Top 10 reasons to buy a Vox Pathfinder 15R and one thing not to do with it.Guitar tone.

[@ReverendHellbilly]

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[@emmanuelangelakis2569]

'...I gotta look cool...' You're the best!!

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Cheers bro.🍻😎

[@guitarlessons7922]

Couldn't agree more. I picked up a PF 15r and a Squire Tele Custom for $225 a few years back and it is a great little amp. BTW love your music!!

[@ReverendHellbilly]

thank you for your kinda words i really do appreciate it.Thats a awesome deal.cheers to you.👍🍸🍸

[@jltrem]

I got mine in 1998, the first production version without reverb. Paid about $150 new. Vox stopped making them after 15 years. Now they're getting more and more pricey.

[@johnulrich5572]

The best amp I've ever owned. Bought mine new from Mars Music when they were going out of business for $90. Love it. Agree with you !00%.

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Cheers .Great piece 100%.🍻

[@jimmy5634]

I love mine. Thinking of another. I found one in great shape for just under $200. That’s a fair price these days.

[@artprince9163]

I’ve had one of these, made in Korea, models since early 2000s and it has been a nice dependable amp. Makes a decent jazz amp tone as well.

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Yes dependability is great on these.I can't believe they canceled this model. Cheers

[@brysimm404]

I bought mine for $95 [in lightly used condition] at a Music-Go-Round in 2018. Best find ever! That Bulldog speaker is great as is.

[@anthonymassari6520]

Great little video. Thanks. Just got one of these and looking forward to experimenting.

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Hey. Great amp.Cheers

[@conradswartz]

I'd be grateful to find how to increase depth and/or intensity of the built-in spring reverb. Incidentally replacing the stock speaker with a Weber ceramic speaker made an astounding improvement in tone. I had thought it sounded okay before the speaker replacement, but it's much better now.

[@ReverendHellbilly]

I agree speaker upgrades will make a huge difference. The reverb upgrade I'd say a "fender" tank but that's out of my expertise. The aqua puss delay make this amp sound amazing. I'd try that.Cheers

[@mitaha3]

Hello I am from Russia. in the secondary market I was able to buy it for $ 65, and it makes me very, very happy, after your video I am especially looking forward to the day when I can finally play on this amplifier!

[@ReverendHellbilly]

That's great.I hope you love it as much as i do.Great amp. Cheers

[@TheToneLounge]

I might get to pick one up tomorrow. Dirt cheap too.

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Man. I think you'll be happy.great little amp.cheers

[@philspill6854]

so good i bought 2 to run in stereo! might rehouse into 12' cabs

[@neonbreon]

My 15R lost its reverb once. Found out the spring reverb can get "stuck," one good rap, and it came back. Outside of that yes very dependable, great tone, super light, unreally loud for 15 watts

[@VelvetRazor]

Great Amp review. I tend to use Mesa Amps in small places I use a 22Watt .22 Caliber but I use a Vox Tonelab SE for my gigging Effects rig

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Yeah. I see the Mesa. Very cool.cheers

[@leandrocruzcps]

Indeed!

[@KDonhoops]

bought one for 75 bucks in 2008 without reverb, my favorite amp

[@jlrinc1420]

I just found one in goodwill for $25. I was happy

[@bonsummers2657]

It looks cool.

[@BruceGriffith-i8w]

All true, greatest 15watt solid state amp ever!!! Another great thing is u can buy a pathfinder without reverb for real cheap! Run out of 15R into input of the plain 15 without reverb and both have reverb!!! , plus 30 watts. I have this exact combination & this is nice 🎶 I'm old now and don't play much anymore, but if I do , I don't like loud & this amp by itself is plenty. If u find one under 200 dollars it's worth it! Oh, didn't mention great recording amp too.🎶🎵🎶🎵😎

[@tosapwr]

Thanks for the review. I had the 15R years ago and foolishly sold it. I always regretted that and decided to run a Wanted ad. A guy called with a mint one...for $85! So nice to have one again.

