Vox Cambridge 30 Reverb

Features on other reviews. Made in Korea. 2 channels. NO DIGITAL EFFECTS. I have spent 10 years gathering my FX setup- I do not want an amp with FX. Everything I want, nothing I dont; although, it could probably use a middle EQ know on either but the sound quality is such that you really don't need it. People have said that the valve is only for the dirty channel, but I don't think so. When I turn it on and it's on clean, it takes a LONG time to sound, just like a valve. If anyone knows about this, please email me.

I'm using it with a Yamaha RGX, Ibanez CT and a custom tele. It sounds superb. The tele is a home-made project and the Vox brings out the very best in it. MUCH better sound on the neck pick-up than any amp I've ever tried- incuding Fender Champs etc. This amp has a full, rich tone that makes all of my guitars different- in a good way. The clean channel is as rich as any tone I have ever heard from a guitar. Dirty channel is the first I've ever used much (because I usually hate amp distortion). It is superb all-round sound.

Well, I know this is the part where these amps have their downfall- in fact, mine is a factory second which had repairs even before I bought it. But, I guess the rating goes on MY amp and thus far I have had no problems with it, although I guess I haven't had it long enough. One note: guys, if you get it and it doesn't work, don't mark the 'Sounds' category down- mark reliability down. Whilst I concede that there seem to have been reliability problems (and lots of them), there don't seem to be many complaints about the sound.

Can't say either way.

I have been playing 14 years now and have only recently (two years) been discovering the difference a good amp can make. I can safely say that this is the first amp I have bought solely on the basis of sound quality. The first hybrid amp I've amp I've owned-I was a solid state man. I am now selling my Laney World Series Combo (120TR). And for the money, it doesn't get any better. I know there are problems with reliability and it may therefore be a liability but it sounds so good, I have made a calculated risk. Set up: Tele ->Jen CryBaby Wah (original)->Ibanez DML-10 (modulating delay)-> Boss OS2 (dist/o'drive)->Boss ME-30->Vox. I'm getting close to the place...You know...the place.

Well first of all it looks great, no cheesy looking digital on board effects for us vintage snobs. For the money it's immensly great looking. I love the knobs and the reverb and tremelo are great

I use a fender USA strat 73 with original pick ups, used to play through a fender twin for years and it sounded dreamlike. Most reliable guitar I've ever owned (almost 3 years). I play mostly warm guitar sounds, velvet underground, sparklehorse, sonic youth, new country stuff. I saw this amp in the shop and was reluctant to try it as I thought it would sound very bad. I tried it and was shocked, wasn't too bothered about the clean channel as it sounded thin but the dirty channel had the best tones I have heard in a long time. Warm, vintage, organic, REAL. I was shocked how great it sounded. Being very dubious I kept the credit card in the pocket and spent a week or so reading reviews (read this page about 50 times) and asking around, the good reviews seemed to far out number the bad ones. I went ahead and brought, and was very happy with the sound I got.......... on the first night.

My nervousness was confirmed after reading these reviews. After ONE night of playing, I got a crackle in the amp, no matter what speakers, leads, guitar I used. I really could not believe it, shortly afterwards the volume dropped on the clean channel and the tremelo stopped working. LISTEN TO THE REVIEWS PEOPLE.

I'm feeling too sick too right now. No doubt they will blag with some bullshit

I love the sound dearly but I'm so nervous to get another, I would love to give it a try, if my second unit fails that's it. Though when it worked it sounded heavenly.

solid state, british clean tone w/ tube distortion channel. also has reverb and vibrato. i will go into more detail later.

most sounds are relative. meaning they react to what you use with them. i use solid body, humbucking guitars (gibson, dean) and found that it brought out many difernt tones than wat i had heard before on other amps. the gibson was a little muddier than with the fender i previously owned but that was able to be tweaked out within the first day. the dean gave me a brighter, more trebly sound but i liked it so that was cool. i prefer the british clean tone and rely on stomp boxes alot. if you want a good blues amp this probably isnt the amp for you. i found that i had to turn up the gain on my distortion a little but that was not a problem. the reverb sounds wonderful and the tremelo is pretty good too. i am looking for a tremelo pedal though. i was very disappointed in the distortion channel. even with the bass on 0 and the treble on 10 it was still muddy. might work for blues but i dont play blues. overall this is a truly amazing solid-state amp. i am very, very pleased.

did have some trouble with volume drop off. when i took it to the shop, they told me it was a loose wire. they soldered it up and i havent had any trouble since. does have a little bit of noise when it is on, but that is what makes it a vox. it isnt really bad though.

never dealt with vox, but the store i bought it from was really cool.

been playing about 4 years and this is the best solid state amp i have ever used.

I always try everything and think all options over before bying something, because hey i'm just a poor student and this 300 euro's is al lot money for me.

