Plug In, Rock Out!
The headphone guitar amp that lets you enjoy serious guitar sound, fast. Jamming late at night? Don’t want to wake the neighbors? The amPlug Series of palm-sized headphone guitar amps make it easy to enjoy great guitar sounds at home, in your room, or anywhere. Simply plug the amPlug directly into any guitar, attach a pair of headphones, and you’re ready! Use the AUX input jack to plug any CD/MP3 player right into the amPlug and jam along. Connect the optional amPlug Cabinet (sold separately) to create a miniature amp stack to share the sound with friends.
amPlug Bass
‘Bass’ is modeled on VOX’s classic AC100 bass amp, and expands its potential with a full-range tone that supports today’s bass sounds. A compressor/boost effect provides not just compression but also a thick overdrive sound, giving you the perfect tones for performing in any style. Careful attention has been paid to the sound quality, and a high-quality FET buffer circuit has been used to obtain even greater dynamic range.
Practice in private with top-notch amplifier tone for complete sonic satisfaction
Need a few minutes alone with your tone? Your amPlug is ready. Up all night working on ideas? Killing time on the tour bus? amPlug is there. Want to polish your solo before that big gig? Don’t wanna hear the other kids in Study Hall? amPlug is your answer. All-new analog modeling techniques endow amPlug with no-sacrifice sound satisfaction. For that classic, British VOX top-boost tone, check out the amPlug AC30. A pair of AAA alkalines will keep you alone with your tone for up to twenty hours.
VOX amPlug Specifications
- Power supply: two AAA batteries
- Battery life: with alkaline batteries: approximately 27 hours (with zinc-carbon batteries: approximately 10 hours.)
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 86 x 80 x 31 (mm), 3.39″ x 3.15″ x 1.22″
- Weight: 40g /1.41oz. (not including batteries).
- Included items: two AAA zinc-carbon batteries
$ 64.00
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152 of 155 people found the following review helpful
 Really Good!!, By
This review is from: Vox amPlug AC30 Guitar Headphone Amp (Electronics)
I recently discovered this little tone wonder by cruising the guitar effect pedal vids on You Tube. (I discover a lot of new things that way, especially with independent user reviews). The sound of this little effect box was a real eye-opener! Plus, I was looking for something that would be very simple for practicing on the couch, that didn’t require connecting a lot of wires or an AC adapter. Everyone seemed to be very positive about it – which has got to mean something. My gear lust got the best of me, so the next day when I happened to be in Best Buy, I checked with their new music department (!) and there it was, they had several of them. I purchased it on the spot and couldn’t wait to get home and tear the wrapper open. There are almost no instructions included, except to tell you the obvious not to break it. I was a bit worried that it would not fit into the jack cavity on my two Stratocaster’s, but it does quite nicely, so obviously that was part of Vox’s design criteria. All the Amplug effect plugs were made to be plug and play as simple as possible. All you need is a set of headphones, and your guitar to be ready to go. The body features a very bright red LED indicator for on/off status, and three tiny embedded pots labeled: gain, tone and volume. That’s it! The most obvious difference between this and any other distortion/amp modeling effects I’ve tried, is that the Amplug is completely modeled with analog circuitry. There is nothing digital involved. The benefit is like night and day. The unit totally reacts to your playing, and your guitars pick up and volume settings. When you push it hard, it sags a little bit, and pushes back at you like a real amp and does – NOT like a digital model. The effect is uncannily warm and realistic, like a real tube amplifier. There is one simple headphone output, which is fine for personal listening, but is a bit of a minus for recording. After hearing this thing I definitely decided that I’m going to be using it for a lots of my recording sessions, but it is a little weak in the output department, which adds a little noise to the signal. It’s not a horrible issue, and certainly not worse than using a real amplifier, but I wish they could have addressed this and given the output a hi/lo setting. I record with this by using an eighth inch stereo adapter cable from its headphone output to the stereo RCA ins on my mixer. The unit is powered by two little AAA batteries. I think it goes through them faster than the 15 hour rating, because it’s crucial that you use it with full battery power, otherwise the tone suffers. So, if you buy this keep several pairs handy (or better yet use rechargeables. I am giving this a rating of 10 for sound quality simply because it just sounds so good!. It’s the closest thing I’ve ever heard to a real Vox AC30 tube amp, without having the real thing cranked and miked up in a room. The fact that you can have that kind of sound for is pretty unbelievable. I have had several tube preamps (Hughes & Kettner), a Marshall combo, a Roland VG-88 modeler, and most of the latest guitar amp software – this little unit simply blows them all away. The sound is rich and juicy, without ever becoming shrill or