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Has anyone experiences ( + / - ) with both amps ?

Hans

Hi Johann, I have just taken delivery of No 9 of 10 JMI 50th, I have not tried it with a high volume as yet, but the tone using brilliant channel and top-boost is much better than my Vox AC15 Heritage combo. Dave R is coming down to 'The Hankies' next Tuesday to give it a blast !!, I'm sure he will give his honest account of it, good or bad, there will also be a AC30 H2L Ltd Edition Heritage there to compare it with. Regards Keith

Blimey I thought the new Vox Handwired range were not out in the shops yet ! I like the sound of the new top boost channel having a hot/ cool switch to get a bit more overdrive .. maybe it will sound much like a ef86 stage when the bass/treble controls are set to off ? Anyways next Tuesday looks interesting Keith and looking forwards to hearing the new JMI amp !

Sorry Rog, was getting yours and the new handwired mixed up !! (senior moment)

Interesting to see that the new Vox hand wired amps have no EF86 channel... great shame... essential for authentic early Shads tone...

I tried an experiment with my Heritage on the Top Boost Channel and turned the bass and treble to zero and with the amp turned up a fraction more it was not too far away from the sound of the ef86 albeit a tad more bottom end which could be EQ'd out anyways. That's why I wondered if the new Boost switch which drives the 12AX7's harder might in effect match the ef86 ... would not know till I tried one, but I do like my Heritage !

The pictures on the website at Vox show the tag boards and layouts which are a bit like the Heritage to my memory. Wonder if Vox have moved the fuses for better accessibility and changed the voltages like Amanda suggested ?

I have had my Heritage 18 months now and apart from changing the valves its been reliable oh and a brass screw snapped on the back wooden panel.... cannot find a replacement screw anywhere even Vox do not supply them... Bu**er