@ months ago i bought a new guitar, the new ibanez as73. And i'm glad i did, this thing has better lloks and tone than the 300 euro's more expensive epiphone dot.

Last month I bought myself a new amp. After a lot of testing and comparing i bought a cambridge 30 reverb. Now, a few weeks later i now i made the right choice.

2 channels, one clean (solid state) channel and the second i really like is the channel with a tube in the pre amp wich delivers great tone.
It's got reverb on it
And tremolo, wich is usable as long as you dont turn the dept open all the way.
blue celestion bulldog speaker (Nice!)
GOLD VOX LOGO

I've got the perfect combination with my guitar, and I can get almost any sound out of it. Exept for nu metal shit wich I don't like anyway so that's alright.

If you buy the footswitches for this amp, it's great because you'll get thanks tot the gain boost three channels. Clean, crunchy and great overdriven solo sound. The tremolo and reverb are also footswitchable.

A lot of peoply who write theyr reviews about this amp compare it to the ac series. You can't do that.
This is the best amp IN IT'S PRICE RANGE. You wont find a nicer amp for 200 euro's more.

+ i love the vox looks

and it's loud enough for my band practice

can't say yet but I hope the best. (though i'm getting kinda nervous reading the ther reviews wich mention volume drops etc.)

feedback rotterdam is one of the best shops i've ever been to. friendly, helpful and VERY LOW PRICES

The amp has a great Jimmy Page, Clapton, Harrison sound, very much late sixties sound. On complaint is the lack of a midrange tone control. The clean channel overdrives nicely at high volume and the gain channel is delicious tube snarl. I replaced the original tube and the output increased by a pretty big step.

I play through an Epiphone Dot, Gibson SG, and an ancient Guild acoustic plugged in with one of those single coil acoustic pickups you can buy. I play mostly blues based rock n' roll, but when I get up to Guns n' Roses, its not built to distort that heavily.

It's never broken down on me, but as I said, replacing the original tube (I played for six weeks before replacing it) boosts the volume a good bit.

I've had no problems except with finding schematics to help with the tube replacement. I e-mailed Vox Tech support and they helped me within a day.

Great bang for the buck, even though I paid too much. I'd probably buy the AC30 if it were stolen and I had the $$.

Hybrid amp- solid state clean channel and a tube drives the gain. Celestion BUlldog speaker and a sovtex tube. Not sure what type of tube. Reverb,tremelo, mid boost and gain boost. I would rate it higher and might after I change the tube out.

I use a Jay Turser hollow body and a Gibsin les paul standard. I have a wide range of styles and sounds that I like but if you are wanting an early rock and roll sound that is a little dirty then this amp is nice. don't even think aout turning the gain boost and gainlevel up all the way as it gets very muddy. New tube might change that a bit. Keep the gain boost on and the level to about 3-4 and it gets a nice clean but dirty rolling stones sound that i love. The clean chanel is nice but I will rarely use it or the tremelo. Nice features to have. Reverb is OK. Add a Tube screamer pedal and you woul dhave anice little set up

Have heard bad things about this amp but I have only had it fo a few days and can not comment. It does seem solid and so far there are no buzzes or rattling.

I have been playing for about 17 years and have a les paul and a holow body. I own a fender bass a larivee acoustic and have owned many amps since I started playing. I would for sure buy another one if this got stolen. In play alot of differnt styles but prefer an aggessive heavy edges rock blues kind of thing. It fits that pretty well and considering I got it for peanuts I am very happy. I will for certain add a pedal or two(overdrive, chorus,wah,etc) and it wil be an amp I would certainly gig with. Anybody that right a bad review eithe got a lemon of they are trying to get a Marshallstack out of a little VOX and are dissapointed.

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Bought it after my little squier had to be replaced.
Very good for the money.
I wish it had better cover on it. The stuff thats on it it really easy to get nicks in and tears .

I have a Gibson Faded Sg and a Squier Strat with a Hot Rails.
It sounds great with my DS-1.I play MxPX, Blink, Green Day and on the clean channel and my pedal i can almost match their sound.
Volume is very good for only 30 watts.
I can keep up with the other guitarist in my band who has a 160 watt peavey.

Very reliable amp. All of the troubles mentioned here arent apparent in my amp. I dont know if a little rattling in the back is a bad thing or not but it still works fine so i'm happy.

Never dealt with them.

Overall this is a great amp for the money. I am very happy and may never need a bigger amp. Just run through the PA.

Two channel 30w amp with volume, bass, and trebel controls for each channel, as well as gain and bass boosts for the second channel, and finally tremelo and reverb controls.

There are two foot switch ports for channel switch/tremelo and reverb/gain boost. No effect loop, but there is headphone jack, line-out, and speaker line out.

Comes with a blue magnet celestion bulldog 12' speaker, and a single tube preamp.

