How's it goin'? Name's Dan. I found this site when I was doing a search for a AD50VT and AD30VT comparison. Just reading around, I really dig the place and the general mellowness and positive feelings of the posters (I mean that in a non New Age sort of manner, by the way). Definitely a breath of fresh air compared to the rest of the crazed internet and their insistence on trying to tear you a new one anytime anyone says about anything opinion related or otherwise.
I WOULD have had a first post asking about different amps, as I was in the market for one and had it down to probably a Roland Cube, Tech 21, and a couple others in the 30 to 50 watt range. I've seen bad things about the Vox's as far as reliability goes, but then I heard some sound clips and was impressed, so I checked out a 30 at Guitar Center. I fell in love with the Blackface 2X12 channel and being they had no Cubes or Tech 21's instore (only online), I decided I would probably get a 30, but wondered about getting a 50.
ANYWAY, to make a long story longer, I found a great condition AD50VT on Craigslist yesterday for 10 bucks more than it would have cost for a brand new AD30VT, so my question was pretty much answered for me right there. I ran and picked it up and I think it's darn good. I didn't get a chance to fiddle around too much, but there are some real sweet rock and blues tones in there. Speaking of which, I come from the Heavy Metal school of playing, but now that I've added a few years to my total (and going completely acoustic for a stint a few years back and again a year back), I find myself getting more and more into the rock and blues sides of things and less of the chug-a-lug thang. Hence, why I ended up wanting the Vox.
Sorry...hope that wasn't too hard to look at. So like, welcome to me.