The AC30 AmPlug is excellent for practice, with adequate sound at a great price.
It's not perfect. The little control wheels on top are delicate and have settings 1-10 but that's aspirational. The gain, for example, fuzzes out above 5, so leave it at 5. You want to protect your ears, anyway. The tone control goes muddy on bass, so keep it balanced at 5 and use the guitar's tone control. I use JBL earbuds and the sound is clear and completely satisfactory.
The FX are discriminable: chorus, delay, and reverb, which is pretty amazing in such a small device, but don't expect too much.
The "Modes" (which not documented in the "documentation" sheet that comes well-hidden in the packaging -- you have to look online to discover these modes), are three degrees of distortion, from clean to dirty. I use clean mode almost exclusively to reduce my Telecaster's natural twang while I practice and learn.
Technically there are 9 effects then, Mode x FX, though many of them seem about the same and some are close to pink noise. Keep in mind what you're buying: A portable practice amp for $40.
You have to look for online videos to figure out what the different Vox models do because the verbal descriptions are bland and uninformative. I think I might have preferred the "Clean" or the "Blues" model, and I may get one of those, but the AC-30 is the one-size fits all solution for somebody who needs a portable practice amp. The Vox Amplug is not a refined enough device for you to be honing your instrument's voice on it, so don't overthink all the settings. For developing your guitar's voice, you should be using a serious practice amp. This is just a little gizmo so you can practice your pentatonic scales without driving your family crazy.
I recommend a 3 to 6-foot cable, 1/4" male-to-female, so you can "externalize" the Vox box and have it beside you or in your lap. When it's plugged directly into the guitar, it's hard to see and use, probably upside-down, and you'll likely break it when you store the guitar.
If you want to get tricky, you can plug a Bluetooth transmitter into the Vox and route the sound to wireless headphones/buds. I'm not sure what that would do to sound quality. The device also has an Aux-in jack so you could route an .mp3 backing track through it. I haven't tried that.
Overall, the Vox AC30 does the job and is well-worth the price.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2021
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Whats not to like about this tiny device? Its a Vox amp in your pocket. You can walk around your house with your guitar and a pair of headphones entirely isolated in a world of beautiful amplified guitar tones.
I found the setup to be super easy, and very easy to find good tones on my Blues version of the Amplug. The gain selector is pretty straightforward and exactly what an amp owner would expect from them. The interplay is between the gain dial and the gain switch itself. Therein you'll find something for you. The effects are cool, the least interesting is the flanger/chorus which to me doest sound that great. Tinny and a little weird. The reverb setting is great on all levels. The echo is fun as well, but not really a good substitute for a true echo pedal.
But get one please. Its an amazing tool to practice without disturbing people, also the ability o practice at cranked levels! Your family may be cool with you playing/practicing at room levels, but what about stage level? This device can simulate that fairly well.
And for $40 its ridiculous to not get a few.
NOTE: I also got the mini cabinet and it sounds great. As someone else said, perfectly loud enough to play along with a friend on acoustic.
I found the setup to be super easy, and very easy to find good tones on my Blues version of the Amplug. The gain selector is pretty straightforward and exactly what an amp owner would expect from them. The interplay is between the gain dial and the gain switch itself. Therein you'll find something for you. The effects are cool, the least interesting is the flanger/chorus which to me doest sound that great. Tinny and a little weird. The reverb setting is great on all levels. The echo is fun as well, but not really a good substitute for a true echo pedal.
But get one please. Its an amazing tool to practice without disturbing people, also the ability o practice at cranked levels! Your family may be cool with you playing/practicing at room levels, but what about stage level? This device can simulate that fairly well.
And for $40 its ridiculous to not get a few.
NOTE: I also got the mini cabinet and it sounds great. As someone else said, perfectly loud enough to play along with a friend on acoustic.
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Il est assez compact et léger pour jouer sans gêne. (Cela dit, sur une basse de 5Kg c'est négligeable)
Le jack 6.35 pivote a 180°, ce qui permet de le mettre dans n'importe quelle position.
Le son est très propre. Quand on a pas des centaines d'euros a mettre dans un ampli pour jouer au casque c'est le top.
Il fonctionne avec 2 piles AAA (LR03) fournies et est simple à utiliser.
Il dispose d'une boîte à rythmes qui va bien et propose 3 styles dans 3déclinaisons chacun soit 9 rythmes en tout dont un métronome classique. Après, on ne peut pas régler le tempo mais on ne vas pas trop en demander non plus 😁.
On peut régler le volume général, la tonalité et le volume du rythme et il dispose d'une sortie casque et d'une entrée aux. en jack 3.5mm.
Pour moi, un excellent produit.
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