Vox AD50VT 112 Combo

Purchased this amp from Best Buy in July/09 (Yep, just a few stores have a pretty good music instrument department) new in the box (clearance for VT50). I suspect the amp was made in the last year produced (2008) and has the fan that makes a slight noise but nothing that drives me nuts. Wish it had had more memory channels but for the price wasn't a deal breaker. The amp has all I need and more. Tweeking the amp models with the effects gives you more sound variations than ever dreamed. I'm just a weekend jammer with friends so this amp is more than I really need but gives the versitality to play anything.

Sound is what ever you want it to be. Reverb and chorus allow you to do just about anything and coupled with the amp models you find yourself fiddling around just to see how many sounds are in that box. Honestly, I hadn't heard of an "amp modeling" type of amp until my brother-in-law explained it to me. Not having a standard guitar amp for 20 years (just got the Ampeg bass amp last year)I was out of the market and wanted a good amp for a descent price. Kowing this amp has been upgraded to the VT and XL models offering 2 - 3x's the amp modeling presets, price drove me to search for a AD50VT which fills my sound needs above expectations. I did play the VT50 and it does offer more amp modeling pre-sets but the AD50 will get you there or close to it by just experimenting. Good cleans and as much distortion as you'll ever need or want (at least for this old guy).

Have only owned the amp for a couple of months....all is O.K. for now.

I have been playing for over 30 years (mostly acoustic) and have owned a 66 Tele, Ovations, Hagstroms(68 original) and curretnly have a Samic (Les Paul and looking for more Samics and Agile Tele), Ovation XL Legend 12-string, playing a Epiphone Les Paul Bass through an Ampeg 115HP and also have a Yamaha YPG-625 88 key for just messing qround. After playing through a Crate, Line-6, and a variety of other modeling amps I decided to buy the AD50VT (price at Best Buy was a huge factor). So far so good. I am reading the manual each time playing. Be surprised how much it helps in tweeking for the sound you want. Has a slight fan noice but nothing that drives me nuts. The 11 amp models are great plus the effects you get more than enough variations. I am a wannabe rocker at heart and mainly jam with friends and a brother-in-law who played professionally back in the 80"s and currenlty owns original Les Pauls,Strats, Martins, Taylors and plays through a 25 year old Mesa 10" - 30 watt. So far he likes the amp as well.

I have a VOX AD50VT 1x12 combo. Made in 2006. I play blues, rock, metal and jazz. This amp, is what it is. It is not good enough for me for jazz. The Mesa example doesn't have the feel of a true tube amp.I just don't feel the warmth and dynamics when you back down the gain or even backing down the guitar volume. It's not their in preset either. But with that said it does have some impressive tones and features. I use this amp at home and at band practice. It has the power for a four piece band. But know your limits. Another guitar player will walk all over you voice if you don't tweak the mid's with an EQ and/or some type of boost to cut threw or grab frequencies that aren't used by the other guitar player. The effects are useless except a little reverb , delay and the comp. The comp is percusive witch is not what I want all the time out compression.

I mainly use fender stratocasters. I have a 79 and a 60th Anniversary mexi strat with Tex-mex in the neck and middle position. And a Semour duncan Hot rails in the bridge. I know...I can here the hiss and boos. The new strat sounds better on this vox than the 79. I love the Dumble clean at high volumes. In manual setting tweak the mid and bass. Tweed is awesome its as close to vintage as you can get for your money. Like I said before it is what it is. The UK 70 in some of the other reviews has been labeled a Marshal JTM 45 OR a super 800. I am pretty sure it's a HI-WATT and wow it has a bottom end to it that has some punch!!! My 2 favorites are US hi gain and boutique od/Dumble. CRANKED UP!!! Turn back the volume on the gtr and this is some of the most exciting tones I have ever made. US HI-G makes me feel like I have something close to a Solano. It gets muddy with boost or tube overdrives. The nu-metal is just down right awful to me. I have never heard a mesa sound like it. It's a misrepresentation of a dual-rec. Theirs no control over its harshness and it seems very mechanically sounding. The AC 15 & AC 30TB that's the original boutique sound. Very close to the original and should be for obvious reasons. I hear from a lot of guys that's a Vox don't sound like one. Because I wasn't modeling one. Other player are impressed with the sound , the price and the Vox name.

This amp has been very reliable. It does what it clams to do. Their are limits to its use. Does it replace any of the amps it modules? No!! Never will. Who can replace a 59 bassman, a Dumlble overdrive special, a Marshal jtm45 or a vintage HI-WATT? Some of us have the cash too. I don't, I bet you don't ether.I want all of these amps but I cant'. So I did the next best thing I played all the modeling amps out there and Vox was the one I couldn't stop thinking about. 25 years of playing,and watching gear prices that were affordable once become out of reach for most of us. Hats off to Vox for having the vision.I never new I could have this much fun with tone. I was always told find a tone and stick with it, don't complicate things. I use this amp every were I can. For now I don't have a backup. Until Vox MAKES AN ALL TUBE VERSION that is. So far so good.

I extended the warranty 3 years. No problem. Oh the fan does not bother me because I don't ever play that low to hear it. Come on guys! The fan!
I cant hear it past volume two. I didn't know it had one until I read some of the boo hooing in the reviews. You bought an amp in $250-350 range, it is what it is. Like Johnny Cash said to his drummer "Play the dam thing man". In its class and price range it is a good amp. Don't expect it to be more than what it can do and you will enjoy your self. You played the amp before you bought right? Yes $300 or so is a lot. But, you didn't buy a Triple-rectifier, then get bored with "It's killer tone man" which it does have. I don't dispute this. Because you now want to play classic rock too and your sound is one dimensional. And then get pissed off because you made an impulse buy of $6,500.00 head and cab. And the local dealer will buy it back for $1,500.00. God for bid they make a buck on resale to pay employees or any thing. So you but it on craigs list $5000.00, then $4000.00 , then $2,200.00 for 6 months. Then you write a review about the vox valvtronic amps. Because your band mate has one and can't compete with your fire breather. But the chicks dig because he sounds like he can play anything. So your review says" the fans to loud man ". Its not the fan its you. I PLAY MINE SO @#!%$ LOUD I CAN'T HEAR THE FAN. VOX will keep on moving without a customer like you. Pick the right tool for the right job. Customer support has answered and solved any problem Ive had. But then I didn't ask the amp to walk on water.

