Installed my first ever guitar speaker today. Swapped out the vox super mini beetle stock speaker for a cream back. Omg. Sounds much fuller and bigger. Thanks for the advice. Got it from sweetwater too!
Did in improve that top chime? I’m thinking about doing it, but not sure the best speaker for chime, right now leaning towards a Jensen 50 watt speaker. Don’t love the amp with the V Type speaker. Thanks!
What tone did you like the most? Loudness Test: 2:48 Telecaster Single Coil Tone Samples: 4:55 Telecaster Humbucker Tone Samples: 6:32 Stratocaster Tone Samples: 7:16
I just got my mini super beetle and it sounds great as is. I also happen to have an older Carvin MB15E bass extension cabinet and decided to plug it and test it solo with the Vox’s amp head and then along with the super beetle cabinet. Happy to report the Beetle’s amp head has no problem pushing the 15” bass speaker solo or in tandem with it’s 10” cabinet speaker and that the 15” Carvin adds a great low end depth along with the little 10” and it sounds really GOOD.
I just spend 10 entire minutes watching an ad on Season 1 of Yellow Stone. Looks like a really good show. Anyways, just wanted to share. Glad I clicked on this video lol
Holy crap In a bucket !! That’s some volume and the tones are fantastic Landon, especially on the single coils. I hope you’re feeling better soon mate 🤞 another great one, thanks Landon 👍👍👍👍
That sounded great! I wish that Vox would sell the head only. I would buy it immediately as I really don't need any more speaker cabs in my cave! Thanks for sharing.
It’s basically a VOX MV50 AC, with reverb and tremolo. So they kinda already do sell just the head. I gig with an MV50 AC. It takes pedals great, so I just use that to get reverb, overdrive, trem and delay. Killer little amps! So much easier than luggin my AC30 to gigs, and sounds nearly the same!
Need a 2x12 cab with a pair of 8ohm speakers wired in parallel to make it 4ohm. Turn the switch on the head to 50w and go. Doing this was what made me decide to never part with this little amp. It is a little monster with fantastic dynamics.
Great video Lando! I need to get this Mini Vox amp. I liked all the guitars and I liked the blue Strat the best! The bigger cabs sound great! Thanks for your honest demos and videos. I have 3 of the 15w Pathfinder amps. I bought them new during the years they were in production. Two have reverb and the first one I purchased did not. Glad I kept them. I also have the 10w Bass Pathfinder. YOU ARE GREAT! .....Remember that!!!!
From Leo: Good Demo. Those speakers really improved that VOX. It is surprising the volume output you ended up getting. If they are not included, I add speaker jacks to even small combo amps. My current favorite cab is an over sized 2 X 12 with Eminence Cannabis Rex speakers. They just make everything sound better, from little 1 watt and 5 watt valve amps up to 100 watt heads. Like you, I am really pleased how much improvement a nice cabinet can make. Even the cheesy little Marshall MG 15dfx sounds better.
Hey man, cool Video! This Versatility with the Super Beetle is great! I really appreciate that you made the Video although your Dog wasn‘t well I‘m very sorry for you!
I hope you feel great soon Lando! We appreciate your honesty man! :) That sounds really nice through a bigger speaker. You can still tell it's a little Vox box having it's brains blown out though :) Vox have such an iconic tone. That blue LED though... Ugh. Lol Cheers man!
ha thanks! ya that blue led is blinding. I don't see it with the head stacked up that high. I've seen other products with bright leds as well. it's an issue 🤯🎸👍
It's a great little amp IMO. I found a guy that had bought two because he wanted two matching 'Vox' cabs (so as to get 50 watts) and I bought the head ONLY from him. I have multiple cabs and have run the amp through 2X12's, 2 ea. 2X12's (50 watts), 1X12 and 2ea. 1X12's ( 50 watts). All sound great and plenty of volume for me to gig with. I also have the MV50 AC which I also like, but I do prefer the mini Beetle head. Yes, as others have said, they should sell the head only in addition to the package.
I am interested in the MSB if it can get into Brian May territory. Have you tried it with a treble booster? Can you get some good "tie your mother down" or "one vision" tones out of it?
Thanks for sharing. Have you tried a 10" Blue Alnico Pup in your SuperBeetle?? I am loving mine... I also plugged into a Marshall Bluesbreaker cab with 2 alnico BlueDogs. Good gravy what a sound!!
