LX1200H V-Ampire Review

The LX1200H perfectly matches the brand-new BG412V guitar cabinet as well as the entire series of legendary BG guitar loudspeaker cabinets. This tone monster really is the ultimate modeling amplifier.

Features:	9
Sound:	9.5
Reliability:	9.5
Impression:	9.5
Overall rating:	9.4
Users rating:	8.6
Comments:	9

overall: 10

Featured review by: hartdaniel, on february 24, 2005

Price paid: $ 200

Purchased from: American Musical

Features: Amp is new. Made in Germany. Digital Modeling. Solid state amp and cab simulator. Stereo output 60W, 120W mono. 125 channels of edidable presets. Built in effects. Headphone Jack. Balanced and unbalanced outputs. GLX stereo output. Has good power in stereo mode. Fairly loud. Many features available. Drawback may be that the amp is most useful with a MIDI interface and a computer. This is no problem for me, but may be a problem for others. Also the MIDI pedal board 1010 or similar is a must. // 10

Sound: I use this with all style guitars. Default programs sound best with the Les Paul. Built in noise gate eliminates all the noise and allows your guitar thru with no cut off. This amp has 32 amp models, and 16 cab sims. Also has 5 different output modes. Many common amps are pre programmed in, and you can download and install sound models off the web. Clean is clear at all levels. Distortion is as nasty as you make it. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I cannot contribute to this portion. Amp is new, and has 2 year warranty. // 10

Impression: I play classic and southern rock, amp matches my taste right out of the box. I have been playing 27 years. I also have a Crate GX65, a Sunn Beta Lead, Digitech RP12 and RP14D. Guitars are a LP studio, Memphis Strat, Washburn ES-100, Jackson Warrior, Johnson Acoustic electric. I wish I could have played with this amp before buying it, but no local stores stocked it. I would still have likely purchased it, but its good to compare. If it's lost or stolen, I would buy the same, or better. I love the sound programs right out of the box, no playing around with it for hours. I hate that the effects are not very configurable from the panel. I love the versatility, can play most any sound. I was looking at 3 different amps. Marshall GS100DFX, Crate GX1000, and this. I have never had a love for Marshall amps, the Crate was a lower price. But didn't have the modelling. I wish it were a little easier to program, but with versatility comes complication I guess. // 10

overall: 8.8

Reviewed by: oldcabage, on february 06, 2006

Price paid: $ 569.13

Purchased from: www.gak.co.uk

Features: This amp head provides every sound you'll ever need with it's complex digital amp and cabinet modelling and effects. There are 32 different amp models and various corresponding cabinet models which can handle the most calming of classical melodies to the heaviest riffs and screaching solos. There are 16 different effects as well as reverb, gain, equalisation and presence. It includes an in-built chromatic tuner and comes with a footswitch. There are 125 amp channels which are all fully programeable which are divided into 25 banks of 5 channels each. This allows the user to hold a huge variety of sounds with very little effort. It delivers 120 watts of power via either mono or stereo outputs and is easily loud enough for amateur concerts and personal use. // 8

Sound: I mainly play two styles - soothing classical melodies and crazy shred. This amp is perfect for these styles both of which I change between regularly. It sounds very good in large spaces when used with my 4x12 BG412H cabinet. The wide range of channels and amp features allows the user to easily customize the amp to their own preferences. I have also checked out the blues and mild-rock capabilities of the amp and they suit the genre extremely well despite not being widely used in my case. With good speakers, the clean channels do not distort at high volumes and the distortion can be as brutal as the player allows it to be. // 9

Reliability & Durability: This amp is still relatively new but has had no problems as of yet. There seems to be no signs of wear or damage and I can confidently use this amp at gigs and small concerts. // 9

Impression: Whatever your playing style, I can guarentee that this amp head will have something to suit you and I would recommend it for anybody looking for a first gigging amp. // 9

Comments

[childofbodom14]

i h8 diggital amps they sound so fake and its pointless to use petals

[ShredGuitar9]

Im thinkin bout getting this and the BG412H

[jthm_guitarist]

childofbodom14 wrote:
i h8 diggital amps they sound so fake and its pointless to use petals

Don't you mean 'peddles'?

[sammo_boi]

Don't you mean 'peddles'?

its 'pedals' not peddles

[webbster87]

yo i seen one of these amp's for sale for $329! Should i get it!

[ugmung]

musiciansfriend sells them for 200...

[Pejhman]

I've got one and I like it. Emulates Soldanos, Mesas and Marshalls. Obviously it doesn't sound like them exactly, but you can get some mad sounds out of it. Good for recording type stuff I guess. Saves a bunch of gear. I've had to run it out of a 10W Aria amp through the headphone slot because I'm too cheap to get the cab for it. lol. Built-in tuner, channel changing, etc. You could get a rack version instead and save space though. My main issue is the delay between changing channels/presets. So much to do with it that it becomes frustrating sometimes. I love it though. Good way to learn about different effects too.

[rocketman1010]

hey if you want to avoid delay just get something like a landmine or a seperate distortion pedal. No delay with plenty of distortion.

[Kada2110]

Im a combo amp fan, and this head sucks.