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Originally Posted by enroper a. does anybody have any examples of a 15r well recorded and in a mix? Preferably something indie-ish / modern rock sounding.. Crappy youtube on camera mic clips just aint convincing me Way early in the thread richey888 posted a couple tracks where he used the Pathfinder to do most of the heavy lifting: http://acapella.harmony-central.com/...1#post43253150 I've been an absentee parent on this thread, mostly because a many months back my Pathfinder released the magic smoke that keeps all of its celestial harmony in sync. After that it didn't sound very good... or at all actually. Now I'm using it as a speaker cab for my Valve Jr. head. Debating between getting another Pathfinder or a Champ clone head.

Originally Posted by SnorkelMonkey Tonight I sat in with a pretty loud punk act with a heavy hitting drummer. My role on several numbers was to play clean. My normal grab an go is on my bench and I didn't want to grab a monster so I rolled the dice with the Pathfinder. I honestly didn't think the amp would keep up with this group max'd out dirty. To my surprise with the LED mod it kept up in boost mode completely clean and was loud as {censored}. The other guitarists were floored that it could do that. It could never keep up at those volumes before without the mod, certainly not clean. It would just barely keep up in that setting with everything dimed full on distortion. {censored}ing great mod, I'm glad I thought of it. : patshimselfonback: Awesome! Mine gets REALLY loud now that I've done the same. Great job with the mod! :virtualhighfive:

Originally Posted by SnorkelMonkey Hey Bot, did you check the top of the pan? If you go with a different speaker check out 8" PA speakers. I've put just about every 8" guitar amp speaker on the market in there and they all sucked by comparison to the stock speaker which I suspect is some sort of home audio/PA speaker. They all display limited frequency range and (buzzy) early breakup whereas the stock speaker has more bass, better highs, and has a decent amount of headroom by comparison. I guess I'd need to pull the whole tank out to get to it. I might do that today. I'll see if there's anything on it and report back. I was thinking along the same lines about the speaker. I have a pair of old Zenith ported speakers in my garage. They are a two-piece speaker with a main full-range driver and a smaller tweeter. Unfortunately, they're 6" and not 8". I might hit some thrift stores and see if I can find something similar.

Originally Posted by Wulver Since this is simply the "Vox Pathfinder" lounge, I figure I'd ask. Found a Vox Pathfinder 10 in a local pawn shop for $60 today, and I suppose I'm asking if it's worth a buy. Seems like a handy little amp for stuff. The Pathfinder 10 retails for $70 new at places like Amazon, so at $60 it doesn't seem like such a great deal. Maybe if you talk them down to something like $40? http://www.amazon.com/V9106-Pathfind.../dp/B0000WS0RI

I did the LED Mod today. It really opens up the clean headroom by quite a bit. Pretty nifty. The resonance with the stock speaker is really bad at high volume though, so I'm sure I'll need to get another speaker in there or figure out a way to do an external cab. Back to the reverb tank. I looked at the tank today and the only thing on there is stick that reads: PF-15 07 | 0904 Maybe it's marked somewhere on the circuit board, but I didn't see it. How would I measure the Ohm rating on the tank using a digital multi-meter?

These are some amazing mods. I like the "Tweedfinder" and its metal speaker cover. What you did for the grill-cloth on the stack version looks really good. Inspired! Looks like you did some shielding on the chasis, right? And what's the gold grill on back of that same shot for? Originally Posted by tvvoodoo I'm currently entranced with the Pathfinder 15r, and though it's a great little unit as stock, I have been obsessed with trying to make this widely acclaimed little SS gem even better. You could say I have been on the path to find additional tone goodness... First off, a rehouse/respeaker job with the first one, into a refinished bass combo cab I found at the recycling depot... The 12" eminence "Tweedfinder"... Second, since I had a leftover combo cab, so I managed to snag another 15R with mismatched grill cloth for $40, and happened across a pair of vintage 4ohm 10" CTS speakers for another $20, which are now being frankensteined together to become the "Stackfinder"... The Stackfinder is meant to be used either as a one-piece combo, or a stacked with the extra 10" for flexibililty- there were some speaker size and resistance challenges to overcome. Still toying with the LED mod idea, not sure which one I might try it on first. Any suggestions? The full project threads, and a bunch more other guitar-ish fun can be found on my main gear mod thread HQ over here http://www.agileguitarforum.com/show...tid=255&page=1 if you are interested.

