Vox Night Train review

[Boogie Bill]

Re: Vox Night Train review

Yup. This.

Usually so many young players just go for gain and more gain, to the point where it kinda sucks away the best tone and dynamics. After so many years of playing, listening and doing mixing gigs, i discovered that the guys who got the biggest sounds, the sounds that punch the audience in the stomach and nail people to the back wall, were playing a lot cleaner that might be expected. The high-gain players' sounds just do not seem to project out into the room, where the slightly less gain-y sounds project better and sound BIGGER....and of course, more dynamic.

Congratulations on the amp, and thanks for a great review. Keep on enjoying those great sounds !!!!

I think you hit the nail on the head. If you really listen to a lot of the great players: Clapton, Page, Kosoff, Townsend, Malcolm and Angus, Leslie West, SRV, et. al.--they're not buzzy--their tone SINGS.

I hate these guys that have all of these great patches on their rack or floorboard units. They usually have WAY too much gain, AND WAAAY too much delay. They get into a live situation, and they suck. Everything sounds muddy--no definition, no presence, no cut. Might sound great in the bedroom or even in the studio, but it won't cut it live.

Good review of the Night Train. Looks real interesting.

Bill

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Vox Night Train review

Way to go. I think you bought the right amp for you. You might someday want to swap out the Greenback for a G12H30 or G12-65. But the Greenback is just fine and will usually outperform most stock speakers.

Congrats!

 

[FuseG4]

Re: Vox Night Train review

yeah I won't lie I can't claim that a greenback is the best speaker out there, but after awhile I think It'd be nice to experiment. But way before that on the list...
Playing this amp makes me wish I had a strat! That's prolly the next thing to work towards. Those Squier Classic Vibe strats play surprisingly well and maybe I'll get one sometime.
And then a blue LP to throw some phat cats in... and then a white G-400 with a C5... and... yeah everyone's got a GAS list I bet.