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AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:17 pm
by ozover50
Bought a new AC-30TB yesterday:
Neat little gizmo..... has gain, tone and volume controls as well as an input for mp3 or CD player and runs on two AAA batteries. Add a few bits and pieces and you become totally portable and inoffensive:
Now I can play along with my favourite tracks without sending my son to his room seeking relief or deafening the cat!!
Re: AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:31 pm
by tennis_nick
There's one for bass coming out... I'm looking forward to that one!
Re: AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:44 pm
by jps
ozover50 wrote:you become totally portable and inoffensive.
Why would anyone want to be inoffensive?
Re: AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:20 pm
by ozover50
Soitenly not little ol' moi!!
BTW...... oddly enough they're made in Japan, not China.
Re: AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:26 pm
by jps
ozover50 wrote:BTW...... oddly enough they're made in Japan, not China.
That is nice to hear.
Re: AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:54 am
by whojamfan
ozover50 wrote: you become totally portable and inoffensive:
Now I can play along with my favourite tracks without sending my son to his room seeking relief or deafening the cat!!
Well what fun is that?
Re: AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:07 am
by paologregorio
I received one of these for a birthday gift a few weeks back as well; have hardly been able to put it down since.
Re: AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:05 am
by lennon211
I'm picking up one this week, while I'm off and can play around.
Re: AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:53 am
by cjj
Cool idea! I kinda made the same thing long ago but it actually used my amps with a mixer circuit going to headphones. This is a LOT more convenient!
It's kinda sad that they had to make 3 different models (well, probably not for their sales) though. It would be great if you could get one that could select between the different sound profiles.
Someone mentioned a bass model coming out soon, that's what I'm interested in. Anyone know whether there will be different models of that for different sound profiles?
Edit: OK, I guess I found the answer, apparently, there are 5 models, only one for bass:
http://www.voxamps.com/us/amplug/
Re: AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:17 pm
by ken_j
Apparently the Vox web site dosen't like Explorer I get redirected to this
http://www.voxamps.com/unsupported-browser/
Re: AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:44 pm
by cjj
Hmm, I looked with Firefox, worked great. Just tried it with IE6, got the same page. They seem to want IE7 or later, for their whole site it sounds like.
Well, you can always install Firefox, it's free and works pretty well for most things and isn't dependent on Microsoft...
-cj
Re: AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:47 pm
by cjj
Or, you can try this one, it works with IE6:
http://www.voxamps.co.uk/amplug/
-cj
Re: AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:43 pm
by ken_j
Thanks, that worked. I saw these about a month ago in a GC flier. They were selling for about $30 each. But which one to buy the AC30 or the Classic Rock. I know I don't want the metal version and have doubts of the lead version.
Re: AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:59 pm
by beatlefreak
I've had one of these for the past three or four months. Nice little personal amplifier.
Re: AC-30 with a twist
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:56 pm
by kiramdear
I just bought the AC30 model yesterday. It sounds surprisingly good to me and I didn't turn it off all night. One thing I used it for was quickly checking the repairs I made to my "other" guitar's wiring, much more easy than firing up the whole darn rig. It also makes practicing more fun.
I can see this toy will encourage me to play more, so I'm calling it a good value. I may even try to use it for my new tracks if it records well.