I have been playing for 25 years. I have sold gear I shouldn't have and had to. It happens when you need money in an emergency. If my amp was lost or stolen I might buy the vox pedal board w/the 11 modules and maybe a 50 watt stack. Just because of I really like to have at least 2 10" speakers. Maybe a Cornford,Fuchs, Solano or Bad Cat. I would rebuy it if money was an issue. I don't like the noise reduction character. I don't mind amp noise. I play strats Its part of the sound. The noise reduction makes it feel like the amps not wide open. Like an all tube amp has a feel as if you still have a lot of head room left. I wish this amp had a open back option. But I do PLAY it !@#$%*& LOUD! And I do enjoy what this amp does. The comparable amps like fender cyber or what ever seem to lack vibe. The line 6 I came close to buying. I don't think any of them as modeling amps are as good the VOX. It is what it is. It seems the closest Ill get to any of the great amps it employs.

Bought 2 of these babies from guitar center.
Plays excellent through my PRS, not so great on Rickenbacker 330 or possibly semi or hollow electric guitars. I do the channel switching. I love the idea that I can use 3 different sounds with the footswitch. I was gigging with these amps at least once a week. It is good enough for medium size halls without miking it.

Use solid body guitars. Danelectro doubleneck and Paul Reed Smith 1994 CE24. This was the best guitar amp for sound I ever had. Had some tube freaks tell me it was a lousy sound, but you have to love the sound yourself to be happy. Previously had Twin Fenders, Vox AC15, Mesa Boogie Rectifier, plus other low name amps. But this was the killer. My main sound was the Clean Compression sound that came out. Plus the distortion was the greatest, My Tone sound was dialed in and of course it takes some dialing in to get what you want.

Issue with the amp is that it's not a gigging amp. It's great for leaving the amp at practice. Too much jarring around and something comes loose. With my 1st amp within a year I lost my sound to where I could only use the presets. Warrenty with Guitar Center and they sent me a check and I was able to keep the amp and I got another AD50. Within 16 months, this time the sound was cutting out at high volumes. Guessing the soldering must of came loose. This time they are wanting me to send the unit and then they will send a check out. Bottom line, you need a backup if you gig alot.

Emailed the company on an issue, took them 4 days to reply.
Warranty was through GUitar Center. Guitar Center is good.
Didn't even try Vox.

Been playing for 28 years.
This time I'm buying the Vox Custom Classic AC30CCH.
I'm a little leery about this cuz it's from China, plus I've read the reviews on it, so I'm taking a chance.
But I really loved the AD50. I was going to buy the Valvetronix AD100VTH but I'm afraid that they may discontinue the model and if they do that then I would have to eventually upgrade to a different model like what I'm doing now. But The AC30CCH looks like it may have features that I may be able to dial in. I may have to use a distortion on this puppy and use a compression box. We'll See.

The Vox ad50vt is an hybride amp. It has a transistorpreamp, tube and a end amp. Wit this configuration 11 popular amps can be selected. To every ampselection a lot of effects can be added. It has a prefect balanced preset, but can also be maually chanced.

The output is 50 watt. Suits perfect.
Te tube is placed befor the endamp to give a more realistic tube sound.

I used it with a telecaster and a les paul model. The sounds are wonderful. Just like the original Vox tube amps. Jou want to play it clean or rough. Play it

I have a a few weeks and I can not say how it is over a few years. The construction is very good, and perfectly finished.

The waaranty from the dealer is 3 years. So that is very nice

I pay a few years now and I tried a lot of amplifiers.I have a good feeling over this amp. It has a nice an honest sound and has the presets that I want.

This is a mid 2006 model. I mainly play classic rock, blues, church worship, and some jazz. The amp is versatile enough for the common "gigger", but if you are looking for the tone that you will stick with your whole life, then use this as a stepping stone. The amp features have already been stated in other reviews. I wish it was open back. Some folks like the closed back, but I'm more into the shimmery, mid saturated tone along the lines of SRV and John Mayer mixed with the ability to have clarity in my leads like John Petrucci. The only amp model I really dabble with is the AC15. The others sound very fabricated and thin. I use this amp in small to medium venues, although I had the opportunity to use it in an arena with 4,000 attendees. If mic'd it holds up fine. You can make this thing loud!! **Note** This amp sounds tons better cranked. You loose lots and lots of head room at low volumes. It seems to have a problem handling effects pedals (lack of head room).

I play with a Gibson Les Paul studio, a mexi tele with Texas specials, and a deluxe players strat with texas specials. The amp can do many styles and tones fairly well, but none of them really stand out. The amp can do many tones that fit me. I find that I like a mild blues for rhythm and a saturated rock tone for leads. The amp allows for fairly close replication of these. The amp is relatively quiet compared to a lot of amps. It all has to do with the power you are getting. Clean power equals clean signal. The "clean" channel is whatever amp model you choose. Then they follow the same path. Progressively louder from 0-8 and then just compression from there (especially with the wattage dial down below 50 watts). I am switching from this amp for several reasons. One of them being that the amp doesn't do any one thing really spectacular. The others being the closed back (preference), and the head room problem when you add pedals. Another thing I've noticed is that the user settings seem to vary by a minute amount every time you turn the amp on. I can't handle that. I need consistency.

This has to be the highlight of the amp. It is a workhorse. No problems, many scrapes, dings, and as i like to call it "character" to the amp. It has never puked out on me. I have it on for 5 hour stints 3 times a week. The only issue here is the variation in the saved settings mentioned above. I consider that reliability.

Never talked to them. Never needed repaired. Authorized repair centers are common. "Competent" authorized repair centers are not. Nuff said. The warranty is 3 years conditional warranty. I'm almost out of it.

I've been playing for 9 years. 5 semi-professionally. I own the above stated guitars, and a pedal board with the following in line: Boss chromatic tuner, Crybaby, Boss EQ pedal, Boss OD-2, Ibanez TS-808 (with vintage chip), and a Boss DD-20 (in line due to tone of pedal). All are connected with custom length Monster patch cables. I use only monster guitar cables. If it were stolen, I would buy a Fender HRD 2x12. I love the grill. I hate the closed back. hate it. I compared to the Marshall MG series. This blew them out of the water. I chose this one due to the cost and the possibilities. I wish it had an open back cab, and I wish it had better electronics. The amp was a good step up, but now I'm ready for a more permanent all-tube tone. If I didn't need the cash to trade up, I would keep this one for a practice at home amp. That would be nice.

