Vox Amplug 2 Metal Reviews

Great

Very good for anyone wanting to play metal. Also great that there is a aux to play along to songs :)

Great alternative

Great alternative to a normal amp, lots of features and ergonomic to change settings

Best of the Best Practice Tool

Honestly, I wasn't expect this little thing to perform this good. Especially with good headphones. (I also own "Amplug 2 Cabinet" and unfortunately it is not good.)

First of all there is no clean tone :) the best clean tone that you can get is crunchy.

FX's are really gentle and works very well with both shredding and heavy riffs.

All 3 knobs are really sensitive. you can hear the difference between lvl 4 - 5.

Overall, I highly recommend this for anyone that enjoys good metal sound.

Amazing Product

The product is better than I expected, it's really useful to play outside or at night.

Have several Amp and effect options, perfect for study.

Decent sound for quite the cheap price

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.

Ok for the price

Good product for the price, sound is correct even if some parasites appears at high gain (it's not an amp, so can't be too picky with it).

Very easy to handle and position even for fancy guitar designs like flying V.

Quality is a bit cheap (light plastic, very light...), should be carfefull while using as I doubt it will support guitar weight (if you forget it) or shocks.

Recommended for nomad use.

Great little amp

Great little amp, you need some good headphones tho :)

Best mini preamp!

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...

Just plug and play

It's a cool toy with decent sound. I found embedded effects a bit useless because of lack of adjustment, for me it's too much. The rest is pretty good.

Rocks your head off :)))))

A good practise tool

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.

Easy to use

I think that the greatest quality of this mini amp is how easy it is to use: plug it and you're done. The amp model 3 kind of distortions plus some effects (delay, reverb) and they sound really solid and real. I was impressed by the fact they try to model how a tube response.

Good apm for solo practices.

Sound is ok for solo practices. Main feature is handling and it works as it should.

Is a very good accessory, but mine was a defective one.

One of the best toys I got for my guitar, perfect for practicing in silence and ANYWHERE. the built in effects (gain, tone and volume) are pretty much decent for metal and rock, especially the gain which matters the most at least for me. the amp sound is quite good, u'll have to keep playing with the tone knobs in your guitar till you reach a sweet spot, once there u'll rock. Adding the AUX is brilliant so that you can connect to your phone or other device, and jam along with any backing track. this is a very good accessory, but i have to refund it for cosmetic and sound problems, this things happens, maybe i will try to buy it another time.

Impressive

I was really surprised with the sound that this small amp can give to your guitar.

I bought it because I moved away to another country and I couldn't take a full size amp with me. I couldn't be more satisfied with this product. Apart from the great tone that it has, it also includes a few effects that you can play around with, making it really versatile for both rhythm and lead guitar tones.

It's a great choice if you want to travel with your guitar and you have limited space for your gear.

The only issue I find it's that it has no clean sound and that it has nothing to firmly attach it to the body of the guitar so that it doesn't move around.

Awesome Metal Sound!!!

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.

It's finally here!!

Guys, this small thing is more than enough for playing Metal at home, it really surpassed all my expectations, I did expect something nice, but this thing is so damn great! you can play guitar everywhere, all the time, and it sounds so amazing,

everyday before i go to sleep, i plug it in, i plug my mp3 player in it too and put my playlist on and play all night, and it feels like you are playing inside the song!

I think every guitarist needs this thing