Vox Cambridge 30 Reverb

Good features for this price, including two channels, overdrive, reverb, and tremolo as well as headphone jack, external speaker out, and line out. However, this amp just screams for a footswitch, and I wish one had been included. Also, the speaker is wimpy, and needs to be upgraded. And the preamp tube is mediocre quality. For 200 bucks, though, I guess I shouldn't complain.

The clean sound is excellent, and adjusting the gain to moderate distortion sounds good as well. Adjusting the gain to high-level distortion, however, the sound falls quite a bit short. The mid boost doesn't help much, either. You are probably better off using a pedal for high-level crunch. Upgrading the speaker and preamp tube might help, too. But overall this is a nice sounding amp. I play a '62 RI Strat, and it sounds great through this amp.

Haven't had any problems with it. When I first got it I noticed an annoying rattle which I thought might be the cabinet or the chassis, but it tuned out to be tthe plastic handle rattling on its brackets. So I need to replace the handle. other than that, no problems.

Haven't had to deal with them, so I can't comment.

I need to upgrade the speaker and preamp tube, and I need to get a footswitch. I also need to replace the handle with something that doesn't cause a rattle. After that, I'll have a very nice $300 amp. My rating of 7 is tentative, until I replace those things. After that, it should rate an 8 or a 9. There ain't no 10's.

Used Vox Cambridge 30 Reverb. Serial #733 so I'm guessing it is a couple years old. Comes with 2 channels, a solid state clean channel and a gain channel with a 12AX7 preamp. Has separate treble/bass controls for each channel, gain channel has gain control and midrange boost. Also includes tremolo and reverb, and footswitch, headphone, line out, and external speaker jacks. Has a nice 10" Celestion Bulldog speaker. Excellent features for the price; a more usable gain channel and I would have rated it a 10 (see below).

I'm using it with a Squier Standard Strat that I modded to reduce pickup noise/hum. My effects are a Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer, an Ibanez TS-7 Tubescreamer, and Boss DD-3 Digital Delay. This is currently my only amp. I find it to be very versatile for the music I like to play (U2/REM/Radiohead). It has a distinct sound, not quite like an AC-30 (not as good of course but 6-7x cheaper), but unmistakably Vox. It has more of a chimey sound with warmer mids than other amp brands.

The clean channel is superb for the price. There is some noise at high volumes but I am sure it is from my cheap stock pickups. I considered buying a footswitch, but I never use the gain channel so I decided it wasn't worth it. The gain channel in contrast to the clean channel seems muddy and somewhat muted. I couldn't find a good overdriven sound and I think it's worth using a stompbox instead. I might change the stock tube to see if that improves the tone. I owned a Vox Pathfinder that also had a nice clean channel but a muddy gain channel, not sure if this is a characteristic of lower-end Voxes. The tremolo and reverb are nice features, I don't use the tremolo much but the reverb adds a realistic touch.

The clean sounds alone are worth it for the amp, so I'll give it a 9.

It looks solidly constructed, but I'm mostly a bedroom player. I don't put my gear into abuse so I can't really comment on how it would hold up.

I bought the amp without a manual, and e-mailed Vox and Korg (distributor in USA) if I could obtain or download one, but I never got a response. I'm not sure if this is indicative of actual support but from what I've heard they do not offer the best support, at least in the US. Hopefully I won't have to deal with them (and since I'm not the original owner I doubt the warranty would apply to me anyway).

Great amp for the price. Not everyone's cup of tea but if you like the Vox sound this is a pretty good interpretation of it. As long as you use a separate overdrive everything is great.

I just received my new VOX Cambridge 30 Reverb amplifier last evening. I ordered it from Musician's Friend on a Friday, late afternoon and received it on the following Tuesday. Shipping was only $8.15. That's pretty good. The amp is "new," so I can't tell you "when" it was made. I spent the entire evening "exploring" its
tones and sounds and I like it very much. 30 Watts is enough for me. Most of my work is practice and small venues. I'm not going to be playing Yankee Stadium any time soon. I think the amp has plenty of versatility and sound capabilities -- although I obviously need to explore it further. I play lots of 60s music and those tunes sound great on this VOX amp. Let's be honest with ourselves: it really doesn't matter that the amp is built in Korea. The components don't come from Korea. Furthermore, it's my personal observation that Asian people normally take more pride in their workmanship than most Americans do anyway. They feel "disgraced" if they don't do their best, and they'd get fired too !!! Now argue with that !!! It's a "pretty" looking amp with fine attention to detail and plenty of features.

I have several guitars: VOX Mark III Custom "Brian Jones" model, Rickenbacker 360-12, Gibson ES-335, Epiphone Explorer "Beast" and others. The VOX sounds especially great through this amp, playing the old British Invasion tunes and early Rolling Stones songs. I have not explored too much in the distorted range, but other sounds like reverb and tremolo are very nice. There's plenty of volume and tone control as well.

Cannot comment on this facet as yet. I expect the amp to be reliable or I wouldn't have bought it.

Cannot comment on this.

I have been playing for 38 years. I've played professionally on a local level, been on local television and played before crowds as large as 2,000 people. My last amp was a Marshall Valvestate and I sold it yesterday to a co-worker. It was too much of a "screamer" for me. I chose this amp because it's the right size for me and has the features I want to play the songs I enjoy playing. Also, it's a VOX. VOX has been owned and/or produced by several parent companies over the years. It's just a "name."

This review (sort of), is for those of you that have had sound/reliability problems with your Cambridge 30 Reverb -i.e the amp cuts out, distorts badly, volume and controls no longer work, etc. I was having the same problems with two of these amps. But, I believe I have found the cure. A magical repair (not really) that has worked on both of mine. Its very simple.

Here's what I did in two separate cases to remedy the issues: Insure that the preamp tube is seated well. But don't bear-down too hard on the tube or you may break some soldering connections on the tube socket. Plug a guitar into the amp with the guitar volume down. Turn on the amp with any knobs all the way down, and with any boost switches set to "off". Let it sit there idleing for about 40 minutes to 1 hour. "Magically" (hopefully), when you come back and turn it up to play, everything will be fine. It worked for me both times. I'm not sure why, but it would seem logical that the preamp does not like to work hard (or at all) when first turned on. Once the sound goes bad, it will stay bad every time you turn it on....until you perform the above.
After doing the "wait" thing, hold off a couple minutes after powering-up each time before applying big amounts of volume. And lastly, the good news is that since doing this, both my Cambridge's have worked beautifully, without problems, and with great tone. Good Luck on yours.