And why didn't they put in a freakin standby switch.

I'm using this amp with an Epiohone Es335 tuned down a half-step which I use to play lot of Rock, Ska, and Surf music. Unfortunatly the reverb really sucks, and I personally find the tremelo feature quite useless.

Another problem is that I'm getting an incredible ammount of noise through the standard speaker, so I plugged in a pair of 12' vintage celestion speakers I grabbed out of my old defunked Fender Twin. This also increased the volume three fold!

With the clean channel at 3 o'clock I found it pretty acceptable to my standards. Especially for a $225 amp. The distorted channel, while incredible noisy, is one of the best overdrives I've ever heard! Especially with the gain maxed! This awesome overdrive is possible through the single tube.

8 because I pumped it through seperate speakers.

So far after two weeks of use I've had almost no problem with it. No breakdowns, no overheats, however I've had a problem with the channels fadding in and out whenever I switch them over. So far pretty reliable, and knowing the vox/korg name, no problems should appear soon.

I would use it to gig without a backup too...however it's not my lead amp, I also use Vox AC30TBX....this is just for practice since the 30 is MUCH louder.

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I've been playing for about 7 years now, and I have owned & used many amps from Fender Redknob Twins, to Roland Jazz Chorus, Vox AC30TBX, Traynor, Marshal...but nothing has ever satisfied me as much as the Vox amps.

In fact I have now ditched my distortion and overdrive pedals because the Cam30R has some of the best overdriven sounds I have ever heard! All I'm using now for effects are my Danelectro Cool Cat, Boss Tremelo, Danelectro DanEcho, Boss Acoustic Sim, and the Boss V-Wah. Who needs overdrive pedals when you got a cam30.

I didn't really compare anything to this amp because I wanted something dirt cheap for practice in my apartment that I would also be able to slave other speakers through so that it could be loud enough for stage pressance (it could be fine at mic'd venues). An incredible buy for what you get.... Find another amp of this quality for under $300!

Everything has been said already. Good features for the buck.

Once again it has been said. Very good sound quality. The clean channel is classic vox tone while the gain is pretty good, but i prefer to use my rat2 pedal.

This is where i have a problem. After getting 2 lemons (volume drop), i finally got one that worked. After about 5 months of use (daily for about an hour or 2), the amp just emits a loud hum noise when i turn the power on and it doesnt matter which channel i'm on or if reverb or tremolo is on. If anyone can e-mail what's wrong with my amp and how i can fix it, it would be greatly appreciated.

i lost my warranty card and reciept, guess i'm pretty screwed.

good amp when it was working. please, once again, if anyone could tell me what's wrong with my amp please e-mail me!

Holy Cow. For 200 bux, you're getting 1)reverb 2)vibrato 3) TUBE PREAMP 4)dirty channel 5)cleanchannel 6)footswitchable options 7)Celestion SPeaker and last but not least 8)that sexy VOX name and an extremely attractive amp, visually and sonically. I've had this amp for about 7 months now. I play it every day, soft loud, distorted, clean. It's a beaut! There is absolutely NO buyers remorse. I don't LONG for any other amp... I'm giving it a 9, becuase I wish they provided a switch pedal...

This amp sounds fabulous. It's loud enough for gigging despite what some of the clowns here have said. Here's a reality check; when you're gigging, the sound man MICS your amp and runs it through the PA. If you go up their with a loud amp, you're going to get lots of stage noise, phasing issues, and a pissed off croud. I see it all the time, some cocky loud guitarist..

Back to the sound:
This amp is DARK sounding. IT's clean sound is one of the best out there. The dirty is pretty darn good (but i really don't use it, i use tubescreamer more) IT's not brutal distortion, more of an overdrive, or super overdrive type sound>. Definately useable.. The clean channel doesn't distort too much at loud volumes,, I play Jonny Marr or Edge (u2) style guitar riffage, and it's very fitting.. The VOX name has a lot of influence.... The real winners are the reverb and vibrato channels. They sound wonderful! The amp has alot of confidence. Listen, folks, you're paying 200 bux. You're not going to get an AC-30, or a Fender Twin. So don't bitch. WHat you DO get is an amp that COMPETES on that level, for 200 bux! There is absolutely NOTHING on the market within $300 of this price that comes even remotely as close to the quality of sound and features as the Vox Cambridge. It's not the greatest amp ever made in history folks, but it's an AFFORDABLE BEAUTIFUL AMP! It's about time!!!
I'm giving it a 10 because it addresses a LONG NEGLECTED audience -the budget minded... A teenager could afford this amp, and proudly keep it his whole life. (unlike a crate, or a silly fender practice amp)

This Vox is pretty reliable. I've heard of problems with the volume dropping after a certian amount of playing. I have even experienced this once or twice. My particular vox has been pretty %100 reliable. I've not taken it gigging much so I don't know if it holds up against rough and rugged treatment.

