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Vox Is Ruling The Amp Front At NAMM 09

Fender has a couple new offerings at this year’s NAMM, but nothing that’s really blowing me away. They all look to be basically DSP added to their timeless classics. I’m not that big a fan of effects processing built into amps. I think most guitar players right now, myself included, just want a great tone, simple functions, with a low enough wattage to push the tubes. Vox has answered that call with this year’s releases.

Yesterday, I wrote about the Vox AC4TV. Here’s a quick look at another one of their new amps, the Night Train.

The Night Train is a small and portable all-tube head. It looks to be about the size of a THD Univalve, and weighs less than 17 pounds. It comes with a padded carrying case for easy gigging.

Where it really makes me happy is the dual-power tube mode. You can elect to run it in 15-watt pentode mode, or 7.5 watt triode mode. That’s a great feature to let you dial in some great overdrive in smaller rooms and at practice, but flip a switch to give yourself enough headroom on stage.

You can read more about the Vox Night Train here.

This entry was posted on Friday, January 16th, 2009 at 5:38 pm. It is filed under wires and tagged with amp, namm, tube, vox. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.