2001 model, Im sure by now you know all the features. Two channels, one solid state and one tube. Decent amount of features, will use pedals if I want to alter my sound heavily so what more do you need? Dont use the Tremolo much though although its nice to have it when I want to play brit-popesue stuff. Dont be fooled by the 30 watts...contrary to what some say you CAN gig with this amp provided its a small venue, most intelligent people use PA's when gigging and with this its no problem. I really wish it had come with a footswitch...come on VOX!! I would have paid a bit more if necessary.

I play mostly indie/noise rock with some blues and brit pop type stuff. The VOx is great for all of it.
I think any problems people are having are going to come from the gear you are using as a whole....I currently play a gibson sg thorough this thing with 490R/T humbuckers...clean channel is great and can be tweaked a lot for a range of 'vox' tones. The second channel (also contrary to what some have said) sounds very good. You can get some nice distortion and its obvious its powered by a tube. I currently have not changed out the sovtek tube it came with but in my opinion sovtek stuff is not that bad. The amp is also quite loud when you hit the gain boost...I can easily use this thing for practice with a loud drummer (and I was pretty surprised myself) someone on here made a comment about changing the speaker for a 'high quality weber'...my opinion? why? The Celestion it comes with is british made, and celestion makes very high quality speakers, I was actually surprised an amp at this price HAD a celestion in it...

Had it for a bit over a month and no problems yet.

Never dealt. Heard good things about Korg the parent company.

got a great deal on it because it was on close out....some have complained of mediocre reliability, Ive not had problems, but mine has a high serial number, maybe that accounts for it....Id buy it again, VOX sound and quality for much less than an AC30.

This unit has a high serial number, around 1600 so I'd say it was made in 2001. I play 60's rock and 80's type music. 2 channels with reverb. This unit is used for pratice only, as for power it has the drive to handle small room gig's (use you PA system) and mike it.

I play a PRS Singlecut, A Les Paul Classic, Epiphone Les Paul Standard
and a EVH Peavey Wolfgang Arch Top. of all the above units this amp seems to like the low output Epiphone Humbuckers Best, clean channel sounds real sweet. Over drive channel comes along nice with this guitar also. stay away from high output humbuckers with this amp.
If you want Heavy Distortion and brutal grind I would offer a Peavey 5150 or a Mesa Single Rectifier. (works for me) both channels offer
good bang for the Buck!

I only play this Amp for about one hour or so every other day and have had no problems with it so far in that respect. I have noticed a fluttering of the speaker or buzzing noise from the chassis. I've checked everything to make sure it was tight, but still it's there.
I notice when I back the Reverb off to 1/4 it drops off, so I'm guessing it has something to do with the Reverb. I feel that changing the speaker to a good Weber! might add alot to this units sound. Also I have replaced the Overdrive channel tube to a 12AU7 N.O.S. and this add loads of warmth to the drive channel.

Never dealt with Korg USA

People, remember what we have here, a Korean Made Budget Amp. I don't expect it to sound like my 5150'S or MESA or Marshall JCM800 But it does fine for what it is. I'd give it a 10 on looks, Yes it's cheap made, but remember the price. Buy the Chrome stand from Northcoast music.com $59.95 replace the speaker and driver tube, plug in a low output humbucker equipt guitar and rock out. Thats what it's all about! and by the way, production has ended on the Canbridge Line
so hang onto your's unless you can afford and AC-30 if so! go for it!

Brand new Vox Camrbidge 30 Reverb, bought in January, 2002. Made in Korea with a British Celestion speaker. Built probably in late 2000 or 2001, considering that there weren't many left at the store. Nice amount of features for the price, as the tremolo is a nice touch along with the reverb. My styles range from jazz/blues/rock/noise like 95% of the people who read these things, so we all have a pretty common goal: tone. The two channels are pretty standard with smooth, clean tones on the regular channel and crunchy bite on the second channel. Maybe my ear isn't as sensitive as some other people who reviewed this amp, but the distortion sounded fine to me. It's got the footswitch/speaker outlet/headphone jack on the back and footswitch on the top. The gain boost for the second channel is nice bonus, because gain distortion shouldn't always equate brain hemmorrhage. Just enough to make it a little louder. 30 watts makes this louder than my old little practice Fender until my wife let me go with something better. I haven't gigged it yet, but why would you gig without using the PA anyway? Easy to carry too. I haven't used my DigiTech RP100 with it yet, as I want to get used to it's sound before I start messing with it. It's pretty standard for features, so I'll give it a 7. Why won't they include the footswitch?! I'd have given it an 8 if they had included one.

I've used my MIJ Fender Stratocaster Foto-Flame with this, as well as my Les Paul Custom, and so far, both respond well. I will agree with another reviewer that the single coils sound better than humbuckers, but since I'm not a professional musician, to my untrained ears, it sounds okay. Actually, I tested this amp at the store with a Mexi-Tele, and it sounded so good that my next guitar may be a maple-necked Tele (Japanese or USA, though). The sounds range from clean and glassy but with some tweaking you'll get some thick, muddy sounds out of it. Created some nice, smooth distortion with it as well, so it covers all the bases I need. As much as your amp can produce, a lot of your sound will also depend on your guitar. I'm surprised at the number of people with "heavy metal" guitars (BC Rich, Jackson, I've-Been-Had, et cetera) who complain about sound quality. Well, those guitars probably weren't designed with Vox in mind, so look at all of your gear if you're not happy with your sound. The sound is a big improvement over my little Fender, and after testing several amps at the store, I thought the sound quality of the Vox was more versatile than anything else in it's price range. If you pay under $300, what do you expect? It's not going to sound like an $800 amp, now will it? I probably will replace the tube at some point just to see if it affects the quality.

So far, I haven't gigged with it, but who on Earth does a gig without some form of backup? As I only have one little 12AX7 tube to replace, I don't expect much servicing in the future. Can I depend on it? I don't think I would've bought it if it wouldn't be dependable...

Haven't had to deal with them, but judging from other reviews, I'm not looking forward to the hassle if I need to. Wasn't impressed with the leaflet they included with the amp though. Was paper scarce that day?

I've been playing for ten years and probably sound awful. Okay, I can carry a tune, but GIT grads have nothing to worry about. I've had a Rickenbacker 360, a MIJ Paisley Tele, MIJ '72 Telecaster Custom, my trusty Alvarez DY-75, an Ovation CS-257, my '89 Les Paul Custom, and my Fender Strat. Nothing groundbreaking, I grant you, but I've been happy with them. I've been hurting for a new amplifier for months now, and my wife made me a happy man when she said I could buy one without fearing a divorce. Maybe it was the history associated with Vox, the artists who used them, or maybe just the price. C'mon, let's face it; everyone and their brother has a Fender. They probably opened King Tut's tomb and found a Princeton Chorus. I wanted something new that sounded different and the Vox Cambridge 30 Reverb delivers. I haven't played a gig with it, but I'm looking forward to breaking it in and eventually hitting the stage with it. In case you haven't noticed, I'm not playing your local arena anytime soon, so for the price, this amplifier suits a bedroom rock star just fine.

