For what it's worth, I don't think either of the dirt pedals sound spectacularly better than any of the Pathfinder's on-board dirt which I quite like anyway (and I have often wondered at those who claim that the Pathfinder's OD is horrible but they've thrown a Timmy in front and now it sounds glorious - and it appears from that article and video a couple of posts ago that Tim Carroll likes the amp dirt well enough!), but they do help me cover a lot more bases when stacked or set differently. At the same time, the Pedalboard is detachable and could be tossed in front of any amp. My brief was to create something for home use that kind of integrated with the Pathfinder to give me all the tonal options I could want with it, was tidy and had a small foot print and was all done in the Pathfinder budget spirit. Pedals are Tuner > Joyo Maximum Drive (cheap Fulldrive 2 Mosfet copy) > Caline Pure Sky (cheap Timmy copy) > Joyo Aquarius Delay & Looper > Donner Square Reverb. Should I buy a separate pedal or find a way to make the boost channel on the amp work for me with the optional Vox footswitch? I would prefer to limit the amount of my I spend but if the best route is to buy an OD pedal, I will do that.My Vox Pathfinder 15R economy rig! A cheap version of a PedalTrain Nano, some cheap pedals and some creative use of velcro. I am very interested in buying the VL Sparkle Drive, OCD, or Little Big Muff. Does this make the boost function unusable? Is there any way to work around this issue? I do not own any pedals but would definitely be willing to buy one to make up for this. Multiple people have said that the volume is much louder than the clean channel once engaged.
With that said, my only concern is the boost function. After seeing all of the love for this amp and watching YouTube videos of its performance, I believe I have changed my mind. I had it narrowed down to the Fender Frontman 25R until the other day when I stumbled upon the PF15R. I have been looking for a nice little bedroom/practice amp for Christmas. have just been really getting back into guitar after a 4 year hiatus. This is my first post here after religiously perusing this site for the past three months. I think it does have a more Brit sound too if that is what you are after. When I line out the Vox into the the SK100B I do get a lot more volume and it really fills in the bottom end, but it still sounds like an 8" speaker, but on steroids.Ī great value, and nice to know if somebody smashes the window of the truck to get it, You aren't out more than just over a days wages, even if you are working a McJob. Now that I have some other amps (Fender Princeton 112 plus, Laney Cub 12R, etc.), I can really tell the difference between the 8" and a 12" speaker. Now, all that being said, this is not an AC15. Little 8" bulldog speaker sounds nice too. I bought the 2 button footswitch and it is nice for going between the smooth and the gritty, and being able to bring in a little tremolo for a fill here and there. Lines out if you need more sound and takes pedals great. The tremolo is a good feature too although I don't use it a lot. The reverb is a real spring unit, and the adjustment on it gives you a lot of sounds, as good as a Fender spring I would say.
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The tone is honestly about 80% as good as my tube amps, plus it is lighter and smaller for toting about. I have one, and it is an amazing little chunk of love.
GUITAR TONE - VOX Pathfinder 15R vs VOX AC30C2 - YouTube But for 10% of the price, no brainer for me. When things get cranked an AC30 will go where a Pathfinder can't. It holds its own with the AC30, at home level use. When I tried it out with them, they were all surprised how good it sounded. Salesdudes always looked down on amps like this and rarely played or recommended them, having a preconceived notion amps like this were too 'cheap'. It will dirty up very well in home situations, and that's really all I need right now. I tried a Pathfinder and the contest was over, the clean sound through the speaker or headphones sounded far better to me. I tried modelling amps and found most just didn't sound that great clean, and some were plain nasty on some dirty settings, though the versatility and toys were tempting.
For home use that leaves an awful lot of unplayed amp. The 'best' was often a euphemism for Tube, and in expensive (read $800+ amps) you're looking at 15W of tube - BJnr, AC15 etc. The logic of this seemed to come unglued when I started trying some out: Aus prices are often double that of the US, hence perceptions of 'expensive' and 'value' change markedly. When I started playing, a lot of the advice I got was 'buy the best amp you can afford'.
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