Vox AD50VT 112 Combo

Fuetures a bunch of nice amp models. You can assign typical setting (eq, volume, fx etc) for an amp model so you dont have to turn the knobs each time you switch a model. It also has 2 proggramable channels, i think there should have been at least 4. It also has a bunch of built in effects, i dont really use them. It also a speaker out (which apparently sounds bad). This amp has no effects loop, really annoying!! I think any amp above 30watts should have one!

Okay here we go, this amps sounds very good if you play on your own, very beautifull. However, if you play with other people this thing is a total dog. This amp just cant cut through the mix!! All i can hear are the nasty high frequencies! This makes the amp totally useless in a live situation. I've tried messing around with the eq etc, nothing helps. My friend has a Cube60 and although it doesn't sound as good as the vox it totally shines in the mix!! Did Vox even test this amp in a live situation???!! Crazy.

This thing can go quite loud. My cab seems to vibrate badly at even low volumes, very annoying.

I dont really use the effects but the rotary cab sounds really nice! Wow! The delay is a bit lame, my old Zoom505II had better delay than this thing. The manual says they modelled it after an anologue tape unit, but it sound really unwarm and digital to me. Cant really comment on the rest.

Playing on your own i'll give it an 8. Otherwise a 5

I think the construction is a bit shoddy, like i said my cab vibrates badly. The material covering the cab is really thin. My fan also got really noisey after the first few days

Vox really cut corners in the construction.

It hasn't let me down yet but thats not saying much. No opinion here really.

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Basically this amps sound great on it's own. With other people it just cant cut through the mix. The construction is questionable. Switching channels and fx is a bit limited. It's a shame, vox had something good going, they just had it half baked. Maybe next time!

I think i'm going with a cube!

It's all been said

I can't understand people who knock this amp. For the money you just can't beat it right now! I've gotten nice blues,jazz and rock sounds just from every thing thats on board. I've played the line 6 xt and spider and all i can say is this is a way better deal. In a live band setting this thing holds it's own and then some. It can be bassy or alittle boomy at times (that has alot to do with room acoustics and where you are sitting in relationship to the amp) but when the drums and bass are grovin and the tapes rolling this amp will really prove it's self to you. Onboard fx's are more then what I expected. they really help colour the sound when needed for a song. I could have easily spent 4 times as much money on an amp a xt pro and some dedicated fx's and not been happy as I am now.

I wouldn't take it on a world tour but it's obviously not sold for that.

2 years and it's still going strong! Way more then I can say for some other digital junk I've purchased!

I've been playing drums and guitar for 16 years. Yes I have owend some nice amps thru that period that beat this amp in one aspect or another, but for what this vox (korg) is I don't think you could do better. The first month I had it some doubt crawled into my brain and mucked around a bit. But honestly I felt the same way when I spent $1,100 on a decked out, mint twin reverb and that only had one good sound! For a all in one in this price range it's the best!

I think the features have been discussed - 11 KILLER amp models, 11 effects, Power attenuator (1-50 watts, extremely useful), line out/headphones with speaker simulation, tube power amp. Amazing what you can get these days. I never use an effects loop, so I don't miss having one. Plenty of features for me.

I play many styles, and use a variety of guitars with it. The amp models are the best I've heard, and I have owned quite a few modelers. Very realistic, and tweakable to create your own frankenstein amp. Can go from super clean to nasty.

I bought a used one that has had some use, and it works like a charm.

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I have to laugh to myself when I read complaints about this amp - I don't think that some people would be happy no matter how much you give them. This amp is the answer to all of my needs right now - 11 superb amp models, adjustable power output from 1 to 50 watts, 11 good quality effects, line out for recording with good speaker simulation, and in a live situation, 3 switchable amp models (CH1 & 2 + manual). The lack of effects loop doesn't bother me because I don't use them - I'd just have to split my pedal effects any way to put the compressor, overdrive, etc. in front and modulation effects in the loop. I like the effects on the amp for recording, but will retain the pedals for live playing because I feel most comfortable with them. This amp is unbeatable for recording, practicing and live playing. Only 3 amps switchable? Get over it - thats two more than you had before! Change your presets during break and stick to your setlist. 40 years of playing through amps, and this one of my favorites.

Amp made in 2005 I think. purchased from Guitar Center in 2006.
This amp is very vesatile, you can get anything you want out of it. Some of the effects combinations were a little wierd, but still plenty good enough. 2 programmable channels with one "manual" channel, both channels and effects are footswitchable. Only complaints are, as everyone else has said, no effects loop, and the ext. speaker jack mutes the internal speaker. But for the price you can't do much better. I use this amp at home by myself, at band practice, and the occasional small gig. For gigs it can't handle, you'd probably need to mic a bigger amp too, so plenty there. Power adjustment feature is great. I mostly leave the master at 10, and use the wattage as a the "volume", to take advantage of the tube power emulation or whatever it's called. Built in noise reduction is really great too. Has a lot of features, definitely plenty of selection.