Replacing the preamp tube will solve the volume drop problem... Since I've experienced little or no reliability problems, i'm giving it a 8... I'm really pleased with this amp. I'd give it a 9 if I didn't have the volume problem. I'd give it a 10 if I felt more confident that it was tough. I'm not so sure..

not had to deal with them..

I've been playing for 10 years. (since I was 14). I used to use a Fender Vibrolux. I sold it when I moved overseas, and have missed it ever since. This Vox has filled that void, for the most part... I use a fender musicmaster, an electra pheonix and a Sammick Fender copy (aussie guitar). I use an ibanez tube screamer and Line 6 delay modeler, among other pedals. THe vox is really important to me.. if it was lost or stolen by the hamburglar to pawn for bic macs, I'd buy another. And then I would Kill Hamburglar and feed him to Mayor McCheese. (ironic if you think about it,, a giant burgar eating the HAMBURGLAR)..

This was purchased in Spring, 2002. For features, see other reviews: Just like the rest. Very attractive amp.

So-so sound; not very good at emulating tube Vox amps, as I'd hoped. Also, it didn't play as loudly as other 30-watt solid-state amps like the Fender Champion, but still loud enough for solo practice (but not with others, or gigging).

I used a single-coil guitar. the sound wasn't bad for the money, but try before you buy. The amp didn't last long enough for me to try other guitars with it.

This is where it really disappointed. After about two days of minor use, the tremolo stopped working altogether; the vibrato was unreliable; and it became increasingly noisy on both channels after being on about ten minutes. Clearly a lemon; I returned it to the store and got my money back and decided against any subseequent purchases of Asian-made Vox solid-state amps.

Don't know; I just wanted to get this lemon returned to the store while I still could.

If it had worked, it would have been a good value for the money. Instead, its multiple systems failures both disappointed and angered me. Some of the other reviews indicate more satisfaction with the product, but my experience suggests: buyer beware!

I don't feel the need to repeat any information from previous reviews. I took the advice about switching out the preamp tube. I ordered a 12AX7-R2 and 12AY7 from Groove Tubes (the NOS are too spendy for me!) and the sound I get out of the 12AY7 is much more to my liking. Much better bass response and lower gain. I can now switch back and forth between channels without adjusting my pickup volumes. Before, I had to turn the treble pickup almost all the way down and crank the bass EQ on the preamp to get a decent, full tone. I am playing a late 80's Les Paul Standard.

This amp is very versatile. Clean channel is real nice, could use a Mid knob though. Lead channel is quite felxable with gain boost and mid boost along with Gain, Treble, Bass, Volume. No FX loops. I never use the Headphone jack, but i am pretty sure its there. I wish this thing had a mid knob on both channels but ohh well. Also I am probably going to get the footswitch soon, but it would have been nice to be included. I use this amp mostly in my house for practice, but in emergancies this thing steps up and handles any gig I've ever had (if you mic it). Once i even had to play bass through it and it held up... kind of... I would say it is about average volume for 30 Watts. The single preamp Tube goes along way, but dont mistake this thing for a tube amp.

I use a custom imitation Gibson LesPaul. Great guitar, old guitar. This amp is good for many styles. I play some Ska, Classic Rock, some newer stuff and alot of Praise Music for church through this thing and it all sounds good. Doesnt get noisy unless you really push the volume. The distortion (due to that one tube) is very nice, mild, and thick (not quite thick enough though, but better than a solid state)

It has never had anything go wrong with it. I have gigged without a backup, but it is still a good idea to always have a backup. I hear the tube is real hard to get at to replace, but its just preamp, so it should last for a while.

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I have been playing for only 3 years, but have been giging since day 250 (or around there...) I own a big old ampeg 4X10, but it needs some repair work, as soon as i get to that, this amp will be put on 2nd string. This amp has very good tone. I bought it for the price, kept it becuase of the tone, versatility. If it were stolen, I am not sure what i would do, if i could get the same price again, I probably would get it again. Good amp.

This amp has a lot of features for such a low price. For around $200.00, you get two channels of sound (only one input though) and one of those has a tube in the preamp section to really shape the tone for vintage sounds. Along with that, you get foot-switchable reverb, tremolo and boost for both the channel two gain and the mid range. The reverb is very nice and the tremolo feature is a nice added touch. Admittedly, I don't own any other amps, but then I have had this one for over two years now and I have even gigged with it and it definitely meets my needs very nicely. One thing I wish it did have though is an effects loop, but I haven't had problems with plugging the effects straight in.

This amp really shines in the tone department, if you are looking for that vintage clean tone with the occassional tube distortion. If you want to rock out with metal music or something like that, this may not be your cup of tea. The sounds I favor are those vintage tones, and for the price of this amp you can have that without spending a fortune. Personally, I love the tone of this amp and for the money I paid, I feel like I got a bargain here.

