It gets loud enough to give you a headache, and with my new onboard effects mod, it absolutely cranks. The thing sounds great, and I find that I even use it at home when everyone's asleep.

I didn't know what to expect plugging the thing in. It has Gain, Volume, and Tone controls, an on/off switch with led, headphone jack, and even an auxiliary jack for a backing track. The unit takes two AAA battery, which seem to last almost forever. With a 1/4' plug you don't need any cords, it plugs right into the guitar. I pointed at it and said, 'hey what's that', with a red face the kid pulled the Vox off the shelf.įorty bucks later I was out the door, the thing that impressed me is how compact the unit is. As he was telling me the Rockman was it, I noticed the little Vox AC30 hanging on the wall behind him. I asked the kid at the counter if he had anything else. I thought it was kind of bulky, and I really didn't want to spend a hundred bucks. They had a Rockman by Tom Scholz, the guy from the band Boston. I didn't have much time so I went down to the local music shop. I had visions of being strip searched because the bone head at the security check would mistake my amp for a bomb. I thought about bringing my little Peavy audition amp, but figured that would be a hassle.

I was going to bring along my acoustic, which I usually do, but I was really enjoying what I was working on with the electric. I was going on vacation two years ago, and was really torn on what to do about not interfering with my practice schedule. The Vox AC30 guitar headphone amplifier is a compact headphone amp that will fit in a guitar case for easy travel.

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