Using it with a les paul loaded with Seymour Duncan Alnico-II Pro in the neck and a Pearly Gates in the bridge. Suits my music style really well. I play most rock from indie to hard, sounds great for classic stuff too. The metal sounds...eh. Only place this is lacking. It's not bad at all, but it can get muddy. Still good for slower metal-type songs, but for fast metallica songs and etc. it's not so great. Still good for hard rock stuff like Disturbed though. Ton of variety. Cleans are great, crunch and slight overdrive is great, hard sounds are great, metal sounds are decent. There isn't really a situation where this amp is going to be noisier in the bad sense than any other amp. Built in noise reduction circuit is AWESOME!!!!. Distortion, as mentioned before, is good, but not quite "brutal"

Amp is built very solidly, you can definitely depend on it. You could gig it w.o a backup, but I would always have one in case lighting strikes it or a big rock falls on it or something. I don't care how solidly built your amp is, a big rock falling on it isn't going to end positively. Failing that, definitely usable and realiable for gigs.

never dealt with them, only w/GC.

I've been playing for about 2 years, I've got my axe, this amp, and a boss OS-2. I love how it sounds. Beats and Line 6 or MG, Cube comes close, does metal better, but not everything else as good. Kicks ass, especially for the price.

You've head this a million times already. Just check the site. One thing I will say is that it does NOT have an FX loop so you cannot plug effects into it! This is a major flaw, I had to get one installed.

The only good sounding amp types are the AC30TB and UK 80's. The others just sound fake and cheap. For example the UK 70's and UK Modern sound VERY muddy and distorted, whilst Numetal sounds hilariously overblown and flanged. All the amp presets are basically the AC15 with various effects added to to them. The AC30TC combined with the right settings of delay will create a pretty convincing U2-like sound, perfect for people who cannot afford SDD 3000s and TC 2290s and want to reproduce The Edge's trademark echo. Also, there is hardly any feedback, even when I hold the guitar up close to the amp. They are probably the only good things about this amp.

Hasn't broken yet and i've had it for about 3 months.

Haven't had to contact tham yet, although I should to find out if I can get a refund...

I've been playing for about 2 years, so you could say i'm not that experienced. However, I am experienced enough to know that this amp has more faults that qualities. Decent for beginners, but useless to those on the gigging circuit.

The sound (when working properly)is fantastic! If you have the time to really work with all of it's features you really can get any sound you want and it has MORE than enough power to do damage to your eardrums if you enjoy that sort of thing.

I use a Schecter C1+ with stock pickups and the rock/metal tones are incredible. I play a lot of blues lead and you can dial this amp right in to where you want it (when its working properly).

Some of the effects create too much noise. Flange is one where the sweeep noise can overpower the note your on. The effects are good but lack the sound quality of dedicated effect systems.

I have to tank the amp here. Here I am almost 7 months into ownership and I have one and only one problem with this amp.

After really enjoying this amp and the great low level overdriven sounds as well as the ear busting volume, I was practicing in my little home office at low volume and when I went to change the tempo on an effect and tapped the tap tempo button the amp went into full 50 watt full gain full volume full noise full crap mode. I was only able to fix this by resetting the factory defaults. Since that time it occurs more frequently and with less provocation and each time I have to ditch my presets and start over.

Do not depend on this amp if you are doing club shows....you have been warned.

A nice 90 day warranty - Useless phone support "Just take it back to where you bought it and get them to have it serviced." (turn around time in the Houston Texas area is 8 weeks give or take)Local technician was more helpful than the manufacturer but still got to be the one to tell me about the abysmal parts turn around time on the amp. VOX made a great design and followed through with shoddy parts and poor warranty and customer service. There is no place in teh manual to even describe the replacement process of the single Tube that sits in the mini poweramp on this model. I guess they want techs to make fortunes in labor from something I used to do as a child with my Dad and the Family television. I won't buy a VOX product again.

I have played bass and guitar for many years. I quit for a while. This guitar and amp was a fresh start for me and while the tone and feature set of this amp are tremendous, I feel that the VOX company should have insisted on a far greater level of quality control and should have backed their product up with a longer warranty. I regret saving the $150.00 and passing up the Marshall or the Peavey models I was looking at. For the dollar amount, if you get a good version of this amp then you are way ahead. If you get one of the substantial number of Lemons they apparently shipped out then the old saying "You get what you pay for" is all I have for you.

