![]() It is great for taking camping and has a switch to switch down to a half watt, two watts or five watts. I have a Vox DA5 also, that is an awesome "Chromie" with modelling and effects and works off "C" cell batteries or wall current. I hope you can get it checked out by someone without incurring too much cost and then make a decision if you want to work on it. It could just be blown out, blown out transformer or such and could be expensive to get looked at and fixed. Maybe someone tried to jack this one up to use in a heavy metal band and overamped the thing to the point of ridiculousness. There are two standout problems right off the bat.Ī new Pathfinder 15R costs 139 dollars and has a warranty, and should last over twenty years of trouble free play, with no problem. The tremolo should work for one and it should be loud. I would take it to a qualified tech and have it checked to see if it is worth fixing. Your amp has serious problems, problems that you probably are not capable of diagnosing and fixing, certainly by touch and go methods. The Vox Pathfinder 15R is an awesome amp, very loud 15 ss watts, great tone and variability with a great reverb and tremolo, hallmarks of this classic amp, reminicent of the AC15 and AC30 style, but inexpensive and ss. Probably can't use something designed for a 30w in my 15w, though huh? But there does seem to be hope. This sub is less than half the part cost of the orig Vox part, and my experience with the Vactrol units (as in Fenders, etc) is that they are a very high reliability part, with long life expectancy. No harm will come from the adjustments being dimed or turned back full CCW. Use both LDR elements in series (leave the center wire unconnected / clipped.) The circuit will require 'recalibration', twiddle ref VR11 and VR12 (on the main board) 'til tremolo sounds right ('normal' full depth) and signal pass is good with tremolo 'off'. I've successfully tested a 'regular' Vactrol, ala Fender p/n 16282, OEM # VTL5C3/2 as a suitable replacement. From my field experience it appears the LDR portion fails, possibly linked to voltage/current (? customers have reported after 'blasting' signal through their amp, it 'quit'.) List price on the 'original' Vox(Korg USA) part $24 ![]() Word from Korg USA last week, no 'recall' in the near future, no substitute part recommended, etc. one on the frizz can make the amp sound like the output IC's blown. causing distortion in clean channel operation, poor/no tremolo. As some of you techs know by now, the tremolo 'assembly' (opto-coupler p/n LT9914) has a reputation for failure.
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