Talk:Vox (company)

Addition to WikiGuitarists?

I think this article should be included. Tag added! --Hector 18:59, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

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Does a vox ac15 sound good? does it sound as good as an ac30? does it distort when you plug in a distortion pedal?

-ethan

Revert of 3 July 2006

I reverted changes made by an anonymous user at IP 195.93.21.135 (which is an AOL proxy) because it was not referenced, poorly formatted, and didn't contribute to the article as it stands. If someone can show that demand has indeed grown for the AC30 recently (rather than being the perception of the user), and that this has something to do with an actual "rebirth" of indie rock, feel free to add the info back.

More recently a demand has grown for ac30's perhaps due to the 'rebirth' of indie rock. Many bands looking for a bright but heavy tone such as The Futureheads and Dirty Pretty Things have turned to the ac30.

This is the exact text and formatting reverted. emw 05:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Organs

Ray of the Doors hardly ever used a Vox  Organ. There are some photos of the Doors playing in Italy where he is seen using one, but this is a rare occasion. He played a Gibson Organ, and used the Fender Rhodes bassline on top of it. No Vox, No Farfisa, a Gibson

Not everything's the AC30

The Who used AC100 "Super Beatles",[1] which I assume The Beatles also used, hence the name. MightyMoose22 ^{>Abort, Retry, Fail?_} 08:53, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I removed the reference to Townshend using AC30s because he never did. He used Vox amps, but not AC30s: http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/guitar/ptgear.html

According to "The Vox Story", the Beatles never used the Super Beatle amp. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.131.110.102 (talk) 09:51, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't know... I thought the Beatles chose AC30's? In their later years, they didn't play out that much, and 100w is an awful lot for just recording. But sounds like a perfect match for near-deaf Townshend. Vox probably tried to capitalize on their affiliation with the pop band. --Hector 19:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

It's likely that they did use AC30s, but due to the crowd noise (the infamous tales of thousands of American teenage girls screaming so loud that nobody could hear the band) it's not beyond grasp that the AC100s were developed specifically for them to combat this problem.

According to this page, the "Super Beatle" model was a solid-state version of the existing AC100 valve amp. However, it also says The Beatles themselves probably never used them.

According to this page, "In mid '65 Pete and John changed to two Vox AC100 (Super Beatle) each, presumably for their extra power. Unfortunately the rating of 100W was nominal and the sound, when played on full, was poor. Reliability was similar with regular burn outs." Which could probably just be put down to the fact that they were solid state, and early prototype solid state at that.

It doesn't really matter, it's just that at the moment the article's very AC30-centric, which doesn't seem fair to the other models. MightyMoose22 ^{>Abort, Retry, Fail?_} 20:17, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

It Might also be noted that the Beatles only used AC-30 amps in the studio. Live they mostly used the UL-120, or 7120.

According to "The Vox Story" book by David Petersen and Dick Denney, the Beatles started out with the AC30 Treble model, moved to the AC30 Top Boost, Paul used the T60 bass amp, AC100 prototypes were used for the 1964 US tour (the AC100 was known as the AC100 Super Deluxe in JMI literature of the day). In 1965, Denney developed a speaker cabinet similar to the one used on the US Super Beatle amps - 4 'blue' Celestion 12" speakers with 2 Goodmans Midax compression drivers/horns. The group also used the 7120 in the studio for the Revolver and Sgt. Pepper recording sessions. In the 'Hello Goodbye' promo film Paul uses his 4120 while George and John are shown with their then new Defiant amps (50w - 2 12" head/cab setup) The touring info is considered accurate as Denney went on tour with the group as 'amp tech' to keep things running, so to speak.THX1136 (talk) 00:13, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

There is no mention of the Rose Morris era AC-30 amps. The AC-30 was in constant production since the 60s. It was Korg bringing back the Tube Rectifier version that made the amp popular again. Now that they are made in China, the AC-30 is in another period of decline. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.161.165.241 (talk) 04:41, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

AC30s are far from being in another era of decline.

Fair use rationale for Image:AC30-Custom-Classic-lg.jpg

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Vox wireless

Did Vox offer a wireless guitar system in 1966? Binksternet 14:46, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Valvetronix information out of date

ADxxVT series was replaced by VTxx series. VT series has updated electronics, more amp presets, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.123.50.245 (talk) 03:57, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

I also noticed the same thing & came here to see if anyone else did. Apparently like the above person, I don't have the time or the desire to deal with changing it at the moment.68.207.148.21 (talk) 22:15, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Just added the appropriate tag to denote the out-of-date info in the Valvetronix section.68.207.148.21 (talk) 22:20, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

References

Please remember, if you make a statement that a series of guitars isn't commercially successful, or critically well received, be sure to place a reference. Especially in an introduction to an article. Otherwise, a case could be made against the Wikipedia for possible slander. (Hopefully, I'm paranoid, but, you never know, and it's why references are so important.)--Leahtwosaints (talk) 03:15, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

The Velvet Underground

Hi, I've read in a few different books that The Velvet Underground were the first North American band to be endorsed by Vox. This is not mentioned in the article, but the article does claim that the Brothers Grim were the first American band to feature Vox Amplifiers; this claim, however,is not referenced. My questions are as follows: a) were the Velvets inaccurate in their claim to be the first? If not, they should be mentioned and b) is there a verifiable source for the Brothers Grim claim? to what extent were the Brothers "featured," and how relevant is this really?

Much thanks, I will be looking into this myself as much as possible, but also wanted to let you all know before making any changes or anything.

I feel like a tourist (talk) 04:02, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

The "Vox Bass" section is in a redirect loop

It refers to a separate article, which then redirects back to this one. Probably should be corrected. --Louisstar (talk) 16:45, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Checked the above out and found there is no separate article for the bass guitars. I removed the link which should not be reversed until there is an actual article. THX1136 (talk) 20:28, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Other Vox Amps

I was looking at the page and I noticed that various Vox amps, such as the amPlug 2, are not mentioned in the article. I would be happy to add a section for these amps if it would help the article. Urban Versis 32 (talk) 01:29, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Why no mention of Reg Clark?

Why no mention of Reg Clark? He was instrumental in the success of many Vox products 87.186.113.6 (talk) 16:27, 26 January 2023 (UTC)