![]() ![]() They have to.Īs to the slightly dinged Tele in the closing down clearance, I went away and thought about it. They can't kill the AC15/30, but they do churn the lower offerings. They're a business, not a nostalgia provider and some products have to have a finite life. I suspect the Pathfinder was phased out to refresh the product line with cheaper to build newer models. The Pathfinder will be a second hand bargain you can alter to suit. The MSB has the looks, and sounds really quite good. Scraping the verdigris from the memory vaults, I'd have to give it overall to the MSB, but if a Pathfinder should show up in a pawn shop for a reasonable price, it would be wise to add it to the hoard, providing it doesn't duplicate that which already gathers dust. I only had a passing acquaintance with one, and it was stock. The Pathfinder was a cracking little amplifier, again, regardless of the technology used. If they offered it as a standalone head, I'd have to consider it. Cute, and a great man-cave addition, regardless of the technology used within. I thought it was a fine sounding, and in its retro grille cloth, fine looking amplifier. Our local large(ish) music shop closed down recently, and I only had a passing chance to try a Mini Super Beetle while I tried a slightly shop soiled Affinity Tele. Walmart pastiche pop art for the great unwashed, stylised for its own sake. It reminds me of the post Quimby animation attempts to modernise and 'hip' Tom & Jerry. That representation of a Union flag on the speaker cabinet triggers me to trigglypuff levels of triggerdom. And all such modifications/configurations are welcomed in this discussion. ![]() They've wedged 10" speakers into their 15R cabs, used the extension out on the rear panel to go to a separate cab, done speaker swaps, etc. Opinions comparing a stock 15R to a stock MSB are primarily what I'm thinking of, but I know that many PF15R owners here on TDPRI have done mods and/or play through different cabs. So how do you think the Mini Super Beetle compares? Do you own both? Have you A/B’ed them? Have you tried out the MSB but haven’t had the chance to play them side-by-side in the same room? I’m going to assume for the moment that I don’t need to recap on TDPRI the features that makes the Pathfinder 15R such a sought after amp. But comparing Vox to Vox sounds like a logical thing to do, in my book. I don’t recall these previous conversations taking into consideration the still fairly new (unveiled a year ago at Summer NAMM 2018) Vox Mini Super Beetle. Previous discussions have taken place here on TDPRI addressing the question of what current production amp, if any, can take the place of the now long discontinued Vox Pathfinder 15R. ![]()
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