I'm too lazy to post them because a bunch of other people already have... it gets an 8 because the last amp I had was a piece of shit and this is has a ton more features.

I play my Epiphone Dot (ES 335) through this amp and it sounds great!! I'm also used my friends mysterious vantage (we think it's from the 70's but we really don't know) and that also sounded kickass. I play a lot of weezer and things similar to that. I crank the gain and use the gain boost (but not the mid boost) and I can get a really nice grungy sound. The clean channel is also really warm and nice with the Dot. Crank up the clean and that single tube really makes some nice overdriven tones. I'm not a huge fan of reverb but I find that just a little of it sounds nice with distortion abd when I'm in the mood I break out a little surf guitar with my treble pickup. I've also noticed that there is a lot of channel 2 bashing here, I really like the gain this amp gives and I can get a great low end tone with this amp. Maybe it's because most of the people here are using fenders but my epi has no problem in getting that low tone. I can totally get metallica low on this and if I use my marshall jackhammer I can get even lower playing stuff like deftones with relative ease. I start getting distortion on the clean channel when it hits about 11-12'o'clock... I almost with I could get louder with my clean, but that overdrive is friggin sweet so I will live.

Keep in mind that the last amp I had was a peavy rage 128 and it was a piece of crap (despite the fact that I played a 5 string bass through it at full volume and it didn't explode).

On the 5th day I noticed a little rattle and I was a bit angry cause it was so new, but the nut on the input jack was loose so I just tightened it and it was fine. I find this amp to be quite reliable thus far and I tend to pamper my gear so it should be fine. I haven't had it a super long time though so I'm not gonna rate it

haven't had to deal with them

I've been playing for 4 years and I love this amp. It's my first "big" amp and I think we're going to get along great. For other gear, I have an epiphone les paul 100 and an epiphone 12 string acoustic. I also have the dot that I got used and a really old beater acoustic guitar that I started on. I run a bespeco weeper wah (friggin brutal) and a marshall jackhammer into this amp but I haven't been using them lately, the amp doesn't need help with the distortion usually. I also have an old DOD supradistortion 55b that doesn't like to work and a Zoom 509 dual power modulator that I hardly ever use.

if this amp were stolen or lost I would cry, because I can't afford a new one. I don't hate anything about this amp so far except that they didn't have a reverb twin and I only got the one speaker... but then again that twin would have been out of my price range. I was also a bit miffed that the store I bought it from didn't have any footswitched but that's not the amps fault. When I was shopping for it I was playing guitars though this monster crate amp they had there and I thought it sounded good until I plugged into this thing. They had a fender princeton there too but I just shrugged it off once I played this. Friggin sweet amp for super cheap... even in canadian funds :)

Well, you know all the features. I use the reverb a lot, but I almost never use the tremolo, although it's nice to have on some occasions.
I mainly use this amp playing at home, since I have some trouble finding a good drummer for our band. And because we are just a biginning band, we won't play big gigs, so the sound volume is good.

I play a B.C. Rich Warlock, with 2 DiMarzio humbuckers.
My music style is metal, although I sometimes play different music, the amp is good for it all. The distorion on channel 2 sucks if you play metal, but it's good for a little grunge sound.


A lot of you guys say this amp in NOT for metal: (i quote)

>>> NOT for Metallica boys.
>>> You won't be playing any Pantera with this thing
>>> ...but when was the lat time you heard some metal guy rave about
the "killer distortion" that he got from his vox....?
>>> Not recommended for metal-head, this amp is more for players with
more discerning tonal requirements.

These are VERY STUPID things to say. Like metal is about butchering your sound with you distorion pedal. No. Metal is more than that. Haven't you ever heard metal? Don't forget GOOD metal is music (not talking Limp Bizkit or Korn) Beatifull clean sounds and melodic aspects combine with rough distortion... Therefor this amp is GREAT for metal. I play through a Boss DS-1 Distorion, and I love the full tones this amp gives. If I push the distortion all the way, it sounds VERY heavy, especcially if the Bass on the amp is set on a rather high level.

I use the reverb very much, it gives a great sound to solo's and melodic lines !!! Wish I had bought this amp a long time ago.
The clean channel stays almost perfectly clean on higher levels, dispite my humbuckers.

Haven't had any problems yet.

Haven't bothered them yet :)

I've been playing for a year, and before i got this killer amp i played a LOWbudget crappy 40 dollar bitch-amp, so the improvement is HUGE. It won't get lost or stolen... I'l take care of that >>GRIN<< I love the great tone and the reverb.

And NEVER again say this amp is not suited for metal...! Cause then... You're gonna burn in hell ;)

I just got this amp in December of 2000. I paid $275. for it and I would have paid more. The features are adequate. Although I do like the sound versitility I get in channel two with the mid-boost and gain boost. An effects loop would be nice (although I play straight without effects). Also, it would be nice if Vox included a foot switch.

Currently I'm using a Fender Strat '57 American Vintage reissue (awesome guitar!!!) and a '77 Les Paul Custom. I play blues, rock, classic rock, etc. I bought the amp for practice and did an in-store sound comparison with Peavy, Marshall, and Fenders amps in and just above this price point. EXCELLENT TONE!!! The Cambridge 30 just totally out-classed all of them. The 30 Watts is also plenty to drive my 4x12 Duncan cab. I use a '69 Plexi head into my duncan bottom, and when i plugged the Vox into the cab. at rehearsal one night, the guys in the band were very impressed! It's a relatively quiet amp through the volume range. Channel 1 (Clean) has such a beautiful tone. The notes ring with a shimmer that never sounds harsh, yet it has a substancial bottom and a full rich tone throughtout the whole sound spectrum. I A/B it with my Marshall and the tone fills the band sound beautifully. Although, I don't use the distortion channel (2) gigging. You could gig small-medium clubs with this amp but to make sure it gets out there (I have a very LOUD drummer) I put it through the PA. This channel is also VERY responsive to pick attack dynamics and breaks up beautifully when I want it to. It's hard to believe that Vox can produce such beautiful clean tone with a solid state channel. All those wanking modeling amps should take note of what they've done to produce this sound. Channel 2 (Dist) is fairly versitile. It has a pleasant but slightly muddy overdrive. But with some tweaking you can get some very nice overdriven tones. it handles single coil PUs better than my Les Paul Humbuckers (I have a stock PAF in the neck position and a '70s DiMarzio SDHB in the bridge position.) That is when the distorted tone really muddies up a bit. If you want metal sounds you definately have to front end it with a distortion pedal. Not recommended for metal-head, this amp is more for players with more discerning tonal requirements.

