Mini Go 10 - 10-watt Portable Modeling Amp Review

Awesome Amp. Love the looper. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

I like Vox products and this is a good upgrade to my Mini5 Rhythm. The biggest difference I noticed were the amp models and how it responds to adjusting the Gain and Tone on the Mini Go. It is 10x better because I can use the same amp model clean, crunchy, or straight up dirty. Whereas the Mini5 had amp models specifically meant to be a high gain or clean channel. The speakers… read more and quality of the sound itself? I think it is great to my ears. It doesn't really sound boxy or tinny compared to the speakers on my Mini5 at full wattage. My favorite feature now is the on board looper. I don't own or ever use a loop pedal because I was bad at it. This thing is different. The loop doesn't start recording until you start playing. I don't know why but no matter how off my timing is when I'm trying to save the loop it always sound good. I think it is programmed to adjust the loop and make it sound as fluid as possible. There can be a significant delay from when the loop starts from where it ends if you're intentionally trying to do it. The looper overdub though, it works wonderfully. There's a light that will switch to orange and it is so easy to add layers. Play something and then stop, the extra loop will start playing. Now you can toggle off the overdub or keeping adding layers using the same or different amp models and settings. However, there had been a few times when it wanted to overdub while I was trying to play a new loop. The light would turn orange instead of red for a new loop and every time I played something it wouldn't work properly. So I would have to turn the amp off and on again. There are four things that Vox changed and that I dislike. First, there are now 1/3 of the amount of drum tracks the mini5 had. Second, they replace the tempo knob for the drum tracks with a tap tempo. Third, some of the effects like the compressor was replaced with an octave. Lastly, when the headphones are plugged in the sound is not the same as the Mini5. It sounds compressed like you're hearing the amp in another room. I would recommend this amp. If you're coming from the previous generation you might have the same opinions. However, if you never tried these series then this is a solid amp. It can get really loud or quiet for late night practice. There is also a compatible switch pedal you can buy separate to control the looper and drum tracks.

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Great amp.

I got this for my dad as an early birthday present. He was really only looking for a practice amp but he likes the tone so much he wants to start using it for gigs as well. The only negative thing I can say about it is the tuner doesn't seem to work very well but that isn't really an essential feature.

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Awesome amp

Great practice amp.

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