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June 3rd, 2007, 01:56 AM
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Vox Pathfinder 15R
This is one fine little amp.
I would say this has to be one of the all time best bedroom amps ever made, tube styles included. It has a very excellent clean sound that shimmers and can be modified with reverb and tremolo. It has a distortion sound developed by turning a gain knob, with a boost button that moves the distortion into new territory quite well. It is totally loud enough for a variety of environments including bedrooms, small areas, etc. It turns down really well for low volume quality tones and distortions. It has that special Vox appearance that so many love. More importantly, it backs its attractive looks up with outstanding sonic performance. I have never played a fifteen watt amp that sounded this good, except for possibly a Fender Blues Junior. That Blues Junior is another very special and super great little amp. No question about it. But the Pathfinder is also very excellent, with a nice reverb and a great tremolo. You can combine its well integrated elements to produce some highly quality sounds and all sorts of volumes, up to its maximum potential. Of course you could go even farther with the filtered line out, or by miking it. You could even plug into a cabinet or build your own cabinet. This is a really nice little amp. Stand it next to one of those Vox fifteen watt chromies and see what it looks like. Play it and you might find you like its sound better too. I only played the bigger chromes and found them to be complicated and difficult to get a great sound out of, plus they are notoriously unreliable. The Pathfinder starts out with a great sound and waits to be adjusted into incredible intensities. This unit rocks like a freight train and rolls into a blues explosion, effortlessly. I would highly suggest trying this before a fifteen watt chromie. The Pathfinder fifteen R is hard to find in stores though. No wonder, it sounds so great. But it can be easily be found on all the internet music sites. Duff Winfield, Pa "Blue, blue windows behind the stars. Yellow moon on the rise. Big birds flying across the sky, throwing shadows on our eyes; leave us helpless, helpless, helpless." NY |
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June 3rd, 2007, 06:14 AM
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Nice review Duff.. I have not tried the Pathfinder amps, but your review makes me really interested. I´m a big fan of the Blues JR as well.
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June 13th, 2007, 12:23 AM
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It is solid state and very well done. Super excellent sound and looks good too. A lot of people would really like this sound and the nice tremolo and reverb.
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July 2nd, 2008, 01:46 AM
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Need about 100 solid state watts or 30 - 50 watt tube amp to effectively keep a drummer from yelling at you to get a real amp.
Duff
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July 3rd, 2008, 09:08 AM
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Pez with a K
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(though The mics on the cieling could have picked it up)
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July 3rd, 2008, 10:28 AM
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Were you playing with a drummer? If so s/he was playing awful softly. No way a 15W SS could cut it with any of the drummers I've played with over the years. Not un-mic'd.
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July 3rd, 2008, 10:44 AM
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Thhhhpppphhhhfffft!
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Nice review, Duff. I always wondered about the little Voxes...
I wouldn't recommend a 15 watt solid state amph for gigging. I played on a Fender Frontman 25 watt SS amph and was able to be heard over a drummer, but that thing was cranked. For a church setting at lower volumes (unless y'all rawk out), a 50 - 75 watt SS amph should do okay, especially if mic'd. My 120 watt Crate is loud enough to play country gigs at any of the clubs in my area and still be heard, without a mic at the speaker.
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November 28th, 2008, 05:54 PM
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A little late for a reply on this.. but on my honeymoon i went to Cancun, one weekend we wen't to the island of Cozumel and decided to rent a scooter to drive ariund the island (1 hour travel round the island).
On our little trip we came across a local coffee/restaurant/bar with a live cover band playing so we had to stop and take a look. The band played ok, some songs came out better than others and played mainly rock and reggae tunes. The guitarist played thru a Vox Pathfinder 15 (without reverb) and the Line 6 red-bean processor. The amp hold out pretty good and clear (at the time i had the Vox AD30VT) and was surprised to find out how loud this little amp sounded... tha band was playing outdoors BTW. So after that experience i sold the AD30, bought a 15R with a Digitech RP250 to handle all the gadgets if i ever feel to fool around... basically i enjoy playing it directly. Right now besides the 15R i own a Crate V5 waiting to be modded (see thread). Here's the pic of the Cozumel band, couldn't catch the name of the band so, no plug here. 
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December 3rd, 2008, 08:35 AM
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Super Duper Fretter
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Haha, that sign is pricelss: Big Tippers go to Heaven!
I notice they wrote it in English por todas las touristas!
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