VOX PATHFINDER 15R STOCK SPEAKER PLUS

With that said, my only concern is the boost function. After seeing all of the love for this amp and watching YouTube videos of its performance, I believe I have changed my mind. I had it narrowed down to the Fender Frontman 25R until the other day when I stumbled upon the PF15R. I have been looking for a nice little bedroom/practice amp for Christmas. have just been really getting back into guitar after a 4 year hiatus. This is my first post here after religiously perusing this site for the past three months. I think it does have a more Brit sound too if that is what you are after. When I line out the Vox into the the SK100B I do get a lot more volume and it really fills in the bottom end, but it still sounds like an 8' speaker, but on steroids.Ī great value, and nice to know if somebody smashes the window of the truck to get it, You aren't out more than just over a days wages, even if you are working a McJob. Now that I have some other amps (Fender Princeton 112 plus, Laney Cub 12R, etc.), I can really tell the difference between the 8' and a 12' speaker. Now, all that being said, this is not an AC15. Little 8' bulldog speaker sounds nice too. I bought the 2 button footswitch and it is nice for going between the smooth and the gritty, and being able to bring in a little tremolo for a fill here and there.

Lines out if you need more sound and takes pedals great. The tremolo is a good feature too although I don't use it a lot. The reverb is a real spring unit, and the adjustment on it gives you a lot of sounds, as good as a Fender spring I would say.

VOX PATHFINDER 15R STOCK SPEAKER PLUS

The tone is honestly about 80% as good as my tube amps, plus it is lighter and smaller for toting about. I have one, and it is an amazing little chunk of love. GUITAR TONE - VOX Pathfinder 15R vs VOX AC30C2 - YouTube But for 10% of the price, no brainer for me. When things get cranked an AC30 will go where a Pathfinder can't. It holds its own with the AC30, at home level use. When I tried it out with them, they were all surprised how good it sounded. Salesdudes always looked down on amps like this and rarely played or recommended them, having a preconceived notion amps like this were too 'cheap'. It will dirty up very well in home situations, and that's really all I need right now. I tried a Pathfinder and the contest was over, the clean sound through the speaker or headphones sounded far better to me. I tried modelling amps and found most just didn't sound that great clean, and some were plain nasty on some dirty settings, though the versatility and toys were tempting. For home use that leaves an awful lot of unplayed amp. The 'best' was often a euphemism for Tube, and in expensive (read $800+ amps) you're looking at 15W of tube - BJnr, AC15 etc. The logic of this seemed to come unglued when I started trying some out: Aus prices are often double that of the US, hence perceptions of 'expensive' and 'value' change markedly. All Pathfinder 15R manufactured since mid 2008 had brown Vox grill.Īn 8' special design Vox speaker was mounted inside the open backed cabinet.Īn optional Vox VFS2 foot switch was used to control the reverb and tremolo.When I started playing, a lot of the advice I got was 'buy the best amp you can afford'. A Boost switch dramatically increases gain and overdrive.īlack Vox grill cloth was used on the Pathfinder 15R from 2002 through 2008, but a change made was by the factory to brown Vox grill cloth in mid 2008. In addition to Gain, Volume, Treble, and Bass Controls, the P15R even includes Tremolo and spring based Reverb.

Later Vox models in the low to mid price range would drop the use of gold string.Īlthough solid state, this amp had an amazing tube like tone. It has all the vintage style Vox cosmetics right, including gold string in the cabinet sides, top, and bottom. This was one of my favorite amps from Vox, despite it's low price. After more than twelve years of production, Vox finally retired the P15R Pathfinder Reverb in January 2013. That amp disappeared shortly after the Pathfinder 15R was introduced. This amp was an updated version of the Pathfinder without reverb that was originally introduced by Vox in 1999. The Pathfinder 15R was a small solid state 1x8' 15 watt combo amp that was introduced by Vox in 2000. Also the light sometimes turns off and on, but doesn’t interrupt the amp/sound.Ĭomes with a new Rigg padded cover and a new VFS2 footswitch. There are some slight dings and marks on the corners and some edges. Great amp for home, studio and small gigs! It has a Jensen 10 inch speaker installed instead of the 8 inch and it really opens up the amp!

Vox pathfinder 15r stock speaker