Users praised the vintage low-profile vibe of the amp, comparing it with the old-school Vox practice amps. Vox driven tone, so if it is your thing, you won’t be disappointed. If smooth overdrive is your thing, don’t Also, given that there is absolutely zero FX provided to embellish the sound, you might find it difficult to dial in the tones that you like. Here for sale we have a Vox Pathfinder 15R V9168R Combo Amp. This amp is in Mint cosmetic condition, and works perfectly. It includes the box and manual as well. Please see pictures for exact condition!

Even without those features, this amplifier remains an excellent model for the price. Its sound is incredible for a tiny ten watt, it’s loud enough for practice, and you can refine your tone to get the perfect sound. Plus, it looks absolutely gorgeous. That said, you can play with a pristine clean tone, or you can end up with a supersaturated sound by simply dialing up the gain knob on the clean channel. Playing on clean with a full gain sounds like the drive channel with a slight gain. pounds less. Like the Champ, she uses an 8" speaker to push air molecules around. The 15R is a VERY portable The speakers are three inches, making this one of the smallest practice amps in this tier, but the sound is comparably loud to the clean setting on the Pathfinder. The Fly3 offers one additional switch for a delay effect, which you can adjust to make the time in-between the delay shorter or longer. Everyone agreed that this wasn’t the loudest amp out there, but most use it for playing in a single room of the house. As a practice amp, customers think this is an excellent buy for the features and price. Some users also found the larger size and weight to be something they liked.On the downside, people did point out that there are limited features and a few cons to this amp. Several practice amps feature things like reverb and other effects, while the Pathfinder 10 keeps things incredibly simple. Several customers thought that the higher-end sound is the tradeoff for these features, while others didn’t need them for their playing style. I’ve always liked VOX amps for their looks and construction quality and I must say this particular model is no different. The overdrive channel had a mixed response. Some people found it perfectly usable while others clearly warned us to abstain from using it. A guitar amplifier this small and light can sit at the top of your desk easily. That’s an important factor. I/O section

I plugged into one at a local pawn shop and was totally blown away. The little solid-state amp sounded like,

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Lastly, the Bass and Treble knobs are flexible and effective. They can cut down a bright guitar, tame a low-end instrument, and dial anything in between. There’s also a line out on this model that you can use with headphones or for recording purposes. Outputs like this one aren’t commonplace for amplifiers in this class, which makes this model even more appealing.

The demo below showcases a musician playing the Vox Pathfinder through a PA system. With the right condenser mic, it can handle its own. I would say is enough for light gigging and garage rehearsals. Overall, the amplifier looks just like a Vox amp should look, only a bit smaller. There’s nothing that jumps out as “cheap,” even though the amp has plenty of PBS materials (cheap plastic). Naturally, the clean channel is what you would use to drive your distortion pedals. Otherwise, you can rely on the amplifier’s distortion to use your modulation effects. Its distinctive top panel features a Gain Boost switch plus controls for Volume, Gain, Treble, Bass, Tremolo Speed, and Tremolo Depth. Both the boost and tremolo are footswitchable via an optional VFS2 dual footswitch, offering you even more performance power. (Footswitch not included.)I even paired this amp with a Behringer UM-300 but the results were not much better. Some metal tones were clearly better with this combo but it gets too fuzzy very easily. I can recommend it to any beginner who needs a simple-to-use amp with versatile clean and crunch sound. The built-in tremolo effect is as good as a boutique tremolo pedal for which you would pay as much as this amp. While 10 watts might not be a lot in the realm of guitar amplifiers, the Pathfinder produces ample sound in smaller spaces. You can’t wow a stadium with it, but it is loud enough to annoy the neighbors. Due to its more diminutive stature, this model is best for casual use and more intimate gigs. As for the sound, you can expect the usual bright and chime-like tones that Vox is known for. The Pathfinder is excellent for clean playing styles from folk to blues, but it can also handle an intense level of heaviness.

Such is the concept of the amp, and the ease-of-use it presents becomes pretty attractive for beginners and musicians on a budget.All you need is to turn the treble a little too high for the sound to go from perfectly usable to too fuzzy. Particularly with metal leads and solos the sound loses its character and is mediocre at best. I'd heard about how good these little practice amps were and had tried a friend's one. For a solid state 15 watt amp with an 8 inch speaker they have an almost tube like tone and a responsive feel. Plugged into an 8ohm 4x12inch speaker cab it sounds like a quality amp. I've seen people playing gigs with them - albeit miked into the desk (but you have to do that at most gigs anyway).