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Published on 02/21/10 at 15:00This handy gadget is made to look like the classic diamond-grillecloth Vox amp heads that the Beatles made popular. It's designed wit 90-degree angled 1/4' plug to be plugged straight into your bass. An aux input and headphones out allow you to play along with music without having to drag even a small practice amp long. Normal and FX channels. Runs on AAA zinc-carbon batteries (included) or alkalines. I've played bass for 45 years.
The amPLug is brand new but I found a dealer who had picked one up at NAMM 2010. List price is $64, street $45. Didn't buy it because I have a headphone amp already.
It's tiny -- fits in a gig bag easily or even in a shirt pocket. It does what it promises: easy access to practicing or playing along with music without bugging your neighbors. sound in the normal channel is quite good. FX? Meh ...
The FX sound -- selected with a switch -- is not that great, basically distortion. Switch is on the bottom of the unit -- hard to access when plugged in. Although other reviewers stated that the unit popped out of the bass jack easily, that didn't happen to me.
Appears to be solid.
If you need a low-cost headphone amp that will accept a CD/MP3 player, the Vox amPLug Bass Headphone Amp could be the one for you. Inexpensive --around $50 -- it plugs directly into your bass for silent practice. If you travel and spend lots of time in hotel rooms, this could be ideal. Decent sound from its normal channel, less than ideal from the FX channel. I rate it 3 because of reports from other reviewers that the unit pops out of the guitar jack, although that didn't happen to me.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
The amPLug is brand new but I found a dealer who had picked one up at NAMM 2010. List price is $64, street $45. Didn't buy it because I have a headphone amp already.
It's tiny -- fits in a gig bag easily or even in a shirt pocket. It does what it promises: easy access to practicing or playing along with music without bugging your neighbors. sound in the normal channel is quite good. FX? Meh ...
The FX sound -- selected with a switch -- is not that great, basically distortion. Switch is on the bottom of the unit -- hard to access when plugged in. Although other reviewers stated that the unit popped out of the bass jack easily, that didn't happen to me.
Appears to be solid.
If you need a low-cost headphone amp that will accept a CD/MP3 player, the Vox amPLug Bass Headphone Amp could be the one for you. Inexpensive --around $50 -- it plugs directly into your bass for silent practice. If you travel and spend lots of time in hotel rooms, this could be ideal. Decent sound from its normal channel, less than ideal from the FX channel. I rate it 3 because of reports from other reviewers that the unit pops out of the guitar jack, although that didn't happen to me.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com