I have read all of the reviews here, and I feel bad for those people who got a bad unit -- whatever the reason. As I said, I have had this amp for over two years now and I use it every day. I have dragged it to band practice, left it in my car while I was at work, gigged in the hot sun with it and I have never had even so much as a hiccup out of it. Every time I power it up, it works like the day I bought it. Don't get me wrong, I haven't abused this amp tremendously, but I have given it a fair amount of real use without any problems at all.

Never used them, but the parent company (Korg) has been responsive in the few times I have contacted them with questions.

I have been playing for over 30 years. I play a 2000 Rickenbacker 360, a 2002 Fender American Stratocaster, and a Yamaha Acoustic guitar through this amp using various multi-effect modeling units (Digitech RP-200, Korg PX3 & PXR4). I often find myself not using any of the effects, and just plugging my Ric straight into the amp for that classic sound. As I said earlier, I wish this unit had an effects loop simply because I think it quiets down the ambient noise, but the gate/nr supplied with the units do a passable job of that. When I plug straight in, the amp is as clean and quiet as you can imagine. I love the foot-switchable features (I have the 2 optional dual footswitch Vox pedals) to be able to switch between a clean tone and that tube-enhanced distorted tone. This may not be for everyone (namely grunge, heavy metal folks would be disapointed), but for the market it is aimed at is was a great deal. I really don't understand why Vox decided to discontinue this model, but I suspect that the intended market was smaller than they anticipated and those who do still look for that classic 60's-70's sound can probably afford the AC30-TB which is the holy grail. I think that for roughly 1/5 the price of an AC-30, this little amp does many of the same things pretty darn well. Of course the AC-30 is a much better amp, but then it has a much higher price.

I play the Beatles and this amp is good for creating the vintage sound of them. Has tremelo and reverb built in. Famous chicken head knobs Vox is known for. Cherry colored board where knobs are. Mid range boost and distortion boost switches. Great value of features for the price. Excellent amp! Has headphone jack, and only one imput though. It is a solid state amp with one tube to boost tone. Beautiful construction and well worth the money!

I play a Gibson Les Paul Special, a Epiphone Dot, a Fender Strat. and an Epiphone EJ-160 John Lennon acoustic. They all sound superb on this amp! The distortion has a nice vintage sound and the clean channel is mind blowing! I couldn't believe the quality of this amp! Great for 60's invasion sound! Although not good for GIANT shows.. great practice amp, recording amp, and small venue amp.

I just got it. It was a "scratch and dent " item when I bought it. But I see no difference in appearance or tone. Seems to hold up rather well. Great amp.

I have had a few phone operators at Musiciansfriend that had the personality of a rock.. but I won't hold it against the company. Everything has been good with the 4 things I have bought from them. Perhaps they should give their employees a personality test before they hire them though.

I have been playing guitar for almost 8 years now. I also own a Fender Deluxe 112 amp. This Vox has a better sounder clean channel and doesn't feedback like the Fender tends to do at high volumes. I love the vintage diamond shaped cloth in the front and the fact that I actually own a VOX now. Someday I will save up to have a Vox AC-30 top boost... but until then, this amp is the weapon of choice. Buy this amp if you want a great vintage sounding amp that doesn't cost an arm and a leg! Buy this amp!

This amp has an outstanding amount of features for the price. The reverb is killer, and the tremolo is great. The mid and gain boosts are nice touches, and the seperate channels each have their own character. It has a great 1 x 10 Celestion Bulldog speaker. Could use a knob for Mid though, instead of just Treble and Bass.

By main guitar is a souped-up standard Telecaster with a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails in the bridge and Seymour Duncan '48 Broadcaster in the neck. By turning the clean channel about halfway up and bumping up the treble a bit you can pretty much nail Springsteen's clean tone from his early albums, which is great for me since The Boss is my main man. I play pretty much traditional rock, such as Bruce, Bon Jovi, and Chris Isaak and my own compisitons in that genre along with U2 and R.E.M. This amp is very versatile and can cover all the sounds well. The Treble and Bass controls are detailed (a big difference between 5 and 7 on the Treble). With a lot of Reverb and a bit of Tremolo, you can absolutely nail the intro Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game". The more you crank up the volume, the better tone in both channels. You couldn't ask for more at this price.
The gain channels produces smooth, creamy overdrive. For classic rock overdrive sounds (such as Bruce) this is great. Probably wouldn't do for metal, but, as the old saying goes, that what pedals are for. This channel features 12AX7s in the preamp, and the tone is great, especially with the Mid Boost on. For some reason, though, it doesn't have as much volume in the gain channel as it does the clean.
No one is going to confuse this with one of The Edge's trademark AC30's, but it definetely has that VOX tone at a ridiculously cheap price.

