PRODUCT REVIEW
Rating:
you want a piece of heaven that
delivers all a working musician
truly needs.
Buy If...
Out Here in the Streets
I took the AGA70 to my usual gear lab, a busy
bagel bakery in my neighborhood. I plugged
my vocal mic into the Normal channel and my
Gallagher A- 70 with a K&K Western Mini pickup
into the Tube Pre channel. I found I didn’t have
to dial the mids back quite as far as I did at
home, which was great. I was blown away by
the volume. I had the Volume on each channel
pretty much straight up, with slightly more vocal
than guitar, and the Master turned up to about
3, and it was plenty loud—almost too loud. At
this setting, I didn’t get even a hint of a possibil-
ity of feedback, and the amp was clearly audible
through the whole place. Luckily for me, my
good friends Steve and Ruth Armstrong came
to hear my set, so I got to listen to Steve play
and Ruth sing, and was further astounded by
the amp’s remarkable fidelity. It sounded simply
gorgeous. The guitar was woody, warm, and
alive, and the vocal was smooth and clear.
Skip If...
you don’t want a tube in your
acoustic amp.
The Final Mojo
The Vox AGA70 has everything I want, and I
love what the 12AU7 does to my guitar’s already
killer tone. (I also love the dark, sexy good looks
and the chunky controls with their easy-to-see
labels.) For small to medium-sized club and coffeehouse situations, and even bigger “listening”
rooms, the AGA70 will deliver the punch and
oomph you need to be heard—and let your guitar sparkle and growl in all the best ways.
Vox Amplification
Street $399
voxamps.com/us
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