Members steve_man Posted December 9, 2008 Members Share Posted December 9, 2008 Hey, how many of you guys own one of these? I tried the Classic Rock model the other day, and it was pretty sweet! Thinking about getting one, but just wondered if anyone had tried the AC30 model... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ILikeGuitar Posted December 9, 2008 Members Share Posted December 9, 2008 I would get one if they had all three models put together in one thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mrrikki Posted December 9, 2008 Members Share Posted December 9, 2008 I have the classic rock one, I think it's great. Very useful at night when the wife is asleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pewtershmit Posted December 9, 2008 Members Share Posted December 9, 2008 I have the AC30 and the metal version. The AC30 version rocks, so hard. Amazing little thing. Metal version is great as well , just somewhat muddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willyguitar Posted December 9, 2008 Members Share Posted December 9, 2008 I have the AC30 one, which is meant to be the best one. I started another thread on this a while back. I'm afraid I don't find it to be very good and hardly ever use it- quite expensive for what it is, very limited and tinny sounding. It's OK-ish, but I would rather plug some phones into my amp. I guess if you were on the hoof somewhere it would be handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mrrikki Posted December 9, 2008 Members Share Posted December 9, 2008 I have the AC30 one, which is meant to be the best one. I started another thread on this a while back.I'm afraid I don't find it to be very good and hardly ever use it- quite expensive for what it is, very limited and tinny sounding. It's OK-ish, but I would rather plug some phones into my amp. I guess if you were on the hoof somewhere it would be handy. My Classic rock does not sound overly tinny. But this is a small travel amp, it's not designed to blow your socks off, it does what it's meant to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sqrnookle Posted December 9, 2008 Members Share Posted December 9, 2008 I've got the AC30, and mine is in no way tinny - there's tons of bass on tap (although not any way to rein it in, which is probably it's biggest drawback). The gain goes quite high, but it does react to volume adjustments quite nicely. For the price, I highly recommend it, especially if you plan to use it along with an mp3 player (or anything else you can plug into it, for that matter). I may get around to recording some direct clips of it some time if you'd like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mrrikki Posted December 9, 2008 Members Share Posted December 9, 2008 Some Amplug demos [YOUTUBE]sCoH63nVepk[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]pUhCvDP8Nls[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve_man Posted December 10, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Sweet...does the AC30 break up at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chaosStrings Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 I've got the AC30 one. I don't like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bag302 Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 I bought all three. I only kept the Metal. -Classic rock did not have enough gain. I couldn't get into Van Halen territory. -AC30 was pretty cool but sounded too Brian Mayish. It was good, but that sound gets tiresome to me. -The Metal does a good metal but doesn't clean up for {censored}. Another complaint is the knobs are waaaay to easy to move and the settings change unintentionally. Battery life is good also. In the end, I bought a PocketPod with rechargable batteries and couldn't be happier. Way more versatile and sounds much better with all of the available effects. It's slightly bigger, but I use it like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boonestunes Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 I looked on the website and they're coming out with a 4th model "LEAD" that is supposed to be modeled on a US High Gain/ Boutique.... guessing it'll be premiered at the NAMM show? Can't find clips......anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StompBoxLover Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 and tinny sounding. no way. sounds fine with Sennheiser HD540 headphones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StompBoxLover Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Sweet...does the AC30 break up at all? oh yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ILikeGuitar Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 What size headphone and aux jack are on there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chaosStrings Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 1/8" (3.5 mm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Artslinger Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 I have an older C Tech Pocket Rock-It and love the thing for late night playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mister Zero Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 I have the AC30 model. I love it for late night practice or when I have to go on a business trip. I've always thought it would be cool if someone did a newer version of a Scholz Rockman X100, with a couple different distortion and clean tones, and a couple effects like reverb and maybe chorus or phase. Something like the Amplug, but with a few more features. I'm a big Van Halen fan-- how about THAT TONE, with onboard echo, phase & flange, in an headphone amp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sk8centilli Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 I work second shift during the school year (I work at a university), so when I get home around 12:30am, I will occasionally rock out with the AC-30. I think it's the best $35 amp on the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wulver Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Well, I asked for the AC30 for Christmas, I'll give a report when I get it I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Annoying Twit Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 I have the AC30 one, which is meant to be the best one. I started another thread on this a while back.I'm afraid I don't find it to be very good and hardly ever use it- quite expensive for what it is, very limited and tinny sounding. It's OK-ish, but I would rather plug some phones into my amp. I guess if you were on the hoof somewhere it would be handy. I have the AC30 version too. I don't have the amp experience to really criticise the amp simulation. It sounds OK for practice to me. But I'm disappointed about the amount of noise I get when I turn it up. But it's useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Annoying Twit Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 I would get one if they had all three models put together in one thing Apart from the smaller size, couldn't you just use a pocket pod instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abrasive Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 My neice is interested in guitar, so I bought a "Classic" to go along with a guitar I'm setting her up with. Not horrible, but I'm not terribly impressed.I'm going to exchange it for the AC30 to see if that one is any better. In any case, I played around with it for a few days, but I much prefer my pocket pod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scoogs Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 People shouldn't expect an exact AC30 sound. But for $30-$40... You can't go wrong. I love jamming with my tunes in my bedroom late at night. How can you complain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stratitude Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 I love the AC30 and Metal models for their respective tasks. As mentioned neither one is perfect, but they both sound very nice for what they are trying to model, and very few other gadgets out there come close for the price to quality ratio. Definitely reccomended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.