Well, that was totally work hitting the sub button and the bell. I have this amp as well and I use an old 12" 8-ohm alnico speaker from a 1970s pa cab and it sounds great. I was under the impression that part of the lack-luster performance of the stock speaker is the little cabinet it comes in. Is it worth it to switch the 10" in that cab you think?
I’m a big fan of the Pathfinder you mentioned. In stereo, they are waaaay big enough to gig with. Anyway... looks like you’re having fun, so great! Uuuuuum... you said you’re not great. Sorry to hear that! You’re a good Dude. Hope you get in line with great soon. One thing (IS) great. You have a lot of Cool Guitars... so that’s always helpful! Bag of Deals is my new band name. I’ll let you know when my Tele is finished so I can gloat over it in front of you. Ha ha ha😝
Lando27Music Oh shit! I was thinking of the Pathfinder 15R!! Vox stopped making them just a few years ago. They are 15watts. Have reverb and tremolo... and sound really good. Have speaker out, line out and headphones out. 8” speaker. If you see one used on eBay... snag it if you can. You won’t be sorry. Not trying to start the GAS, though...
I’ve been looking for one for a couple years. They keep popping up on EBay but I miss them. I was going to say you are insane to say you can gig with a couple Pathfinder 10s, but I’m too nice. lol :P oops, I said it anyways
Lando27Music Ok... last thing. I was Jamming with “Drummer” (just a guy I know who plays once in a blue moon) and he said my two Pathfinders were too loud for him... and they were not full volume. Ha! They have headroom. Well... two of em do! 🤷🏻♂️👍🏼
Hey Landon, please can I ask which type of cable you used to connect the head to the speakers? I just got one of these second hand and the seller forgot to send the speaker cable (supposedly sending it on). Tried using a guitar jack to jack cable but something just isn't sounding right. Thanks for any wisdom you can share on this! Vicki
@landonbailey I just got mine. 85 for the amp, mint condition with a groove tube and a brand new orange 8 in cab for 90. Man, it's pretty loud. I really like it. Thanks for the video
I thought at 100% Reverb , the reverb sounded a bit hokey . Sorry , don't wish to offend ! Can we hear it 100% reverb on a glassy clean tone ? You know I like your Teles ...I thought the Strat sounded wicked with the amp cranked here . Nice gear , you're a Lucky Man and you played with some Verve 😉👍
Hey Landon, I bought one of these super beetles the other day (with the Union Jack design so as not to offend my Queen!). With volume at full, reverb and trem off, bass and treble around 12 o’clock, gain barely on (around 7pm), and no jack plugged in, I’m getting a weird, audible fluttering noise. Was wondering if you could mimic these settings on yours and see if you’re getting any weird noise. Wondering if maybe I’ve got a dodgy amp. Thanks in advance!
LMGTFY! 😜🎸👍 Thunderclap, chain saw. Oxygen torch (121 dB). 120 Painful. 32 times as loud as 70 dB. Steel mill, auto horn at 1 meter. Turbo-fan aircraft at takeoff power at 200 ft (118 dB). Riveting machine (110 dB); live rock music (108 - 114 dB). 110 Average human pain threshold. 16 times as loud as 70 dB. Jet take-off (at 305 meters), use of outboard motor, power lawn mower, motorcycle, farm tractor, jackhammer, garbage truck. Boeing 707 or DC-8 aircraft at one nautical mile (6080 ft) before landing (106 dB); jet flyover at 1000 feet (103 dB); Bell J-2A helicopter at 100 ft (100 dB). 100 8 times as loud as 70 dB. Serious damage possible in 8 hr exposure.
I just got mine. Love the tone but it does have a fair amount of white noise / hiss even when all knobs turned down. It starts to get quite “hissy” past 11 O’clock. Does yours do the same thing? I just don’t know if this is normal or if I have a problem unit? Very much appreciate your input.... thanks.
BTW - I’m referring to the volume knob past 11 o’clock. I leave the gain all the way down, Bass @ 2 o’clock, treble at 4 o’clock for that scooped, “Princeton-ish” tone.