This amp has loads of features, most of which i havent used. i only really use the boutique clean and AC30 amp models and the tremelo and spring reverb effects, all of which i love. my only criticism would be that you cant use the delay and reverb together. Also there are only two programable channels, where as three would be useful for me.

My setup
Guitar: Rally Neo sound (335 style)
Pick ups: Twin Humbucker 3 way toggle
Strings: D'Addario 11's
Pick: Jim Dunlop Tortex Blue 1.0

My Style
Ive got a one man band, playing alternative indie bluesy rock and thanks to my guitar set up and this amp ive got the exact sound that i want. which is an old skool fat bluesy type sound typial to that you would only usually expect from highly priced tube amps.

Gain And Volume
Thanks to being able to adjust the output power of the tube via a knob on the back of the amp you can either turn the volume right down and still get a full on tube overdrive (perfect for rehearsing) or get a lovely clean tone at very high volumes (ideal for gigs). Although peronally i like a tiny amount of tube distortion on the peaks of my clean sound.
The variety of drive options is massive from perfectly clean tones to crazy heavy distortion, however i only use three drive settings, a clean tone on the boutique clean amp, a crunch on the AC30 and an overdrive on the AC30. these sounds are also varied a great deal between pickups.

Noise
There is a noise reduction option on the amp which is very effective, however i like a bit of old skool amp noise and like to highlight my mistakes, so i dont use it.

Ive only gigged it a few times and touch wood its worked fine, but i have a feeling that it wouldnt be to happy if any water got spilled into the vents on the top of the amp.

never dealt with them

Im really a drummer so i dont know much about the technicalities of guitar stuff, but i know what i like and i like this amp. I have guitarist friends who own very expensive tube amps and i prefer the sound, performance and ease of use of this.
I love the AC30 sound but i would still buy this amp instead, due to its versitility and ease of use and i would buy another without hesitation.
If the amp had 3 programable channels instead of 2 and the reverb was separate to the other effects the amp would be perfect.

In summary, if youre looking for that old skool tube amp sound without the tube amp price tag this amp is just the ticket.

To hear he amp in action visit my bands page: www.myspace.com/onlymoses

Everyone knows these.

Quite good. The cleans are very natural feeling. I dont use the distortions much, so I cant issue a judgement. Dolphinstreetmusic.com has some very good sounding videos using this amp. The effect are good, but limited, compared to other programmable units. I like popping country twang, and the compressor on this amp does this pretty well, but with a big volume increase at the setting I like.
I didnt find a nice woody mid-rangy sound, like my old Legend Amp had. I dont think these digital modeling amps are capable of that sound.
I like the auto-wah for some ocasional funky stuff. Note that on the new VT series the auto wah is GONE, and the compressor has been BADLY compromised. It is combined with the chorus setting, and to my ears, adds only harsh distortion. I think that these 2 issues will keep me from considering the VT50 when it becomes available.
I am looking for a used AD50VT, and see it as a complete grab-and-go self contained system. for my gigging.

Dont know first hand. These reviews site quite a few problems. I dont think these computer type amps last a long time, and since the manufacturers only allow a model life of about 3 years, getting these amps fixed down the road appears to be impossible. Pretty close to "use it then pitch it when something goes wrong, like a computer. What happens to all this electronic junk, anyway? Are we dumping it all in the oceans?

At any rate, I'm a bit leery, but for about $200, I'll risk it.

No experience

Vox makes good, good sounding stuff. I'm impressed with the several Voxed I've tried in the stores. (About 4 hours time on them).

The vt series has added some great sounding models, and the line out is said to be improved, but I think I'll go for an AD50, for probaly half of the VT50's cost.

One 12-inch speaker
50 solid-state watts
12ax7 tube preamp
11 different amp models
Adjustable wattage dial

I primarily use a 2004 60s' reissue Fender strat. I will occasionally use a Schecter S-1 Elite. I play mostly blues and rock and play in a band at chuch. We play a lot of contemporary christian music and this amp is wonderfull. It offers a wide variety of sounds and is very versitile. Let me put it this way... I have a Fender Blues Deville 4x10 reissue which is modified version of the old Fender Bassman, and this amp actually sounds better. There is a model of the 4x10 tweed on this amp and it sounds sweet. I've had this amp for about 3 months and really like the way it sounds. I can't quite give it a 10 because there are some amps that sound better. (a fender twin for one) But it is the best sounding solid-state amp I have ever heard. After playing with it for some time there is a little trick to maximizing the sound. Rather than control the amp volume with the wattage knob on the back, crank the wattage to 50 and control the overall volume with your master volume control. If you push the master volume, but lower the wattage, your clean headroom disappears rapidly. This amp's best qualities are its clean channels. The overdrive amp models sound a bit "processed". The only overdrive amp model I really use is the boutique OD. Again, another reason for the 9 rating. Overall, nothing but great sounds and even better considering the price.

Mine has functioned very well. Only minor issue is sometimes the amp decides to forget what your user programs are.

Never dealt with them.

If this amp were stolen, I'd get another. Very reliable to gig with and very sturdy. Great sound for the money. I would recommend this to all musicians from starters to experienced. I've been playing for about 15 years. This amp is geat.

I bought my 2005 AD50VT from a friend who was fed up with nit. He said he couldn???t get any volume out of it for gigging with his band. Hell, it???s 50 watts, I thought something must be wrong with it. But for $150 I took it off his hands. I discovered that he had failed to use the wattage control on the back of the amp. He came over the other day and heard me wailing away on the ES 335 with an AC 30 setting and his mouth fell open. ???What did you do to the amp???? he asked. I lied. I told him I had it worked on by a pro sound guy. (I couldn???t make my good friend feel like a wad head.)

I get great tone out of my AD50vt and I play it out all the time. In the studio, I cranked the gain up and the wattage down and I???ve got the perfect TV face Fender Junior going???perfect for Chicago-style blues. It chimes on the AC15 and AC 30 setting and I play it coupled with a Marshall Ministack for a rich, gritty 60???s sound. (AB switch with the Marshall getting about 30% and the Vox carrying 70%. The Marshall is there for a bit of dirt and coloring. It does the job quite well.) Both my Les Paul 57 Gold Top Reissue and my ES 335 love this box.