I've owned it for 5 months now and have never had even the slightest problem.

No problems, so I can't say.

For the price, you simply can't beat this amp (especially now that Musician's Friend has them on $200 clearance!). It produces excellent clean tones, rhythm and lead alike, and the gain channel is smooth and offers a singing tone to leads and rich, full power chords. As I said, its no AC30, but its worth at least $200 more than the $300 I paid for it. Do yourself a favor and pick this amp up if you have a chance, especially now that you can get it for south of $200. This is a great practice amp, great studio amp, and great small gig amp (obviously, with 30W and 1 x 10 it would need a mic for something bigger). I would definetely purchase it again, and can't stress enough what a bargain it was.

You know the features,plenty of 'emAlot of bang for the buck here

It took some getting used to a clean amp again(which seems to becoming the trend lately)After a day of playing on it,the sound grows on you like a weed,tones that actually work,boost that work cleanly with a marked difference.Two channel etc.you know the bit.

Just got it but seems reasonable.I have no problem with whats coming from Korea and kick me in the ass for this,but I think the quality is heading up to Japanese as shows in this amp and a guitar or two I had from them

Yet to use it

It is GREAT,a helluvalot for the money.They went like hot-cakes at Guitar Center (179.00)but I'm sure that whoever bought one now wouldn't let it go at almost twice the price unless they really had to
It the past I went through a few amps (Fender Vib/Rev) and others but for some reasaon the sound of this amp goes great with me.I plug an Epiphone Sheraton on it and it sounds just great

I wasn't really into Vox at all. Dad Got me turned on to them. He told me to Buy this and Just see. Well I did And WOW! Was he right. I am a converted Vox man now. I realize this is just a little 1 10", but it could hang with the best of them. I run a RP2000 thru to it for some really mean Distortion, Just to get the sound I like. But when it comes to Clean Surf, Rockabilly, That kinda stuff....Just plug the ol Casino right into it... Features are pretty nice, EASY..

I use a Les Paul, and a Casino thru it. Like I said I couldn't get the Distortion I wanted just pluggin in so I ran my RP2000 on the Clean channel. AS far as Nice Clean, Surf, GOTTA PLUG STRAIGHT IN.

I've had this one for about a year now, and NO problems. I would have to say I would Gig with it. I don't play lead so I don't have to worry to much about standing out to much, But even when Practice comes, my Uncle is the lead, and he runs a 4X10 Cab and Not sure head, (some new Rack mount crap,Still sounds good) and I can still get up with him.

NEVER DEALT WITH THEM

I been playin it bout a year now. I also have another one, jsut haven't played them together yet. Should be really Nice. RP2000 has Stereo out, so......If They were stolen, You bet I would replace them.
This amp is really deceiving. You look at it and think hmmm another little no sound amp, WELL PLUG IN AND YOU WILL SEE YOU ARE WRONG.
I am in the works of getting a Buckingham head, got the Cab all done. So this should be real fun...

Brand new in 2002. wo channels, has a reverb and tremolo-sort of rare these days. Made in Korea, but hey, crate is made in the usa and look what you get. Headphone jack is a nice touch.

Hey guys surf's up-all for less than $200! You can sound just like the Blue Stingrays with this baby....it's a surfer's life.

We'll see-quality looks to be okay and everything works so far

Hope I don't need it..bought from musicians friend so they take care of you if something is wrong...have experience there.

Been playing for many years and have been looking for a small amp for home use "have like five different ones". Really rare to find an amp with reverb and tremolo these days. Have a fender twin, but a few more bucks! Tried a crate DXJ112 and you can read my report under price paid "too much"-what a piece of shit, really. Back to the vox..I love surf music and the tremolo is really nice. You just can't get the same effect with a plug in box for some reason, it just doesn't sound right..has to be in the amp. Reverb is a spring unit (which you can hear if you set the amp down a too hard) and reminds me of my first Crown amp back in the 60's. This may be the vibration that some of the other users are writing about....Hey $199 is a steal for this thing. If it lasts I will be happy, real happy. It has an overdrive and distorts pretty good and actually sound decent at lower levels which is good for the house. I am real pleased with this dude, believe me if I wasn't you would be reading another "crate" review.

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After UPS delivered it, I played it for about 1 hour. That was all my ears could take. I boxed it up and I'm sending it back. If your band's name is THE CRAPPY TONES then this amp is for you. All others stay away from this worthless piece of junk. The "noise" this thing makes is beyond description. "There is no tone in Cambridgeville, this amplifer has struck out!" Vox should be ashamed.

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A 2001 model I got last fall. hybrid amp with a 12ax7 pre-amp tube This is a nice small gigging amp/practice amp with incredible tone for the price. I have it in my living room right now, but I use it for playing in church, and jamming with friends.

