 Best Sellers | | Home VOX Pathfinder 15R Guitar Combo Amplifier - 1x8 Inch, 15 Watts | |
|  | |  | | | VOX Pathfinder 15R Guitar Combo Amplifier - 1x8 Inch, 15 Watts | | | | | | | |
List Price:
| $175.00 | |
Our Price:
| $119.00 | |
You Save:
| $56.00 (32%)
| | Shipping: | Free | |
*Shipping:
| |
| | | SKU:
V9168R | | In Stock | | Availability:
Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | Only 2 left in stock, order soon! | | |
|
| | Features | Gain Control. Set higher for crunch and distortion sounds and lower for cleaner tones.Boost Switch. Press in for more gain and distortion. Press out for cleaner sounds.You can turn this function on and off remotely with the optional VFS2 Footswitch.Volume Control. Controls the overall volume.Set high for clean sounds. Lower the level when setting the Gain control high for distortion.Treble Control. Adjusts the higher frequencies or treble in your tone, from soft and full at one extreme to bright and cutting at the other.Tremolo Speed Control. Controls the speed at which the built in tremolo oscillates.You can also control the tremolo function remotely with the optional VFS2 Footswitch.
| |
| | Description | The Pathfinder 15R is identical to the Pathfinder 15 but also features an onboard Spring Reverb system with a Reverb control that adjusts the level of the effect. With the classic good looks of its bigger brothers, the new 15 watt 1x8 inch Pathfinder combo packs a profusion of VOX style and sound into a highly compact and affordable package. Like other family members, it sports typical VOX characteristics like basket-weave vinyl, diamond grille cloth, white piping, gold beading and, of course, chicken-head pointer knobs. The Pathfinder 15 houses a wonderful sounding, vintage Tremolo effect and is extremely versatile when it comes to tone, its distinctive, maroon colored top panel features a Gain Boost switch plus controls for Volume, Gain, Treble, Bass, Tremolo Speed and Tremolo Depth. The Pathfinder 15 produces 15 watts of power that drives a specially voiced 8 inch VOX Bulldog speaker. In addition to a headphone output that mute the internal speaker for silent practice, the rear panel also has a specially filtered Line Out jack for recording/live work and an External Speaker output as well. | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 18.0 inches | | Product Width: | 10.0 inches | | Product Height: | 17.0 inches | | Product Weight: | 21.0 pounds | | Package Length: | 17.3 inches | | Package Width: | 16.6 inches | | Package Height: | 9.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 21.35 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 4 reviews |
| |
| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 4 customer reviews )
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Great sounding amp for the money May 10, 2010
By H. Ryu
"Paul"
This is one of my favorite guitar amps. For the money, you can't get any better. And you won't find too many things for twice the price that sound half as good.
The built-in 8" speaker leaves something to be desired (the break up is uneven), but the amp comes with a Line Out and an Speaker Out for an 8-ohm extension cab. The amp sounds decent with the built-in speaker, but plug a 1x12" cabinet and wow, it really comes to life! Some inexpensive 1x12" cabinets include the Epiphone Valve Junior Extension Cabinet, 1x12 or Crate Blackheart BH112 Little Giant 1X12 Guitar Cabinet. Both of them are 16-ohm cabs but they work fine. I find that the Epiphone sounds a bit smoother with the amp, but the Blackheart gives it more edge and definition, so it's up to you what you like. I prefer the Epiphone myself, but the nice thing about those two cabs is that they're the identical size, so you can put them side by side or make a mini stack and then daisy chain the two if you feel like it.
As this is a 15 watt solid state amp, don't expect much clean headroom, but if you don't mind a bit of overdrive, this amp will keep up with a drummer in a rehearsal setting, if you use an extension cabinet. And it sounds very good cranked. If you want even more volume, you can use the line out into the PA, but that's only going to sound as good as your PA, so there's that. Just think about what a good deal this little amp is. It can drive cabs, it can sound good on its own, you can feed it to the PA, and it's very cool looking and lightweight to boot. You can definitely gig with this amp. Look at Feist, her stage setup consists of two of these suckers, and she makes enough money to be using more expensive stuff if she wanted to do so. All in all, this is a great practice amp and might be a good rehearsal/gigging/backup amp for you. For a beginner, this + an Epiphone cab should be a no-brainer at the price.