And my friend? He is still throwing money around trying to find ???that??? tome I stole from him for $150. Maybe I should tell him???but then again, he is helping the economy.

Excellent... and not just for the money. This amp is becoming a classic in its own right.

Many studio guys i know have them.

No problems. The fan doesn't not bother me. You can't hear it when you stand two steps away and micing the front for studio work, it never shows up.

never needed it. But the on-line manuals are great! Hello marshall are you listening!!!!

I've been playing since the 60's. This is the best amp I've ever owned. And I've owned a lot of amps.

--3 Channels! Yep I said three. I have the $29 optional footswitch and have programed the second button to turn on the MANUAL CHANNEL. The first button switches between CHANNEL 1 & CHANNEL 2. That makes for 3 different sounds without touching the controls again after you initially set them up. This is plenty for the style of playing I do.
--The built in attenuator is a huge plus for me. (I have a 3 year old who sleeps early)
--I don't use the presets, but they are not bad
--The effects are nice if you know how to work them

ON A SIDE NOTE:
Read the manual! I read it before I bought the amp. I am glad I did, because it addressed almost every issue I had seen in the reviews. It was enough to convince me that a lot of people just tried to plug in and play. One example is the noise gate. Several reviews said it couldn't be cut off. It can not only be cut off, but it can be dialed in strength from 0-100%.

--I play 2 Thinline Tele's, a Hagstrom Viking, a 72 Strat and several others through it. They all sound different and they all sound good.

--Would rate an 8 because it doesn't exactly replicate that tube sound us tone nuts love so much. But it is a hybrid, and not a tube amp so what do you expect. That being said, I had to bump it to a 9 because the tone is killer for an amp that isn't fully tube.

--I play a broad range of music, but mostly play blues. I play in a group that has three different singers/writers in it and we play a broad range of music. It's like seeing 3 bands in one night. But I was having to set up 2 amps to cover my tonal bases. Now I just need this one. I have three tones set up before hand and use my Keeley-Blues driver to boost for solos.

--It's a little noisy, but only if you are alone in a quiet space. But any amp this size would be. You want quiet, get small. At most any gig this amp is plenty quiet for it's size and power.

--The range of clean-distortion-high gain is as broad as they come.

--The base isn't super clean, but it's a VOX not a Fender. That's my take on it anyway. That's like buying a Ford and complaining because it doesn't look like a Chevy. It's not that either really is much better than the other, just a little different.

--Have not had it long enough, but it seems to be well built. I take care of my gear tho, even stuff that I gig with so I don't see any real problems in the near future with it.

--They pointed me to a site with over 500 presets for the AD50VT when I couldn't find the old site. Very Helpful.

If I were only comparing it to tube amps, it would fall to around 7, maybe 8. But it beets everything in it's class by a mile so I gave it a nine. It's not a pure tube amp, but as close as I have heard to one.

The features on this amp are great, but using them in a live gig is nearly impossible. The foot switch limits you to 2 channles and an effects bypass. Buy some stomp boxes.

I would have rated this 10, but I have heard a few amps that sound better. I don't own any, but I have heard some. I have a vintage blackface twin. I liked it a lot until I bought this amp. Bottom line if you spend thousands of dollars you can get better, but from about a grand and under this is in my opinion the best sounding amp I have ever used. I play mainly on my deluxe players strat, but my teles sound great, and my gibsons are ok,not spectacular. I use pedals comp. chorus. delay. and 2 distortion pedals. and a volume pedal between the effects and amp. My favorite models are ac30, 410 tweed, I dial in a sweet semi acoustic sound with the boutique clean model, and the us highgain is my favorite dirty model. The only time I get that crappy digital distortion sound is when I turn the wattage knob down. This thing sounds GREAT when cranked. My master volume is almost always wide ass open on gigs. Not for volume, but for sound quality. Ikeep the gains borderline crunch, so I can get a little dirty when I kick my vol pedal up, or kick in compression. How loud is it? Well I play lots of clubs, and I play with lots of bands so sometimes it can't be micd. I have never ever ever played a clubthat I could not cut through the band mix with no mic, no bullshit there. Someday I might, but I have not yet, and I have played clubs that can hold 5 to 6 hundred drunks. Buy one its only 379.00

I spilled a beer in one, and it broke, so I went and bought another one, and then a friend of mine fixed the broke one, now I have 2. I did have an input jack break, but I fixed that. The first one I bought gave me problems, and Vox replaced it. I guess you could say after 4 years or so these things hold up pretty good. I leave one in my trailer in a case all the time. I rarely carry a spare amp.

They were hard to get in touch with at first, but when I explained who I was and the gigs I was playing, a rep responded to my e-mail, and replaced my first amp. I never had any problems with that amp after that, even after the beer incident.

This is my baby. The other players that hear me know what I play on. They know it is part of my personal signature sound. It ALWAYS sounds great. I have played right along side other players playing high dollar amps, and mine has always been comparable where sound quality is concerned. I have a blackface twin, a peavey classic 50, a vintage fender champ, a peavey triumph, and a line 6 practice amp, this thing sounds much better than all of those. If I thought I could get a better sound for a grand or less I would spend the money, but it cannot in my opinion be acheived

I've had this amp for two years. I've programmed the sounds I want in to the two channels and on occasion switch to manual for an additional "channel". Models all sound pretty good. I've read a few reviews that they can't find a clean or they don't like the distortion. Cleans are everywhere, turning down the gain only decreases the volume on certain amp models that are included. This amp is great for about everything except metal (I don't play it anyway) but it can hold it's own with the gain it can push. I do wish it had an effects loop, but with 11 effects on board I guess VOX figured you wouldn't need anything extra. it has an external speaker out... but it cuts out the internal speaker. It has plenty of power, especially with the variable Wattage dial on the back - push it for all 50W, the master knob can then be cranked (I've only pushed it to about a quarter of the way and its plenty loud for the gigs we've played).

