AD100VTH Review

This half-stack delivers bone-crushing volume and true tube tone in a bold, no nonsense package.

Features:	9.4
Sound:	9.2
Reliability:	8.4
Impression:	9.2
Overall rating:	9.1
Users rating:	6.3
Comments:	21

overall: 10

Featured review by: jmac72187, on march 14, 2006

Price paid: $ 400

Purchased from: Daddy's Junky Music

Features: This amp was made in 2006. The amp is probably the most versatile amp I have ever played. It has anything from crystal clear cleans to heavy distortion for palm muting. It has 11 amp presets and 2 user programmable channels. It has channel switching built into the amp and there is an optional 2 button footswitch that you can use for this. There is an effects loop and a headphone jack located on the backside of the amp. It also has 11 useful built in effects (reverb, chorus, delay, etc). On the back of the amp, there is a setting to adjust the power amp from 1-100 watts. I used this amp at my house and it is plenty of power. It will be plenty of power for almost anything. It is a hybrid amp. It contains tube and solid state parts. // 10

Sound: I use this with an Epiphone Les Paul with 2 humbuckers. It suits any music style. It isn't noisy at all. I only got feedback when the guitar was inches from the amp while set pretty loud. The amp can sound like just about anything you need. Heavy, blues, cleans. The clean channel is not distorted at high volumes at all. The distortion can get pretty brutal if you want it to. It all depends on how you set all of the settings. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I have only had it a few days. I cannot really comment on this. It seems very solidly built. I would bring it without a backup just because I cannot afford a backup and would most likely not buy one if I could just because I trust Vox. // 10

Impression: I play anything rock basically. I have been playing about a year and use this with a Epiphone Les Paul. If it were stolen, I would hunt the person who stole it down and beat them with the amp to within and inch of their life. Then I would wait till they heal and repeat. Then I would play through the amp. I love everything about the amp, the look and the sound are great. // 10

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: Death-Reaper, on january 21, 2008

Price paid: $ 754.74

Purchased from: Klomp Muziek - Den Bosch - Netherlands

Features: I love this amp. It has everything, and then I really mean everything you could wish for. 11 different presets, which you can manually change the settings from. It goes from very clean, to freakin trash sounds. Also there are 11 effects (such as comp, delay, phaser, chorus, reverb, and mixes between em) which you can set the time duration of (tap button, and potmeter for reverb, phaser, chorus). There's a bypass button to Switch them off/on, which also works on a footswitch (I have an Ibanez Switch, which also works on it). There are 2 channels where you can "write" your settings into, and you can also Switch between those two with the footswitch. There's EQ, and with the Gain and Volume you can get almost every kind of distortion you want to. It has footswitch output, effect send and return outputs, 2 speaker outputs, and a feature to manage the wattage going out of your amp into your cab. That last one is very useful, you can turn the amp up very very loud, and with that feature you can keep it quiet. This amp is partly tube, partly solid state, but it sounds just like a complete tube amp. // 10

Sound: I'm using an Epiphone Les Paul Custom EB with it (the black one, yes), with the default pickups. It sounds just great. I mostly play it with my band, we play punkrock, and some harder stuff sometimes, and the amp is doing great at that! At home I play trash metal, or just heavy metal, and the distortion is just brutal. Unbelievable. And the good thing is, no buzzes or noise at all! Even at high volume the clean nor the overdrive channels distort. Only a bit when you're next to it to set your settings it might buzz a little at high volume. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I can't say anything about it's durability, since I purchased it like half a year ago. But it has never broken down. Not even the tiniest bit. But I really trust Vox, I would use backup though, you can't predict what may happen. "They are designed to be guitarist-friendly and easy to use." As the Vox website says about this amp. I agree with that! // 9

Impression: Before this amp I played on a Line 6 Spider II. When I bought that one, I felt comfortable with the sound of it, but that was when I played guitar like 1 year, so I was kinda ignorant I think, since I really don't like the sound of it anymore. The Vox is a way better amp, I really love it's sound, but also it's appearance. I compared it with other sortlike amps, like Marshall Valvestate, MG100HDFX (I hate that one) and some London City's. If it were stoled I'd soo get it back. In any way possible. // 10

overall: 9.5

Reviewed by: ZinkMonster, on june 29, 2007

Price paid: $ 742

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: This amp is absolutely amazing in terms of versatility. It has pretty much every amp style anyone would ever need, all with a tweakable EQ. 11 whole modes. Literally, EVERY style anyone would need. I play in a heavy/thras metal band, and not only can I use this amp to create classical sounding music, acoustic sounding stuff, and older reggae, but I can make people's head's explode with the Nu-Metal and Modern UK settings on it. It has an output jack for recording, and it has a nifty Watt rating knob on the back, so you can have your master volume all the way up to get the distortion you want, but keep it quiet. Oh, did I mention the effects? It has 11 effects! Flange, Chorus, Delay, ahh everything you need. And a nifty little effects volume knob, and a tap button to time the effect distance. Like speed up your delay, or slow it down to about 6 seconds. It's crazy. // 10