I usually use my Fender strat through this. Its was made to be used with single coils. I also have a '57 gold top les paul, but I plug that through my Marshall 2x12 combo - which was made for each other too! Cranked the Cambridge up and its noisy.. what do you expect?
Not a high gain amp by no means, but a more "tone" amp. When I plug my strat straight in I can get some mellow Clapton sound and with my Dan echo, I get nice u2, and pink floyd sounds. This is a great amp for the money, plus it has avery nice celestion blue back 10" speaker.

No problems yet, but there is a lemon in any batch I'm sure

havent dealt with them

I've been playing for seven years, three in a serious band. We've recorded a cd two years ago and are starting a second this summer. I will definatly use this amp to record clean guitar sounds . I love to play finger style blues like Clapton, Jeff beck and Eric Johnson, so this amp is great for that. It sounds best with a strat or telecaster.

FEATURES: 9 (the dropdown box had garbled characters)

I bought this VOX Cambridge 30 Reverb combo amp new at Guitar Center (Seattle) at a close-out sale price of $179. I was looking for a good quality practice amp for under $200 and this amp fits the bill perfectly. I tried out several other amps in this price range: Crate GFX-15 (nice effects, decent distortion, but generic sound), Fender Frontman's (LOUD, but horrible sounding),Fender Champion 30 (ok, mediocre tone), the smaller 15 watt VOX Pathfinder (ok, but no reverb), and a Fender Blues Junior (LOUDER, but not better SOUNDING than the Cambridge, and costs $200 more). In terms of great vintage tone and over-all sound, the Cambridge 30 was a no-brainer. Also, a great steal at $179...normally sells for $299.

Features: (on the one I finally purchased, they ALL WORK...)
30 watt combo amp
2 channels (clean and clean/overdrive)
12ax7 pre-amp tube
10? Celestion Bulldog speaker
Built-in reverb and tremolo
Mid-range boost and gain boost (channel 2)
Headphone and speaker outputs

I am an intermediate level guitar player (about 6 months). At this point I'm mostly concentrating on 60's brit-rock bands because the guitar parts are not exceedingly overwhelming, and other types of 'rhythm guitar' style songs. For these types of music, this VOX Cambridge 30 is perfectly suited.

SOUNDS: 10 (the dropdown box had garbled characters)

I play a Fender 62 Custom Telecaster Reissue, and this amp is perfect for it's classic vintage tone, especially if you like playing Beatles, Stones, Kinks, etc. Also very good for more modern rock like R.E.M, U2, and Nirvana (clean stuff).

The Reverb on this amp is absolutely killer (on mine, anyway, much DEEPER and ECHO-Y than even the Fender Blues Junior). The clean channel is very bright and clear with a bell-like chime with no background noise or hiss. Perfect for jangly Beatles or R.E.M. stuff.

Channel 2 has a gain and mid-range boost. You can dial in all sorts of bluesy and grundgy tones by adjusting the volume and gain controls accordingly. I particularly like the overdrive boost...the distortion is not especially BRUTAL, but you can get great vintage over-driven tube sounds (like 'The Who Live At Leeds'). Back off the boost a bit and you can recreate that classic Beatles/Stones 'Paperback Writer/Brown Sugar' type of distortions.

This amp is NOT for METAL Styles...you'll need a quality distortion box if that's what you?re looking for.

(NOTE : with the Cambridge 30, you?ll need to crank your guitar?s volume control up FULL to drive the pre-amp tube to achieve a maximum overdrive effect...at least on mine...)

Oh yeah, this amp comes with built-in Tremolo also. Nice feature, especially if you like songs that use it...turn on the variable speed tremolo and you can get sounds just like 'Born On The Bayou', ?Come As You Are?, etc.

ANOTHER NOTE: The Cambridge 30 is plenty loud enough for home practice, jamming with another guitarist, or recording. However, I don't think it has enough volume for performances (especially a band with a loud drummer). In that case you will probably need to mike it thru the PA system or output it to a larger power amp or speaker cabinet.

RELIABILITY: 5

This is a tough call...

I went thru FOUR(4)! NEW! VOX Cambridge 30's before I found one where ALL THE FEATURES ACTUALLY WORKED!! On two the tremolo was completely non-functioning, the mid-range boost didn't work, and the volume was feeble...a third one sounded like something straight from HELL (screechy and tinny, with no bass, reverb, or tremolo but, it was extremely LOUD!)...and these were straight out of the box...

At this point I should have had my sanity checked because I spotted a floor model and decided to try it out...and I guess it was the luck of the draw, because this one sounds absolutely sublime, and everything works...so I'm keeping my fingers crossed...

CUSTOMER SUPPORT: 8

Never dealt with KORG (whom actually make the VOX)...and I hope I never have to...

