Tech 21 vs Vox

[Usurper666]

Ok, sometime in the next couple of months I will be buying a new practice amp, and I have narrowed it down to the Vox AD30VT and the Tech 21 Trademark 10. Can anyone tell me how these compare to each other for overall tone & build quality? I'm also a bit hesitant about the Vox due to all of the reliability issues I have read about that amp. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

CJ

 

[Jeffrec]

Re: Tech 21 vs Vox

I've only heard Wattage's Vox. It is an amazing little amp and plenty powerful. I would A/B them if I were you, but would by the Vox in a minute.

 

[Dills]

Re: Tech 21 vs Vox

I would buy a vox anyday, extremely good for practice and have the modeling technology is brilliant. I would always with any amp play your own guitar through it first before buying it.

 

[Usurper666]

Re: Tech 21 vs Vox

I would buy a vox anyday, extremely good for practice and have the modeling technology is brilliant. I would always with any amp play your own guitar through it first before buying it.

I'll be trying both with my own guitar, just trying to see if there are any pitfalls with either amp to be aware of.

Cheers,

CJ

 

[Simon_F]

Re: Tech 21 vs Vox

Bear in mind that they are different beasts - the Vox is a digital modelling amp, the Tech 21 is analog solid state. Tech 21 has an excellent reputation on build quality and reliability and I love the Trademark 60 I bought about 3 months ago. The Vox stuff has plenty of fans here, I just haven't tried it. I think you need to study the features of each carefully, read as many reviews as you can, and A/B them too. I doubt that you'll go wrong with either.

 

[Anthem]

Re: Tech 21 vs Vox

I LOVE my Trademark 60. The Marshall setting is just wicked.

 

[Fresh_Start]

Re: Tech 21 vs Vox

I haven't tried the Vox, but Simon's nailed the essential difference between the two.

With the TM10, you have 3 controls to play with: amp type, gain structure, and speaker simulator. Then you have to dial in the active tone controls, gain, level, & reverb to get the tone you hear in your head. The sample settings that come with the amp are a good start, and there are more somewhere out here. After a while, you'll figure out how the settings interact. It's an amazing little box

Two drawbacks on the TM10: first, you can't control anything with a footswitch. second, the jacks are really low budget. I've had to use contact cleaner on advice from Tech 21 when I was getting noise. If I'm not using the effects loop send & return, I put a patch cord between them (again on Lloyd's advice after having noise problems).

The TM10 sounded really good pushing a Power Engine 60 speaker in an un-amplified Avatar cab. It sounds great pushing a Power Engine 60.

Chip