Keep in mind that the picture shows a black grill cloth but that you might receive one with brown grill cloth. That's good because the brown makes the Pathfinder look better, like it's a miniaturized AC30 or something, and who doesn't want that? And if it looks better, it must sound better, right? :)
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
The Fender Pro Junior Amp Cover fits it! Apr 13, 2012
By SneezeAttack
"sneezeattack"
It has most of the useful stuff. Reverb and tremolo effects, which sound great (when used sparingly, like anything). It doesn't have the top boost input available on both the AC15 and AC30, and it doesn't have the effects loop available on the AC30. Having more circuitry and knobs would have not only increased the price, but increased the size of the unit a tad. Furthermore, the line out and external speaker out jacks are much more important to me anyway (option to be lazy at recordings or gigs, by not needing a microphone).
I haven't had it for long, and have only used it a couple of times so far. I read a lot of feedback on any gear I'm considering, and never heard about these things crapping out. I don't know the nature of the wood under the tolex, if it's plywood or particle board, if it's stapled or tongue in groove ... I'm also not too concerned about it. No extraneous noise or AM stations.
This thing will never outlive its value. You can get something a lot worse for just a little less money (or even a little more money in most cases). When the Vox AC4TVmini was marked down to this same price, I thought about it, and went with this instead. It's a first amp for a beginner, a practice amp for a pro, and a recording amp for whomever. I haven't tried the speaker or line out jacks yet, but that takes a step out of the process of recording or playing a show if you're feeling lazy (which you probably are if you're using this instead of your stack).
If Vox is having their AC30's made in China currently, they're obviously not making their Pathfinders in the UK. It's tough to make a complaint though, when you wind up with something this good. And FYI, the Fender Pro Junior Amp Cover fits it perfectly!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
I love this amp to bits! Mar 01, 2012
By Jared Jennings
I got the mustang 2, returned it due to poor sound quality, and a strange breakup that I read about on fender forums, but thought mine wouldn't have, as I only saw it mentioned in the 3 and 4 models. Plus it sounded cold, like it should, cause it's a computer amp, not a tube, or even solid state.
I then got a bugera 15 watt tube/solid state, and that had lots of noise, but sounded great, but no reverb (yuck). I knew I HAD to get it right for my 3rd try. So I went back to the web searching and somehow missed this one. That's cause on youtube there are videos of like 4 amps being compared with demos, but the vox one is the VALVETRONIX, which is a modelling amp like the mustang (yuck!). This amp really is the best secret, though from all the people on the vox forums, I wouldn't call it a secret.
the sound is incredible, I got it for a clean tone, and once you figure out the break up point of your guitar and the amp, you get a great ringing tone that is really special. I don't use the amp reverb, I actually run an old digitech rp through it, but it's great the amp has it, and it sounds good. The tremelo is cool also, and is great to play with. What makes this thing a STONE COLD FOX is that it has an external speaker output, which is unheard of one a "practice amp", so I'm going to get a vox night train 12 inch guitar speaker-cab some time in the future, but for what I do with it, it's sweet. The line out is funky in that the amp still has sound when you plug it in to a recorder. I was frustrated at first thinking that was it, the end. I went back to the vox forums and saw the same question being asked and saw the trick is to run the line out, then run a dummy line. That means to put a plug in the headphone out jack while you run the line out to your recorder, I use a little effects mini-cable, and it works, so that rocks.
The distortion is no good, but with the clean tone so awesome, the trick is that it takes pedals very well. I use the distortion on my digitech, and it sounds awesome, when I wanna rock out or practice scales.
Can't say enough about it. For the price, this thing is flat out amazing. Like I said the option to run it out to a bigger speaker, cause the 8 inch is, umm, an 8 inch, will give you more option for a louder sound before the break up. The other trick I read about on the forum is to get what's called a clean boost pedal, there's one called mod tone I'm going to get soon, that will give you more....clean tone which should really help with more "head room".
This thing is for the non-metal minded player, though like I said, it takes pedals so well, it should actually kill it for a metal head. I get some great sound with my digitech thing that makes me bang my head ever so slightly.......
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
VOX - a childhood dream realized May 08, 2011
By Tim
SO I finally bought a Vox amp to go with my 60s retro Strat. It only took me 47 years! It seems that these two products were made for each other. The stratocaster sounds terrific through this amp. Overall, the amp has a great tone, the reverb is easily controlled and adds just the right amount of depth. The tremolo is fine - I don't plan on using it much as I am not adept at making it match the tempo of the music. It is touted as a practise amp and for that it meets all expectations.
| |
| |
| |  | |  |
|
Recently Viewed Storewide Best Sellers | You may also like ... |