I play with a few things: Epiphone Les Paul Classic, Fender Strat, Ibanez Talman (PAF Joe-Neck, Red Velvet-middle, Tone Zone-bridge). They all sound great through the amp, esp the PAF Joe and the strat. The amp can get some noise if you push too hard on the gain sometimes under flouresent lights like any amp, but if you care - you can easily fix that with a few adjustments. Distortion does what I want (punkish/rock, I don't push to high gains). For me, perfect cleans. Very versitile cleans. For the money, this can't be beat if you're not a metal head.

I've gigged with it for the two years I've had it with no problems whatsoever. My settings have never failed me. It has tipped over while playing and kicked a few times and has remained loyal and in tact. I haven't done any maintenance work! Great little amp.

Haven't dealt with them

If you want a good modeling amp with some good power, but also great tones at low volumes - get it. Price is affordable, sound quality is there and it's dependable. I don't remember the warranty information, but I haven't had a need for it.

As far as versatility this amp kinda sucks. i've had it for about a year now and it just dosnt have what i want. i mostly play metal and the numetal setting seems to work best but dosnt have as much distortion as i would like. Otherwise the effects seem to be good although i rarely use them, occasionally i use reverb and delay. It definatly does not have as much power as i would like, its fine for practice but if you plan on playing with a drummer than barely loud enough.

Maby i'm just stupid but i cant seem to get a very clean clean channel. In order to get an ok clean channel you have to turn down the gain a lot which takes away a lot of volume, and still there is always some distortion. i'm currenly play with an epiphone les paul classic, and i have installed symore duncan SH-Distortion pickups on the bridge and the stock pickup is still in the neck. As I said before the numetal setting works best for metal but at high volumes it is horrible. It still sounds the same but it gives a ton of feedback, random loud anoying high pitch noises. Although i dont use the other amp models that much they seem to be quite good and definatly have a good tone. This amp is just not for metal.

Like everybody else has been saying, it would be very anyoning to gig with because you can never trust the settings you've saved to be there.
the only thing that i've had a problem with is the nut on the input jack got lossed somewhere, but that was because i underestimated how long my cable was and so the nut had been loose for about 2 months before it finally fell off.

I finally got sick of the distortion sucking and got an electro-harmonix metal muff pedal that has worked very well for me. I probably would not be upset if this amp got stolen or somehow lost. I really dont like a whole lot about this amp, and i've pretty much said why i hate it. For metal i would suggest a line 6 or a peavey mixed with your own effects.

this amp has a whole lot of features, and they are probable described in other reviews

i use mainly gibson, and all my guitars are humbucker guitars

i mostly play old school hard rock/ rock n' roll, it does'nt suit that style very well, but it is fine for practice

it's a little bit noisy, but not to much, and mostly on higain settings

in my opinion this amp is not very versatile, i only use the boutique clean channel, and then i use my drive pedals (mostly t-rex and mxr) to get the drive i want, i don't like any other channel on this amp, the worst channel are all the higain channels, i think they stinks

the amp can play pretty loud, but is no tube amp when cranked up

seems fine to me

never had any problems

the only thing i love about the amp is that it sounds got at low volumes, and it has lots of fx. i can play with

if it was stolen i would not buy a new one. mostly because i am getting a Marshall 1987x next month, and that is one hell of an expensive amp, so i won't have the money

2006
This is a follow up report to the one I did two years ago.
I have owned this amp for two years now and not had any problems with it. The amp is not really designed for gigging although I do use it for that. The channel saving and switching with the VFS2 is a joke as volume levels between channels is always inconsistent so I dont use my footswitch any more. The controls for the effects are annoying as they just dont do one thing but multiple things by holding one down and turning another ect.
I have modified this amp by fitting an effects loop (not a difficult mod)which I run my Behringer EQ700 equaliser pedal thru to cut the bass and raise the mids and highs slightly. Takes the muddiness out of the amp like taking a blanket off.
I designed and made my own treble diffuser (Beam blocker) which works beatifully and takes those harsh treble notes away that you hear if in line with the speaker. I painted the grill with a Crinkled black automotive finish and it looks really cool.
The best way for gigging is to use a low gain clean channel like Blackface or Bassman and pedals for OD and distortion so volume is always right when you stomp your pedal.
The line out is a waste of time as it mutes the speaker and does not reproduce what the speaker is doing as it is taken before the Valve reactor.
I mostly play clean when I am gigging and the presets such as Blackface, Bassman & AC30 are pretty good sounding but obviously not the real thing.
It has enough of power for playing in a band situation. I always use mine at 50 watts as the clean tone suffers if turned down. By turning down the master, turing the guitar volume to full it will break into overdrive / distortion nicely on the higher gain channels.

It has some nice clean tones both with the LP clone, ES335 and single coil Strat that I use. There are some nice dirty sounds with UK Modern,US High gain and BT Overdrive but I dont use them for the giiging I do but do play at home with it. If you use them with presets which I only really discovered recently they have the EQ and gain set nicely. Push the Bypass button and you can remove the preset effect or dial it to what you want.
The amp noise even on high gain channels is not excessive and a touch of noise gate does the trick.

These are known to have some reliabilty problems with cold solder joints and require all the jack sockets on the amp cleaning every few months or so with contact cleaner and a plug pushed in and out to make sure the cheap switching jacks they use make good contact other wise they can cause sound loss and noise problems.
I have had no real problems with mine and it has never let me down at a gig.

Vox are not the greatest company to deal with unless you strike the right person from what I have read on Valvetronix.net and Patchtronix.com. Check these sites out to get the low down on these amps and how to get the best out of them.

If it was stolen I would probably look at other amps such as the AD60VTX or some other brands but the weight of the VT50 at 20kg is really all I want to lug around. The VTX is a little heavier.

I've had this amp since early 2005. I still really haven't explored all the sounds it's capable of, and that for me is a mixed blessing. It's a very warm sounding amp--you hear that tube preamp. Many of the models are excellent. I find, however, that it's difficult to chose and mix a setting and have it reliably saved. There are too many choices and too many complex steps to go through to be doing adjustments on stage. If you like reading and memorizing manuals, fine. You'll be doing a lot of that with this amp. It has the power and sound for stage, but this is not a simple amp to control.

