Vox V125 2x12 combo

shaunm

Hi all, I've been offered one of these in a trade, a 1981 model.

Does anyone know much about these? The one I've been offered is a 2x12 with alnico Blue speakers.

I'm guessing that there are some that know about these amps and can tell me if they are good reliable amps.

Thanks
Shaun

ICBM

No, not really.

Not a classic Vox at all. Very heavy, not great sounding, rather complex, not all that well-built and slightly tricky to work on. I don't think they're that unreliable though.

The speakers won't be Alnico Blues either, they're blue-framed ceramic Fanes of no great quality or desirability. (Unless someone has actually fitted it with Blues, in which case they will have an extremely short life if you turn it up to any volume!)

If you get it cheap enough it's worth checking to see if it has the original Mullard valves, these are worth a bit nowadays if they're in good condition.

shaunm

Thank you, that tells me all I need to know.

I wondered why I've not seen many of these before

Lodious

I had one when I was about 16....it was unreliable, my brother kindly fixed it, but he was fairly uncomplimentary about it's build quality. It was heavy, but as far as I can remember it sounded OK. I sold if to buy something smaller when I went to Uni. Mine did have Mullards though, but I don't think that was a big deal back then.