Vox Amplug 2 Metal

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Compact headphone amp for electric guitar

  • Version: Metal
  • Integrated 6.3 mm jack for direct connection to the electric guitar
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • Aux input for MP3 player
  • Controls: Chorus / Delay / Reverb
  • Operating time: up to 15 hours with 2 AAA batteries (included)
  • Foldaway plug
  • Dimensions (W x H x D): 86 x 31 x 80 mm
  • Weight: 40 g
Available since November 2014
Item number 348991
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Effect Types Headphone Amp
$33
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A good practise tool
Bobo K 10.03.2019
I got the Vox Amplug 2 Metal quite some time ago and I believe I can be somewhat objective.

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Pros:

- quite small, fits in your pocket, very easy to carry;
- the rotating jack makes it even more portable and you don't have to worry about the jack getting twisted off the body;
- the 3 types of overdrive/distortion can be quite useful combined with the Gain control, you can get a lot of different sounds in terms of intensity and sharpness;
- the battery life is quite long. I honestly forget that it runs on batteries...
- the knobs for gain, tone & volume are turning smooth and a big enough to give you enough grip and control;
- these knobs are very responsive so you can really tweak the sound to your liking;

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Cons:

- the effects (reverb, delay & chorus) are not very useful, at least to me;
- the overall build quality feels a bit cheap and flimsy;
- would not recommend for playing with low tuning (e.g. C, Bb...), as it gets quite muddy;
- as the batteries start to drain, the sound gets dulled down, which you might not pick up on right away if you are playing for hours at a time;
- there is a small latency that is quite audible if you spend enough hours playing with it. It's not big but for more technical and precise parts, it will definitely throw you off. To "counter" that, I found that what works for me is turning the volume down a bit, moving the headphones slightly away from my ears and listening to the picking of the strings as a "time reference" while the distorted sound is still playing from the headphones.

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Other notes:

- I have to point out that I do not have a "proper" guitar amp so take my findings with a grain of salt in terms of discussing the sound;
- in general, the sound it gives is a bit "fried", edgy and "grindy" even on lower gain. I assume it's to be expected, but it's worth pointing it out. Another way I can describe it is that even on lower gain and/or volume, it still sounds as if there's a gain knob somewhere turned to 11/10. It's very subjective of course and it also depends on the guitar and pickup position;
- this version doesn't have a "clean" sound, you can't completely turn off the overdrive;

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Overall, I'd say it's a very good budget solution. For what it's expected of it, it does great. If you're a casual player or you're not sure if you want to get into playing more seriously, you won't regret getting the Amplug.
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Best mini preamp!
Alexandru Ghitulescu 19.12.2019
If you look for a PERFECT preamp for studying or even recording metal, this small guy is actually sounding like a very good US voice amp, but boosted with a beefy overdrive pedal and it has got 3 channels, plus 3 spatial effects...It just make me to believe that is not true...Ofcourse that there is no noise gate, but it doesn't hum at all....Only Mooer live preamp and Kemper are also having this solid state technology and DV Mark, Bias...Fulltubes for me personally are not making the money, they sound good only with huge volume and by compromising your tone with the unwanted tube noise between the notes...If you shred for real, go for solid state, all of the big guys are doing the same...
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Awesome Metal Sound!!!
George Mam. 15.08.2017
When I ordered Vox Amplug 2 Metal, I just wanted to be able to practice guitar wherever and whenever I wanted to. I was thinking that the sound would not be so great. I was wrong. Vox Amplug Metal 2 has an awesome sound!!! I use this with t.bone HD800 headphones and the very first time I could not believe my ears! Wow! Very high gain, pure Heavy Metal sound! Quality is so great. Effects are great too. I can't wait to buy the Lead and Bass versions and the cabinet.
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Decent sound for quite the cheap price
Mugen 07.08.2020
First off:
Don't go buying this thing expecting it to come close to the sound of your regular Amp. That's just not what the Amplugs are.

What it is however is a nice little practice tool to use without annyoing everyone around you.

Pros:
-the amount effects is enough (in my opinion at least)
-3 levels of distortion are nice to have
-it is cheap
-No noise complaints from neighbors

Cons:
-Build quality feels very cheap. (Understandable however as this thing is very cheap, so not really that big of an issue)

Personally I use it when mostly at night or when I don't wanna drag a cable behind me while playing.
For what it is I'd recommend it.
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