has made the sound the slightly different, at their core they are same. A faster processor it not going to change code, dumbass! The code for this VET technology which is what drives these models, has not changed in the least. Would they keep calling it VET modeling if it had actually changed? Hell no! They would seize the opportunity to call it the new and improved VET modeling. Perhaps something like SuperVet modeling or some such thing. They have never once stated in all these years that their modeling technology has changed. There is a reason for this. It has not changed.
I never said the amp needed more models. Here again you try to twist my words. Stop doing that...you suck at it and it will not divert me from facts.
I said it needed different models. But that won’t happen because that would force them to develop new modeling technology, instead of using the old tech they bought from Korg. That is why you will never see amps like a Soldano, 5150, Dr. Z, etc. on any of their amps. That would require someone to actually develop code from the tech they bought. Thus being the lazy jackasses that they are, they only use the exact same models that Korg sold them years ago.
I converted all my favorite cassettes to digital to avoid having to repay for something I already paid for. Why would I do anything different with something else? These big cooperations love to take advantage of ignorance. They do this because people like you don’t see what they are doing. When another 10 years pass and you still have the same models in your precious Vox amps, I wonder if you will still be singing the same tune? I highly doubt it! At any rate, you may continue this conversation if you like...by yourself. My old age has taught me that is is far easier to stab I knife in your chest, than it is to explain anything to an ignorant fool. Not only will the ignorant fool not listen and learn, he will actually be convinced he has won the argument before it is even started.
@@Oncewasgolden Hi, friend, I think you profi in my question - I'm beginner, what's better katana or Cambridge, I can buy them at similar price.
Дмитрий Алибаев I think you should go play both and decide what is right for you. Never let anyone tell you what is right for you, only you know that answer.
I don’t care if there is no effects loop
Hmm
Too bad it has no fx loop
Good review
This amp is NOT for metal playing!
did you try it for metal?
Y con pedales?
Shut up and take my money!
no fx loop, crappy class d pwr amp, hearing and reading reviews and its not good...oh-hum
Hi! Katana better?
Trust your own ears, not any biased review from anyone probably getting something in their back pocket.
A "review" such as this is is better by far, the guy explained the features and demonstrated most of the main sounds, didn't give any opinion on anything.
Good. bad or indifferent, is your judgement no one elses.
Or it should be.
It sounds no better than my line 6 spider iii. Put a new label on it and call it modern. I picked up my spider for like $50 just to work out stuff and not burn tubes. I played a gig with it, 57 into FOH. Got away with it. If you don't have a road crew carrying your monster tube amps, you aren't playing shows where it really matters. Set up something easy. My giant tube amp setup is in my studio and will only get out for huge shows, if at all. All the modeling sounds the same live. Get the best sound you can with used gear. Most gear is over priced.
My god Vox needs to fire and forever banish their designers. That thing is so ugly! Model the look on a 60's head for heaven's sake! Not rocket science people...
Ugh Vox stop withy all the modelling amps, there’re impossible to use with pedals and are just a nightmare to use
None of this is true. Learn to use your gear. Late night I unhook from my Ac15 and run my entire pedal chain through an OG metal grill Valvetronix set on a clean AC15 model and it sounds great. Also just for shits it's "they're", you're welcome.
@@mrfacephone Agreed. If you can't figure out a Vox modeling amp, you shouldn't be messing with dangerous things, like guitars.
@@UA-camHandlesAreMoronic Exactly!
"You're welcome "
Suprisingly it sounds excellent. Full and rich.
another boring amp with bad design from vox.
They havent done anything right since the AC15 and the messed that up also with two inputs for the channel select.
An2oine the deign is very bland looking sounds decent on the recording but I never trust these. Wonder why only able to save 2 presets with a 10 amp modeler?? That’s pretty stupid at least give me a clean crunch heavy preset save option
@@mattwood5493 and no fx loop 😔
@@mattwood5493 its more with the footswitch
No Thanks. I like my 50 watt Katana better.
Hi, I choosing between this two models. Is katana better, can buy at similar price