I've always been curious to hear just how my AC4TV 10", AC4TV with 112TV cabinet and my AC15CC1 would compare if I recorded them doing the same song, mostly to see if I could tell them apart... Anyway, I recorded the three amp configurations and made a 'quiz' on my homepage. Just visit my site link below and check out the sound samples and highlight the black box on the bottom to see which was what sample. Have fun and give me some feedback on what you hear. http://andrewandtheresa.net

PS - I actually liked each recording configuration for it's own reason. I didn't favor one over another really.

Thanks for your feedback. I agree with your descriptions. I like the 10" combo for solos. Maybe it's that vintage sound you refer to.

The first of the three samples sound really sweet. I love the way the sound has that rolling distortion.

Andrew thy name is awesome! What a surprise, I liked the AC4 with the 12" speaker the best. .

what a surprise, thanks for the good work, man!

I can't listen to the samples? Did you take them down?

did you mod the ac15cc1?

@bmgstammer - I didn't mod the AC15CC1. It's the original stuff when I bought it.

@caramellokoala - Thanks! Yea, that AC4 is great for leads... I get compliments when I take it our for jams. I'm not sure about switching out the speakers. I'm not one for making changes because I'm not good at that type of stuff. Yea, the recordings are the best I can do sitting in my basement. :) But, of course, the best thing about the recordings is comparing the tonal quality. And I agree, they all have their own characteristics. I can see why you'd prefer the +cab.

@mansh - I used Shure SM58 directly pointing to the edge of the inner speaker cone, right up on the fabric. The amp was off the ground, not on my carpet, but on a chair. I turned the AC4 up fairly loud to get that overdrive sound... it was loud enough that I had to get my wife's approval first. :)

Normally I use a condenser for typical recordings because then I don't have to have it too loud. But in this case because I really wanted to get the overdrive on the AC4 to overwhelm the microphone, I turned the amp up loud.

I hope that helps!
Cheers,
Andy

Why not buy a Zoom H2 Portable hand recorder. It records in stereo and surround sound too.

Not to mention its easy to record anything not just guitar performances. many Professionals use it for live recording.

Its decently priced at around $200. I'm picking one up myself.

I also have an AC4TV and recently puchased a V112 12" cab. I feed the AC4TV into the V112 cab. So I have the best of both worlds: a portable amp to take anywhere with 10" speaker and good for those cutting leads, and the basser, fuller, larger than life, v112 12" cab. Also with the cab you can output the fuller sound to a PA system if doing a gig in a concert hall.

Sounds fab!

1/4 watt is the lowest volume and its not that loud. I crank mine up to max and I live in a condo too. With pedals it gets very loud, but straight with no pedals on I can crank it up without disturbing the neighbours!! Either that or they hear me and like the music :)

Good luck
Adrian

I ran one with a 412 cab! worked good:)