Any Vox AD30VT users?

Fireproof · #1 November 21st, 2005

Anyone use a Vox AD30VT (or even the larger Valvetronix modeling amps)?

I'm looking for tips on tweaking the sound for the Stevie Ray Vaughan "Cold Shot" sound.

Thanks in advance!

Bohma · #2 December 3rd, 2005

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Originally Posted by Fireproof

Anyone use a Vox AD30VT (or even the larger Valvetronix modeling amps)?

I'm looking for tips on tweaking the sound for the Stevie Ray Vaughan "Cold Shot" sound.

Thanks in advance!

Hi,

I've got one of those - nice amp!

Try the following link
http://www.patchtronix.com/

As far as I can recall, they have some SRV patches there.

HTH

Bohma

Paulinnc · #3 October 20th, 2007

I have one of these too. I found some good patches over at valvetronix.net Check it out. There is a section Specifically for the AD30VT.

SprayTech · #4 October 20th, 2007

Heres just a click link

http://www.valvetronix.net/valvetron..._1_date_1.html

Paulinnc · #5 October 21st, 2007

I got mine from Northcoastmusic.com. I ordered it with the Vox grill cloth instead of the ugly metal grill. Check it out, it definitely makes the amp look way cooler.

geezer · #6 October 24th, 2007

I just got a ad30vt and like it a lot.
Thanks for the link to valtronix patch site.
Just printed off 17 blues and clean patches to try.

Midnight Rider · #7 October 26th, 2007

Hey that is a really cool site. I just got a Vox AD30VT-XL, I guess for extra large (as in sound)! It sounds great but the modeling descriptions have changed on this model so I may have to wait for the VOX site to catch up with some new settings.

eXperiment63 · #8 October 26th, 2007

XL has nothing to do with the perceived sound. You got the wrong amp for what you want. The XL was made to compete with the Cube as far as high-gain amps go. The AD30VT is for clean-moderate-gain. It can pull off the high-gains sounds, just not as well as the cube. The VT-XL is made specifically for the high-gain sound.

Noodler · #9 November 7th, 2007

You buy a modelling amp to get variety. So which would be the more versatile of the two? Would you only go high-gain for NuMetal and pinch harmonics?

Stratrat · #10 November 7th, 2007

Depends on what kind of music you play, I guess. The regular AD30VT has some "cleaner" models such as the Fender Bassman, Vox AC15 and AC30, Dumble (Boutique Clean), etc. I'm not sure exactly which amps the XL emulates, but it says it's more for high-gain stuff so I'd imagine it models more of the stuff along the lines of Diezel, 5150/6505, Soldano, Triple Rectifier, etc. I'm just guessing because I've never seen or played the XL, but it sounds like it's geared more toward metalheads.

Noodler · #11 November 8th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Stratrat

Depends on what kind of music you play, I guess. The regular AD30VT has some "cleaner" models such as the Fender Bassman, Vox AC15 and AC30, Dumble (Boutique Clean), etc. I'm not sure exactly which amps the XL emulates, but it says it's more for high-gain stuff so I'd imagine it models more of the stuff along the lines of Diezel, 5150/6505, Soldano, Triple Rectifier, etc. I'm just guessing because I've never seen or played the XL, but it sounds like it's geared more toward metalheads.

I love the Boutique Clean setting (on the Vox). Pure and sweet. Never heard of a Dumble before, so that's interesting. Thanks!

Is Triple Rectifier a brand or a circuit? I was confused by that name because I have not seen it advertised as a brand, and yet I know it is the name of a cicuit of 4 diodes arranged to turn AC into DC.

I'd want the cleaner amps you mentioned, as long as there was at least one setting where you could use drop D for grunt and squealy artificial harmonic leads.

Would you consider the Vox Ad series for a giiging amp?

Stratrat · #12 November 8th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Noodler

I love the Boutique Clean setting (on the Vox). Pure and sweet. Never heard of a Dumble before, so that's interesting.

Dumbles are custom, hand-built, "boutique" tube amps. Extremely pricey and very rare (it's rumored that there were only about 200 of them built.) Not just any "Joe Public" with a fistful of money could buy one - Howard Dumble wouldn't build one for you unless you were a "somebody" that he wanted playing his amps. They originally sold for somewhere around $2000 - now used ones can be in the $30,000 price range!

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Originally Posted by Noodler

Is Triple Rectifier a brand or a circuit? I was confused by that name because I have not seen it advertised as a brand, and yet I know it is the name of a cicuit of 4 diodes arranged to turn AC into DC.

The "Triple Rectifier" is an amp model built by Mesa/Boogie. It's a very high-gain amp - definitely not what you'd ever think of when it comes to "cleans". It would definitely give you that Drop D 'grunt' and 'squealy artificial harmonic' stuff, though.

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Originally Posted by Noodler

Would you consider the Vox Ad series for a giiging amp?

I can't say personally, since I don't gig. I've heard of people gigging them - perhaps some of the guys here with more experience in that realm can weigh in on that one.

Noodler · #13 November 8th, 2007

That Howard Dumble anecdote is great!

I love stories like that. They become part of an interesting musical folklore, like the way Molly Meldrum was "discovered" while half-drunk going to buy another bottle of scotch, or the way the song, "I've been everywhere Man" was discovered in a strip joint in King's Cross. Just the right place at the right time.

I definitely would choose the Boutique Clean over the Rectifier option if I had to choose one or the other.

DalRon · #14 November 9th, 2007

There is an excellent forum devoted to the Valvetronix

Valvetronix.net : forum

krissovo · #15 November 9th, 2007

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Originally Posted by DalRon

There is an excellent forum devoted to the Valvetronix

Valvetronix.net : forum

Great forum that, I am going to try the FX mod this weekend