Great video. I just ordered the Mini Superbeetle and will be using it with my Strat. I may have missed it but what is the Decibel level at Max with the Superbeetle vs the amps you just tested? Two other questions if you don’t mind: 1 - do you leave the stock Superbeetle cabinet on “deep”, 2 - do you find you have sufficient clean headroom at bedroom volumes? I play at home only. Would a different speaker or going to two speakers (cabinets) provide more clean volume?
Thanks! Here’s the amp at full: Electric Guitar Amplifiers at Full Volume Part 5 | Vox Mini SuperBeetle And yes I leave it set to Deep. Tons of volume for bedroom levels (probably too much). I can’t say how different speakers would change the headroom, I haven’t paid attention to that so far. Hope that helps!
if vox is not selling a shit ton of these amps, then they are doing something terribly wrong with their marketing and youtube presence, because this amp sounds wild, and it's so cheap! And they'd sell even more if they sold the head only for say $200
Installed my first ever guitar speaker today. Swapped out the vox super mini beetle stock speaker for a cream back. Omg. Sounds much fuller and bigger. Thanks for the advice. Got it from sweetwater too!
nice!
Did in improve that top chime? I’m thinking about doing it, but not sure the best speaker for chime, right now leaning towards a Jensen 50 watt speaker. Don’t love the amp with the V Type speaker. Thanks!
What tone did you like the most?
Loudness Test: 2:48
Telecaster Single Coil Tone Samples: 4:55
Telecaster Humbucker Tone Samples: 6:32
Stratocaster Tone Samples: 7:16
Lando27Music the loudest test 🤘🤘(actually the tone test)
I just got my mini super beetle and it sounds great as is. I also happen to have an older Carvin MB15E bass extension cabinet and decided to plug it and test it solo with the Vox’s amp head and then along with the super beetle cabinet. Happy to report the Beetle’s amp head has no problem pushing the 15” bass speaker solo or in tandem with it’s 10” cabinet speaker and that the 15” Carvin adds a great low end depth along with the little 10” and it sounds really GOOD.
Very cool!
I just spend 10 entire minutes watching an ad on Season 1 of Yellow Stone. Looks like a really good show. Anyways, just wanted to share. Glad I clicked on this video lol
ha wow! thanks 👍🎸
Holy crap In a bucket !! That’s some volume and the tones are fantastic Landon, especially on the single coils. I hope you’re feeling better soon mate 🤞 another great one, thanks Landon 👍👍👍👍
Thanks Tom!
That sounded great! I wish that Vox would sell the head only. I would buy it immediately as I really don't need any more speaker cabs in my cave! Thanks for sharing.
ya that would be a good option for them to do. 🎸😊
hey I want an extra cab!
It’s basically a VOX MV50 AC, with reverb and tremolo. So they kinda already do sell just the head. I gig with an MV50 AC. It takes pedals great, so I just use that to get reverb, overdrive, trem and delay. Killer little amps! So much easier than luggin my AC30 to gigs, and sounds nearly the same!
I knew that amp would sound great through a bigger cab,cheers Landon😀✌
someone asked me to demo it a few months back. took a while 👍🎸
@@landonbailey yeah that would be me,on my cc54 channel, busted😎🎸✌
ah cool! 😊👍
Need a 2x12 cab with a pair of 8ohm speakers wired in parallel to make it 4ohm. Turn the switch on the head to 50w and go.
Doing this was what made me decide to never part with this little amp.
It is a little monster with fantastic dynamics.
Great video Lando! I need to get this Mini Vox amp. I liked all the guitars and I liked the blue Strat the best! The bigger cabs sound great! Thanks for your honest demos and videos. I have 3 of the 15w Pathfinder amps. I bought them new during the years they were in production. Two have reverb and the first one I purchased did not. Glad I kept them. I also have the 10w Bass Pathfinder. YOU ARE GREAT! .....Remember that!!!!
hey thanks! I keep looking for 15w Pathfinders on ebay/reverb but they are hard to find! 👍🎸😊
From Leo: Good Demo. Those speakers really improved that VOX. It is surprising the volume output you ended up getting. If they are not included, I add speaker jacks to even small combo amps. My current favorite cab is an over sized 2 X 12 with Eminence Cannabis Rex speakers. They just make everything sound better, from little 1 watt and 5 watt valve amps up to 100 watt heads. Like you, I am really pleased how much improvement a nice cabinet can make. Even the cheesy little Marshall MG 15dfx sounds better.
thanks Leo!
