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Vox VT40+ Valvetronix

The perfect combination of innovation and tradition, the VOX Valvetronix + Series combines sophisticated modeling technology with vintage know-how to provide an array of authentic guitar tones that are worthy of the name VOX. Based on the acclaimed VOX Valve Reactor circuit, which utilizes a genuine 12AX7 vacuum tube in the power stage, these advanced digital amplifiers retain the familiar warmth of a genuine tube amp. True tube tone is pumped through a custom designed 10” VOX speaker, while the intuitive control set makes customizing the VT40+ to your liking simple.

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Rear Controls Panel
  • Number of amp models: 33
    Number of effects Pedal effect types: 11
    Modulation/Delay types: 11
    Reverb types: 3
    Noise reduction: 1
    Number of programs Preset: 99
    User: 8 (2 banks x 4 channels)
    Input/output jacks
    Top panel: INPUT jack, PHONES jack, AUX IN jack
    Rear panel: FOOT SW jack

  • Power amp output VT40+: maximum 60 W RMS @ 8 Ohm
    Speaker VT40+: VOX original; 10 inch, 8 ohms (x1)
    Power supply requirements: AC, local voltage
    Power consumption VT40+: 36 W
    Dimensions (W x D x H) VT40+: 422 x 222 x 406 mm / 16.6 x 8.7 x 16.0 inches
    Weight VT40+: 10.9 kg / 24 lbs.
    Included items: Power cable
    Options: VOX VFS5 Foot Switch

The Vox Valvetronix range of amps was hailed as the great happy medium between solid state and tube amps – taking the advantages of both and combining them into an amp that sounds warm and authentic yet is easy to maintain and retains the features the modern guitarist needs.

The new Vox Valvetronix Plus amplifiers take the next step with a greater range of models and features, and updated amp models that sound more accurate and faithful than ever before. The Valvetronix+ amplifiers are the new faces of versatility in the hybrid amp market.


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Pawn Shop Series guitars are inspired by the more eccentric Fender® creations of the mid-’60s to mid-’70s, which sometimes found their way to the outside world and into the more esoteric pages of Fender history. Crafted for thoroughly modern sound and quality, they present a creative alchemy of diverse Fender elements. New for 2012, the Pawn Shop Series introduces an unconventional new assortment of “guitars that never were but should have been.”

The Pawn Shop Offset Special guitar is one of Fender’s most offbeat designs ever. Features include a semi-hollow double-cutaway body with an f-hole and sleek offset waist, a phenomenal-sounding pair of large JZHB humbucking pickups with three-way toggle switching and an Adjusto-Matic™ bridge with vintage-style floating tremolo tailpiece. This is a guitar from the past and the future.
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Music was not my first love

For a few days now, I felt a desire to sit and meditate with some intense loud music.

Now, most music played on a proper volume has an effect on me, this is why I tend to be in silence and alone most if not all of the time, which I learned to enjoy more and more as I moved out and away from playing and listening to music all day every day since the age of 16 till 24. It was during my break in France where I found the silent inner space within, and since then I learned that music also can have an adverse affect on me.
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