[@ReverendHellbilly]

I hate when i do stuff like that. Awesome that you found one i need a another.Cheers bro. 🍺🍺

[@paulthurston2883]

I bought mine new in 2011. I will never part with it. A fantastic little amp. Really hard to find one now.

[@jimmyjimmy951]

Just picked one up today. $100Au which is reasonable for a garage practice amp. Could even be worth hanging on to as future collectable.. 👍🇦🇺

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Where you from ? That's cool.such a great piece.👍🏼

[@jimmyjimmy951]

@@ReverendHellbilly Originally from England, been in Sydney Australia for the last 20 years. Amp sounds awesome..👍🇦🇺

[@ReverendHellbilly]

@@jimmyjimmy951 Very cool.Cheers 🤟👹🥃🥃

[@Jam-m7m]

I bought mine for $100 off of Facebook marketplace. Don Mare the pickup winder put a 12” Celestion Neo

[@rashidrani2333]

I use it for jazz with my tele

[@joeroganjosh9333]

Open G Tele through the Vox rings like a bell.

[@bobmarsh7550]

Great Top 10 review. Only way to make it better would be to add a few sound samples.

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Sorry buddy. I use if for everything on youtube here is a clip. Cheers .kzbin.info0s7WE0cIAPg?feature=share

[@jltrem]

Rev, the only thing I don't like about my Path15 is the hiss when the amp is on. It's not silent when not playing. My Pathfinder 10 doesn't seem to do it as much. My 15 is from the first year of production. Any suggestion on how to reduce it (other than turning the treble way down)?

[@ReverendHellbilly]

I have never had that issue it. As im sure you checked all your cables and guitar. so could it be near a lamp or light of some kind? .led lamps can do weird stuff. You in America?

[@joeroganjosh9333]

When I’m not playing I push the Boost off which quietens it down, my kit builds aren’t shielded very well but a bit of hiss isn’t a big problem.

[@EdVanMeyer]

These are good, I had an old AC4 from the 60's and that was amazing, why not try a Tonelab SE footboard by Vox, it can go into a PA or a transistor amplifier like this, plus you get 96 editable patches. Sound is great too, from the classic Vox AC15 and 30's and Fender and Marshall etc clone models.

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Very cool.im interested in the tone lab Cheers

[@saulyboy26]

Hi great video I have a 15r how are you running pedals through the amp I have tried but am getting a lot of unwanted noise , keep up the great work , cheers from England

[@ReverendHellbilly]

I dont have much noise issues ,im running 8 pedals to it wirh very low to no noise.My compressor does create the most noise,I make sure it has isolated power source and it's good.I hope that helps.cheers

[@mattgilbert7347]

Clearly the Buddha approves You have to also stand on one foot and juggle flaming arrows with the big rigs. I love 10" speakers!

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Cheers to that I love 10s .By far my favorite speakers.thanks for that.🍸🍸

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Sorry for the pic quality was low on memory.

[@msgn8i11s2]

No problem. Enjoyed the video! Bought a 15R in vox brown about 10-14 days ago and waiting for the package right now (delayed a few days due to Christmas holiday and high number of packages). Plan on getting one more, keep one in stock and mod the other and then use them in stereo.

[@ReverendHellbilly]

@@msgn8i11s2 That's cool. I think its great for that .cheers 👍

[@Mr.Steve-O]

Paid $60 for this killer lunchbox in 2019, yes I got lucky. I would buy another for $100 and run them in stereo

[@msgn8i11s2]

My plan as well. I got one and I'm searching constantly for a second one, identical to the one I got, for a true stereo set up.

[@ReverendHellbilly]

I have two.thinking about doing a video.cheers

[@Mr.Steve-O]

@@msgn8i11s2 sadly the word is out now on this gem and the prices are crazy now ... ugh !

