Vox Valvetronix User Manual

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In keeping with the original, the TWEED 1x12 produces an open, relatively unco-
loured sound when clean, but starts to “snarl” beautifully when pushed into over-
drive. Its highly desirable “snarl” is rich with harmonic content and cranking this
puppy up will produce those classic, old rockabilly and rock ‘n’ roll sounds of the
’50S and ’60S, at the drop of a 10 gallon hat - especially when a single coil pickup
is used.
TONAL HINT: To duplicate this “big sounding” little amp even more accurately,
turn the POWER SELECT to 15W on the AD60VT and 15W x 2 on the
AD120VT.
Original’s tube compliment: 1 x 12AY7, 2 x 12AX7s in preamp, 1 x 5Y3GT
rectifier, 2 x 6V6s in power amp.
16. TWEED 4x10
The 4x10 combo we modeled here was built in 1959 and originally intended for
bass guitar. This said, six-stringers were quick to embrace its smooth-yet-cutting
overdrive which is perfect for R&B (rhythm ‘n’ blues) guitar. TWEED 4x10 is also
very sensitive and responsive to both picking strength and the volume setting on
your guitar. This means that by backing-off your axe’s volume when the amp is
cranked, you can produce a beautifully clean and full tone. It also means that
dynamic picking control allows you to make notes or chords more distorted or
clean than others, depending on how hard or how soft you pick ‘em.
Another cool tonal quirk of TWEED 4x10 is the classic, vintage tube amp sag
its GZ34 rectifier tube adds to your notes whenever the amp is driven really hard.
“What is sag?” Do I hear you ask? Well, crank the Gain control on this model, dig
in hard with your pick and you’ll soon find out! Can you hear how the note literally
“sags” when you first hit it and then it opens up? That’s sag, geddit?
TONAL NOTE: Just like on the original, the Middle and Treble control of
TWEED 4x10 are highly interactive and high settings of the Middle control
automatically add treble to your sound. As a result, you may want to turn down
the Treble control as a counter measure. Conversely, low Middle settings
reduce treble so you might wanna crank the Treble a little more in such
instances.
Original’s tube compliment: 1 x 12AY7, 2 x 12AX7s in preamp, 1x GZ34
rectifier, 2 x 5881s in power amp.

Vox Valvetronix Specifications

General

Channels	Varies by model
Effects	Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo
Speaker	Varies by model
Inputs	1 x Instrument
Outputs	1 x Headphone, 1 x Line Out
Footswitch	Optional
Weight	Varies by model
Dimensions	Varies by model