brittle, no matter how you set the controls. The three knobs are extremely touch sensitive; the slightest change makes a huge difference in the sound. I have never had anything that reacts so much to changes in my guitar settings. In fact, before this I always left the volume and tone on my guitars all the way up. You have nearly an infinite variety of sounds from clean to dirty (within the realm of an AC30 – this is definitely not a metal device), and even after hours of playing you’ll find yourself discovering juicy new tones from it. The basic sound is warm yet chimey, like a classic AC30. Roll the gain past 8, and the drive suddenly kicks in and puts you in Brian May territory. So convincing! It can also do cleaner Beatles 60s type sounds. Every other distortion type effect I’ve tried (especially in Guitar Rig3 and Amplitube – yuch), simply sounds like a dead layer of brittleness stuck on top of your sound. Usually they don’t change depending on how you play and lean in. This is completely different, it’s more organic like a real amplifier. Back off and it’s clean – push in hard and it really rings and grinds. I was really surprised by how it did that – and I’m wondering why it took so long for any manufacturer to do it right – especially since this is built with older analog technology. With the tone control up past five there is definitely noise introduced. It’s not horrible, and no different than any real amp I’ve played, but you’d think they could make a modern device a little quieter. It sounds very good with all my guitars and seems to bring out their true character, but it really…
40 of 41 people found the following review helpful
 Pocketsized and Full of Punch, By
This review is from: Vox amPlug Classic Rock Guitar Headphone Amp (Electronics)
Easily the best headphone amplifier I’ve tried! In the past these things were either full of hiss, smothered in echo, or were little more than glorified fuzz boxes with an Walkman-style headset. (That was definitely the case with Vox’s discontinued AC1). The Amplug is different. It plugs right into your guitar’s output jack, and has distinct tone, gain, and volume controls. No, this doesn’t sound like a 100 Watt Vox head shrunk into a palmsize toy. It DOES sound amazingly like a much larger and more expensive amplifier, with very pleasing and tube-like distortion at higher volumes. It’s the “classic rock” model, meaning that it’s optimized for the chunky tube-distorted sound of the mid 1970s.
I like the Amplug a lot. If you’re into lead or rhythm guitar in the styles of Free, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, or the Who, you’re going to enjoy this as a very valuable and inexpensive practice tool. The sound quality is good enough to use the Amplug as an amp simulator if you want to record your guitar directly to your computer. I think many people would be fooled into thinking you really had a large tube amp if they heard the recording. It’s an amazing simulation, and I prefer the tube emulation in it to some digital effects units I’ve tried. I actually like the fact that it doesn’t have built-in reverb as I’d rather use my own reverb when recording than be forced to settle with the built-in type. Drawbacks? The clean sound is anemic. (This is not the headphone amp to use if you’re planning on comping jazz chords with a heavy right hand. I have tried my mandolin with the clean setting and the results were somewhat better due to the double coursed strings.) Also, the Amplug really does require fresh batteries – the sound as the batteries weaken becomes more and more abrasive. As the batteries die, the sound gets progressively irritating. The plug isn’t angled, so you’re going to have a hard time using this with a Strat-like guitar. (I use a Gibson SG and I don’t have this problem). The construction is very lightweight plastic that does not inspire my confidence. For a few dollars more, the Amplug could have a metal chassis that would be very durable. None of these things deter me, because I don’t expect miracles from a Japanese-made plastic amp. This is in no way a surrogate for a real amp, such as Vox’s own DA5, and is very much a single-trick device – but it does its single trick very well. I bought the Vox Classic Rock amPlug on a whim in a music store. I’m glad I did! It’s helped to excite me once more about playing and practicing daily. The price is definitely right, and the distortion sounds are superb. Buy this with the understanding that no amp can do all things and you’ll have a great time with it. 0
45 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Ultra compact, great soun & fx, but flimsier than it looks…, By
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This review is from: Vox AmPlug Bass Guitar Headphone Amp (Electronics)
I recently purchased the Vox AMPlug for Bass, because it was the most compact headphone amp I could find for my travel bass. It truly is a great headphone amp with great sound and great FX. It’s got that groovy and classic Vox AC100 bass amp sound that truly inspires. With the right headphones/earphones, I worry that I’m blasting my neighbors. Thankfully they can’t hear a thing.
The only initial negative is that the construction is flimsier than it looks. The battery door barely stays on, and the gain, tone and volume “wheels” are hard to see and access. Aside from that, I highly recommend it. 0 |