The sounds are a step above any modeling amp I've heard to date for the Vox AC 30 and the 70's UK (Marshall, I suppose) The Blackface settings are decent as well, as is the Vox AC 15. The tube preamp really does make itself heard. I play a Telecaster and an Epiphone Les Paul Standard. The distortion is great with the AC 30 and 70's UK. I play rock, use both distortion and clean settings. I hear the fan come on when I turn it on, but it's remarkably quiet with the humbuckers, less so with the single coils. Now for the awful part: sometimes when I select either channel, usually channel 1, I get a full tilt squeal like all of the volume knobs have been turned all the way on. At the same time, the Auto Wah comes on. I've never saved an Auto Wah setting anytime--I hate it. If I switch to Channel 2, it's somewhat less squealy, but not by much. If I back down on the gain and volume knobs all the way, the squeal goes away, but I can't record a different channel 1 or channel 2 setting that will stay. I always get the squeal. This isn't "brutal distortion," this is an amp that is either 1) defective or 2) rediculously complex.

I can't gig with this. I can't reliably save a setting and know that it will be there for me. I know about the manual. I've read it. I've been trying to make sense of saving settings and getting rid of this incredible squeal for nearly three years. If I leave it on one setting and don't mess with it, it's great. But other amps do that too. They're called "tube" amps. I was hoping to change from an AC 30 setting to a Marshall setting on the fly using this amp. What a joke.

I think I'm going to go domestic with the next amp. I've had one good Marshall from Korg/Vox/Marshall or whatever it is, gave it to my son. My local dealer doesn't seem to know jack about Vox or care, and I don't want to listen to Vox people tell me how dumb I am that I can't make their simple amp tap and save and bypass and all the other really unintuitive crap they've thrown into it. They're like Linux techs, complexity for its own sake. I'll use it in my bedroom to practice on where I have time to tweak the settings, but not in public where it just wastes time. People don't like to watch performers fool around with their gear onstage.

I've been playing for forty three years. I don't think I'd have another of this model, not unless they did some serious usability studies. They aren't manufacturing this amp for the hardened professional, it's made for the hobbyist, the amateur, the semi-pro at best, and they seriously neglected this aspect of the design. I'm convinced that mine is broken with that full-tilt squeal with the Auto Wah. No one can explain it otherwise. I love the sounds I've been able to coax, however, to turn on the amp and not know what's going to come up next is unreasonable. I don't remember what warranty it had. All the folks at the music store I bought it from have changed, sales, management, etc. Seems to happen a lot, always has. Therefore, I expect any amp to work right from the get-go and not to need warranty work. In forty three years, I've only had four amps. My first and the longest lasting was a Vox. I don't know what happened to that company. This is really wrong.

I've got this babe 2007 Juni, and had it for a half year, and it never dissepoints me.
You can get like Which style you like on this AMP!
All from Clasic sound to Heavy Metal with the right settings.
I Play most of the 80s Rock, Metallica, Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne..
All that! And it fits great!
Atm i only used it with a few freinds playing with my band, and man it blowd me away how good it sounds on higher volumes!
Just sometimes i could wish it had a littel more cruncy Metal..

This amp is quite good with 11 diffrent settings i can get what sound i would ever like to have!
in my style the 1980s Metal it suits it very well, I have an Ibanez Les paul custom from 1976 which sounds great on this amp, and just got me a Zakk wylde overdrive pedal to get the extra sound..
This amp can pick up Good Harmonic response, If your looking for the Zakk wylde hard pinches i would sugest you to buy Mxr Zakk wylde overdrive pedal..
For this great price which was for me 400USD I think, it may be the best amp on the market! The amp is not Nosiy at all, Maybe if you sit way to close and to loud volume it can be.. But its very good amp!

The - on this would be that i would really want a more substain, more heavy metal sound from it, but all this can be fixed if you buy some very cool pedal..

Well, i never had any problems at all! Always working very good!
I tryd it out with my freinds and man it really screams NICE!
My dads band member have this 1 and when the played on a market, and wow he had it quite loud and man so Clean! I was schoked how good it sounded! And he played a cool blues solo! And yeah no pedal at all! Only hes skill and a VOX ADVT 50W!

I never had to deal with them..

I've been playing guitar for maybe 2 years? But the latest year i got alot alot better. I Play this beauty with an Ibanez Les paul Custom 76, MXR Zakk wylde overdrive pedal, and it really sounds good!

If this would get stolend im not sure if i would buy a new one, becouse i would like to get a littel more heavier metal sound on this babe, so i would think on some more metal amp..
But this amp aint bad! IF you want good variations! Quite good metal tone! and an awsome blues tone! this is the amp!
I compared this to a Peavey Bandit 112, I did like this amp more becouse of all the efects which would have costed me alot more!

Have had this amp for 1 year. This is a fantastic amp, and a real bargian at $350.00. Not sure I would use this a gigging amp but it perfect for a practice/bedroom amp. Very versatile for the styles I play using a Deluxe Powerhouse Strat and plating 60's, 70,s and blues and country. The effects are all very good save the wah. And the models are also very good, particularly the Vox and 70's, 80's and modern Marshalls. It's also great that you can dial down the power and plug in headphones.

The amp does take some adjusting to dial in the sweet spots, but it's actually kind of fun, especially with the versatility of sounds that can be had from a strat. The powerhouse Strat I'm playing has a mid range boost which helps bring out the warmth on the Fender
models with a little patience and some tweaking. The 2 Vox models and the Marshalls are by far the best though. It is a quiet running amp and actually sounds better the louder you play it. I've had a Line 6 Flextone and it can't hold a candle to the Valvetronix. If your looking for a modeling amp with a budget south of five bills these are the best amps on the market period.

I did have two crap out on me but, ultimately found out it was not the amps but some electrical issues with extension cord I was plugging into. American Music Supply was absolutely a joy to deal with and gave me no problems in returning them. I ultimately called Korg just to get a feel for their feedback and they advised they have had very few problems with them. I also called some of the other giants like Sam Ash and Sweetwater and they both had very positive feedback regarding the reliability of these amps.

Called Korg once and the engineer even provided his cell number if I has any further problems with the new one shipped. They were not difficult to get in touch with and very eager to help.

