Vox Brian May MV50 - First Impressions 

Sounds like Brian May! Great tone! I never expect mych from "signature" amps as they never quite hit the mark. This one certainly did! Great job demoing too!

In my humblest opinion, I think its always nice to start a demo video with just a few seconds of the sound of the actual product, rather than having to trek several minutes into the video to hear it.

I've been using an mv 50 for a couple of yrs now...mounted on my peddle board and fed directly into PA... love it

What a great video from Andrew. Lovely chap, lovely guitar and what wonderful amps. Great review!!

Sounds way better here than on Vox's own demo

To my ears, this sounds awesome. A little wonderbox.

That just sounds ridiculously phenomenal

demo starts at 02:40

Just got it! Fantastic tone, integrated treble booster is the real secret weapon of this amp.! Headphone out very good and cab simulation too. Only missing an effect loop ☹️

I modified mine and added an effects loop. Placed a Donner Yellow Fall delay and a Joyo Space Verb in the loop mounted right on top of my MV-50 with Velcro. Playing through my 1x10 cab it sounds great!

Sounds great! it would've been interesting to hear this with non RS guitars also

Hello Andrew it's Will I'm huge Queen fan and Brian May.

Ohhh I wanna add this to the list of gear! I'll pick 3 up when I get my Tele ;) lol. As always fantastic playing Andrew

Love the quote from Annoying All the Neighbours. Great demo too.

Great review and demonstration!

Why didn’t you try the phase switching.

Amazing big sound. Cool review well done thank you🙏💞

Few issues with it. Anything you put before the preamp will hit the booster. The TB should always be first in line. No fx loop. It’s a lot of money. Alternative is MV50ac with modded fx loop and your choice of TB. You will save money too. It’s defo one for the collectors

Sounds very close. I know Brian also commonly soaked his lead, and even rhythm guitar, with phaser. Plus he plays with a coin while taking the highs and mids way down on his amp, which is a critical part of his sound.

Still have my mv50 ac I bought from you years ago, what an amazing little amp. Great to see you putting your guitar through the new brian may mv50, I don't know why they didn't think of this collaboration in the first place!

Excellent demo. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Nice enough, I went through a phase when I was 18 that I wanted to sound "exactly" like Brian May, so I got the 2006/07 Brian May guitar, (the first signed off model with BM's approval), and I got the DigiTech Pedal, the Greg Fryer treble booster and eventually the VOXAC30 for something like €2300 or something crazy, this would have been ideal and far cheaper for me as a kid! I think we're getting to the point in music now where large AMPS are drum kits are going out the window. I had Logic and Native Instruments who made a 'Brian May guitar amp model digitally', I'm afraid to say it was exactlyyy how Brian May sounds, so you don't really need amps anymore unless you're learning guitar, practicing or playing live, so stuff like this is ideal.

I wish they made a 1x12 combo with some bass mid treble controls on it.

Thx for this extensive review. I needed it since I had an offer to buy a second hand set. You convinced me!

Good video. If I’m ever in the UK down in wales I’ll have to stop by. BTW does anyone else see a resemblance with Cameron from Ferris Bueller?😊

So this is an MV50 AC with a KAT treble booster incorporated and therefore I don't need to change my MV50 AC for this because I have approximately eight external treble boosters including KAT Ringmaster, KAT RED-18 and KAT TB Plush to choose from? 👍🏻😂 Looks killer though. I hope you sell a few Andrew.

Fabulous!

Valve or Tube amplifier.. Yes.

That sounds great! Would make an awesome backup amp

Hello. Can this take pedals? Phaser, chorus... Maybe a noise gate? Thanks!

It does sound amazing, but that's also to do with playing a Red Special copy... How does this amp react to - for instance - a Strat or something with P90 pickups? I'm also a bit worried about the built-in treblebooster, great as it may be (May B. - get it?... 🤣) but Brian does rely quite a bit on effects too, which all come *after* that TB. An FX loop would be great. Also, while nice to see that red cab, I don't think I've ever heard a good sounding 8" guitar speaker in my life... Had Vox made this with a 1x12" cab, then you'd really get thát iconic tone at any volume level.

hey man please make a video of blasting a tele through that so we can know what it sounds like with a regular guitar

Do you hear much difference between this amp and the MV50 AC?

I would like to see how it sound though a better cabinet

Could you possibly do a video comparing this to the ac version ? I’d like to know what the difference in sound is and if the treble boost is the only difference

That amp is a hybrid amp. It has 1 preamp tube and no power tubes.

Hi Andrew - it's been a while since I bought some Maxima's from your cupboard shop in Cardiff! Is that one of the timewarp Guytons? Looks lovely, and sounds nice.

Does it sound like 6 AC30’s? No. It’s got a cabinet the size of a practice amp. But for something that has a treble booster built for £259 in so you can get a Queen-ish sound (the Brian May Treble Booster pedal is £249), It’s a fun novelty for a play around in your own home.

The winner for me is being able to get the Deacy tone at a decent price. Starfleet reissue coming soon. Count the days! Where in South Wales are you?

I'm glad that the amplifier transistors show the true value. This craze for tube amps is a marketing ploy. I've been playing the guitar for 52 years and I know what I'm talking about. Today I plug the microamplifier into the guitar and into the amplifier and I have a great sound!