[@Mr.Steve-O]

@@ReverendHellbilly i've got my headphones ready ... lol

[@msgn8i11s2]

@@Mr.Steve-O sboth yes and no. There quite a lot of them for sale usually at a rather low price - al over south america and in asia (Mexico, Brasil, the Philipines, Korea, Argentina etc). It is just a matter/question of "your" local electic power/voltage version/wall plug... Great news for those living in the US for example. In Europe thou there are usually a few/some black onces for sale every now and then. The hardest to fins seem to be the classic brown with EU/russian/middle east wall plug - thou there is one for sale in Iran at the moment. Great buy, great price, great condition. Only drawback - Irans leadership is "not such a huge fan" of rock n roll and I assume therefore that there could be some issues both getting the amp thru and also paying for the amp due to lack of credit card support, embargos etc.

[@markapostol7245]

Is the pathfindder 10 good with an external speaker that is 1x12? thank you

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Hey buddy..i have never played a 10 sorry cant give you a opinon .Cheers

[@markapostol7245]

@@ReverendHellbilly thank you Sir! I'll consider the 15r but it's kind of difficult to find it here in our place. Cheers!

[@voxpathfinder15r]

I never understood amps without reverb, or guys that don’t use it.

[@ReverendHellbilly]

I had explain to someone how not using it on a tube amp was hurting there tone."so the reverb runs through the tubes" Yes it does the tremolo to.Imagine that. Cheers bro love the channel.👍👍

[@voxpathfinder15r]

@@ReverendHellbilly you had to explain the lack of reverb made his tone suck? Where do these guys come from? I hear a guy play with no reverb, I am like - are you crazy?

[@voxpathfinder15r]

@@ReverendHellbilly thanks, didn’t know I had fans?

[@ReverendHellbilly]

And I quote " I used a reverb pedal" Lol ok homer.He did start to use his amp reverb a little.🎆🎇👍

[@voxpathfinder15r]

@@ReverendHellbilly I have one of those ehx holy grail reverb pedals when I am forced to use one like in front of my AC4. But why would anyone use a reverb pedal if they had onboard spring reverb?!!? At least my Vox AC4 has this natural swirl to its tone that allows me to get away with it.

[@gdrugg2006]

is your cab also 8 ohms? most of mine are 4 and i’m worried about the mismatch

[@ReverendHellbilly]

yes.mine are 8 ohms.I rewired one 4x10 for stereo 8 ohms a side.the other is mono 8.cheers

[@Firedancer100]

Solana 🎸

[@davidbarlow431]

Why are you surprised by the volume? Theres Watts,Valve Watts, and then there's Vox Watts! Or as someone once said, a Vox Watt is like a normal Watt plus a chair to the face 😂. Being serious, Vox solid state amps always seem to slip under the radar for some unknown reason, yet they are (IMHO) some of the best budget solid state amps out there.

[@hotdogwater7037]

my one gripe about it is that theres no mid knob

[@ReverendHellbilly]

I agree with that.cheers

[@benwright6330]

Reverb on the floor is digital, ..That little thing has a real spring reverb tank in it.

[@benwright6330]

..never see em for a hundred, ..those days are gone.

[@derosa504]

Dont forget about the line out. In a pinch u could fill a larger room through the pa and the speaker stays on! Works well especially when a sm57 costs as much as the amp did when new...lol

[@Mark_Williams300]

What's that weird background noise?

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Think it was my fan.thanks for watching. Cheers 🍸🍸💨

[@Mark_Williams300]

@@ReverendHellbilly Oh and... Yes the Pathfinder is the awesome :D

[@ReverendHellbilly]

@@Mark_Williams300 absolutely.For the money.Its priceless.🍸

[@SuperShecky]

Basic tone is decent. Boost is a little disappointing, gets farty fast. Reverb is a little weak. Yeah it has to be cranked, but cranked runs the risk of feeding back. Tremolo kicks it to above average. Seriously, why did tremolo go almost extinct in modern amps? It's a pity it was replaced with a model that has no reverb or tremolo.