johnh
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Hi everyone,
I am a big fan of Fender Pro Jnrs, and tend to use them for most of my small gigs and rehearsals as well as playing in church, which is a very low volume environment. When gigging, I use the Pro Jnr through my Engl 2x10 cab, which sounds fantastic. If I need more volu,e I use my AC30HW.
However, in church, I have just been using one of my Pro Jnrs on its own. Recently, I've become a little dissatisfied by the lack of bass in the sound. I added a 1x12 extension cab, which added loads of bass, but I don't like lugging two boxes.
Therefore I recently bought a used AC10C1. Initially I was distinctly underwhelmed. The Vox sounded decent at higher volumes, or with humbuckers but was far too bright for me with my single coil guitars. Before giving up, I swapped the EMI Ramrod from one of my Pro Jnrs into the Vox and - bam! Now the Vox sounds fantastic.
I totally realise the Vox is not perfect, but:
It's incredibly lightweight
Has lots of bass (unlike the Pro Jnr)
Doesn't sound at all boxy (unlike the Blues Jnr).
Has superb cleans tones
Has a really surprising range of overdriven tones. I use pedals for all my gain needs, so I don't need built in overdrive, but it's nice to have the option.
I still love my Pro Jnrs, but the Vox is a lovely additional flavour. The clean tones seem to be all Vox to my ears. Nice and hollow and rich and chimey. I'm the kind of player who leaves my main OD pedal on 100% of the time and get my clean tones by rolling back my guitars volume knob. However, the Vox cleans are so good that I switched my pedals off for the first time in living memory!
There is a good chance that the internal speaker would have sounded much better when broken in, but the Ramrod has the added benefit of adding some more mids to the sound, which suited my needs.
If I was gigging in pubs regularly, then I think the AC15 would probably be a better choice, but for my needs (low volume gig and busted shoulder which requires low weight) the AC10 has really impressed me.
I am a big fan of Fender Pro Jnrs, and tend to use them for most of my small gigs and rehearsals as well as playing in church, which is a very low volume environment. When gigging, I use the Pro Jnr through my Engl 2x10 cab, which sounds fantastic. If I need more volu,e I use my AC30HW.
However, in church, I have just been using one of my Pro Jnrs on its own. Recently, I've become a little dissatisfied by the lack of bass in the sound. I added a 1x12 extension cab, which added loads of bass, but I don't like lugging two boxes.
Therefore I recently bought a used AC10C1. Initially I was distinctly underwhelmed. The Vox sounded decent at higher volumes, or with humbuckers but was far too bright for me with my single coil guitars. Before giving up, I swapped the EMI Ramrod from one of my Pro Jnrs into the Vox and - bam! Now the Vox sounds fantastic.
I totally realise the Vox is not perfect, but:
It's incredibly lightweight
Has lots of bass (unlike the Pro Jnr)
Doesn't sound at all boxy (unlike the Blues Jnr).
Has superb cleans tones
Has a really surprising range of overdriven tones. I use pedals for all my gain needs, so I don't need built in overdrive, but it's nice to have the option.
I still love my Pro Jnrs, but the Vox is a lovely additional flavour. The clean tones seem to be all Vox to my ears. Nice and hollow and rich and chimey. I'm the kind of player who leaves my main OD pedal on 100% of the time and get my clean tones by rolling back my guitars volume knob. However, the Vox cleans are so good that I switched my pedals off for the first time in living memory!
There is a good chance that the internal speaker would have sounded much better when broken in, but the Ramrod has the added benefit of adding some more mids to the sound, which suited my needs.
If I was gigging in pubs regularly, then I think the AC15 would probably be a better choice, but for my needs (low volume gig and busted shoulder which requires low weight) the AC10 has really impressed me.