Sound: Oh man. This thing can make my guitars weep, or destroy. Like I said, I play in a thrash/metal band and this will rip people's heads off, or it'll heal people's souls. No noise at all. Even on super distortion. Not even with single coils. You don't get ANY buzz or hum from it unless your right on top of it adjusting your settings. // 9

Reliability & Durability: I've done 5 full gigs at local clubs with this amp, and it's held out incredibly well. I can't say that for the cab. But that's because it fell out of my truck. It still works but looks horrible. Anyway, this amp doesn't really require any maintenence with tubes and whatnot since it's all fake tube. But it still can sound every bit lik eone. // 9

Impression: I'd say this amp will fit a lot of people Who have mixed playing styles or like versatility. If you want something heavier than this, though, you'll have to get a MESA. That's the only thing that will be any heavier in distortion than this. I'm not kidding. I played a Randall and several Marshalls at guitar center, then I played this. Then I played the MESA. MESA was 1300. Vox was 400. And the MESA only sounded a little bit better than this, because obviously it's a MESA and is 1300. But anyway, this thing can be a savage meat-eating, baby-killing monster, or the complete opposite. Think of your own analogy. I love this amp. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on march 19, 2007

Price paid: $ 532

Purchased from: eBay

Features: Amp was made in 2006. This amp is extremely versatile. It models 11 amps ranging from Boutique Clean/OD to AD30 to Numetal to US High Gain. The range of cleans and overdrives/distortions you can find yourself playing on are pretty amazing when you consider it's all built in. It has 2 footswitching channels and a preset channel. It's also got a bunch of effects (auto wah, compression, chorus, trem, phaser, rotary, delay etc) and all are pretty versatile (can change how they sound). This thing goes about as far as possible in terms of auto effects. // 9

Sound: I'm using this with a Warlock NJ, which is pretty versatile in terms of styles. I can get it to sound really nice clean, right through to bone crunching distortion. But if you're like me and can't settle on one exact style, the amp will go where you want it to. I mainly play metal and the amp does an excellent job, but like I said, the thing produces pretty good clean sounds too. How brutal is the distortion? Switch it to 'nu-metal', max the gain, put master to full and then adjust volume with the amount of watts going into the amp (little knob on the back). Distortion gets brutal. // 9

Reliability & Durability: This thing rocks. It's hybrid so you don't have to fret over tubes or valves and etc. You wouldn't need a backup, it's reliable. In terms of non-tube/valve amps, this is a pretty damn good amp and will be suitable for amateurs/pros. It would gig to a certain extent. // 8

Impression: I'm personally against how everyone talks about "if this was stolen I'd probably..." but if someone managed to steal it on my watch, I'd only not get another cause I would buy something completely different. I only bought this in the first place cause it was going cheap on eBay. But I'm happy with it. I've been playing guitar for around 8 years now and this is keeping me happy for the moment. If you are looking for a non-tube half stack with the versatility of 11 amps then this is the one to check out. // 9

overall: 7.3

Reviewed by: thefoilfrontman, on march 17, 2008

Price paid: $ 399

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: I bought this head after playing it in a room full of Marshall JCM 2000s and it held it's own. This is a solid state amp with a tube pre-amp. It has (I believe) 8 different amp sounds to choose from (4 clean, 4 dirty). The dirty range from classic Vox, to Marshall, to Mesa Rectifier. The Marshall setting is easily the most crunch with my setup. A two channel footswitch is available for this amp but comes with a short cord. I use it as my main stage amp and play original rock (more towards heavy) and it's 100 w are plenty of power for all the venues I've played so far. It does have built in EFX, but I'm not impressed with most of them. // 8

Sound: I normally play a Mexican re-issue strat with this because I love the strange distortion I get from this. This is a very quiet amp as far as hums and whatever else go. Clean channels really don't distort that much until you get to extreme volume. Like I said before, the distortion really held it's own against a Marshall JCM2000. // 8

Reliability & Durability: This has been a great amp for me, but it bit me in the rear one night as I was just getting ready to rock on stage and the power gave on me. It ended up being a relay of some sort internally that had to be replaced. This was covered by the warranty, but it sure is scary. // 6

Impression: Overall this amp is good for what I play and great for what it is. The cost can't be beat for the overall pounding that it pumps out. That being said, when I can afford it, I'll go with the Marshall. This amp does NOT appear to be that sturdy, so I would avoid drops of any kind. All in all though, I'm pretty happy with the amp. If you're strapped for cash but truly need more power, this amp can really help you out. // 7

Comments

[bees_knees_3]

FUCK YOU

[HILIKUS!]

did you get the half stack for $400 or just the head?

