Why have I not played this before? Vox Cambridge 50 Modelling Amp

[@edpazeto9079]

Deluxe CL = Fender Twin Boutique Clean = Dumble Steel String Singer Boutique Overdrive = Dumble Overdrive Special Brit 1959 = Marshal Plexi Brit 800 = MArshal JCM800 Brit VM = MArshal JVM SLOD = Soldano SLO30 Double Rec = Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier

[@ramonnogueira6986]

Is boutique amp a Dumble Steel Singer?! Cool! I really apreciate that sound and will go to do more experiences with that tone

[@jlmcgrot]

So the deluxe is not a deluxe? Strange. Dumble is also a weird choice for a model considering how rare it is. Usually those are some sort of matchless.

[@keithconner9036]

Thank you. I was wondering about this

[@JBM_71]

I have to say that in my experience of the Vox Valvetronix range and now hearing this, Vox have the best digital modelling amps out there and yet for some reason are not mentioned in the same breath as the Katanas, Line 6 etc. Crazy!!

[@LordBransty]

July 2024 - Andertons blindfold "winner stays on" comp for budget amps, the Valvetronix beat all the big names... Easy.

[@LeviBulger]

The Valvetronix amps are fantastic. I'll never sell mine because in the 10 years I've had it, no modeler has really sounded better to me other than the Tonemaster Twin which I also bought but for a completely different tone.

[@myguitarsandme]

I have one of these amps. I use it as a clean pedal platform, and it's great for recording with the built-in audio interface, and sounds close to the way it does in the room. My only gripe with it is I would have preferred a mid control instead of the modulation effects. I've used it live, and had no trouble being heard. It is PLENTY loud and takes pedals very well. Not only that, it weighs next to nothing. It took me a little while to reign in the noise, but other than that, it sounds great! I LOVE IT! I highly recommend checking it out for yourself.

[@richardsherfield1175]

Love it

[@TroyNaumu808]

Vox Cambridge 50 is the Boss. I love Vox amps and its jingle jangle. Even its modelling amps. I own three of its amplifiers. I love the Cambridge 50's simple user interface, 12” Celestion speaker, and wattage control for pushing the amp for better tone at lower volume levels as i play small bar/coffee shop gigs and noodle a bit at home / jamming with friends.

[@Barbarapape]

Vox have been making great small amps for a few years now. I have a VT40X and gives me all the tones i need, with more via the Vox Tone Room program. To my ears it sounds better than the overhyped Boss Katana.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

So many people recommend the VT40X. I still haven't tried it.

[@Barbarapape]

@@TheGuitarGeek They are getting hard to find new, but still a few on the auction websites. A great amp that i will keep for a long time.

[@sheffieldgeek]

Going through all amps without varying the gain-volume ratio is a serious crime. You must be a poser.

[@tomeisenmenger7048]

@@sheffieldgeek You wanted a 4-hour video?

[@EduFirenze]

Boss products are overpriced and overrated

[@florianju5638]

Hi there! Thanky for the demo :) Just in case nobody else has allready said it: The Brit VM is (of course!!!) the OD2 Channel of a Marshall J*VM* 4xx :)

[@johnnyjohnson291]

Great review! I like the way you play a riff that Goes with each setting… Thanks

[@TroyNaumu808]

Love my Vox Cambridge-50 ❤

[@chaggasfernandes]

Your demos are awesome. Thank you

[@zenergy01]

On the lookout for a practice amp, and I think I've finally decided on this one. Thanks for the great and informative video! Nice playing, as well, no virtuoso bullshit, great for appreciating the amp's character.

[@davidbarlow431]

Admittedly I am a vox fan boy and have been for 40 years - I have an AC15 and love it to bits. It's only recently though that I have paid vox solid state amps any real attention. I have come to the opinion that these are probably the most under appreciated amps in their price point.

[@b.j.surfdog3724]

Good word. I've been thinking about going this route. They don't take up very much room, real estate is at a premium in my bedroom / practice habitat so it's all good news.

[@LoveOneAnotherHeSaid]

Look in the mirror, 40 years? Not a "boy".

[@geraldboettcher8011]

I bought this amp because of you.... 👍 Thank you so much... It Rocks and plays the blues....

[@iamanovercomer3253]

I got a Line 6 , Fender Champion 40 and now looking at this Vox amp ... I like what I hear

[@tomdameek]

I honestly thought I had enough amps Andy !!! Thanks a lot 😂😂❤️ Now I want one . I really love the simplicity and that AC tone. Though I will say I was genuinely curious about this one for a while. Brilliant review. 😄👍❤️

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Thanks Tom. I may have to get this back one day

[@Steven_SK]

Agreed Tom. Always one more no matter what huh?!

