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And, the vox hangs with the boogie when I blast the front in with my direct drive.
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I also play in a band where the other guitarist uses the usual mesa stuff and i much prefer the vox overdrive to the boogie overdrive. Now, I use the adjective "sweeter" to mean that the harmonics are richer and the overall sound is a little more rounded. Plus, 30 watts is plenty to hang with the 50 watt marshall beast.
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I play in a band where the other guitarist uses a JCM 800 and I find that the 2x12 combo version of the vox might not have the low end of the JCM 800, but it still cuts better and is overall a sweeter sounding amp.
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The mids are accentuated like you'd expect. It also cuts through the mix beautifully. Top Boost is awesome, but when the channels are blended it's old school marshall territory blended with a little vox, which is a great sound, really. I love the slight breakup/compression that the class A circuit can provide. Rocking out with an articulate and sophisticated yet straightforward sound that is somewhere between the sound I associate with Vox and the sound I associate with older marshalls. This set-up shows off what I've found the Vox to be really good at. I also throw in an epi Les Paul when humbuckers are called for, but I think my Tele is far superior. I spent some time building a pedal board around the sound of the vox and have a set-up that I'm completely satisfied with: '62 RI CIJ Tele into TU2, Barber LTD, Barber Direct Drive, Visual Sound H20, EH Small Stone Phaser all into the front end of the amp. I've used it quite a bit (three days out of the week, sometimes more) in a variety of bands. I've had this amp for about 9 months now (ordered it from ).