VINTAGE Vox AC30 Top Boost 1970-71
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- Опубліковано 3 гру 2020
- For my Presets visit: johnnathancordy.gumroad.com/ Here's Keith's Short History of the VOX AC30 • The Vox AC30: A Short ... - definitely one to grab a coffee and watch!
Keith over at Five Watt World very kindly asked me if I could get my hands on a Vox AC30 - he had seen I'd used one on the channel before - and so I said yeh I think so - (that one was a Handwired AC30 from the 90s Korg era - this one here is from 1970 - 71 at the very start of the Birch Stolec era and likely shares many parts with the JMI stuff). The amp belongs to Gary of Whipton Lane, and Carnaby Street, so I'd like to thank him for letting me check it out!
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Great thumbnail John! And I love the Strat through this amp! You sound killin’ on this rig. Thanks for doing this.
Thanks so much for getting me involved - ua-cam.com/video/kg0SefRmuAc/v-deo.html here's Keith's THE VOX AC30: A short history - great viewing with a Coffee, obviously. (Or whatever beverage you prefer)
Watched Keith's Short History, then came right here to listen to the whole thing. Killer as always.
Congrats on that Five Watt World appearance! You belong there.
Thanks very much! Honoured to be asked
This reminds me of my vox I had around the early to mid 80's, the same vox logo in 'the plastic box' instead of the standard VOX logo with the line running through the centre of logo, the top boost logo on bottom of grill, the blue stickers on the speakers , it's good to see this amp again, I had to put castors on the bottom of the amp as they are heavy to carry around.
I bought it from a local music shop owner who worked on vox amps in the 60's, he made amps for the Beatles and many more bands as he showed me the photos, great memories of the amp and the shop owner.
I sold my vox as it got unreliable and smoke used to come out of the top grills during gigs and the sound/volume would go as well, I had to hit the top of the amp to bring the volume back😃
I often wonder where it is now, maybe this is it??
Thank you again great video.
Great playing John and great tone as always! And great also to see the collaboration with Keith at 5Watt world 😊👍
I like the 1970s Vox logo more than the standard Vox logo, something about it makes it feel more edgier
The opening track gave me Phantasy Star Online vibes. Killer playing. Really like what I heard here.
Hi.
My VSL AC30 TB is 25693 and dates to 01 1971.
Good vid, thanks.
Took me a while to find you. Came here from five watt world. Great playing.
I think “The Vox and the Slut” has a nice ring to it 🤣. If these amps are smoother/have more warmth, from this era, it makes sense why Brian May would use a treble boost with them. Lovely sound.
sounds soooo sweet dude
Beautiful!
Now go buy yourself a trem arm spring so you don't have to keep chasing the arm!
What a sound! Lovely playing. How big is that amp man?!? It looks bigger than you!
It's super close to me ha!
John, you been doing lifts or something?
7:39 Is that a new song? What's the name of the song? I'm in love with the tune. You've got to upload the solo John.
I'm guessing because it's not yours you haven't used the Captor as a load to see what driving the power section would do? I'm glad you mention the spikeyness of some AC30s as I once tried one when I was about 15/16? In my local music shop as I was really into early Queen and was desperate to authentically sounds like Brian, that amp was rubbish and sounded nothing like what I thought it would, until then I don't think I'd been so disappointed!
Just watched Keith's video very informative. Cheers
Yeh not only that but it's a 16 ohm load, and my Captor X is an 8 ohm, so wasn't an option!
@@johnnathancordy that's not good! I did wonder why you wouldn't have tried being so tech savvy!
@@chrishandley I think with modern Mesa transformers a mismatch in a certain direction is ok but with a 50 year old vox....nahhh
I wasn't aware there was a hand wired edition from the 90s Korg era? Do you know the name of the model?
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@@redcomn its not hand-wired..plenty of circuit board in them...and they dont sound the same as jmi.
If anyone in London’s interested in coming trying mine out , I’m looking to sell, also a transition era one , just like this one in the video
Got to be honest I prefer the sound of any of your Mesa amps over the Vox.
Me too!
You sound the same no matter what gear you are using. By which I mean you have your own sound. So the extra gear is pointless. Since you always dial in the same tones.