User Manual

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3. US BLUES
STD (Standard)
This models a 4x10" combo amp from 1959 that was originally
designed for bass guitar. Its smooth and crisp overdrive sound
will respond sensitively to your picking dynamics and to the
volume of your guitar.
SPL (Special)
This models the 22W Bruno Cowtipper Pro II 22 which owes its
existence to a special friend of VOX, the custom amp designer
Tony Bruno. It responds with extreme sensitivity to your playing
touch, and its silky-sweet clean tone will become a crunch sound
rich in overtones when you turn up the volume.
CST (Custom)
This models a wood-finished 30W boutique amp head that cost
more than $25,000. It delivers sparkling glassy clean tones, and
raising the gain will produce overdrive sounds that are star-
tlingly sweet in a musical way.
4. US 2x12
STD (Standard)
This models a black-faced 2x12" combo amp that has become an
indispensible item for country and blues players. Its tight and
clean sound provides deep piano-like bass tones, and will
deliver the classic Chicago blues tone particularly when used
with single coil pickups.
SPL (Special)
This models a beautiful 30W boutique amp head renowned for
its peerless quality and true point-to-point wiring. Based on a
concept similar to that of the VOX AC30, this amp is known for
its rich overtones, sparkling clean tone, and great-sounding
overdrive.
CST (Custom)
Based on a crunch-distortion amp, this original amp model
changes the tone control to an active circuit that is more power-
ful than the conventional one, allowing a wide range of tones to
be created.
Raise the TREBLE for sparkling chords or lower it for a tasteful
blues setting, or turn up the MIDDLE for a rock backing sound.
5. VOX AC15
STD (Standard)
This models the AC15TB, which combines the beautifully sweet
tonal character of the AC15’s low output power amp with the
sound-creating flexibility of the AC30’s top boost channel.
SPL (Special)
This models channel 2 of the VOX AC15 (1x12", 15W), which
was manufactured in 1962 and was a big hit for its compact cab-
inet, power, and great tone – along with then-popular British
bands.
CST (Custom)
This original amp model is based on an old British amp that
delivers the ideal kind of powerful distortion for rock, but with
the tone control changed to an active circuit that has a stronger
effect than the conventional one, allowing a wide range of tones
to be created.
You can obtain basic distortion sounds at the flat setting, or take
advantage of the active tone circuit to create highly distinctive
lead sounds.