Well, I NEVER play a gig without two guitars and two amps (not at the same time) I just believe in having a backup, because you just never know and it's better to be safe than sorry. Although in terms of reliability, I'd have to say it's a reliable amp. It's never broken down yet.

No experience with this yet.

I'm been playing for 33 years. I have a Sigma acoustic with a homemade pickup, an Ovation Applause Strat copy set up for slide and tuned open, an Ibanez acoustic 12-string, a Kramer Bass, a Fender '57 American Vintage Strat (my baby!), and a '77 Gibson Les Paul Custom. I play through a '69 Marshall Plexi had into a Seymor Duncan 4x12 cabinet loaded with Celestions. My signal path goes: guitar > Cry Baby Wa > Tuner (Rack)> A/B switch > (A chain) (rack) Peavey DeltaFex > Hush IIC (usually "off" for better tone) > Power Attinuator > Marshall Head. (B chain) direct into the Vox Cambridge 30R Clean Channel (1) > PA.

If this amp wer elost or stolen, I'd replace it as soon as possible!

i love the clean tones of this amp and IMHO there isn't an amp that would suit me better in this regard 9well, there might be some exceptions, but NOT for this price or even hundreds more). There is noting I hate about it.

The comparisions i made are outlined in one of the other categories. It won the test against 3 other major brands in price points at and above the Cambridge. The Vox Cabridge has superior tone and the Celestion bulldog is beautifully voiced.

Too bad it didn't include the footswitch, but it an easy thing to get.

If you care about your tone GET THIS AMP! If you care about spending money GET THIS AMP!

Brand New - 2 channels, one clean, one for both clean and dirty - 30 watt 1X10 config
*great reverb
*tremolo neat but i dont really need it
*LINE OUT THAT WORKS GOOD is awesome
*2 pedal inputs - one for channel switching and trem, one for gain boost and reverb control
*Headphone output
*external speaker output

Used with a gibson LP double cutaway for primarily modern jazz/fusion
love the clean tone, absolutely great
distorts well too but i dont use it very much
Just the clean sound i want

brand new, but has a good warranty

never dealt with then

Its the perfect amp for practicing and gigging - great jazz/fusion sounds.
Absolutely love it
Amazing for the price

I think it has been stated before. The tremolo is a nice addition. The two foot switch option is great. This has pretty much everything you would need for a 2 channel amp. If it included the footswitch I would give it a 10

I play several G&L's some of which would sound great played through a radio and some can sound awful depending on the amp. To my ear they all sound great with this amp.

I am shocked how good this amp actually sounds. I had absolutely no desire to play it until I tried it out in the store. I bought it instantly. Once I got it home... things have only impoved.

I play alot of different styles blues/jazz/roots rock type of stuff an this amp is perfect for all of them. The clean channel with the treble way down and the bass way up is exactly the sound I have been looking for. Very tight bottom end and all notes can be heard.

The gain channel is amazingly dynamic. I can go from almost clean to dirty by pick attack alone. What an amp should do. You will definately not get anything close to high gain with this amp. It is not a Marshall or a Boogie.

I would guess it is a little underpowered and probably would not be the answer for a loud band like ours. But two of them in stereo would probably be great.

Just bought it. Little nervous from the things I have read.

Don't know. In Canada Vox is distributed by the Korg/Marshall distributor and I bought it from the biggest retailer in Canada so I am not too worried.

I have been playing 14 years. I have owned numerous amps from numerous manufacturers. I recently sold a Mesa/Boogie and a Line 6 amp, neither of which I would trade two of for this amp. I like it that much.

I also play a Rivera Fandago which was almost 10x the price of the Vox. Does the Rivera sounds better? Obviously it does but on a pure dollar thing it does not sound 10x better.

If this was stolen. I would buy another instantly, at twice the price. At one point I was wondering if Vox screwed up, as something that sounds this good can't be this cheap.

This is a follow up review to one I did earlier when I bought this amp, I won't describe it again, you all know what it looks like etc.

Again, I won't bore you with the same details, it suits my style but Vox could have made it more powerful and put a 12" in it.

Ok, this is where I must say what I think. I bought this amp very early on, serial #200. I was very excited to get it and loved its classic looks and general vibe. I liked how it sounded but wished it was louder and had a bigger speaker. I played it on stage about 4 times and in practice. I plugged it in one night about 7 months after I bought it and it was distorted as hell with no volume. I bought it in the States and the warranty was not valid in Canada so I was on my own. I called the dealer, Britishsound in Kansas who sold it to me and Dave and the gang were as helpfull as they could be but the chip that was gone was virtually unavailable. I wrote Vox and they didn't get back to me, I wrote Korg USA and they didn't get back to me. I tried Korg Canada and they sent me a brochure outlining the features of the new Cambridge 30R. I waited a respectfull amount of time and tried again...again I was ignored, not even a reply telling me to get lost. So my amp sits there for 3 months...no one can fix it, it cost to much to ship back to the dealer so I wait and wait and wait. Finally the dealer locates a chip and sends it to me. We install it and the chip pops again. This amp is a piece of garbage. Don't waste your money, the service sucks and I mean SUCKS...The once venerable VOX corporation couldn't even see fit to answer my email and KORG USA...forget it. Don't buy this amp, if you do you will never get the proper service you deserve as a paying customer. Customer service is probably not a phrase you hear often in either company boardroom. I would rate the service at 0 but the option is not here so I will rate it at 1

See above...from my experience, the service from the manufacturer and distributor is dismal and embarrasing to say the least. I wouldn't buy a VOX amp again if a Beatle came with it. And a warning if you buy out of your country...your warranty is not valid in the country where you live. BEWARE again I'd rate this a 0 but it is not an option

Doesn't matter...the amp doesn't work so it's a moot point. Again I stress that Britishsound in Kansas were terrific, I'm sure they would have replaced it if I had sent it back but it would have cost more to do that than the amp was worth.

You know them by now, it has all I want. Well, effects loop might be nice.

Using Fender strat. Sounds great, very nice clean sounds, and great distortion. Booster on and the dist. at about 1/4-1/2 makes this thing sound really good. Without the booster one can get nice vintage type of sound. With fuzz, it is possible to get very 'funny' sound, if you put some gain from the vox. Very long sustain, and when playing chords, 'overdrives' hugely. VERY HUGeLitsii
NOT for Metallica boys.

Couple months old.

The people who have complained about the dist. channel, have bought the wrong amp. It sounds great, if you like the sound. And to know if you like the sound, try it before buying. I like it. I like it very much.

