Members honeyiscool Posted November 26, 2012 Members Share Posted November 26, 2012 They're pretty much gone all over the Internet.Good thing I just got mine. At $250 new, I couldn't resist.That would make it the second time in a month I ordered something and had it be out of stock everywhere by the time I received it (my white Les Paul). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twisty571 Posted November 27, 2012 Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 Nice,did you decide against that AC15HW1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted November 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 Originally Posted by twisty571 Nice,did you decide against that AC15HW1? No, that's still on the table. This Night Train is more out of need than anything. I sold my AC15C1 and I want to stop using the Pathfinder 210 live since that thing is chipboard and is already showing wear and won't survive too many more months on the road. I figure the Night Train can be a lot more gig-worthy and what's more, I got a fantastic deal on the matching 112 cab with a road case for $175 shipped, so I will have few worries about the road worthiness of that setup, as long as it sounds half decent, which it will. I loved hearing the clean demos of this amp through a Greenback and that's how I plan on using it.And you know, for a tiny 20-pound MDF cabinet, that V112NT cabinet is really nice! I was playing my AC4 through it yesterday and it sounded so bright, clear, rich, and beautiful that it just made me hate the built-in speaker. They really found a way to get Vox chime out of a tiny little enclosure, because I tried a birch ply Epiphone cab (w/ the built-in Eminence Lady Luck speaker) and although the sound was deeper and louder, I wasn't getting as nice of a Vox tone out of it. It's probably because it's a very flat speaker. I have an Eminence GB128, though, that I want to try in that cab and see how that plays with the Night Train. In fact, I have yet to really hear the GB128 so I'm really looking forward to that.The AC15HW1 is more of the luxury purchase I'm considering for my Christmas present to self, as something I'll be keeping for decades, hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jpnyc Posted November 27, 2012 Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 The Night Train amps are gone at a lot of stores, but the cabinets aren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted November 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 That's a possibility, indeed. Unless it's significantly improved, though, and I don't really see a large room for improvement, I won't be upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IBDBB Posted November 27, 2012 Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 don't forget to send in your rebate for $100 also, if you find it overly bright on the "bright" setting, you can clip the bright cap or put it on a switch.I picked up one as well a few weeks ago, though I totally didn't need it..Now i'm not sure if I want the lil night train too for headphone playing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted November 27, 2012 Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 Plan on making a demo of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman3001 Posted November 27, 2012 Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 Originally Posted by honeyiscool That's a possibility, indeed. Unless it's significantly improved, though, and I don't really see a large room for improvement, I won't be upset. onboard reverb and/or fx loop would be a significant improvement, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted November 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 Originally Posted by IBDBB don't forget to send in your rebate for $100 also, if you find it overly bright on the "bright" setting, you can clip the bright cap or put it on a switch.I picked up one as well a few weeks ago, though I totally didn't need it..Now i'm not sure if I want the lil night train too for headphone playing... I heard the Sweetwater already had the discount built in. I guess it can't hurt sending it in anyway, but $249 is already a fine price for such an amp! I really like the industrial beauty of this little amp, it's something to just stare at. Vox really has the looks down when it comes to amps. Originally Posted by guitarman3001 onboard reverb and/or fx loop would be a significant improvement, imo. I never run the amp with the gain more than halfway up, so the effects loop isn't much of a deal for me. Reverb is nice, of course. I wouldn't want digital reverb, though, and at that size, tank reverb would be impossible. Trem would be nice, maybe. Originally Posted by Zappa74 Plan on making a demo of it? Eventually! I kind of want to try out the various gear combos and match different things (cabs, speakers and such) out until I find the ideal combinations of things. And if I do end up getting an AC15HW1 w/ the AlNiCo Blue (very likely), I kind of want to compare how that + the Night Train both (and the Vox AC4, for fun) sound through the same AlNiCo Blue cabinet (and also compare how a Greenback or GB128 do in the same cab). I guess I do like doing the sit down in front of the camera and play for 7-8 minute style reviews I often do, but I kind of want to be a bit more scientific, since a video like that would have really helped me in my Vox quests, so doing a controlled Vox experiment is something I really want to do this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IBDBB Posted November 27, 2012 Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 as far as the rebate... it is certainly a grey area right now. MF clearly has the lil night train listed with a "instant rebate" but sweetwater's price was not listed as having a rebate included, it was just listed as their new low price. There has been some back and forth on other forums as to Vox saying they would or would not honor the rebate from sweetwater, and sweetwater stating that Vox would or would not honor the rebate. So, nobody knows for sure at this point as it hasn't been long enough for anyone to get their rebate back. I won't be too sad if they don't honor it, but they really should.