Vox AC-4 1x10 combo

[fetch]

I recently purchased a new amp to go along with the big 'move' that I have planned this coming Saturday. I'm moving out to my own place with another 3 people and needed something smaller than my AC15. I don't play at obnoxious levels but I do like both clean and distorted tones. I don't like clean-clean but I do like the well-rounded, bell-like ringing. I used to be able to do it easily with my AC15 having owned it for 4 years.

Does anyone know of some mods or swap overs (I'm thinking of a 12ay7 + speaker change) which should free up a bit of headroom? For the time being... I'm kind of panicking that I made the wrong decision. The AC4 sounds sweet on it's own and all but as soon as I run a pedal through it... boom. No tonnez. I could get much better low volume tones from my AC15 barely on than I am with the AC4. I'm using a Keef-like Telecaster I made myself.

The idea is to have a stereo rig by the end of it with the AC4 running mostly clean and another similar amp doing the distortronzzzz.

[Sockgazer]

I had this problem with the AC4 too. Try dropping the normally useless tone knob fairly heavily down when using pedals with it. Otherwise everything will sound kinda "voxy" and a bit fizzy too.

The AC4's speaker seems to be a bit on the full range size which seems to be causes a lot of the less than favourable opinions of it on the odd time they come up. Headroom is an issue too. It has none.

[htsamurai]

this is why I went with the used Labseries L5 than with the used AC4
I couldn't find anything to justify the price :/

[fetch]

I had this problem with the AC4 too. Try dropping the normally useless tone knob fairly heavily down when using pedals with it. Otherwise everything will sound kinda "voxy" and a bit fizzy too.

The AC4's speaker seems to be a bit on the full range size which seems to be causes a lot of the less than favourable opinions of it on the odd time they come up. Headroom is an issue too. It has none.

THIS is right on the money. I like when I can tell someone has actually played an amp

I find it weird with the 'wide range' and 'no headroom' thing that's going on tho... I always figured it'd be the opposite? But I was proven wrong with the AC4. I might try it through another 10" because I quite liked it through a 1x12 cab. Definite big let down is with the speaker me thinks. I'm just not prepared to shell out %50+ of the amps value on an aftermarket speaker.

[fetch]

this is why I went with the used Labseries L5 than with the used AC4
I couldn't find anything to justify the price :/

Haven't heard of them but chances are they'd be stupid hard to come by where I'm from. My assumption from having not ever heard of them

I'll google in the time being.