Probably made in 2000.
Very versatile for clean tones and mild rock tones.
It has two channels clean and overdrive. The overdrive channel has a gain boost switch for more buzz.
I wish it had an effects loop, I'd use my boss DD-5 to get some cool strat driven Edge- U2 and Andy Summers tones.
I also wish the preamp tube was easier to access. You have to take the amp chassis out of the cabinet to re-tube.
Use it gigging with friends and @ home for practice.
I dont use the tremolo that much.
Barely loud enough with a hard hitting drummer. Fortunately it sounds fuller the louder your push it.

I use my USA Kramer Classic strat copy with this amp. It has Fender tex-Mex pickups.
Gets some stellar clean tones and mildly overdriven tones. The clean channel is fat and warm. It has a nice sparkle to the top end without being harsh. Bottom is BIG!! tons of bass in this guy, especially with the neck single coil, while still retaining the high end clarity.

Switching to the overdrive channel gives some warm fat tube driven overdrive tones. This channel impresses me with all 3 pickup locations. Blues tones are warm and resonant with the neck and middle pickups. I can get some cool Dick Dale jangly tones with the bridge pickup as well. Can also get some sweek Peter Buck-REM jangle with the bridge pickup. Very versatile with strat pickups.

This amp like many others sounds better the louder its played. Bass is fatter and the high end becomes even clearer. Cranking the power amp section gives some mild overdrive tones as well.
The celestion bulldog speaker is voiced wonderfully, one of the best 10" guitar speakers out there IMNO.

I like this amp when used with low output single coils. High output pickups tend to sound harsh and sterile with this amp. I have several guitars with various pickups (Duncan Screamin deamon, distortion, Classic 59, Dimarzio tone zone, EMG 89 & SA, Schaller PAF, Bartolini active humbucker) Of all these PUs only the low output ones(Duncan 59, EMG SA, Fender strat) sound sweet. For my high gain tones I switch guitars and amps to a carvin 2x12 combo and a Kramer Baretta humbucker equipped guitar.

I bought this amp after demo-ing it at the shop. My intention all along has been to use it with low output single coils, for its clean tones and mild overdrive. I give it good marks for its clean tones and mildly overdriven tones with low output pickups.

DO NOT BUY THIS AMP IF YOU INTEND TO USE HIGH OUTPUT PICKUPS AND WANT MARSHALL / BOOGIE TONES!!!

No problems yet.

No oppinion, havent had to contact them. Their parent company is Korg. And they are huge in the music industry, so contacting them should be do-able.
1 year warranty.

Been playing since 85'
I own the following guitars:
86' Kramer USAPacer Deluxe, 88' Kramer USA Baretta, 87' Kramer USA Classic (strat like), 84' Kramer USA Vanguard, 87' Kramer misc parts guitar (focus ESP made body, Pacer Carerra neck), 88' Kramer Focus 2000 , 91' Fender Prodigy, 98' Hamer duo-tone, 86' Ibanez roadstar II.

For my high gain tones I use humbucker equipped guitars played through a carvin 2x12 tube combo. I would deffinitely buy it again if lost or stolen. It does what I want it to perfectly. I dont really care for the gain boost, and an effects loop would be sweet.
I compared it to a Line6 spyder and a peavey classic 30. All 3 are good amps, but the VOX sounded fuller when cranked at low gain. I also think the cellestion bulldog is a better sounding speaker, than the line6 or peavey speakers. The line 6 is more versatile though. and the Classic 30 has some really great tube tones.
Overall I give it an 8 because of its great clean channel.

DO NOT BUY THIS AMP IF YOU INTEND TO USE HIGH OUTPUT PICKUPS AND WANT MARSHALL / BOOGIE TONES!!! If this is your goal, look elsewhere (carvin, randall, peavey,hiwatt, laney)

Two channels, reverb, tremelo, gain boost and a mid boost on Ch.2. 42 watts, 12ax7 tube in the preamp, solidstate power. Not too shabby for an amp under $500.

I should start by saying that I am very pleased with the sound of this amp. Ch.1 is warm and the top end is articulate without cutting your head off. Ch.2 has some nice "gritty" tones- think U2 or a '68 bassman cranked all the way up. You won't be playing any Pantera with this thing... at least not without some help.

I recently converted from a mamoth rack system and 4x12 to the Cambridge 30 Reverb and I have nothing but fun playing this amp. I do like to get a more distorted sound than this amp wil allow, so I run a Rat 2 infront of it... bingo.... I can now get any sound I want. I love the tremello.

My setup: Heavily modified tele > crybaby wah > rat 2 > Cambridge 30. I have a SD lil 59 in the bridge of my tele, among other wacked out things that I've done to the guitar... >:)

I haven't had the amp very long so I can't say.

Never delt with them.

Over all I think this is a great amp. For the price you really can't beat it. I've read other people complain about the lack of distortion, but when was the lat time you heard some metal guy rave about the "killer distortion" that he got from his vox....? That's what I thought. If nothing else, this is a fine practice amp. And a nice one to gig with for those of us who have realized that you don't need a Marshall stack to sound good at a show.

The reverb on this amp aint to bad but ive heard better.there are 2 channels but you only need one (youl only want to use one)the tremolo is alright but again ive heard better.Its nice lookin amp and could be mistaken for an older more expensive vox.Also is quite sizeable for a 30w

The distortion channel .well ive never heard such crap .if you want distortion buy a laney,marshall or fender but not this ,dont make the same mistake i did.the clean chanel is quite nice(well its vox) i use a boss blues driver .you can get some wicked indie rock tones ie stereophonicsetc.

This amp may easily break .dont buy it if your lookin for a heavy duty one.

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I expected a bit more from vox

This is the 2000 re-issue Cambridge 30 reverb with single speaker. Two channels - a clean channel with vol, bass & treble and a drive channel with vol, bass, treble and gain. In addition, there's a gain boost switch and a mid-range boost switch. Also master reverb and tremolo with depth & speed controls. Footswitch sockets for channel switching and for invoking the tremolo. Line out for recording. I give this a 10 in this category as it has all the essential features that I want ( namely, reverb, tremolo & fuzztone)

I use a Danelectro U2 re-issue with no other effects except sometimes a Vox wah-wah and also a stomp box made by Dememter Amplification called The Tremulator which is designed to replicate the tremolo of an early '60's Fender amp. In theory, the sounds for this thing should be perfect. The drive channel is excellent. I have read many derogotary comments about this channel both on this web site as well as in a number of guitar mags which leads me to think that I may be playing a completely different amp to everyone else (I am reviewing the Vox Cambridge 1 x 12 with reverb, 2000 model). Kick in the mid-range boost and put the gain on 1 o'clock position, reverb full on. That's a buzzy surf tone, reminiscent of the days when folks like Bo Diddley and Link Wray where experimenting with the possibilities of distortion. Turn the reverb down to about mid-way and invoke the gain boost. That's a rich fuzztone sound, snarling but classy. Turn the gain and reverb full on and , with the aid of a Vox wah-wah, you can nail that Stooges "Funhouse" sound perfectly. Also works excellently for narcotic drone-punk Spacemen 3 sounds. With the reverb & gain back to 2 o'clock position, turn the bass control to 3 o'clock & you get a really heavy , hairy sound. Ok, if I dig the sounds that this amp elicits so much, why do I only give it 5? Read on...