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted November 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 What's crazy is that when Sweetwater was selling for $249, you couldn't find a single NT head used for less than $300 anywhere. I really do feel that I got a quality amp for a really good price. I was always interested in the Night Train series, but at the prices they were charging, I liked the Tiny Terror a smidge more, and the only reason why I didn't care for that setup was that I didn't like the Orange cab very much, I thought it was rather poor and overpriced, and I didn't want an Orange head without an Orange cab. But the situation changed, I guess, and to get the whole NT stack for less than the price of a single Tiny Terror head, I couldn't refuse. (Also, over time, I like the Tiny Terror sound a little less and less whenever I go back to listen to it, and I liked the NT a bit more and more.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dega500 Posted November 27, 2012 Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 Originally Posted by honeyiscool I got a fantastic deal on the matching 112 cab with a road case for $175 shipped, Awesome, I'm sure this was a used purchase. I've been looking for a nice deal on a matching cab, or two, for mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted November 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 Yeah, that was used. I decided to get two of the cabs. I want to keep one around the house, and then take the one with the road case out to gigs, obviously. The road case will make a wonderful stand for the cabinet to get it off the ground so you can hear it better. When we're shooting video or whatever and want that extra awesome look, we can bring out both cabs and just use the one at the top. I might eventually install a parallel jack plate to allow daisy chaining. I barely got to play it yesterday but I thought it sounds very good through its matching Night Train cab. A lot of punch and the triode/pentode switch is very usable with the impact of the sound being reduced but the tone being identical. At whisper volumes (2 a.m. in an apartment with a roommate kind of deal), there's sorta this hum that's actually louder in triode than in pentode, but it's a complete non-factor, even at bedroom volumes. I played my Tele with various pedals through it and it sounded righteous. My favorite setting was gain at about 6, bright mode, treble at about 3, bass and mids at 5, volume at whatever, and triode (for the bedroom). The triode mode is really useful because at 7.5 watts, it's not far off from my AC4C1, which I also love, but that one doesn't have that hum at whisper volumes, making it a better strictly bedroom amp. I'd imagine at rehearsal, I'd want it in pentode. The thick mode is quite interesting, too. With the gain backed off in thick mode, you can get a really good response from the amp. You know, when you have a good subtle drive pedal and you put the drive at 0, you get that little crunch and a little thicker sound and a bit of drive but plenty of definition? That's the kind of response I was getting in thick mode. Really enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted November 27, 2012 Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 Night Trains are very cool. I'd like to add one to my collection eventually. Vox may be rethinking the design a bit, since I think the present design fills the same niche as a Tiny Terror head, though those seem to be more popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted November 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 It is a pretty hefty sucker, though. You would not expect something so small to be almost 20 pounds. It looks just like a lunchbox in its case, too. People would assume I was eating a lead sandwich. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted November 28, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 28, 2012 So hey, I emailed a Vox CS rep and yep, the Night Train 15 head is discontinued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jpnyc Posted November 28, 2012 Members Share Posted November 28, 2012 Hopefully they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted November 29, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Hopefully not. Last thing I need is a third NT cab just because "IT'S ONLY $150"I'm interested in the 110 cab, though, and if that thing is any cheaper, I'll have to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members F-bomb Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 I have had my Night Train and the Matching Cab 1X12 for almost 2 years now. It has been my go to amp since the day I bought it. I am STILL finding great new sounds on it. You will be happy with it. Congrats on the new amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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