Multi-channel Vox based amps?

[greatmutah]

Those BadCats are two channel amps as they have two channels. And the older Hot Cats were Vox voiced clean but with EL34s and higher gain Marshall voiced lead channel. Like a 6 hole Vox is a 3 channel amp or a Bassman/JTM45/Super Lead/DR103 are also two channel amps. But they’re not channel switchers and I think that’s the issue of nomenclature that’s being had here.

And to be frank there’s very few Vox inspired Chanel switchers out there save for the AC50CPH and AC100CPH that Billy mentioned and the Orange AD30TC. Maybe the OR30 also? I’d also add the Mesa Transatlantic in there but that’s Vox tones on one side and Tweed/Marshall style on the other. The Friedman JJ of course has a Vox voiced clean as has been mentioned. Not sure why they aren’t more channel switching style Vox amps in the wild but maybe it’s part of the topology of that circuit and that so much of what makes those amps desirable is their dynamics and ability to go clean to mean via riding your volume. They’re not high headroom preamps in those circuits and there’s a lot of interaction between the pre and power sections of those amps. Maybe Vox purists would balk at changes to that. I don’t know. What I do know is that my older Black Cat 30 head scratches my Vox itch well and that’s all I need there. To each their own

 

[EOengineer]

Those BadCats are two channel amps as they have two channels. And the older Hot Cats were Vox voiced clean but with EL34s and higher gain Marshall voiced lead channel. Like a 6 hole Vox is a 3 channel amp or a Bassman/JTM45/Super Lead/DR103 are also two channel amps. But they’re not channel switchers and I think that’s the issue of nomenclature that’s being had here.

And to be frank there’s very few Vox inspired Chanel switchers out there save for the AC50CPH and AC100CPH that Billy mentioned and the Orange AD30TC. Maybe the OR30 also? I’d also add the Mesa Transatlantic in there but that’s Vox tones on one side and Tweed/Marshall style on the other. The Friedman JJ of course has a Vox voiced clean as has been mentioned. Not sure why they aren’t more channel switching style Vox amps in the wild but maybe it’s part of the topology of that circuit and that so much of what makes those amps desirable is their dynamics and ability to go clean to mean via riding your volume. They’re not high headroom preamps in those circuits and there’s a lot of interaction between the pre and power sections of those amps. Maybe Vox purists would balk at changes to that. I don’t know. What I do know is that my older Black Cat 30 head scratches my Vox itch well and that’s all I need there. To each their own

The transatlantic is an interesting callout. I’ve almost snagged one about a dozen times. I wonder how much Vox DNA is truly there though.

 

[greatmutah]

The transatlantic is an interesting callout. I’ve almost snagged one about a dozen times. I wonder how much Vox DNA is truly there though.

Depends on who you ask. The Vox side is supposed to be both Top Boost and Normal at the flick of a switch. The hotter side is either tweed voiced or more Marshall voiced. The default speaker for these is Mesa’s Vintage 30s. I’ve heard some folk say they nail it, some say it’s in the ballpark and some not close. YMMV. I wouldn’t mind having the head to run through different speakers/IRs but at the same time how much would I actually use it vs my BC30?

 

[EOengineer]

Depends on who you ask. The Vox side is supposed to be both Top Boost and Normal at the flick of a switch. The hotter side is either tweed voiced or more Marshall voiced. The default speaker for these is Mesa’s Vintage 30s. I’ve heard some folk say they nail it, some say it’s in the ballpark and some not close. YMMV. I wouldn’t mind having the head to run through different speakers/IRs but at the same time how much would I actually use it vs my BC30?

I’d definitely go with the BC30 in that scenario. lol

 

[LCW]

Dave Friedman was supposed to be working on something AC30 based... Not sure what the status is on that.

 

[mbenigni]

If anyone's interested in a TA30 on the cheap, PM me. I've got one I've been meaning to sell for a while now. Early revision, I think, with all the attendant caveats - but I have all of the Mesa TSBs printed out in case you want to get into the (optional) improvements. Otherwise... did I mention "cheap"?

AC30 has become my go-to clean in recent months (just "feels" right) but I've resigned myself to just stick with modeling. Easier to integrate everything else.

 

[Mongillo19]

but I've resigned myself to just stick with modeling.

I'm kinda getting to that point. I love my 6505 and Dual Rec but I really can't use them appropriately. I have no chances of gigging so my only use case is load box (which isn't as fun!)

 

[bikescene]

Do the boutique interpretations of the 18W 1974 circuit count? Amps like the 65Amps London and Gabriel Voxer have an EF86 channel in place of the regular Normal channel, and a more Plexi-like TMB channel.