Originally Posted by richey888 Boss Power Stack and my Cool Cat fuzz rock the PF's world. I have gigged with it since my last post twice. Once we were playing at coffeehouse volume, and once through a 2x12 cab, YES!! Did it do pretty well with the 2x12 cab? Originally Posted by nixhex113 Yeah that tower is around 7 feet tall... it makes the 3x10 sunn cab look tiny. Originally Posted by Karma1 I along with a lot of other people here tend to swap speakers in their amps a lot for better tone. However I rarely hear of anyone changing out the speaker in a Pathfinder. I think it sounds great and don't have a desire to change it, but just wondering if anyone has swapped theirs and what the results were? After the LED Mod and reverb pan upgrade, this is on my to-do list. I'm thinking about getting an Eminence Lil' Buddy 10" hemp-cone speaker and enlarging the baffle hole to install it. I know that some are putting 8" Weber and Jensen replacements in and saying they make a difference over the stock. I believe Snorkelmonkey is a stock speaker guy and swears by it. Here's a thread over at TDPRI where a member installed a 10" into his Pathfinder. It's a little rough, but he's says it made quite a difference: http://www.tdpri.com/forum/amp-central-station/156295-vox-pathfinder-speaker-baffle-modification.html Video demo of the upgraded sound:

Originally Posted by nixhex113 Pathfinders are great little amps! Quite a tower. Like a bedroom Jucifer.

Originally Posted by SnorkelMonkey That might work. If you can't find any markings on the tank shoot me an email and I'll see about checking mine out for you. It might have been on the inside of the tank? I could swear it was a sticker on the outside. Could be and I just missed it (the sticker). I'll let you know either way. On the LED mod, do I work from the top (LED) side? I was thinking a pair on needle-nose and hitting the pads with the iron from the top while pulling should work to get them out.

Originally Posted by SnorkelMonkey Hey Monsterbot, I was looking into upgrading the reverb tank but never got around to it. On the stock tank itself it does have the input/output ohms ratings where you could go off and find a more robust tank from. I remember finding something that was the largest that could be tacked down inside the PF's cab on the floor. Sorry I forget the model it's been a while. I was going to register an account and ask over at TDPRI, but the guy who posted hasn't been there since January of this year, so I doubt he'd post back with more insight. I had the chassis out the other day. I was looking for info on the tank, but didn't see anything. Maybe I just missed it. When I pull it apart again, I think I'll do the LED mod you came up with. Right now, my Pathfinder has a bass resonance issue if it's not sitting on the floor. I like to tilt it back a little so the speaker is pointing toward my ears instead of my feet. When I do that, or put it on a table, the low-end bass frequencies make a sort of rattling sound on sustained notes. At first I thought it was the speaker, but after pulling it apart and having the speaker in the baffle sitting on its own (out of the amp) there was no resonance. Only when it's in the combo enclosure does it resonate. I imagine it's the baffle vibrating against the rest of the cabinet somewhere. I think I might find a piece of felt or something similar to put in between the two. Or maybe glue some sort of bracing material (2x4?) against the sides or bottom of the cabinet. The reason I bring it up is because I'm wondering, if I put a reverb tank on the cabinet floor, if the same resonance will constantly vibrate the springs in the pan. I wonder if maybe some rubber washers or something similar would reduce vibration.

In a thread over at TDPRI, a member posted that he put in a new reverb pan. Specifically this one: http://www.amplifiedparts.com/produc...P-RMOD-8AB2A1B Hoping Snorkelmonkey or someone else could weigh in on if it's the correct tank for a replacement. At less than $23 shipped, it seems it'd be worth the effort.

Anyone know if it's possible to fashion a dummy plug for the footswitch jack? If there isn't a footswitch plugged in, there's a subtle (but still noticeable) slow trem effect in the background.

Added "Info threads, upgrade and mod resources:" section to the OP with SnorkelMonkey's Muy Caliente mod thread. If you think there are other threads or resources (here on HC or elsewhere) that would be good info, post a reply and I'll add it to the front page.