I have owned this for 1 month. Ordinarily, I would not post a review on this board unless I had owned a product for at least one year but I feel that this is a special case. You may have noticed that in my comments relating to sounds that I mentioned neither the clean channel nor the tremolo. That is because a mere 13 days after purchasing the amp (new), the output on the clean channel suddenly dropped, the bass control stopped working and the tremolo went completely dead. AFTER THIRTEEN DAYS!!!! So, I took it back to the store where I bought it from which cost me #40.00 (approx $60.00) in cab fare and they replaced it for me. Fourteen days later THE SAME FUCKING THING HAPPENS!!!! Now, I can't keep going back to the store because it's costing me a tiny fortune in taxi fares so I have decided just to live with it but I think it's totally fucking outrageous to pay money for something new which ceases to function properly after a few days. Vox are a bunch of assholes. I don't think that they bother to test these things properly. Like Fender, they are living off their brand name...a Vox amp manufactured today is not the same thing as one made in the '60's. I give the Cambridge a 1 in this category since there is no option in the drop box to give it a zero.

Actually I was quite impressed by the customer support. Within 45 mins after firing off a hostile email to them I recieved a reply, and not a generic one but a properly written one. Ok, their customer services is very efficient and deserves a 10 but as I am still stuck with a semi-functioning amp, I cannot post a rating here.

Potentially this should have been an amp to die for. When it worked, it proved to be a veritable encyclopedia of '60's sounds. Every single guitar sound made between 1961 & 1969 could be captured on this. With a Danelectro U2, I thought that I had found the perfect team. The clean channel had a beautiful chime. But the thing that I really dug was the tremolo. Tremolo is my favorite effect and much as I dig the Fender trem, to my mind the Vox one is the best. It has a kind of sterile quality which , when invoked, makes you feel as tho you are a participant in some kind of bizarre psychological experiment. However, this is an appallingly made piece of equipment. I don't think I'm being too demanding by expecting the fucking thing to work for longer than 14 days. I have been playing for almost 19 years and if there is one thing that I have learnt it is this: if you are not willing to shell out decent bucks, you are not going to get anything very good (even my Danelectro is severely limited). The Cambridge was made in Korea and I find that where guitar equipment is concerned, you should always buy something made in America instead of trying to cut corners. This is without question the worst piece of electronic equipment that I have ever bought.

dual chan. trem, reverb. gain boost, mid boost on chan 2. on tube on chan 2, solidstate power. great cosmetics. very spiffy looking.

I use a 96 american standard strat with a maple fretboard and stock pickups. I play a variety of pedals including but not limited to a sovtek muff (modified), an old boss ds-1 distortion, a jd-1 morley preamp pedal, mxr phase 90 resissue, sometimes a z00m 5O5 mulitefx for bedroom level distortions and effects. I then send it to the vox, which feeds into a marshall 4x12 with eminence speakers (it's a funny setup).

i play in a loud kinda throwback back, very organic rock and roll. i have been influenced a lot by newer bands as well - pumpkins, my bloody valentine, modest mouse and things like that. but the true base of my playing style and feel goes for bands like the who, cheap trick, the beatles, u2, rem, queen and things like that. the reason why i choose this amp is because a lot of my prime influences and the guitarists that popped my cherry were/are vox devotees. i'm talking about peter buck (rem), the edge (u2), all of the beatles and brian may (Queen).

a high volumes it is. i attribut this to my single coils and my pedals. the vox by itself is pretty quiet at high levels.

I think a large part of this amp's sounds lie within the speakers. those two celestions are pretty loud and have plenty of cut. the sounds are classic vox, chan 1 = glassy chan 2 = zingy dist. and a high levels a good "rick neilsen roar". plenty of throw with chann 2. it's actually pretty versitial.

chann 1 - like the other reviews stated - it can be pushed to a little zip. i use this channel for my pedals and what not.

the distortion chan is not brutal. you are not going to get an iomi-esque tone with this thing. like i said - think townshend, neilsen, the edge. very clean, lot's of punch. it sounds great. you will never see dimebag playing one of these - even with your thrashmaster pedal in front it will barely get you there. it's good for that clean roar.

if the wattage were pushed up to say, 40 or 50 watts and maybe another 12ax7 thrown in to both of the channs i would rate this a nine. it could be a little bit louder. but i think the key number with voxes is 30.

it's been fine so far. built decently. i feel pretty solid about it. i would probably take a back up at a gig.

haven't dealt with the good people of korg/vox yet.

i've been playing for about 8 years.

i probably wouldn't buy another one if it broke or got stolen. i would go for an old hiwatt, orange, marshall or an authentic vox.

i really dig the tremolo. the cosmetics (i'm gonna be very shallow here) are pretty cool. it's looks groover.

i wish it were louder.

This amp is new -- made in 1999 or 2000. Although I prefer heavy distorted music, I'm just getting back into playing guitar after a long layoff and decided that I needed a good, clean amp for practising. This is ideal for that. The amp has two channels, one clean, and one distorted with a gain and a mid-range boost. There are reverb and tremolo controls. There's also a 12AX7 valve in the preamp, and several outputs including one for headphones.

I'm using a Jackson DK-3 (Duncan designed pickups) with this amp. Mostly, I play clean -- I'm trying to get better and not hide behind effects. However, the effects in the amp are decent. The reverb is good, the tremolo gets the job done. I find the distortion useless unless I hit the gain boost, and even then it's not enough for me -- I resort to my Boss Metal Zone or Marshall Jackhammer pedals when I feel like making noise. Any heavy distortion through this amp sounds muddy. The amp is not noisy by itself. When set clean, you can get a real warm, shimmering rhythm sound. The treble can be strong and soothing without being harsh. Good value for the money.

This amp isn't powerful enough for a serious gig. Besides, if I gig, I'll be looking for a hard rock/heavy metal style amp. Again, this thing is great for clean sounds and practising. I haven't had it long enough to decide if it's reliable.