I also own a Line 6 Flextone XL, and believe me there is no comparison. The Vox Valvetronix blows the Line 6 away. Am playing both a Deluxe Powerhouse Strat and Blackout Tele and both sound great through this amp.

as listed - see all the other reviews, that follow on. the main feature that i must point out, and one of the main reasens i purchased this amp, is how simple it is to use.

have owned and still own, some very juicey examples of 'tube-nivarna' this amp can do it all, not perfectly, not exact. it sounds way too good for something so cheap, and built in china.

owned and abused it two months, fingers crossed ! i purchased it for small 'jams' and small 'gigs'. hey it works ! (every time).

not needed, but its real easy to repair, the service agent here in new zealand, is very good.

it does exactly what it is built to do, if you've never heard or used a vintage 'marshall' or recto-mesa, or know how to get a sound from a 'soldano' then this amp, will be a problem for you. hell i wish i had an amp like this twenty years ago ! i've been playing punk-metal-blues for a long time. it is a fantastic amp, i own 'vintage' brit-amps that don't sound this good ! (unless there cranked). you could do worse !.

A very versatile amp with a large range of amp modelling and FX. Amp models go from Boutique clean(good), Fenders (good), Vox (very convincing), Marshalls (not so good), Mesas (OK). FX are reverb, delay, chorus, tremolo, rotary, compressor, auto wah, flanger, phaser and various combinations of the above. It has two programmable channels and a manual setting. Footswitch can switch between channels and switch FX on/off. It would be better if the footswitch could also be used to set the tempo for delay and reverb. As it stands it can only be set by switching the effect on and tapping the switch on the amp.
I am in a band playing rock and pop covers, anything from Alanis Morissette to Puddle of Mudd. This amp can handle just about anything, although I am using external FX for some sounds. My set up is Fender Strat or Les Paul>Ibanez Weeping Demon wah>EHX Small Stone>Rocktron Nitro>Baker Electronics Direct Drive>EHX Metal Muff>Behringer Chorus> Ernie Ball Volume pedal>Vox AD50VT
Power of this amp is great for the venues I play, bars and clubs mainly. As the output wattage can be varied by a knob at the back you can get that amp really driving the pre-amp valve without having to crank it up to ear splitting volumes.

I got this amp a couple of days before gigging with my new band because my usual all-valve amp decided to go faulty on me again. I had two days to play with the sounds to get a good, sweet clean sound which I needed to play acoustic type sounds and some clean slide, and a good crunchy overdriven sound which I could then use FX on to get more extreme distortion. I found the sounds in a couple of hours and only had to tweak the EQ a little at the gig to perfect them.
Clean was so... well, clean and clear, a bit of reverb made it sound so sweet with the slide. This was using the Boutique Clean model. Overdrive sound was the Vox AC30 type model. It worked really well and with a touch of delay and chorus, cut through the mix really well for solos. I can imagine that the more extreme amp models would be quite noisy and would possibly push the speaker a bit too far. SO if you are after a Metal amp don't buy this one. If you are playing blues, pop, rock I would recommend this amp.

Only had it for a week but OK so far. I would and have already used it for a gig without a backup.

Never had to contact them

I've been playing for 27 years and have had lots of amps. Fender, Marshall, Laney valve amps and Line 6 modeling amps. I'd rate the Vox AD50VT very highly as a good amp for someone playing small to medium sized bars and clubs. To be able to program two totally different channels with different FX is an excellent thing to have. It's a shame the footswitch doesn't have a Tap button on it though, but I guess that would increase the price. As it is the price is excellent for an amp that is a great tool for a gigging musician.

Purchased new in Sept. '07. First the negatives: No dedicated Reverb. There is a severe lack of Treble. I am making up for that with a Boss Equalizer but you will have to supplement it somehow. There are lots of distortions but not enough nice clean sounds and when you try to clean up the amp models by turning down the gain, the volume also goes way down. You can only store two sounds. If you buy the footswitch (I did) you can use three sounds - woopie! You can then switch between CH1, CH2, and Manual. It has a Celestion speaker but it is made in China. I took the back off mine to look at it. Maybe that's why it sounds so dark. There are eleven effects (some are composite) but I don't use them. I only use reverb and very occasional delay or chorus. There are also eleven amp models. And last- I hate the shiny metal grill. A vintage looking grill cloth would look much better. On the positive side: There is a master volume and on the back panel there is a variable dial power level control. These two features allow great tone at low volume. The power level control is a fantastic feature. Someone should have thought of it before (I wish I had)! Other than that, you have your basic gain, channel volume, bass, mid, treble. There is a Noise Reduction feature which works pretty well. It has an Ext. speaker jack but if you use an external speaker it disables the internal speaker. You should be able to use one or the other or both simultaneously. There is a headphone jack and a line out. They could have made this thing a little smaller to cut down on the weight.

I tried the AD30VT first and it had better treble response but I went with the AD50 for more power for playing live, jamming etc. The AD50 overall has a more mellow, musical, albeit darker tone. Out of the eleven models there are four I like and will probably be the only ones I use 99% of the time. I play blues, jazzy blues, jazz-rock fusion and some classic rock. I suits me pretty well except for the aforementioned lack of clean tones. I go for a Robben Ford type sound (hey, I can't afford a Dumble). I'm not a Strat guy so I can't tell you how it sounds with one but it sounds good with humbuckers. Although, as I said, you will need to add some kind of treble booster/tone enhancer. This amp does sound good tone-wise overall, it sounds very tube like (it uses a 12AX7 in the preamp section). I think it sounds better and the models are more accurate than the Line 6 products. Mine is fairly quiet but you can hear a hissing sound coming out of the vents on top of the amp, not from the speaker.

I've only had it about one month but I would not use it or any other amp for that matter, without a backup. Why take a chance? Anything can happen.

N/A. Haven't had it long enough. There is a one year parts and labor warranty.

I pretty much covered all this in the previous categories. I've been playing for 40 some years and have owned a lot of different guitars and amps, some I really wish I still had. But who knew then what they would be worth now? If it were lost or stolen, I'm not sure if I'd buy another. I like to try different products and there is so much available these days at affordable prices- it's hard to decide what to choose. However, this amp is definitely worth trying.