So the difference between this & the MV50AC is a treble boost? I have the MV50 High Gain & I like it a lot. There's definitely plenty of gain, but it sounds good with the gain rolled back too. Even in this video when he turns the treble boost on he acknowledges the noise associated with it. I guess if that's what you're going for? One thing is certain, you sure can get plenty of top out of these amps without a "Treble boost." What's amazing about these amps is 50 watts on a 4 ohm load! Sure is a lot of amp, for that size!

Lotta dough for a living room setup.

Great amp rest to do a review with a cab 12"

Weird that the amplug seems to sound better!?

Didn't like it from my preference in tone. I can see some of the charm it may have for others.

Bolt a neck to that puppy - strap some pups on a frame in front - keep the handle - THERE'S your 'monkey' grip - the Amp-Tar. The GuitarShall G'Vox..... okay, I'll go..........🎸

Can you play clean on MV50 BM or is it just dirty channel?

It's about time Vox recognised Brian May more. The Shadows and Queen both relied on Vox amps to get their iconic sounds.

300 € for a one trick pony in times of profilers like the toneX for just a hundred bugs more? I doubt that there will be a big market for such amps in the future...even if you need a power amp unit to run a profiler with a real cabinet.

Demo clean then introduce gain.

I have compared my MV50AC with this MV50BM (TB off mode) and can't tell the difference. Do you think there are some updated points/circuits within MV50BM except for TB unit??

Can an effects loop mod be done on this like on the standard version?

Can someone tell me the settings to make me play better? (Nice review by the way. I’d enjoy a direct A/B of this new amp and a classic MV50AC and a KAT TB plush. Even if they sound identical, it’s not gonna hurt sales is it? The new one has basically sold out everywhere lol)

Hmmm Would this be an upgrade to my mv50 and the treble booster? It's very tempting

How well does the amp pair with other cabs ?

What is the difference between this and the AC with a treble booster that you reviewed. To my ears, not a lot!

No FX loop...

Anybody know if a Strat would work with this??

These micro amps are nice, but I wish they would come with reverb built in.

Very nice 🎸🤗❣

Should have used a superbeetle head casing not a fan of these tiny enclosure things, sounds convincing with cheap headphones at least

Brian May and VOX making that cash grab!

All of the amps from this range are severely missing basic effects such as reverb or even an effects loop. Amazing apart from that, but meant that I literally never used mine.

Beble Trooster

Ordered ^^

are we not gonna question? What the fuck happened to the Marshall amp cab?

Just play the f'ing Queen licks

Better off listening to some of the Queen's LPs, innit...

So can you buy the head of the amp and plug it into your own amp? For instance I have an AC15. I’m a little confused lol

At least a ten inch speaker

I saw an interview and he uses a english coin as a pick.

The mv50 Brian May Is Amazing, but that Cab, that Cab Is shit

man im clearly deaf cause this amp does not sound good in any demo ive checked - this guy needs a better / bigger speaker am i baked?

If you want to sound like a Marshall, buy a Marshall. If you want to sound like you play an AC 30 buy an AC 30. This sage advice comes after 55 years of G.A.S. where I wasted a ton of dough, more than If Ibrought the amp I wanted to "sound life" in the first place.

Still no dang FX loop on this line. Swing and a miss!

Before buying one of these, understand there is no effects loop and no reverb, vox try to dodge this question, by saying to use the line out, which defeats the purpose of the thing in the first place and sounds terrible. I have the MV50 clean, through a 4x12 it sounds fantastic, very responsive and takes drive pedals well, I paid 120 quid for it and it a few years ago, its a good backup, BUT tbh, the price being asked for this version is WAY too much, there are lots of similar options around the £150 mark that are better and have effects loops, reverb etc, no doubt they will sell a few of these to Vox fanbois, but they are of limited application.

Yikes!

Nooooooooooooooooooh 😩 That doesn't sound good...but I do like that 🟥 colour 😃.

This sounding thin and with no life. Buy the Vox VBM1 if you find it.

It sounds like a cheap headphone amp I had in the early 90’s 😬

Dude, I need this amp! Is it true bypass? Does it have a sweet spot? Is it transgender friendly? Covid compatible? Can it get Eddy's "Smells like teen spirit" tone? Asking for a friend

Sorry I wanted to like it, but, it doesn't sound any good at all.

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The sound of that cab is just unbearable... Sad that this bears May's name.

that little POS is about 250.00 over priced.

Crappy sounding, as most beginner amps from Vox 😮

It doesn't sound that great to me

It's obvious that playing a Red Special with an amp designed to produce Brian's sound will give you a similar sound. Instead, don't you think we should verify how close Brian's sound can be when played with a common "Stratocaster" or "Les Paul"？ I think that's what most guitar players who don't own a Red Special want to know. Not many people have a Red Special model. Like you, there are so many videos of playing and verifying with Red Special, but people are not thoughtful. 　You should think better.

Sounds like a Smokey cigarette pack amp 💩

I'll pass.

fxloop ? NO !!!! Thank's vox but keep your shit!

So $250 USD for a one dimensional amp with no effects loop? No thanks.

Sounds dull and muffled to me. Vaguely like May. I don’t like the shape of the amp head either. Should make it look like a mini Vox head-as Friedman mini and Bogner.

Like Dimebag’s tone, this sound only works if your Brian, anyone else it just sounds like mushy bees. 🤮🤮

Sounds rubbish , a gimmick for those with plenty of spare cash or tone deaf. An AC10 is lightweight and cheap secondhand.

Sounds terrible 😢 get a little night train. Sounds 100 times better

$300 sounds no difference to a $25 china distortion pedal. I mean offence

A real valve amp, really? This is a child's toy.

Where can we get one.