[@iamanovercomer3253]

@@TheGuitarGeek did you return the Vox amp yet ❓😂🤣

[@LeeJHodgson]

‘JVM’ stands for Jim and Victoria Marshall, she being Jim’s daughter, who I believe now runs the company. Also, ‘JTM’ stands for Jim and Terry Marshall, Terry being Jim’s son. Anyway, I’m loving the Vox Cambridge 50 and your fresh presentation of it. (I was the Vox demonstrator in the late noughties and I bought and still use a ToneLab ST, but the Cambridge 50 seems to be a fantastic evolution (with fewer presets as it happens, although surely sufficient for most situations), with, as you say, a big, bold sound.)

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Thanks for the clarification Lee! I still remember this amp well

[@mikkobr]

Oh thank you so much for the "out of the box review" which I found seldomly on youtube. Is the smile on your face part of your review? :) I might go for it, since beeing sceptical towards modelling amps that far.

[@jamesmoffatt6435]

I purchased this amp last Christmas. Took a little while to learn how to adjust pre-sets in Vox Tone Room(computer), but now have a couple of My own sets saved. The Vox AC15 & 30, and the Marshall pre-sets sound great, as is. They were developed with assistance from Korg. Great practice amp. Only downs- no Bluetooth, no looper.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Thanks for sharing!

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

I would guess that the Petender setting is in reference to 'The Pretenders' dead guitarist (who's name escapes me). I posted this halfway through, though I am going to continue to the end, very enjoyable. Great review Andy. 😎🎙🎸✅

[@wakingmusic]

@@SSRT_JubyDuby8742 james honeyman-scott

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

@@wakingmusic thanks 😊

[@NerdTechsDoug]

This video made me buy mine. Thanks a lot!

[@doctorskull8197]

I got one. Sounds great. I use the Brit800 tone for my punk band. Lots of fun ‼️🎸😍🔥. Plenty loud!

[@RA.lightofwarz]

Vox little amp was amazing gave a great sound and loudness... Sweet episode brotha

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Cheers mate!

[@andyriley1090]

Today is Saturday. After a lot of research, I ordered a Cambridge 50 yesterday. Can't wait till Monday when it arrives. Thankfully my Line 6 Spider 112 is now with it's new owner. It was good, but not in the same league as the Vox

[@GrayT1]

This definitely sounds more natural than the Katana in my view, think I'll go for this over the Boss. Thanks.

[@guyplay]

Picking up this bad boy this week 🤟🏾

[@lengross4126]

Andy I love your reviews but have to differ with you on this one. I have played a Vox VTX 40 and pretty much love everything about it. I should have bought it. I ordered the Cambridge 50 sight unseen thinking more power, bigger speaker, l and less weight. Big mistake the VTX 40 sounds much better.

[@wakingmusic]

But it's not loud enough for a loud band with a loud drummer 😢

[@Corbrwl]

Am I missing something on the Cambridge 50? I'm here because I was deciding between the VT40X and the Cambridge 50, but what just hit me is I don't see any distortion dial on the C50 panel, nor in the Tone Room editing software? Is the distortion level handled just by the gain knob? And Tone Room doesn't have any distortion pedals to select from? Why would Vox do this?

[@jamesmarcin4787]

I have a Vox VTX valvetronix amp which is the older model and it has a mids knob. The only downside is the crappy extension plug I like it better than the new Cambridge models. Great practice amp.

[@andsoistopped]

I have had a couple of the VTX Valvetronix amps. Very good they were too.

[@tjnugent62]

My Brother bought one and I had it for a time. I ,made a few presets. I actually liked this amp. I am all about tubes, but this one has real feel to it.

[@bardpendragon7229]

I've not heard this one before. It's awesome, and now on my wishlist. I don't have a modelling amp, and this one might just do the trick. Thanks for showing this one off. Shame you had to send it back.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Hey mate. Yeah this surprised me!

[@rtsmudge7251]

Blimey. That sounds blooming awesome. I can’t be doing with thin sounding guitar amps. That’s warm and chunky and shouty in a really nice way. The Red-1 setting was great and I remembered that Dave Grohl is a big fan of the Vox AC-30 so I guess that makes sense.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Ahh it could be!!!

[@JaniceLalla]

Wow, you play really good!

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Oh thank you

[@FerSpada]

as a fan of queen and u2 and the ac30 which i never have but still want, I love every preset in this amp, i really want a thing like this, so i hoppe they made a really powerfull one, like the ac30 kind of power

[@Asheanae]

My fellow Queen fan and guitar player... you have THAT hair and you're not rocking a Bri hairdo! WHY!? You have such a glorious opportunity to have the best hair in guitar history!

[@gregoryrea7071]

Great video thanks

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Bronco2Cj]

@@TheGuitarGeek Does Vox make an amp with bluetooth?

