The WA supports a fat midrange and creates a bold tone with lots of overtones. No microphonic issues even with the most sensitive preamps.
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Its lows demand attention when playing full bar chords. This Russian tube has strong lows and bright highs. It has a high gain with a very smooth presentation. This Russian tube is full bodied and well balanced. Unique spiral filament eliminates filament to cathode induced hum common on amplifiers that use AC on the filaments. High gain preamplifier tube with ultra low noise and detailed, musical tone. In overdrive, it offers a lot of crunchy fizz. It packs a lot of bite with its higher-than-normal gain. This Russian tube is full bodied and bright with a more straightforward presentation. The Chinese 12AX7B is very similar in tone to its standard Chinese cousin, but the Bs seem to average in at slightly lower gain and noise. Selected with balanced systems and recommended for guitar amps to improve overall response. Very good gain, tight deep bass, fat mids and silky top end with overall definition and brightness. Factory selected for low noise and microphonics. According to Vox this was far more labor-intensive, but it allowed for easier repair versus circuit boards because there were no copper tracks to burn.Russian-made Mullard Reissue 12AX7 dual triode. First, the circuitry was constructed using old-fashioned tag strips. This amplifier differed from the standard offering in notable ways. These were available with a choice of Celestion "Blue" or "Greenback" speakers. These amplifiers, like all AC30s to this point, were manufactured in Great Britain. The Rose Morris company, who owned the Vox name through the s, sold Vox to Korg in the early s, who then manufactured a reissue of the early '60s AC30 Top Boost, correcting previous inconsistencies ranging from the correct style grille cloth to the GZ34 rectifier tube.
A tube AC30TB with spring reverb feature was reintroduced in AC30s made between and also had spring reverb as a standard feature. Quality control was also inconsistent.ĭuring the Vox brand's early '70s " Dallas Arbiter " period, the tube rectifiers of AC30s were replaced by silicon rectifiers, which became standard on later AC30TB models. In the late '60s Jennings drifted into financial problems and the company experienced various owner changes. In addition to the "Normal" version without the Top Boost, and the Top Boost version which was a Normal version with the "Brilliance" unit addedVox, with slight circuit modifications, created two more versions that were "voiced" in Brilliant Trebleand Bass styles. People began to refer to these amplifiers as AC30TBs. Ventilation was provided by three small brass vents on the top of the cabinet, and the TV-front's single suitcase type handle was replaced with three leather straps.Ībout this time, the "Top Boost" or "Brilliance" feature became available as Vox's optional addition of a rear panel-mounted circuit that introduced an extra gain stage and tone controls for bass and treble as opposed to the single "tone" control of earlier AC30s. The front baffle was now divided by a thin gold-toned strip with the upper valence covered in fawn Rexine, and the lower grille covered in brown diamond cloth.
ByVox had forsaken the more conservative TV-front look for the now legendary cabinet design that has remained largely unchanged since The new cabinets featured a different covering known as fawn Rexine, which was a sort of beige leathercloth with a subtle printed grain. These early amps sported a thin white covering "Rexine" with a small printed diamond pattern and larger diamond pattern grill cloth.
This first generation of AC30s were housed in "TV-front" cabinets, much like the early to mids tweed Fender amps, and had a single inch Goodmans watt speaker, as opposed to the later, conventional twin inch speaker configuration. The Vox AC30 was originally introduced in at Hank Marvin 's request as the "big brother" of the fifteen watt 15 W AC15 model, Vox's original flagship amplifier, because the AC15 was not loud enough with the screaming fans at Cliff Richard 's concerts.
Characterised by its "jangly" high-end sound it has become widely recognized by British musicians and others. It was introduced in to meet the growing demand for louder amplifiers. The Vox AC30 is a guitar amplifier manufactured by Vox.
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