Hey man,
cool Video! This Versatility with the Super Beetle is great!
I really appreciate that you made the Video although your Dog wasn‘t well
I‘m very sorry for you!
ya great amp! ah ya tough week but feeling a lot better this weekend 😊👍
That‘s nice man!
Man everything full out thru the single 12's sounded awesome !!
it's the real deal out of those guys! :)
I hope you feel great soon Lando! We appreciate your honesty man! :) That sounds really nice through a bigger speaker. You can still tell it's a little Vox box having it's brains blown out though :) Vox have such an iconic tone. That blue LED though... Ugh. Lol Cheers man!
ha thanks! ya that blue led is blinding. I don't see it with the head stacked up that high. I've seen other products with bright leds as well. it's an issue 🤯🎸👍
Sounds awesome cranked up!!
It's a great little amp IMO. I found a guy that had bought two because he wanted two matching 'Vox' cabs (so as to get 50 watts) and I bought the head ONLY from him. I have multiple cabs and have run the amp through 2X12's, 2 ea. 2X12's (50 watts), 1X12 and 2ea. 1X12's ( 50 watts). All sound great and plenty of volume for me to gig with. I also have the MV50 AC which I also like, but I do prefer the mini Beetle head. Yes, as others have said, they should sell the head only in addition to the package.
👍🎸
I would love to be able to find a second vox cab that is. Just love the look of this thing having two cab side by said would great
I am interested in the MSB if it can get into Brian May territory. Have you tried it with a treble booster? Can you get some good "tie your mother down" or "one vision" tones out of it?
Love your videos on this amp. Do you think a greenback in the small cab would change the sound much?
I believe it would. Speakers have a huge effect on the sound
@@landonbailey awesome may have to try that.
Landon is Canadian thru and thru, a good thing.
Thanks for sharing. Have you tried a 10" Blue Alnico Pup in your SuperBeetle?? I am loving mine... I also plugged into a Marshall Bluesbreaker cab with 2 alnico BlueDogs. Good gravy what a sound!!
I haven't tried any other 10" speakers yet. sounds cool!
Well, that was totally work hitting the sub button and the bell. I have this amp as well and I use an old 12" 8-ohm alnico speaker from a 1970s pa cab and it sounds great. I was under the impression that part of the lack-luster performance of the stock speaker is the little cabinet it comes in. Is it worth it to switch the 10" in that cab you think?
hey there! I like the stock speaker, but not with all my guitars. I prefer single coils through it
I’m a big fan of the Pathfinder you mentioned. In stereo, they are waaaay big enough to gig with. Anyway... looks like you’re having fun, so great!
Uuuuuum... you said you’re not great. Sorry to hear that! You’re a good Dude. Hope you get in line with great soon. One thing (IS) great. You have a lot of Cool Guitars... so that’s always helpful! Bag of Deals is my new band name. I’ll let you know when my Tele is finished so I can gloat over it in front of you. Ha ha ha😝
Haha thanks! I always love reading your comments :)
Lando27Music Oh shit! I was thinking of the Pathfinder 15R!! Vox stopped making them just a few years ago. They are 15watts. Have reverb and tremolo... and sound really good. Have speaker out, line out and headphones out. 8” speaker. If you see one used on eBay... snag it if you can. You won’t be sorry. Not trying to start the GAS, though...
I’ve been looking for one for a couple years. They keep popping up on EBay but I miss them. I was going to say you are insane to say you can gig with a couple Pathfinder 10s, but I’m too nice. lol :P oops, I said it anyways
Lando27Music Ha ha ha... you would have been correct. But nah... it’s the 15R I was meaning. Oooooops!
Lando27Music Ok... last thing. I was Jamming with “Drummer” (just a guy I know who plays once in a blue moon) and he said my two Pathfinders were too loud for him... and they were not full volume. Ha! They have headroom. Well... two of em do! 🤷🏻♂️👍🏼
Hey Landon, please can I ask which type of cable you used to connect the head to the speakers? I just got one of these second hand and the seller forgot to send the speaker cable (supposedly sending it on). Tried using a guitar jack to jack cable but something just isn't sounding right.
Thanks for any wisdom you can share on this! Vicki
you need a speaker cable, don't use a guitar cable. www.sweetwater.com/insync/what-is-the-difference-between-speaker-and-guitar-cables/
@@landonbailey Thanks so much! 👍
Are these worth the money. How loud are they?