Originally Posted by richey888 ^^^ Nice! Everything including bass cut thru my 15r: http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10524909 Squier Jazzmaster w/ the PF: http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10364771 Amp is worth it's weight in gold! Thanks for the clips. The bass sounds nice. I Wouldn't have thought to do it through the Pathfinder. Originally Posted by Aedes i've been interested in these for a while. how's the line out sound? Is the amp good for recording? I usually only get time to record when the kids are sleeping, so I can't mic an amp... Here's a shootout between a number of lower cost direct solultions. The Pathfiner is at the bottom of the page: http://www.wideeyedworship.com/Shootout.htm Originally Posted by SnorkelMonkey Great amp, great mod. Muy-Caliente-VOX-Pathfinder-15-15r-Modification, AKA LED MOD Currently digging the tone as is, but I'll probably give it a try in the future. Did you ever make any headway into a reverb tank replacement?

Chimey U2 tones through the Pathfinder 15R:

Originally Posted by PKTrono double click the white space next to the thread title in the main forum. i think after a while you can't do it anymore though Originally Posted by RadioSilence sometimes you can just double-click next to the name of the thread on the main page and you can change it. Love my Pathfinder 15R got it used on ebay for only

Originally Posted by RUExp? I believe someone here has the Pathfinder head/cab. I'll poke around for more info and add it to the list. Originally Posted by juri Might want to change the thread title.. Patherfinder -> Pathfinder DOH! That's what I get for putting together a lounge around midnight. Okay, I tried changing the title thread in editing mode, but it doesn't change the thread title in the forum. How do I make the change show up in the main forum?

Originally Posted by letsgocoyote I'd like to try the pathfinder 10 as well, I have heard good things Same here. I'm finding the 8" in the 15R is about the very edge of where I want to go size-wise though. I'm amazed by this amp though, so who knows...

Vox rep., Paul Kramer, demos the Pathfinder 15R Youtube video of the 15R being put through its paces:

Amazed there hasn't been a dedicated lounge for this great little amp. I just picked mine up a few days ago and I'm loving it .

The Vox Pathfinder Lounge The Pathfinder lounge is devoted to a series of solid-state guitar and bass amplifiers produced by Vox Amplification Company from 1999 to present. These include the Pathfinder 10, Pathfinder 15/15R and Pathfinder 10 Bass. This lounge is for anything Pathfinder related including product information, questions, artist usage and general appreciation of the Pathfinder series of amps. Official Vox Product Pages:Main Pathfinder product page Pathfinder 10 product page Pathfinder 15/15R product page Pathfinder 10 Bass product page Vox Show Room (voxshowroom.com) info pages:Pathfinder 10 Pathfinder 15R Pathfinder 10 Bass Pathfinder Product Manuals (english language, PDF format):Pathfinder 10 Pathfinder 15/15R Pathfinder 10 Bass Info threads, upgrade and mod resources:SnorkleMonkey's Muy Caliente / LED Mod Model Specifications: Pathfinder 10 Specifications:Circuitry: Solid-State Output: 10-Watts RMS Speakers: Vox Bulldog x 1 (6.5", 8 ohm) Controls: Gain, Treble, Bass, Volume, Clean/Overdrive Switch, Power On/Off Input: Input Jack Outputs: Headphone/Line Out Jack Dimensions: 380mm(w) x 260mm(h) x 170mm(d) / 14.96"(w) x 10.24"(h) x 6.69"(d) Weight: 4.8Kg/10lbs Pathfinder 15/15R SpecificationsCircuitry: Solid-State Output: 15-Watts RMS Speakers: Vox Bulldog x 1 (8", 8 ohm) Controls: Gain Control, Boost Switch, Volume Control, Treble Control, Bass Control, Tremolo Speed Control, Tremolo Depth Control, Reverb Control (Only on Pathfinder 15R.), Power ON/OFF Switch & LED Input: Input Jack Outputs: Headphone Output Jack, Line Output Jack, External Speaker Output Jack Other: Footswitch Jack. For connecting the optional VFS-2 Dual Footswitch Dimensions: 396mm(w) x 400mm(h) x 193mm(d) / 15 1/2"(w) x 15 3/4"(h) x 7 5/8"(d) Weight 8Kg / 17.7lbs Pathfinder 10 Bass SpecificationsOutput Power: 10 Watts RMS Speaker: VOX Bulldog 5" x 2 (4 ohms) Input: INPUT jack Output: PHONES/LINEOUT jack Controls: DRIVE, TREBLE, BASS, VOLUME, BRIGHT switch Dimensions (W x D x H): 380 x 170 x 277mm (including projections) / 14.98 x 6.69 x 10.91 inches Weight: 5.6kg / 12.32 lbs

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