Notably, though, the output jack provides a filtered signal that cancels the noise and emulates the amplifier’s speaker on your headphone. Here we find a simple offering with an XLR input for your guitar, plus a headphone out / line out for silent practice. There’s not much going on in the input/output section. There’s nothing that jumps out as “cheap,” even though the amp has plenty of PBS materials (cheap plastic).Ī guitar amplifier this small and light can sit at the top of your desk easily. Overall, the amplifier looks just like a Vox amp should look, only a bit smaller. That means you could carry it around from one place to another without too much hassle. It has the size and the weight of a launch box because it’s a small practice amp. There’re other small details, like white and gold bindings on the side that captures the legendary Vox looks. Also, it has the brand’s chicken head knobs. Just snip or unsolder these two LED's on the circuit board and you're golden.The classic look of the Vox Pathfinder 10 includes the basket-weave grille, the leather material in front of the speaker, and the colored diamond grille cloth. With its low weight, wide frequency range and now big bump in headroom and output volume it's an easy grab and go rig. I was too, it was an earplug sort of affair.Īfter that jam I feel comfortable bringing that PF15r out to just about any gig. The other members were pretty amazed that it could keep up and that it sounded great. I could still get whatever amount of breakup by turning up the gain and pulling the volume back. With the boost engaged I had plenty of clean headroom on tap in fact I had to turn it down some. I was feeling the same way after I saw their half stacks. When I first rolled up I got the impression from them that I should have brought another amp. Even then the band would have to turn it down some so I could be heard. Everything would have to be maxed out and the amp would produce a lot of distortion. The PA could not keep up with the band (vocalist screaming throughout) but the Pathfinder with the LED mod sure did.īefore I did the mod the amp would just barely keep up in a setting like that. Two other guitarists with half stacks and a bassist with a 200W rig. I recently sat in with a very loud punk act that has a heavy hitting drummer.
I have not had a chance to sit in with a really loud band since performing the mod to the amp and wanted to share my findings. About a year ago I posted my LED mod for the Pathfinder to the forum.
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