I think it's worth the money. I can't recall how loud they are
@landonbailey I just got mine. 85 for the amp, mint condition with a groove tube and a brand new orange 8 in cab for 90. Man, it's pretty loud. I really like it. Thanks for the video
Brilliant
thanks! 👍🎸
I thought at 100% Reverb , the reverb sounded a bit hokey . Sorry , don't wish to offend ! Can we hear it 100% reverb on a glassy clean tone ? You know I like your Teles ...I thought the Strat sounded wicked with the amp cranked here . Nice gear , you're a Lucky Man and you played with some Verve 😉👍
ya I would never run it at 100% reverb. I'm usually at 25%. that Strat is great. 👍🎸 wasnt sure if anyone would pick up the Verve reference
Hope you transition from good to great soon!
It's coming along! 👍😊
Hey Landon, I bought one of these super beetles the other day (with the Union Jack design so as not to offend my Queen!). With volume at full, reverb and trem off, bass and treble around 12 o’clock, gain barely on (around 7pm), and no jack plugged in, I’m getting a weird, audible fluttering noise. Was wondering if you could mimic these settings on yours and see if you’re getting any weird noise. Wondering if maybe I’ve got a dodgy amp. Thanks in advance!
just tried those exact settings and no flutter. I only hear a flutter if the trem is on
Lando27Music Thanks, man. So basically just silence on those settings?
ya pretty much, a big of regular speaker hiss but nothing unusual
Bugger. Think I’m going to have to exchange it.
my guess is the trem is leaking through, but I can't say for sure.
110db...is that loud? How loud is that compared to the volume at something like a bar gig? Just curious as a point of reference.
LMGTFY! 😜🎸👍
Thunderclap, chain saw. Oxygen torch (121 dB).
120
Painful. 32 times as loud as 70 dB.
Steel mill, auto horn at 1 meter. Turbo-fan aircraft at takeoff power at 200 ft (118 dB). Riveting machine (110 dB); live rock music (108 - 114 dB).
110
Average human pain threshold. 16 times as loud as 70 dB.
Jet take-off (at 305 meters), use of outboard motor, power lawn mower, motorcycle, farm tractor, jackhammer, garbage truck. Boeing 707 or DC-8 aircraft at one nautical mile (6080 ft) before landing (106 dB); jet flyover at 1000 feet (103 dB); Bell J-2A helicopter at 100 ft (100 dB).
100
8 times as loud as 70 dB. Serious damage possible in 8 hr exposure.
I just got mine. Love the tone but it does have a fair amount of white noise / hiss even when all knobs turned down. It starts to get quite “hissy” past 11 O’clock. Does yours do the same thing? I just don’t know if this is normal or if I have a problem unit? Very much appreciate your input.... thanks.
BTW - I’m referring to the volume knob past 11 o’clock. I leave the gain all the way down, Bass @ 2 o’clock, treble at 4 o’clock for that scooped, “Princeton-ish” tone.
Great video. I just ordered the Mini Superbeetle and will be using it with my Strat. I may have missed it but what is the Decibel level at Max with the Superbeetle vs the amps you just tested? Two other questions if you don’t mind: 1 - do you leave the stock Superbeetle cabinet on “deep”, 2 - do you find you have sufficient clean headroom at bedroom volumes? I play at home only. Would a different speaker or going to two speakers (cabinets) provide more clean volume?
Thanks! Here’s the amp at full: Electric Guitar Amplifiers at Full Volume Part 5 | Vox Mini SuperBeetle
And yes I leave it set to Deep. Tons of volume for bedroom levels (probably too much).
I can’t say how different speakers would change the headroom, I haven’t paid attention to that so far. Hope that helps!
@@landonbailey Thank you!
Paul Rudd?
Someone just commented on that! oh it was you, never mind :P
if vox is not selling a shit ton of these amps, then they are doing something terribly wrong with their marketing and youtube presence, because this amp sounds wild, and it's so cheap! And they'd sell even more if they sold the head only for say $200
I hope they sell well too. A head option would be great
I thought it sounded pretty great on 100% vol 100% gain 25% reverb
check this out too ua-cam.com/video/TxmbUk-H82s/v-deo.html
Sounds pretty good in the native form, too!
First non Landon comment!