I don't want to bother you with things that have been explained to dath...

It simply sounds horrible. False and sythetic, bass heavy and muddy, no matter if you set it clean or distorted. This is one of the worst amps I've ever had the privilege to listen to.

It broke down after the 3rd gig. What a POS...

I rang them up and they weren't helpful at all. Brought it back to the shop the other week and got my money back. Got me a real amp instead...

A nightmare. I can't understand how anybody with ears wants such a noisemaker?

Check the site, footswitch came included with mine.

It really needs an effects loop though. Might get one installed

im using a schecter C1 hellraiser - Digitech whammy - Vai 2 bad horsie wah - AD50VT. Awesome. AWESOME!I love the UK Modern settings for distortion and have a clean tone prset in the 2nd chennel. I am yet to hear a cleaner and more defined distortion sound.

Once I turned it on and it was really buzzy and weak but once I turned it off and back on it was fine, other than this it is built pretty damn solid.

Like I said, the only thing this amp needs is an effects loop, but its no hassle to get one installed. Also, I made a ply backing with cutouts to really pull out the bass frequencies, made a huge difference

This is a new amp 2006.I am pleased with the way it responds to what I play and how i play,Blues,Rock Funk Etc.I am writing this review because of what has been writen here.Are we all talking about the same amp?So here it goes.No effects loop,darn!It has channel switching.Good!A headphone jack,never used it.I wish it had a loop,but darn it it don't.GET OVER IT! I only use the reverb in the effects section,cuz i like my board.As to power, my band wishes it was less powerful,heh heh! I like the cab,speaker,and I don't like that the Speaker won't play when a cab is conected.For a modeling amp,IT ROCKS!!!!

I play STRATOCASTERS.I can and do play all of what I play using just this amp,but i somtimes use an old PV classic 50 and A/B between them.Rock Blues,Funk punk etc...This amp is usually,but not always Quiet.In a bar with lots of neon lites it gets noisey,but not unuseable.This amp can and does make a wild amount of different sounds.But,I only use ONE! model,The AC30TB.It Rocks.This amp behaves very much like a good tube amp.I set one channel some what clean,with low bass,and one channel a little louder dirtier and slightly bassier.The distortion then can be adequatly controled by my volume knob and effects board.

I depend on this amp,I have and do gig with no backup.Right after I bought this amp I had a little trouble with the tube in it.The store I bought it from fixed it imediately,for free! Thank you Evan! So far it has worked very well

As stated the store took care of my amp prroblem,I have not dealt withVOX directly

I have been playing for 35 or so years.I have owned a ton of amps.this and myPeavey classic 50 are all i need now.My board has a cry baby,marshall comp,tubeworks tube driver,onerr delay,EH chorus,and a boss pitch shifter,A?B box,and a fender floor tuner.So far.If this amp were lost or stolen I would replace it.I love the way this amp responds,it breathes like a tube amp.Its not too heavey.I hate the matal grill.I tried a lot of other amps and chose this one for its sound and price.I wish it had a fx loop.If you can't get a good sound out of this amp you might want to consder another line of work,after all the tone is in your fingers!!

This is a 1x12 amp with built in Valvetronix amp modelling and FX modelling. It has the facility to have 2 programmable channels, as well as using one of the numerous amp models (with or without effects) or dial up your own settings.

I previously used the bigger, more expensive AD120VT, which I loved. I had to sell that one because I wasn't get much us out of it and I bought this as a replacement for less than half the price I sold the bigger amp.

I can't admit to putting this amp through it's paces. All I know is it can make the sounds I want it to make, IE a clean one and a slightly gritty, not too overdriven sound.

I know the variety of sounds is there because it has been designed with amp models that have styles ranging from thrash metal to country. The fact that this amp has a valve in the preamp and a power soak knob on the back to allow you to push the amp into meltdown with an output as low as 1w mean that I chose this over a Marshall MG.

I would say this is a reliable amp. The AD120VT I had before was really good and there is nothing to indicate this one isn't as good.

I've never dealt with Korg or Vox. I believe my warranty is with the retailer I purchase it from, although it was purchased as a second hand amp.

I am biased toward Vox amps, but this one was not purchased blindly. I sold my old Vox amp and then drew up a list containing 12 different amps to choose from. This won not just because of it's modelling capabilities, but because the modelling is so good that it is beyond the gimmicky levels of other models.

I didn't initially like the fact that this amp has a chrome speaker grille and silver logos (instead of gold). I've actually grown to like this appearance, but I have also made up a brown Vox grille, so I can switch between them.