Vox Pathfinder 15R

[Brian Krashpad]

Haha, that sign is pricelss: Big Tippers go to Heaven!

I notice they wrote it in English por todas las touristas!

[Tarin]

I had to revive this thread... i just have to.
This little amp sounds awsome as it is, we all know that... but have you heard it through a 12" cab?

I recently got a Blackheart LG half stack... the head i will sell but the cab i'll keep for further testing.
Thing is i've been using my 15R with this 12" cab and to my ears it just sounds great... i'm not that much "tone savy" but i know what sounds good to me when i hear it.
I've had lot of 15-30 watt / 200-300 dollar amps since i buy on Ebay and sell on the mexican version of Ebay... that way i get to use lots of guitar stuff.

Back on the subject: i then decided to upgrade my 15R with a 10" speaker, got a good deal on a Jensen MOD 10-35... i just finished installing it... soundcheck, and decided to write about it ASAP.

Great little amp this 15R's... no wonder it's the only one i haven't sold.

[Duffy]

This thread takes me back.

I was just looking at my Pathfinder 15R yesterday, admiringly.

It is no wonder that after two failed attempts to get a solid functioning Peavey Classic 30 I finally, and with great satisfaction, purchased the new
Vox AC15c1 Custom with the Celestion Greenback. I already have a Peavey Delta Blues that performs impecably and sounds even better now that I elevated it above the floor. Spud's comment that the Classic 30 would be redundant blew past me like a funky wench until later when the wisdom of his words finally sunk in.

The AC15c1 Custom is an awesome amp that does not crackle or pop and sounds like an instrument in its own right. It looks a lot like the Pathfinder 15R and has a top panel lay out quite similar to the AC15c1.

I can't speak highly enough about both amps, but the AC15 is in another universe. I played it last night with my NOS Ibanex SZ320. The SZ320 is an unbelievable guitar. I might sell off some lesser guitars and try to find a new old stock SZ520 just because they are such great guitars.

Last night I noticed something very enjoyable with the SZ320. When I turned down the volumes on the pickups on the guitar, it kept all of the tone; all of the driven sound and clarity. I'm not sure if it was the guitar or the AC15, but suspect the guitar strongly. This was a really welcome treat at about four in the morning jamming to some Buddy Guy with the Saturday Night Live Band CD at low volume. I also was playing my Ibanez stock AS73 with the only mod being my just modified neck - that I finely sanded down to the bare wood and treated with lemon oil. This neck is now awesome and for some reason I have immediately bonded with this excellent guitar, one of my best, that did not get picked a lot for playing. From now on it will be one of my favorite players. I'm playing it right at the moment thru my Crate Palomino V32 212 with Celestion 70/80's, another great sounding amp, set up next to my AC15 for easy nodding out access. I also played my Squier Affinity J Bass with the Fender Custom Shop noisless J bass pickups; super smooth sounding bass with very musical tone. The Custom Shop noisless pups and the Flatwound strings give this bass a tone that is really fun to jam along to CD's with. I was grooving to almost exclusively mellow blues tunes from Gary Moore, Buddy Guy, and others. No effects pedals, just these fine guitars and the inexpensive bass.

Anyway, it is amazing how similar in vibe the Pathfinder 15R is to the AC15c1. I am going to do an a/b sound comparison with some grains of salt added to see if I can find any parallelisms other than the visual vibe.

I wonder what a great replacement speaker for the Pathfinder 15R is?

I'll let you know about the amp comparison, see if there are any tonal parallelisms. I bet there are. Especially with the reverb and tremolo played into the picture.

[Commodore 64***]

Back on the subject: i then decided to upgrade my 15R with a 10" speaker, got a good deal on a Jensen MOD 10-35... i just finished installing it... soundcheck, and decided to write about it ASAP.

Did you have to install a new baffle or modify the existing one?

[Duffy]

I'm thinking that a really good quality 8" speaker might work just as well as a ten in the Pathfinder. An 8" with a high sensitivity rating, like 100dB or greater.

I wonder if anything in the 8" range is really good and available?

[Commodore 64***]

I'm thinking that a really good quality 8" speaker might work just as well as a ten in the Pathfinder. An 8" with a high sensitivity rating, like 100dB or greater.

I wonder if anything in the 8" range is really good and available?

I'm loving the 8" in my Champ, it's a Weber Alnico Signature 8S. Weber makes a TON of 8" speakers, here are a few:

Signature Series
http://taweber.powweb.com/weber/csig8s.htm

http://taweber.powweb.com/weber/asig8s.htm

Vintage Series:
http://taweber.powweb.com/weber/8f125t.htm