Re: vox ad15vt question!
Here's my mild rant :laugh2:
I have the 30 and had a 50 before it died....the VT is just like a tube amp..in that one day it sounds great and the next time sounds all screwed up and ya haven't even touched a thing.
I find it *HIGHLY* sensitive to how you set the MV & volume controls. I dime the master, run the volume up to around 1:30/2 O'clock, and then use the variable wattage thing to attentuate volume to where I need it. And it's STILL super picky. I have to spend entirely too much time tweaking it every time I plug in if I need to play at a different volume or change the amp model (BTW, the 15 watter doesnt have the variable wattage thing).
Generally it's just a pain in the @$$. BUt when ya get it right, it will sound pretty darn good, otherwise you get that fuzzy undefined mess.
Usually I just get aggravated with anything but the 800 setting. I've found it easiest to dial in on any given day. And some of the models are just not good period: the TSL model and Recto model just don't sound anything like either IME.
It's also very sensitive to diff pups/guitar combos regardless of tweaking. My Ibanez w/ psounds was real nice through it. My Jackson was horrible. My Strat..ehh. My LP Deluxe..incredible. My LP std...ehh...The wolfgang...ehh (see below), the Epi LP std+..not bad at all. Yet through other amps, all of these guitars produce/d good to excellent tone.
And one model may sound like total @SS with one guitar, and then sound extremely authentic with another...The Bassman & BF for example sound incredible with my LP...jes classic Fender bluesy sting/crunch. With the strat it's totally anemic. My wolfgang totally nails an EVH brown sound using the Soldano model, but is horrid through about everything else.
It's def a love/hate affair amp for me...
