Vox C1 C2?

JD50

Are the AC15-C1 any good? Seems a cheaper alternative to the Fender Princetons also with trem and verb.

ICBM

JD50 said:

Are the AC15-C1 any good? Seems a cheaper alternative to the Fender Princetons also with trem and verb.

Very different-sounding to the Princeton, but yes they are good. If you want that really deep Fender reverb they don't have it though.

For some reason I much prefer them to the earlier AC15CC1, although I prefer the AC30CC to the AC30C. Not sure why!

JD50

ICBM said:

JD50 said:

Are the AC15-C1 any good? Seems a cheaper alternative to the Fender Princetons also with trem and verb.

Very different-sounding to the Princeton, but yes they are good. If you want that really deep Fender reverb they don't have it though.

For some reason I much prefer them to the earlier AC15CC1, although I prefer the AC30CC to the AC30C. Not sure why!

Hmm I never dial the fender reverbs much about 4. Any idea what a good secondhand price for a C1 against a Princeton?

ICBM

4 is a lot for reverb on a Fender . It's not so much the level, more the sound of it - the Vox reverb is shallower-sounding.

I'd expect to get the non-Blue speaker version for about £350-400 second hand and the Blue one for about £500-550. The Princeton seems to go for about £650-700 for the '65 reissue and about £100 less for the '68.

At least from what I've seen in the shops...