"OK. The amp IS five stars. That the music store said it was "like new" when they'd already been changing tubes around...come on. The reverb went crazy, the tolex got to bouncing, called ghoastbusters, and there was no tracking for a while. OTHER than that. It's freaking glorious. Put a vintage RAT in front of it, it's intense. Different guitar? Whole new thing. It also weighs less than a Fender Princeton and once you put new tubes in, is a lot less fussy. I've an old danelecro tremelo pedal. awesome. If you've thinking about getting a Vox, like DON'T buy something digital. Put the money towards one of these or something else with tubes/valves. Peace, J.

Addendum: A while back I bought a Celestion Blue at half price. Made a Cab. Put the AC10 (or a Princeton) through the Blue and you're...Golden-Blue? Moreover, it sounds incredible. There are 10" non-celestion "blue" speakers (can't remember who makes them" you could put in the amp itself. Then again, all the other low what amps you have...wouldn't get the blues :) Peace n Love, J."

"I like the sound, how it looks, is very vintage and cool and beautiful, I just love it, it totally worth it the price!"

"Admittedly, I'm in the honeymoon phase with this amp, so consider that when I say this is the best sounding amp I have ever owned. I've owned a pretty wide variety of amps (boutique, solid state, tube, modeling amps, etc.). The AC10 is pretty basic on features - single channel, no effects loop, digital reverb, no tremolo. So everything goes into the front end (pay attention to pedal order) and you need pedals to get a lot of tones you might get from other Vox offerings. The AC10 is all about blending the gain, volume and tone. Don't get me wrong, it's tough to get a bad sound out of it, but the classic rock/punk drive that is just majestic is available in spades. Sparkling highs are also right there too.

Regarding lack of features, I use a Strymon Flint (Reverb/Tremolo) and some fuzz and OD pedals (Tubescreamer, Bluesdriver). It takes pedals well and just like any amp, if you try to use the wrong pedals with the wrong settings, you can get mixed results. I've also read that you MUST use an effects loop for modulation and delays to get good sounds. That is simply untrue. I also use a Strymon Mobius, DiG and MXR Carbon Copy to great effect.

The reason I've not had a Vox is the great unknown in a new amp. I've had reliability issues. Noise, hum, blown transformers, whatever. I had an AC15 and it sounded terrific, but it just wasn't reliable and I moved on to an Orange amp as my go to. Hopefully this one lasts, because it hits every tone I'm looking for."