The AC10 Gas Thread

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Re: The AC10 Gas Thread

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If you just want the AC15 normal channel and don't use a lot of reverb, the AC10 is very good value for money and the specially designed 10" speaker sounds pretty good.
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It's also a nice light weight for carrying around compared to a 15.

Just looked at the Vox website - 12kg vs. 22kg - quite some difference!
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Mmmm my 15 was a bit unwieldy and a tad heavy for lugging up stairs, made worse after I switched the speaker out! This is quite appealing!
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Just edited my last post to put in actual weight comparison.
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Get a big bastard EL34 thing.
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If you like the tone, go for it. Second hand and you can't lose if you have second thoughts. They will start appearing on TM soon enough once a few people who bought one realise it will not make them sound like Brian May.

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I've heard one in action and it sounded bloody good.

Would totally go there myself if I weren't so gleefully entrenched in Fender land now
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Gregs playing makes me want to scream...sorry JB
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I'm soo keen to get one of these when I get back to NZ, wonder if I could shoe horn a 12" greenback into it?

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Thought you could get that sound from the HD500x?

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jimi wrote:Thought you could get that sound from the HD500x?
For sure, but I just want a small bedroom amp for fun times, don't need to fire up an 800W amp and the HD for basic practice...
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They're awesome little amps, oddly large sounding, despite the smaller enclosure. Certainly a Katana killer.
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Aroused.
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GrantB wrote:Gregs playing makes me want to scream...sorry JB
In a fan girl way, or a make it stop way?
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Delayman wrote:
GrantB wrote:Gregs playing makes me want to scream...sorry JB
In a fan girl way, or a make it stop way?
Lol. In a make it stop before I go on a rampage kinda way. It's so uninteresting and insipid.
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