I've never dealt with Vox.

I played from 1985-92, and then stopped playing until a few months ago. This is currently my main amp. I chose it over several others in the same general price range -- including Marshall (nice distortion, but no true clean sound), Peavey (non-descript sound), Trace Elliot (very plain tube tone), and Fender (same as the Trace Elliot). The Vox Cambridge has character and a retro vibe. It doesn't match up with all my gear (again, heavy distortion through this is muddy), but it sounds nice with my Crybaby Wah and my Boss Chorus. I'll probably get a Mesa/Boogie or a Marshall for heavier stuff when I regain my chops. But I'll hang onto the Vox -- it should be great for recording slow, moody tunes.

As previous reviews here do a nice job of describing this amp, I'll simply say that this amp is elegantly designed with just the right amount of real features without "token" knobs. It packs a great punch for its size and weight (seriously important for transporting around!), and looks phenomenal. Although this wouldn't be my choice for a metal sound, it's a great choice for clean or tunefully distorted audio.

I'm using a Mexican Standard Telecaster, making this package a great bang for the buck (I've never been a worshipper of high price tags). And as stated elsewhere, although the guitar is a little noisy (something that could be remedied if I were to replace the pickups for something a little upscale), the combination of the two is rather versatile and does what I'd like it to do with a nice '60's flair.
And though the distortion channel is nice for recording or playing when lower volume levels are required (like when the wife's home), the clean channel does break up artfully, especially for solid state, when opened up wide. It's not an AC30, but for the price it certainly has virtues. I'd consider this amp at a much higher price tag. Thank goodness I didn't have to. The only thing I noticed I didn't like was that the distortion channel was rather muddy. But I've learned that this might be due to the Sovtek tubes being used in the early ones being shipped because of supply. I'll find out more when I replace this tube. This does not affect the clean channel.

No problems thus far- I've only had it a month or two...

No repairs

I've only been playing guitar a couple of years (after years of playing drums, keys, bass + now it's onto the natural progression....)
If this amp were stolen I'd buy another one today. I've heard many other amps over the years, and once in a while I encounter something unique and notable. This falls into that category. And I wouldn't ad anything to it.

THIS IS A NEW MODEL, 12AX7 TUBE W/SOLID STATE POWER AMP ,VERB ,TREM ,MID BOOST, CHANNEL SWITCHING, GAIN BOOST ETC....LOTS OF USELESS FEATURES. I WISH IT HAD THE FEATURE OF TONE.

PLAYED A STRAT THROUHG IT. IT HAS THE GOOD OLD VOX CLEAN TONE. I OWN THE PATHFINDER AND LOVE IT. THIS LEAD ME TO THE CAMBRIDGE. I FIGURED THE PATHFINDER IS AWSOME,TOO BAD IT DOSENT HAVE MORE POWER AND REVERB THEN THE PATHFINDER WOULD BE PERFECT FOR ME. MY PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED , ENTER THE CAMBRIDGE...JUST WHAT I WISHED FOR AND PROBABALLY ANYONE ELSE WHO OWNS THE PATHFINDER WISHED FOR THIS ALSO. NOW FOR THE POOP!
THE CAMBRIDGE 2X10 SUCKS, AT THREE TIMES THE PRICE OF THE PATHFINDER IT FALLS FLAT ON IT'S GOOD LOOKING FACE. RATED AT 30 WATTS YOU MUST TURN IT UP TO 10 TO GET AN ALMOST USEABLE VOLUME TO GIG WITH.THE CLEAN TONE IS GOOD AND VERY VOXLIKE. NOT NEARLY LOUD ENOUGH FOR 30 WATTS THOUGH! NOW LET'S STEP ON THE LEAD CHANNEL. WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED?DID SOMEONE THROW A MOVING BLANKET OVER THE AMP? HUM...MABEE I FORGOT TO TAKE THE AMP OUT OF THE BOX....NOPE...MABEE THE AMP FELL FACE DOWN ON A SHAG CARPETED FLOOR....NOPE..MABEE THE TREBLE IS TURNED DOWN....NOPE IT'S ALL THE WAY UP...LETS CUT THE BASS A BIT.... HEY! DO THESE KNOBS DO ANYTHING?....NOPE...WHEN YOU GO TO LEAD CHANNEL ALL THESE QUESTIONS WILL COME TO MIND. YOU WILL WONDER WHAT IS WRONG. THIS IS THE DARKEST SOUNDING LEAD CHANNEL I EVER HEARD. EVEN WITH A JAGUAR IT SOUNDS DARK.
SOMEBODY AT KORG FUCKED UP BIGTIME WITH THIS DESIGN. I LOVE ALL AMPS, THE EACH HAVE THEIR OWN GOOD POINTS SOMEWHERE BUT THIS AMPS LEAD CHANNEL SUCKS SO BADLY THAT IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE VOX WOULD LET THIS AMP ENTER THE MARKET.SHAME ON THEM I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT AMP. HA WHAT A JOKE. THE AMP SOUNDS WEAK AND SICKLY..THE PATHFINDER BLOWS THIS THING AWAY THEY MUST HAVE FUCKED UP. I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT LET ME CHECK EVERYTHING AGAIN MEBE IT'S ME....NOPE...IT JUST SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS AND ALSO IT SUCKS. UNREAL HOW I WASTED 375.00 ON THIS THING, PLUS FOR ALMOST 9 MONTHS I WAITED FOR THIS THING TO ARRIVE.I FEEL RIPPED OFF BUYING THIS AMP BECAUSE THE PATHFINDER WAS ONLY 99.00.I COULD HAVE BOUGHT 4 PATHFINDERS FOR THE PRICE OF THIS PIECE OF KOREAN SHIT. ANY OTHER AMP KNOWN TO MAN SOUNDS BRIGHTER THAN THIS UNDER DRIVEN UNDER POWERED UNDER DESIGNED UNDER TESTED HUNK OF SHIT. SHAME ON YOU VOX. SHAME ON YOU KORG. SHAME ON YOU. JEEZ IT SOUNDS LIKE MY EARS ARE PLUGGED EVERY TIME IT HIT THE LEAD SWITCH.TRY AS I CAN I JUST CAN'T BRIGHTEN IT UP ONE BIT IT SEEMS THE TONE CONTROLS DON'T DO SHIT.NOT ENOUGH VOLUME EITHER. STAY AWAY FROM THIS CRAPPER, A REAL FIRST CLASS DISSAPOINTMENT. SUCKERS GOT MY HARD EARNED CASH ALSO.I COULD HAVE BOUGHT A SOLID STATE FENDER AND BEEN HAPPY BUT NOOOO LET'S GIVE VOX A SHOOT. I FEEL LIKE A REAL ASSHOLE

