Members honeyiscool Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 If you want to know why Vox is discontinuing these Pathfinders, it probably has to do with the fact that matched with a quality speaker, it's one of the best amps they make. Not good "for the money," just good. I know it's an SS amp so it doesn't matter but my Blue is a 16 ohm so I plan on using an 8 ohm Eminence Red Fang permanently. Should give it a bit more headroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Quality speakers can make all the difference in the world. I think you'll do well with a Red Fang. I have one, along with a Weber Blue Dog in my Hayseed 30. I like the Weber just a tiny bit more, but the Red Fang is great as well. There's a Pathfinder on my local CL that I've been toying with the idea of buying, just for a small grab and go amp. It's like $200 though. Is that a lot for one of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted February 18, 2013 Author Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Pathfinder 15Rs were $119 until discontinued. I wouldn't buy one for $200 unless it's the head & cab version, since those are limited edition. Yeah, I bought a 50w Blue Dog from a fellow forumer last week in addition to my two Alnico Blues (one inside my AC15) so I will have the trinity of AlNiCo speakers to play with. I am thinking of getting a nice lightweight 2x12" open cabinet, putting two Alnico Blues in there and installing the Blue Dog in my AC15 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Morganbich Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members photon9 Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Clean it sounded good. Distorted, not so much IMO. Can of buzzing bees comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ancient Mariner Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 They do sound nice clean and are OK driven, but not great. Certainly a lot better than a similarly priced Marshall MG15 or similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slideroni Posted February 19, 2013 Members Share Posted February 19, 2013 Good to see these amps get some love. I think they are voiced particularly well. Don''t care for the overdrive but takes pedals well. Yes they sound best with an external cab. Get'em while you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Burninator Posted February 19, 2013 Members Share Posted February 19, 2013 I like this amp, it can get some sweet clean tones and some cool gritty overdrive tones.The heavier drive sounds... I find that you have to work a little more to make those sound good, but I guess that it has to do with the heavy sounds I'm used to seek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marko Posted February 19, 2013 Members Share Posted February 19, 2013 I use my little pathfinder for low-volume practice at work, playing/singing, clean with a bit of reverb. Actually mine is some older version, V9158, so no reverb but tremolo with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted February 19, 2013 Members Share Posted February 19, 2013 I have a Pathfinder 10, and it's great. I want a 15, especially one of the limited edition 4x8 stacks that were made. Looks like I'll have to jump on a used Pathfinder 15 soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted February 19, 2013 Members Share Posted February 19, 2013 I didn't know the pathfinder was no longer to be found. Very disappointing. It may have had the best clean sound out of all SS amps I have heard, in any price range.Who makes these decisions anyway? They have a hell of a reputation and certainly were still selling...? I guess they are targeting an audience who wants bells and whistles (ie: mega digital effects). I haven't been this upset since Ibanez discontinued their SZ series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shoeless Posted February 21, 2013 Members Share Posted February 21, 2013 Ancient Mariner wrote: They do sound nice clean and are OK driven, but not great. Certainly a lot better than a similarly priced Marshall MG15 or similar. The LED mod helps the overdriven sounds quite a bit and gives more headroom as well. It's a simple unsoldering of two diodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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