In pictures: Vox Night Train NT15H-G2 unboxed
The 15-watt head that's made to travel

Vox Night Train NT15H-G2
The Night Train series has undergone something of a redesign for 2013, and the diddy NT15H-G2 15-watt head is part of Vox’s plan for amp domination.
One of these lunchbox-proportioned beasts has just landed in the TG in-bay, so join us as we check out its credentials out of the box.
For the full review of the Vox Night Train NT15H-G2 and the rest of the Night Train range, check out Total Guitar issue 248, on sale 25 November.

Vox Night Train NT15H-G2
Mmhmm, the NT15H-G2 is one good-looking amp, and boasts three 12AX7s in the preamp and two EL84s in the power amp

Vox Night Train NT15H-G2
A dark switch helps to tame over-bright single coils and gives a healthy injection of bass and mids

Vox Night Train NT15H-G2
Two channels – bright and girth – provide tones ranging from traditional Vox crunch to high-gain distortion

Vox Night Train NT15H-G2
Yep, you read that right: this Vox has a girth channel

Vox Night Train NT15H-G2
The back of the amp houses the usual connections for speaker outputs, footswitch and effects loop

Vox Night Train NT15H-G2
Nice handle: the NT15H-G2 is designed to be easily transportable via foot, car or, ahem, train
Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master's degree in journalism, and has spent the past decade writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as a decade-and-a-half performing in bands of variable genre (and quality). In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.
![Justin Hawkins [left] of the Darkness plays an open G on his offset electric and closes his eyes as he performs onstage; soul-reggae icon Johnny Nash [right] frets a chord on his acoustic and wears a patched denim jacket.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hWzCjD9ZWQiPPjMtTWiFfa-840-80.jpg)
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![Justin Hawkins [left] of the Darkness plays an open G on his offset electric and closes his eyes as he performs onstage; soul-reggae icon Johnny Nash [right] frets a chord on his acoustic and wears a patched denim jacket.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hWzCjD9ZWQiPPjMtTWiFfa-840-80.jpg)
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