I live in Seattle and there all at least 4 authorized VOX service centers in the area, so if this thing breaks down before it's warranty expires (1 Year) there's at least someplace I can take it to...again, I hope that won't be necessary...

OVERALL RATING: 10

Overall I really enjoy this amp, and the great tones I can get out of it...it also has that classic VOX appearance, complete with the diamond-quilt grill cloth, and funky chicken-head controls.

If it was lost, I'd been bummed because this is a great sounding amp and VOX has recently discontinued the Cambridge line, so I probably couldn't replace it...if it were stolen, I'd been filled with homicidal rage...nuff said...

There's nothing I really don't like about this amp. If I had to nit-pick, I wish the 12AX7 pre-amp tube was more accessible...you have to remove the entire chassis to access it. No big problem, as I wasn't planning on replacing it soon anyway, but probably will one day just to see how it affects the overall sound. It would also be nice if the footswitch were included?but at only $30 extra, I?m not gonna complain too much.

The VOX Cambridge 30 Reverb appears to be built very solid (given that you the one you purchased actually worked). Be nice if it had corner protectors, that's about all I can think to improve the cabinet (And making the pre-amp tube more accessible).

Anyway, this amp is perfect for practice and jam sessions, recording, and possibly small venue performances. If you're in the market for an inexpensive 30 watt amp with a great vintage Brit-Rock tone, the VOX CAMBRIDGE 30 Reverb is a great choice. (BUT BE SURE to CHECK ALL THE FEATURES FIRST...)

Michael Behuniak, April 07, 2002
Seattle WA lr**

Fine spring reverb & fantastic "Vox" tremelo - mid range boost, gain boost, bass and treble controls on valved pre-amp channel, and simple bass and treble control on "clean" solid state channel. Provides plenty of versatility to dial in a broad range of sounds.

Playing Strat (SSH) -- primarily jazz influenced blues & vintage rock. The clean channel is sweet and breaks nicely at 75% -- the valved pre-amp side delivers a true "Vox" sound at low-medium overdrive and moderate volume (70 - 75%). To gain maximum benefit of the Vox tone, this amp works well in a small venue, practice and/or recording. If you need more puch, you'll want to run it through your PA or you'll want to mic it, but the sound is outstanding in the 65 to 75% range (which at 30W RMS is not going to blow out any windows.)

This amp (Serial #1403) was purchased new from Musician's Friend 3/15/02 -- so it's not fair to comment, although despite what I've read in this forum, I have high expectations. I owned this amp's little brother (Cambridge 15) prior to trading up for this... and have never had a problem with this line.

Haven't dealt with Vox or US rep (Korg) - but I purchased through Musician's Friend, which has always been extremely supportive.

Been playing for 20 years (both professionally and for the pure love of music) and consider myself fairly discriminating when it comes to tone, playability, and value. I've owned, sold and blown numerous amplifiers. This amp sounds and plays great -- it would still be a good value at twice the price I paid. I can't conceive of it being stolen, because they'd have to pry it out of my cold dead hands (I never stop playing it!)

Vox Cambridge 30 reverb. 2 channel.reverb.tremolo.30 watts.

GAve this new toy a good run with strats, tele, and my hamer with humbuckers.Plenty loud.Speaker clipped in the clean channel on about a 3 setting. I thought the celestion would have done better, unless the amp is rated too low for the speaker. Bottom line for me is this thing has no bottom end. bass up/treble down+still very thin.

owned it for 2 weeks

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I've been playing for 26 yrs. Been though the big equipment in the past. i just play at home now for my own enjoyment.I currently own solid bodies with humbuckers, tele, strat, a jazz box, and a semi hollow body. I brought this amp back to the store today. I picked up a used fender frontman 25 watt with reverb for 70 bucks.

The features were as good as could be expected for a $199 cheeseball amp.I got this at the Guitar Center March sale a few weeks ago. Could have used a footswitch as an included item. The tremolo was sweet.The worse feature was the quick and sudden death.

Had a real nice tube sound for about 45 minutes in the second channel for a nice 60's rock sound.

This piece of crap died on the second half-hour of use. I haven't had any amp tick me off as much since my little Danelectro died in the second week after the warranty expired. Junk....and considering what the other reviews have reported, I think this is as good as it gets.

I didn't even try to go through Vox. Guitar Center was great on taking a return. I upgraded a few bucks and got a Crate GFX65....major improvement: got 65watts, effects, two channels with some butt stomping gain AND a footswitch. much better....I'm happy now.The rating is for Guitar Center ONLY....I never dealt with Vox.

I can't say too much how completely ridiculous it is to open up a brand new amp and have it die nearly immediately. Where is Vox's quality control on this??? Usually electronics are burned-in and sent through some tests. I guess they're saving that for the big dollar equipment (?).