[@robertclarkguitar]

I had the little Vt20x. Nice little amp.

[@matthiasrichter3116]

Nice. But why is the range of functions in the tone room for the cambridge 50 so limited in contrast to the VTx series? I miss e.g. a compressor, which in turn is available for the VTx....

[@BJJandBS]

I had an old Vox AD30vt and it was awesome. sold it years ago for $60. Now looking for something good for American metal. My old Vox had that as its weak spot. How is this for Metallica type metal? Can you get those tones?

[@peterlatham2407]

Aww your going to get me in trouble again !! Squire Mustang Bullet ? Yep I bought one after watching your videos ( Still have it and like it more than my other more expensive guitars . On my 3rd Katana .. But should I sell it to buy this? Cheers Andy 😂

[@pauldncn1]

When you hit the JCMR 800 I thought you were going to play space station no 5 by Montrose It was spot on I love this amp By the way your playing is damn good Andy been practising? All the best to you, friends and family for Christmas and new year!🎄👍

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Hey Paul. That’s coincidence as I don’t know that song or that band but I will look it up. Regarding my playing, thank you. I’ve been playing more and practicing more. Merry Christmas to you and yours mate

[@tylermarrin1303]

Just picked up my Cambridge 50 used, amazing sounding amp, however there seems to be a lot of hissing from it. Is that normal for a lot of staticky and hissing noise when not playing these? Can't hear it when I'm actually strumming.

[@SkeeterDigs]

Great review✌️ Do you think Ryan can get it to surf🏄‍♀️?

[@josephmurolo5656]

As usual, great review albeit a quick out of the box play. I’m considering this one or the Boss Katana 100 x2. Any recommendations? Having the looper would be nice.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

It is a great question. For this price, if you like the AC30 sound, get it. If you want something more versatile, the katana

[@saarangnarayan123]

Shame they didn't have an OXFORD speaker in the CAMBRIDGE lol. Still a very, very good deal regardless! Definitely worth checking out for not a lot of money!

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Imagine the used price!

[@saarangnarayan123]

@@TheGuitarGeek oof. I’m sweating just thinking about it!

[@tjnugent62]

Hail Thin Lizzy!

[@TroyNaumu808]

Pretender could be a vague reference to Freddie Mercury / Queen cover of The Great Pretender.

[@BLT333]

Maybe Brit VM stands for Marshall JVM? When you were playing it kinda sounded like one of the lead channels on the JVM...

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I think you are right

[@BasementGuitarSuperstar]

Lol, that’s awesome. Box makes great stuff

[@Evil.Turkey]

How is this compared to the BLACKSTAR ID CORE v3 20?

[@damasterkarej]

Not same type of amp. IdCore is way smaller, this is more louder. Both sounds very good as for what they are.

[@Evil.Turkey]

Thanks for your reply. I bought the 100W Boss Katana instead.

[@troycollins6069]

Andy each amp and each effect can be adjusted in the tone room

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Thanks Troy

[@bratskiy.ostrog]

Привет мой друг! Что лучше mini go 50 или Cambridge? Завтра хочу купить!

[@tjnugent62]

I though the amp was a cheapie due to price and how the controls are set up . it really is nice sounding. The presets stink. If you make your own they are so much better! Cheers!

[@thedanksavatron7782]

Not bad thicker than a snicker!🍫

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Ha!

[@martincloutier666]

Do you still own your Fender SixtySix ? If so I would love to see you using it on some amp or effect demo

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Hey Martin, Yes of course! I use it occasionally in videos. Stay tuned :D

[@writewheel]

I'm a huge fan of the Cambridge 50 as a clean pedal platform. With a Strymon Iridium in front the "deluxe reverb" is incredibly convincing and the Marshall grunt comes through nicely. The biggest advantage that sold me was the attenuator.

[@evanevan_007]

Does it take distortion pedals ?

[@writewheel]

@@evanevan_007 I used to use it that way with an OCD and Tumnus Deluxe in front of the Iridium, lately I switched to an HX Stomp XL instead, and still really love what the Cambridge 50 can do.

[@ReveeGuitarist]

@@writewheel so there I will be able to put here NUX MG-30 - Thank You for Your comment here because I read on Katana reviews in vomments that VOX can't handle it.

[@writewheel]

@@ReveeGuitarist I don't know what review you read, and I haven't tried a NuX MG-30, but I can't imagine why it wouldn't work just as well with a Cambridge 50 as with a Katana. I'm going in to the front end with tuner>Stomp XL>Iridium.

[@ReveeGuitarist]

@@writewheel thanks a lot. I am planning to buy whole set to back to electric guitat after many years break. I was thinking between Boss Katana, Marshall Code and VOX Cambridge. I used to Play on VOX AD 30VT one of their first combo and it sounded to nie better than colleague Roland Cube 30. And now I hear VOX to me sound just nicer than Katana.

