uk_lefty Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Has anyone used or got one of these? What are your thoughts? It looks interesting for practice and recording, not that I do much if any of either!! But I'm willing to be tempted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbass Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Our guitarist has the guitar version and has used it on few gigs and it's been quite good. I wouldn't use the bass version for anything other than a practice amp though. I just looked on the Vox site and while the guitar version has a 10" speaker, the bass version only has an 8". Strange. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Dog Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) I have the little Vox VX50BA 50 watt nutube bass amp with 8" speaker and am pleased to report that it punches well above its 10 lb. weight! So, when the new SuperBeetle (sic) was announced I was intrigued. The bass SuperBeetle is basically a dressed up VX50BA, with separate head & cab, full 50 watts into 8" speaker, but no DI that the VX50BA has. For bass, I prefer the VX50BA. The guitar SuperBeetle, however, is "only" 25 watts into a 10" speaker, but with an external cab connection for an 8 ohm cab to get the full 50 watts! Hello? Bass amps benefit greatly from additional cabs, too! I can't believe the second-class treatment Vox is giving this otherwise attractive looking bass amp! BTW, I do like the nutube sound, even without much of the built-in Overdrive or Distortion! It gets good, solid smooth bass tones at high volume, after the initially boxy-sounding speaker has been gently "broken in". Just my tuppence. Edited March 2, 2020 by G-Dog Grammar & extra thought 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassmanPaul Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I miss the days of the JMI VOX amplifiers. As a baby bass player I aspired to own a VOX amp. In 1967 I fulfilled that dream with an AC50 Foundation. The stuff put out under the VOX name nowadays I view as basically junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killed_by_Death Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 VOX is owned by Korg now & making their products in Vietnam. If my VX50BA was destroyed tomorrow, I'd buy another immediately, w/o any consideration for something else. TBH I wish they sold the Super Beetle head separately, as I'd like to plug it into a RevSound 2x8" with Celestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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