• Fantastic Headphone Unit. A Great 'Bang For Your Buck'

  
  As reviewed by Sean on 1/17/2011

  I am as happy as can be with this little guy. Despite being a tiny plastic thing by image, it really does a great job. I have been using it with the Hofner Beatle Bass with flatwounds and have been very happy with the sounds I get out of this thing. You definitely want some good headphones with this guy as the typical tv/video game ones I used first couldn't handle the bass steadily enough and would cut in and out. I splurged and bought the Sony 7506 headphones and bam, this guy rocks! To the point I'm afraid I'm offending people with loudness, just to take my headphones off and be slightly numb of hearing to be told that they didn't hear anything but the strings being plucked. It has decent controls ranging from clean to slightly dirty. It fits in near any pocket of a bag and so far I've done about five hours of play time and the batteries are still good. Note: I put different batteries in it from the get-go, I don't ever trust the free batteries in things. I have heard complaints of the battery door coming off easily, though mine hasn't I feel it can, so I just put a little electrical tape on it as a precaution and don't even see it there it blends so well. I only found two cons with it. The first and obvious is that being small and of thin plastic, it probably won't hold well to abuse, if you are playing while sitting, make sure to know where it is and not move while it's plugged in and bang it on something, it may damage. The second is that at the higher levels of volume or adjustments I hear a little background static. The static goes away at about the 5 level of each dial, which is plenty of juice, as I said before at those levels my ears went a little numb. Of course, this is a $50 part and I'd imagine if I spent double that or more the static wouldn't be there at all, but I am still very happy and pleased. Fantastic tone, it with good headphones actually sounds better than my amp! I have the Acoustic B100, certainly not prime name, but the amp rocks. It's just too loud to practice with early or late and being a learner, I often don't care to advertise my learning. Speaking of, I still get a bit of fret buzz when hitting strings that I can hear, when using this guy, I don't hear anything unless the buzz is baad. I mean talk about smooth sound. If I knew then when starting and buying my first bit of gear what I know now, I would have probably passed on the amp just to have this and the phones as you can jam good and loud without roommates and the like getting mad. If you are a beginner and are just getting started, getting this and some good headphones may be the best bet for you- then save up and about the time you get good and want to show off to your friends, you'll have good money for a nice amp! I've also tried the Ac-30 for Guitar, it sounds good all and all, but this Bass one rocks!

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• Best thing since sliced bread

  
  As reviewed by Brian on 10/11/2010

  Took only 3 days to come in after I ordered my Vox amplug, pop in the two AAA batteries grabbed a crappy pair of head phones and flip the switch. Even with crap head phones my bass tones were still great. I love this little plug. You can adjust the Gain, Tone, and Volume. It can get very loud in your ears when you flip the FX on, so you have to lower everything when its on but not a problem to do. I can now plug with great quality everywhere I like without waking or bothering anyone. Must buy for people wanting to practice or just love taking their bass on the go.

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• Ideal headphone amp for bass players

  
  As reviewed by Justin Ng on 12/13/2011

  Good volume and decent sound out of this little Vox amp. I was looking for something that I could carry in my bass case while on the road and wanting to play. If you have a bottom jack, it's a little hard to see the controls (3 knobs), but this isn't hard to get used to. Will be interested to see if I can combine the headphone amp with pedals for quiet FX experiment, or possibly recording.

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