Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
I just bought this rather beat-up Vox BM1 Escort practice amp from the seventies, or maybe early eighties today. I’m thinking seventies, as it doesn’t have an IEC power connector, and the grill cloth is the red/brown colour. The back panel looks different to the one on Vox showroom and other photos that I’ve seen, so … Read more
This is a fairly obscure solid-state guitar amplifier from New Zealand – I don’t know exactly when it was made, but it does scream the 1970s. I bought it a few years back and have been using it as my test amp in the workshop/garage. I haven’t been able to track down a schematic, … Read more
Like others, I had read the hype about the Vox Pathfinder 15R and thought, really? I’d never paid any attention to them until I saw an article in Premier Guitar recently. So when I saw a Vox Pathfinder 15R pop up on Facebook marketplace at a reasonable price, I thought it would be worth a shot. … Read more
I quite like some of the guitar sounds from The Beatles Revolver album, and after looking at the Vox Supreme, I thought I might have a play with the UL series preamp. I’m also waiting for the build docs to come out for the Aclam Dr Robert on pedalpcb as a comparison. It’s also a … Read more