Amplifier advice

LegacyUser

hey everyone, this is my first post!!

my old amp (a solid state yamaha from the 80's!!) recently packed in and i am in serious need of a new one quite soon as i gig regularly.

I have about 600euro to spend and was thinking about a few different amps:
1) VOX AD50VT112
2) PEAVEY VALVE KING 112 but i hear they're not great

and one that a really like but dunno if it will be loud enough for gigging
3)VOX AC15 CC1

I play a thinline Telecaster, usually clean or with pedals for any effects.
Songs i play are usually original indie/pop/rock, nothing very heavy.
any advice would be appreciated

Eoin Madsen

The AC15 would probably be louder than the AD50 for all practical purposes.

I'd take the AC15 out of that list, but change those valves right away.

Paolo_M

Eoin Madsen wrote: »

The AC15 would probably be louder than the AD50 for all practical purposes.

I'd take the AC15 out of that list, but change those valves right away.

+1 on the AC15 CC and changed valves, really sweet cleans to moderatley overdriven tones are it's forte and it does them very well.

It should be loud enough for gigging, though clean headroom may become a problem if you have an aggresive drummer and aren't miked at your gigs.

Karl Hungus

Try and get a second hand Orange, like the Rocker 30, it would absolutely blow anything else in the price range away.

Dord

Paolo_M wrote: »

+1 on the AC15 CC and changed valves, really sweet cleans to moderatley overdriven tones are it's forte and it does them very well.

It should be loud enough for gigging, though clean headroom may become a problem if you have an aggresive drummer and aren't miked at your gigs.

Do you have any clips of the AC15?

Paolo_M

Dord wrote: »

Do you have any clips of the AC15?

There's a pretty good high res media file available on the Vox website.
http://www.voxamps.co.uk/acseries/ac15cc.asp

There are also many other sound clips of varying quality available on uTube. I cant access uTube @ work (so I spend all day on boards instead:p) otherwise I'd post links to some of the better ones.

Hope this helps.

Alanstrainor

Paolo_M wrote: »

There's a pretty good high res media file available on the Vox website.
http://www.voxamps.co.uk/acseries/ac15cc.asp

There are also many other sound clips of varying quality available on uTube. I cant access uTube @ work (so I spend all day on boards instead:p) otherwise I'd post links to some of the better ones.

Hope this helps.

Way off topic i know. But i just clicked on your youtube link, and man o man i want an amp in a bean can! Awesome stuff. Nice playing too

LegacyUser

Paolo_M wrote: »

+1 on the AC15 CC and changed valves, really sweet cleans to moderatley overdriven tones are it's forte and it does them very well.

It should be loud enough for gigging, though clean headroom may become a problem if you have an aggresive drummer and aren't miked at your gigs.

Thats all great advice, im glad to hear that the AC15 will be loud enough, my amp is always miked up for gigs anyways.

I am very new to the whole valve thing so i wouldnt know where to begin with changing the tubes, what brands/types are good?
They're not hard to replace are they?

Eoin Madsen

senorspielbergo wrote: »

Thats all great advice, im glad to hear that the AC15 will be loud enough, my amp is always miked up for gigs anyways.

I am very new to the whole valve thing so i wouldnt know where to begin with changing the tubes, what brands/types are good?
They're not hard to replace are they?

Not hard in an AC15, they're more or less just plug and play. You'd need a matched pair of EL84s and several ECC83s (between 2 and 4, I can't remember how many are in the AC15CC). JJ Electronics valves are good and inexpensive for general purposes, but there are better valves for clean sounds if you can spare the extra price of a couple of pints.

I'd suggest buying valves from www.watfordvalves.com. If you tell them the model of the amp (eg Vox AC15CC) and the general sound you're looking for, they'll suggest brands and they should already know exactly which valve types it needs.

darrenw5094

I would advise you to buy valves from www.eurotubes.com