[blaydenj]

i want one of these sooooo bad

[AngryGoldfish]

I have the AD30Vt and i love it to pieces, i mean if i had the cash i'd go for a Messy Boogie but i dont need to!! The amp i have does everything that i want it to do except do large venues as its only 30 watt! But is the 100 watt half stack actually a tube amp with vavles jst like the AD30 jst bigger?

[tmv91]

is it a head or half stack?

[Dante_Ravenkin]

I got this amp 2 days ago after weeks of debating over a Line 6 Spider III. So far, I'm REALLY glad I chose this one. It's a well made, very versatile amp.

[AdamantGuitar74]

i've had this for like a month and a half, got a killer deal

420 bucks for both amp head and cab (also a free blunt ;] lol, notice the price)

[ac22cvu]

does it come with a footswitch?

[cyclefreak207]

Dante_Ravenkin wrote:

I got this amp 2 days ago after weeks of debating over a Line 6 Spider III. So far, I'm REALLY glad I chose this one. It's a well made, very versatile amp.

i was lookin at the small 100$ spider, and the 200$ version of this one, and the vox blows it away. but i was wondering, i am thinking about trying to trade in my marshall mg, and get this here vox stack, to guitar center, does anyone think i will get good money for it there, its in good condition.

[foolishguitar]

hey, im pretty convinced but i need some other opinions, this is better than a mg100 for like metal and gigging right

[antonzm]

cyclefreak207 wrote:

Dante_Ravenkin wrote:

I got this amp 2 days ago after weeks of debating over a Line 6 Spider III. So far, I'm REALLY glad I chose this one. It's a well made, very versatile amp.

i was lookin at the small 100$ spider, and the 200$ version of this one, and the vox blows it away. but i was wondering, i am thinking about trying to trade in my marshall mg, and get this here vox stack, to guitar center, does anyone think i will get good money for it there, its in good condition.

i think you're not going to get good money for the MG because its made on china and its reliability and durability are so so so bad... but... if you have money.. you can buy one of AD100VTH, and i recomend you the vox AD212 Cab, this combination sound pretty good!!!...

[Death-Reaper]

tmv91 wrote:

is it a head or half stack?

It's sold as half stack, but you can wire another cab to it, you'll have full stack

[Death-Reaper]

ac22cvu wrote:

does it come with a footswitch?

No, and the original footswitch is quite expensive..
But Ibanez has a universal footswitch which also works fine with this amp.. I've got that myself

[keavader]

foolishguitar wrote:

hey, im pretty convinced but i need some other opinions, this is better than a mg100 for like metal and gigging right

yeah. the mg 100 is absolutely one of the worst amps. read the reviews man. but this is fantastic from metal from what i hear. im thinkin' of goin vox for my next amp, but i think i'd rather get a cheaper 100 watt combo and skip the effects, i prefer my pedals.

[Geeeeezer]

okayy

at the risk of sounding like a fool
let me tell u first im a bit of a novice...
i dont know too much about technical stuff and i focus more on playin than how amazin my equipment is.

So could someone tell me
Does the AD100VTH contain speakers?
or do u HAVE to have a cab to connect it up 2?
any serious responses would be much appreciated

[saintjimmy924]

yes... you have to have a cab

[-ET-]

wait...you can plug this sucker into pretty much any other cab...right? and...it's a solid state...AND tube?

[roberto123]

whats up with the users rating of 5?!

[Omgiamcool:)]

How would this sound with an Vox v4123bn 4x12 or would that need the AC 100 head?

[ivri]

the head is like most other heads out there- full tube, hybrid or solidstate- you can plug it into most any cab. i have the 100w combo and love it. Marshall MG line sux totally versus this. i had the marshall 30w before getting the vox and even with my wooden ears i can tell you the vox kicks the crap outta the marshall.

[Spachula]

I'm definitely getting this head! But does anyone know of a good, cheap cabinet to go with it?