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(More customer reviews)This is one of my favorite guitar amps. For the money, you can't get any better. And you won't find too many things for twice the price that sound half as good.
The built-in 8" speaker leaves something to be desired (the break up is uneven), but the amp comes with a Line Out and an Speaker Out for an 8-ohm extension cab. The amp sounds decent with the built-in speaker, but plug a 1x12" cabinet and wow, it really comes to life! Some inexpensive 1x12" cabinets include the Epiphone Valve Junior Extension Cabinet, 1x12 or Crate Blackheart BH112 Little Giant 1X12 Guitar Cabinet. Both of them are 16-ohm cabs but they work fine. I find that the Epiphone sounds a bit smoother with the amp, but the Blackheart gives it more edge and definition, so it's up to you what you like. I prefer the Epiphone myself, but the nice thing about those two cabs is that they're the identical size, so you can put them side by side or make a mini stack and then daisy chain the two if you feel like it.
As this is a 15 watt solid state amp, don't expect much clean headroom, but if you don't mind a bit of overdrive, this amp will keep up with a drummer in a rehearsal setting, if you use an extension cabinet. And it sounds very good cranked. If you want even more volume, you can use the line out into the PA, but that's only going to sound as good as your PA, so there's that. Just think about what a good deal this little amp is. It can drive cabs, it can sound good on its own, you can feed it to the PA, and it's very cool looking and lightweight to boot. You can definitely gig with this amp. Look at Feist, her stage setup consists of two of these suckers, and she makes enough money to be using more expensive stuff if she wanted to do so. All in all, this is a great practice amp and might be a good rehearsal/gigging/backup amp for you. For a beginner, this + an Epiphone cab should be a no-brainer at the price.
Keep in mind that the picture shows a black grill cloth but that you might receive one with brown grill cloth. That's good because the brown makes the Pathfinder look better, like it's a miniaturized AC30 or something, and who doesn't want that? And if it looks better, it must sound better, right? :)
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The Pathfinder 15R is identical to the Pathfinder 15 but also features an onboard Spring Reverb system with a Reverb control that adjusts the level of the effect. With the classic good looks of its bigger brothers, the new 15 watt 1x8 inch Pathfinder combo packs a profusion of VOX style and sound into a highly compact and affordable package. Like other family members, it sports typical VOX characteristics like basket-weave vinyl, diamond grille cloth, white piping, gold beading and, of course, chicken-head pointer knobs.The Pathfinder 15 houses a wonderful sounding, vintage Tremolo effect and is extremely versatile when it comes to tone, its distinctive, maroon colored top panel features a Gain Boost switch plus controls for Volume, Gain, Treble, Bass, Tremolo Speed and Tremolo Depth. The Pathfinder 15 produces 15 watts of power that drives a specially voiced 8 inch VOX Bulldog speaker. In addition to a headphone output that mute the internal speaker for silent practice, the rear panel also has a specially filtered Line Out jack for recording/live work and an External Speaker output as well.
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