[@Steven_SK]

Time for that bedroom amp now!

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Oh yes!

[@stewarttomkinson3356]

It has an attenuator on it you can turn it down to like 5 W but at 50 it is loud

[@troycollins6069]

Andy you should get one or if you want something similar with more power get the vox vt 100.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I need to try the vt amps. Everyone raves about them

[@troycollins6069]

Yeah I have my VT mother board in a Hughes and Kettner can with a V 30 speaker, I love it

[@troycollins6069]

Hi Andy... Try the tone room app. I love this amp stacked up with a Tube amp. Troy from Alantic City 🌆

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Hey Troy. I did. In the video…

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Oh you mean iOS! Will do!

[@brianjauch9958]

Vox ac30? Try a treble booster pedal.

[@alistairclifton1286]

How's that AZES doing? Sounds damn goood.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

It’s really good. Easy to play, comfortable, reliable and fun

[@alistairclifton1286]

@@TheGuitarGeek stays in tune with the trem? trying to decide hard tail or trem. I have an Ibanez RG with double humbuckers, looking for something strat like. Love your page btw.

[@stephanematis]

Interesting, the VOX Mini GO 50 appears to be the portable cousin of this. Hmmm.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Good amp!

[@DimitriLeeBX]

Wish Id seen this before I purchased the spark.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

They are really different amps though. The Spark is great at what it does and so is this.

[@LOFIGSD]

Vox really missed a trick with the MV50, I bought one cheap, through a good cab, its really good, but WHY ffs didn't they add an effects loop, I bought a Katana mk1 100W 2x12 on ebay, use it in a pop stuff band I play in, brilliant, for big boy stuff, still got the Marshall, but one trick pony. Don't discount these new amps.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Agreed!

[@mikehughes2183]

It sounds really good but what puts me off this amp is the lack of an fx loop. I wonder how much the Nutube makes to the sound?

[@TheGuitarGeek]

It’s really not that kind of amp. It’s a box of sound rather than a “real” amp.

[@cokekolev]

Brit VM=Marshall Vintage Modern

[@FerSpada]

hahahaahaha i just get the stupidness of that tshirt ....... hahahahahahah is great !!!!!!!

[@jimleininger8963]

Kills me when the presets are so strange. "Preset 1" kind of implies that it would be a "home" setting, or a very basic thing. Nothing like spending you first 3 hours working to find a useable basic tone. Exception being the Tonemaster rigs

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I agree Jim. Well, preset 1 sounded GOOD, I was just expecting something a little more subtle.

[@PaulCooksStuff]

You should play the "name that preset" game again. It's good fun lol. VM - very metal? 😜

[@TheGuitarGeek]

It’s really fun!

[@PooNinja]

nice amp but...just include the footswitch!!!!! i get it the price changes but they are made for each other! and I like lots and lots of LEDS blinky or otherwise.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Good to see you getting riled up

[@PooNinja]

@@TheGuitarGeek that really grinds my gears!

[@DTension]

Is it gig worthy or just a practice amp?

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I couldn’t 100 % say. The high gain Amps are VERY VERY LOUD. I would love to test it with a drummer

[@DTension]

Word. I keep almost buying one of these for smaller gigs but haven’t...yet.

[@ninjasancho6711]

It cuts right through! I play with a few notoriously heavy handed drummers ,and both have told me to turn it down haha🤙🏽

[@williameaton7984]

I want that shirt

[@stewarttomkinson3356]

I have one I use petals with it I don’t like the onboard effects I also rewired it so I can plug it into my 2 x 12 my poor neighbors

[@LoveOneAnotherHeSaid]

Peavey Vypyer wipes the floor with this and Katana 50 Mk II. Why have I not played one before?

[@persiaguitar]

I will be sued and kicked out of this apartment building. :)

[@metalmick]

Not A Zee, it's A Zed😋

[@TheGuitarGeek]

It’s a product name so I’ll take the Americanism this time

[@andytongdee921]

Er, ... Not your finest hour. Did you had a few beers before recording?

[@sheffieldgeek]

Going through all amps without varying the gain-volume ratio is a serious crime. You must be a poser.

[@LoveOneAnotherHeSaid]

"Why have I not ...before?" Another insidious Internet sentence. Well, it may be for many reasons. You were not aware of the hucksted product which you are flogging; You had no reason to go looking for a device in this category; or - most likely - because you have not played this (item at issue) because you had not played one even though aware of it. In any event, the question as a title for a video makes you look a pillock and being an Englalonder, you KNOW what a pillock is ... I hope more people care about language and how we are fed this nonsense and hubris - when all along it is a commercial plug for a Thing.