SEEMS TO BE MADE WELL. CAN'T GIG WITH IT BECAUSE I TAKE PRIDE IN GETTING A HALFASSED TONE ATLEAST. NOT LOUD ENOUGH WITHOUT MIKING EVEN IN A SMALL AMP EQUIPED WEDDING BAND. I'LL BET IT WILL LAST FOREVER BECAUSE NO ONE WILL EVER USE IT.IT SOUNDS WIMPY AND IT SUCKS AT THE SAME TIME. AT LEAST IT DOES ONE THING BETTER THAN ANY OTHER AMP AND THAT ONE THING IS SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

RETURNING THIS AMP TO THE STORE I WILL TAKE A SLIGHT LOSS BUT AT LEAST I CAN SAVE UP FOR SOMETHING BETTER. GET THIS THING OUTTA HERE IT SUCKS.I LOVE AMPS EVEN LOUSY ONES BUT THIS THING SUCKS AND IS A WASTE OF CELESTION SPEAKERS. IT SUCKS IT SUCKS IT SUCKS SO BADLY THAT YOU MUST TRY ONE FOR YOURSELF TO BELIEVE IT.

BEEN PLAYING FOR 27 YEARS, I'M A GEAR HEAD ALWAYS TRYING ANOTHER AMP OR GUITAR OR SOMETHING I HAVE A MAJOR COLLECTION OF GUITARS AND AMPS THAT I HAVE BOUGHT OVER THE PAST 27 YEARS,THIS WILL NOT REMAIN IN MY COLLECTION. IF IT WERE STOLEN THE THIEF WOULD KINDLY RETURN IT TO ME AND TAKE ONE OF MY PATHFINDERS. IF ANYONE ELSE HAS BOUGHT THIS AMP LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THE LEAD CHANNEL.IT IS INCONCIEVABLE HOW THE PATHFINDER COMES FROM THE SAME COMPANY. THIS THING SUCKS.. DID I MENTION THAT THIS AMPS SUCKS?

This is a new made in Korea version of the Thomas Cambridge with a markedly similar cabinet to the vintage unit but different control panel that is more in keeping with the style of the AC30 (chicken head knobs and copper plexi). The amp boasts two channels that are switchable via footpedal as well as a mid range boost, gain switch, tremolo, reverb, line out, headphone out and a 12AX7 pre amp valve. Lots of features for such a low price. The reverb is a little weak but sufficient and the tremolo is very nice.

I use this amp with a phantom teardrop with stacked Kent Armstrongs, 62 re-issue stratocaster with vintage Fender pickups and an ovation celebrity. We play hits from the 50's, 60's and 70's so the vox tone really works for me. It's a little noisy with the strat but has a real vintage sound that is unmistakable to Voxheads. The celestion bulldog has a terrific tone and breaks up nicely at louder volumes. I would say that overall this is a great amp for those who would like a vox but can't afford the outrageous amount of money you have to pay for an AC15 or 30. The amp seems to have sufficient power for small to medium gigs and holds its own against my Tube Works combo and lead guitar players fender twin.

I had a Thomas Cambridge as well as a Super Berkeley for a while and they were brutally unreliable so I will bring my Tube works to gigs for a while until I'm satisfied that this amp will hold up. I assume it will as the fit and finish of the cabinet is terrific as well as the quality of the pots and switches.

Never tried to get a new Vox product fixed but the Thomas models and some of the AC30's are a technicians nightmare. Korg distributes these amps and I have always found them to be reputable so I assume that they will stand behind this product.

I have been playing since 1969 and have had lots of amps and guitars over the years. I have always coveted Vox products and I am glad to be able to own a new Vox model with a low serial number (below 300) I think that for the money, you would be hard pressed to find an amp with such great sounds and unabashed good looks. I might even buy the twin when it comes out!

I JUST BOUGHT THIS AMP FOR $600. IT SOUNDS GREAT . IT NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED I THINK. HOW DO I FIND OUT IT'S AGE AND IF I GOT A GOOD DEAL ???IT HAS TWO INPUTS ON TOP AND 1 ON THE BACK THAT DON'T WORK.TREM IS FANTASTIC AS IS REVERB.GOLD BULLDOG SOUNDS GOOD TOO!.

WHEN REVERB IS ON TEN IT HAS LOW END HUM.BREAKS UP REAL NICE .. i use strat 65. and tele with bardens.

just got it last week 1 10 00

Mine was new in 1965. I paid around $200 for it. The reverb could be a little overdone, and at full volume, it depended upon the guitar. I used a 1960 Gibson ES 350TD, same as Chuck Berry used, as pictured on "From London to Liverpool" alblum. Same guitar. It lacked a master volume, my only real complaint. It was a Thomas Vox, but it was tube.

I used this amp from 1965 until 1970. I played mostly Gibson hollow-body PAF's through it. It cut through drums and PA in small to medium gigs everywhere. Played Beatles to begin with, but Yardbirds and Stones and one hit wonders were fine too. Used it with the first effects known to man, always sounded good.

Never once let me down. It broke in 1973 because I lent it out.

Never needed it.

I bought it for looks, kept it for sound and reliability, can't say either was better than the other because both were awesome. If I could find a used one in decent condition and had the asking price on me, no problem, it would be mine. Thomas or no, this amp paid for itself in gig after gig until the Marshall sound outpowered it. It handled everything short of pure overdrive with PAF's. Not as good with Strats or singles, but loved those PAF's. Tough, reliable, unique sounding, louder than it had a right to be. Earned it's keep. Wish all my equipment had.

This is a 1966 Vox Cambridge Reverb. It's got three inputs, though I only use one. Its effects are tremolo and a noisy reverb. Although I only use this amp for recording and practicing at home, it could be loud enough for a small solo club gig. Though this is the solid state model, its tone is deep, warm, and beautiful. At low volumes, the 10" gold bull dog sounds nice and deep for such a small size.

I play my 56' danelectro baritone guitar (stock lipstick PUs), and tend to play the Camrbridge at pretty low volumes. For the kind of stuff I do at home (moody, sort of Morphinesque stuff), the Cambridge is perfect. I've also used it to record the Bari and a Strat, and I'm amazed at the variety of sounds you can get from it. The main drawback in recording this thing is that if you turn it up past, say, 6 or 7, it starts sounding... bad, for lack of a better word. So, again, at low volumes, sounds amazing, but don't don't push it.

Very reliable amp. I've had it for almost four years now, and despite the Thomas Voxes reputation for... shaky reliability, this thing has never let me down.

Ha!

If it were to get stolen, I might consider buying the tube version, although they tend to go for big money these days.