Bought new in Sept. 2007 from Sam Ash web site as a "B" stock item meaning it's new but box was opened and resealed. Comes with same warranty as a new one. Price was $320 versus $380 regular price. Features have been mentioned in other reviews. 11 amp models and 11 effects. I bought the VFS2 footswitch which allows you to switch between 3 tones. Some negatives: I tried the AD30VT first but wasn't crazy about the sound of the speaker even though it had much better treble response than the AD50 which is severely lacking in treble. The AD30 wouldn't have enough power for a live situation either. I'm going to have to buy an equalizer or something to boost the treble. It also needs a dedicated reverb so that no matter what effect you choose, you can still always use reverb too. I hate the silver metal grill. The manual does not mention how to access and replace the tube. There are plenty of distortions but not enough nice clean sounds. On the positive side, it is not complicated and is easy to use. Also, you can get great tone at low volume with the power level control (a fantastic feature! why didn't someone think of this before?) along with the master volume. Also, if you use the external speaker feature, it turns off the internal speaker which kind of sucks. You should be able to use both if you want to.

As I said, very lacking in treble. There are only a few amp models I really like but they pretty much give me the sound I'm looking for - almost. Forget the presets, you have to dial in your own tones. There are not enough clean sounds. The best ones to me for a clean sound are the Boutique Clean (Dumble) - which requires a lot of tweaking and the Blackface 212 (Twin Reverb). The AC15 and AC30 are good for lead or crunch rhythm although a tad boxy sounding. They also get a fairly good clean tone but due to the aforementioned lack of treble, you can't nail that early Beatles George Harrison tone. I like the 80's Marshall tone although a tad honky sounding with humbuckers. This is my favorite lead tone so far, I think, as I have not had the amp very long - still experimenting. It (80s Marshall) can be pretty crisp and articulate. I don't care for heavy, high gain distortion. I'm more of a Robben Ford, Larry Carlton stylist. I was disappointed with the Boutique OD (Dumble) which doesn't really give me the Robben Ford type tone I was looking for. Once again, an equalizer may help solve that. You can get a great blues tone from the Twin if you crank the gain, treble and middle and lower the bass. Overall, this amp sounds very good and blows away the Line 6 stuff of which I have owned several products. The 12" Celestion has a warm sound but may be lending to lack of treble? This amp uses a 12AX7 which really gives it an authentic tube tone. I can't say much about the effects as I don't really use them other than reverb and occasional chorus which I use a pedal for. This amp sounds just as good or better than any tube amp I've had.

Can't say. Only had it a couple weeks.

Warranty is 90 days on speaker and tube and 1 year otherwise. That's from memory but I think that's accurate.

Overall - a great amp for the money, big bang for the buck. Why spend a fortune on a tube amp that gives you few tone options when you can buy this at an affordable price and have a myriad of tone options? If it were lost or stolen I would most likely buy another. I have had Fender, Mesa Boogie and Carvin tube amps and several solid states. I've been playing for forty years and have owned many amps and guitars, too many to list. I'm still kicking myself for selling some of the guitars I had but who knew then what they would be worth today? I currently use a '72 Gibson ES355, an early seventies Gibson SG, a recent Epiphone SG, an Ibanez AR250 (I changed the pickups) and a mid-seventies ES175. I also have a couple other amps. As you can see, I'm not a Strat guy so I can't tell you how this amp would sound with single coils. I can tell you that it's a very versatile amp and sounds as good as the original Pod (which was the best one) or Flextone II amp (2x10 stereo). It sounds far better than the Spyder II (2x10) and blows the Spyder III away. No matter what style you play, this amp has something to offer. Try one, you'll probably like it.

Plenty of features for the money. I use for classic rock, blues and a touch of country. Used for live shows. Plenty of volume to cut through band with a three piece mic'd horn section. I owned both the ad50vt and the ad30vt and used both with the horns, bass and drums. My recommendation is that if you're going to play in front of any size audience, go with the 50 watt. The 30 is the exact same amp, but really strains to be heard through the mix beyond the stage. For jamming and practice, the 30 will work and is in a smaller and lighter package.

Very quiet and versatile amp. Too many programming options to shake a Strat at. For those impatient like me, check out: http://www.valvetronix.net/ for great pre-set ideas. I've had great luck with anything rated four knobs or higher. As for effects, I've found them to be adequate, especially dialing in a specific sound like those found on this website. If you want creative control, go with rack mount or stompbox effects. For the money and flexibility, this is the best modeling amp on the market.

There have been quality issues reported on this and the ad30vt models. Mine has had the problem of sticking on an effect when the program has been changed. It does easily revert to the new setting with a tweak. Have never had this problem switching between channels 1 and 2 live. Just when using the manual mode. Unfortnately, quality control may be a problem for the price point. Give it as much of a workout as you can if you have a thrity-day trial period.

None directly. The Vox website is very useful as are the user groups that are out there for tips and info.

There are some cut corners that directly reflect the price of the amp. The knobs, corner pieces and grill are below standard compared to other Vox amps. However, the sound more than compensates for the asthetics. This amp nails the ac15 and ac30 sounds, and for that alone, you're getting your money's worth. The rest is gravy. I'm not a snob and could care less about whether it is a true tube amp or not. The fact is that the sound for the money is the best value out there.

I will say from comments I received from other musicians that the Vox name has a cache that you won't get with other similarly priced amps. This is serious gear, whether or not you consider it a true tube amp or not.

I've been playing for twenty years and am usinging a '68 reissue Japanese Strat with Duncan Antiquity pickups.

I would definitely purchase again or consider upgrading to the ad60vt to get the upgraded cloth grill cover and real knobs. Money being an object, the amp's sound makes it easy to overlook the touches that were spared.

Well it has a lot of them...a little too many for my liking but it works out ok. I play a lot of rock, metal, punk, blues...been playing for 16 years...

This amp can get loud and still hold on quite nicely. Most of the distortion sounds (which i use the most) seem pretty good but they all sound muffled...no treble. doesn't matter what volume level you are at. or maybe Im going def from all of the loud shows ive played and been to.
clean on the other hand is great! beautiful sounds that I would never expect from this amp...truly impressed

Only had it two weeks...bought it used and its been good so far

never had to deal with them

Well...Like I said, I have been playing for about 16 years...play on a gibson explorer, PRS soapbar II maple, washburn...as far as amps go...Mesa dual rect, marshall mode 4, crate blue voodoo half stack, fender...overall I like the VOX a lot. I this it will do good things for me. I think it definatly need some sort of pedal though. Cant hang with the distortion. Good luck everybody