“I want people to be able to get the sounds you make in a stadium show into your living room, and this achieves that. I hope that people find them inspiring.” – Brian May.
One of Rock history’s most iconic guitar tones is now available to all, in the form of a headphone guitar amp designed and developed in collaboration between Vox and Brian May. With the amPlug Brian May guitar headphone amplifier, you can get the legendary guitarist’s classic tone anytime, anywhere – through any set of standard headphones.
Developed by Vox in collaboration with Brian May, the amPlug’s AC30 + Treble Booster setting is quite literally “the Brian May tone in the palm of your hand”. Designed to recreate the unique sound of Brian’s Red Special and cranked AC30 signal chain (and not to forget the sixpence), our mission with this very special edition of the amPlug was to make Brian’s instantly recognizable tone accessible to all.
But the amPlug Brian May goes further than delivering on tone. Featuring a range of backing rhythms, including the “We Will Rock You” stomps and claps, you can jam along to classic tracks in your headphones. A “Brighton Rock” stereo delay setting, with tap tempo, allows you to get lost in a wall of AC30s, channeling Brian May’s call–and–response work on songs such as “Brighton Rock” and “Now I’m Here”. The amPlug’s phaser effect also allows you to recreate Brian’s swirling live sound – transporting you onto the Wembley stage, circa 1985, from the comfort of your own home. A rich chorus completes the trio of on–board effects, designed carefully to make Brian May’s iconic sounds available to all guitarists.
Using 2xAAA batteries, the amPlug Brian May has up to 15 hours of battery life, meaning you can play all night long.
Phones jack (3.5 mm stereo mini phone jack)
AUX jack (CTIA-compliant 3.5 mm TRRS mini phone jack)
Two AAA batteries or AAA nickel-metal hydride batteries
10 hours/16 hours (using alkaline batteries, when FX or RHYTHM is on/off);
3 hours/5 hours (using zinc-carbon batteries, when FX or RHYTHM is on/off)
87 × 33 × 39 mm (3.43′′ × 1.3′′ × 1.54′′), with plug folded down
40 g (1.41 oz.), not including batteries
Two AAA batteries
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