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[ VOX MV50 AC | Mitch Bohannon ]
signal
into
my
volume
pedal, into a chorus/delay
and then to my D.I. I’ve
added an A/B switch to
switch between the D.I. for
my acoustic signal and the
MV50 so that I can now
switch between acoustic
and electric and use the
same guitar input. All fit
quite nicely on my pedal
board and looks fantastic!
Last night at rehearsal, I
made all connections and
tested it with my church
system and was really
pleased. This is actually
At NAMM this January I found an amp head recording and/or performance. In addition, on
that can sit comfortably on my pedal board! As the back of the AC head is a power switch,
a worship leader, I most often play acoustic, an ECO switch (for auto shut-off), impedance
but periodically will lead with my electric guitar. setting, and an EQ adjustment (flat or deep).
We have no live monitors or amps on stage, The impedance setting switches between 4,
and I’ve tried many different options trying to 8, and 16 ohms to match whatever speaker
get the tone I want that works with our current cabinet is connected to the head.
setup. It’s been hard. I had resolved to use an
oversized multi-effects board just to play one To test out the MV50, I disconnected the ¼
main tone through it. output from my Bugera Vintage 55 amp and
plugged the Vox directly into that speaker. Then
Vox released the new MV50 series amp heads I also took an old Crate amp that I almost threw
this past January with three options: AC, Clean, away years ago and removed all of the amp
and Rock. Though the head kind of looks like a parts… salvaging the speaker. Between these
toy, it packs a punch! The MV50 has 50 watts two speaker options, the MV50 settled in nicely
of power with speaker and line outputs. It’s with plenty of headroom. It responded well with
equipped with Newtube vacuum tubes (these plenty of chime for the clean tones expected
are made to work like a normal 12AX7 tubes), from a Vox AC and a sweet break up when
weighs only one pound, and has analog circuit boosting the gain/drive a bit. For both the 12”
for controls. I picked up the AC model to use. Bugera and the 8” Crate speakers, there was a
what I purchased this Vox
for! I needed to get the tone I’m looking for
without a taking up a big footprint or forcing me
to have an off-platform cabinet/amp. Check
the embedded video to see and hear this
setup between the cabinets and the church
application.
I am totally stoked to now have a simple option
to switch between acoustic and electric in
service. I’m completely pleased with the tone
options I have through this Vox and, for the
price, I may just get another one for practicing
at home. Street price on all three tone options
is $199.99.
ton of “in your face” power.
I’ve already mentioned the two outputs on the
back; the line out has cabinet emulation for
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On my pedal board, I regularly run my guitar
July 2017
WorshipMusician.com
www.VoxAmps.com/MV50