[OLD MODEL] Vox amPlug Classic Rock Guitar Headphone Amp

I bought this to play quietly in the house at night. I chose the Classic Rock version to get hard rock sounds from the 80's, and it delivers on that - I can get pretty decent AC/DC, Poison, etc. Also, backing off the gain gets nice crunch. It spans from mostly-clean to crunch to metal quite well. I will not use the gain all the way up, as it is too distorted for what I like to play. I have a prs p22 guitar, and I tried it on the piezo output as well - and it does pretty well - the tones are quite nice with the gain rolled back to 1 or 2 and the volume up. When the gain is low and the volume is high, it has background hiss. Usually I roll back the volume just a bit to get rid of that. I use it with my Bose QC15 headphones that I have for travel. The sound is quite good. Of course, it is not as good a sound as a real tube amp, and of course, it is not producing exciting levels of bass with 2 AAA batteries. But for what it does, it is a lot of fun, and makes me play more, which is worth a lot.

I absolutely love this little Vox Classic Rock amPlug. Perfect for that classic 70's tube drive sound. I won't get into all the nuances of the obtainable sounds it can produce, as this has been covered in other reviews.I was looking for something I could use on the go with a cheap practice guitar I bought for taking to work, or even just leave in my vehicle during mild weather periods. The Vox delivers. I have been using it almost daily for a few weeks now with my Epi Special guitar I bought used for $70 at GC. Also sounds great with my American Strat and my PRS SE Single Cut. I keep the Vox in the gig bag pocket with a 1/8" stereo cable and a pair of decent ear buds. Yes, it sounds awesome with "decent" ear buds that provide adequate bass response...no need to haul around bulky headphones. I use Skull Candy buds...they're great.I use the 1/8" cable two ways. I can plug my phone into the MP3 input jack to use my numerous Android guitar jam track apps, YouTube, or music MP3's. I also use the cable to plug into my vehicle stereo AUX input if I want to use the Vox without headphones. Sounds incredible, especially with a little tweaking of the stereo's EQ :)The only CONS I can think of are:*No reverb/delay (minor, considering the very reasonable price)*MP3 input jack is very fragileAs noted, the MP3 jack was an issue for me. The left channel went out after about a dozen uses. I strongly suggest using a stereo cable with at least one right angle plug to minimize pressure exerted on the amps input jack, especially if you sit while playing and the guitar has a bottom jack, as opposed to a front jack, like on a Strat. Amazon has promptly sent me a replacement, though. So, 5 stars to Amazon, but 4 for the Vox due to this issue.I'm considering the Satriani model, based on the great reviews and addition of a nice delay effect option.

I'm a new guitarist and nobody else would want to hear everything I play. I however, am having a ball playing as loud as I want with as much or as little gain as I feel like at the moment with my Classic Rock Guitar Headphone Amp. My Rickenbacker 360 sounds just the way I want, with as much clarity or with all the "smoke" as I feel like dialing in for now. It is SO nice to be free of the amp and cable on the floor and can quickly plug in, put in my ear buds, and practice for a while anywhere I want, anytime I want. Downside: I wish it had a little reverb to dial in or switch on to closer match my full size Vox amp and the controls are small/hard to read but easy to learn. You do get a pop when you turn it on because there is no tube warm up time. Solution: Hit the switch before putting in your buds if your sensitive. I plan to pick up other versions of the amPlug from Vox to extend my fun. This was a good choice. Buy one!

I'm a bedroom guitarist, and a parent. As a result, I can't leave amps sitting around in the open, nor can I expect to be able to set up a 100 watt Marshall stack with 4x12 speaker cabs and everything when I want to jam after the kids are in bed. I do have some small amps, but even then it's a bit of a hassle to set up every single time I want to play guitar.The concept of an amPlug is perfect for me. I not only get a headphone jack (which to be fair, my practice amp has as well) but I also can be mobile. If I want to walk around the house, or even go into the back yard, I am not tied to a specific location with a heavy amp to lug around. This is perfect for grabbing 15 minutes here or there to practice pentatonic and diatonic scales or work on a riff. It's also good for those evenings I don't want to lug out my practice amp, hook up the electricity, hook up the foot pedal, hook up the guitar, and deal with all that stuff.With all that in mind, the sound from this thing isn't good. I've used it with humbuckers (with coil splitting and normal) and single coil guitars. It sounds ok. and it does have some dials to turn to let you have a cleaner sound or a more distorted sound. The best way I could describe the sound quality would be if you took a Marshall amp, recorded it onto a cassette tape, then made a copy of that cassette tape, and so on. It isn't terrible, but in comparison my inexpensive solid-state Fender Mustang I seems like the audio equivalent of putting on glasses for the first time in your life. If I had a several thousand dollar Marshall and farmland to play at a proper volume, I'd probably hate this amPlug.That being said, for $30 it was a good price to pay for it's purpose. I've seen a lot of good reviews for the AC 30 version, but the "Classic Rock" has an ok Marshall-like tone that is good enough for the trade off of being fully portable and self-contained. However, if Fender were to release a competitor to this for $50 based on the Mustang technology, I'd get rid of this amPlug in a heartbeat.