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Topic: Vox amp models |
Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 20 Apr 2006 5:04 pm |
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I see Vox amp models called AC15, Ac30 etc. Those must be a class of power output as opposed to the name of a particular amp, like Pacemaker etc. Anyone shed any light on this?
I see replacement transformers listed for AC15, and AC30, which seem to indicate the wattage. |
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Chris LeDrew
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Canada
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Posted 20 Apr 2006 6:23 pm
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Yes, that is the wattage of the particular models. The AC30 is only 30 watts, but it's Class A....... so it's LOUD.
I had one of these for a few years but sold it last summer because it was 90 pounds. The AC30 is a great amp if you have a roadie or a tech to lug it for you.
Too bad great tone often comes in heavy packages. |
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Bill Terry
From:
Bastrop, TX
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 7:12 am
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The AC-15 is about the loudest 15W amp you'll ever play through. I bought one with the blue Vox speaker a while back and for me it's the perfect gigging volume for guitar. Some claim it doesn't sound like an AC30, maybe not but it definitely sounds like a Vox...
I see that it's been reissued from China as the AC15-CC. The 90's UK made reissues were bringing top dollar on ebay (~$1000 with the blue Vox speaker), so somebody must have noticed.
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 7:55 am
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| The AC15 is way better, IMO, than the AC30 because it has a master volume and reverb. I modded the AC30 I had. I had a master volume put where the Cut knob was.......what a tone. My amp tech said it was wired like a Matchless. |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 10:24 am
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I have a new AC30CC, and it has a master volume, as well as reverb. The BEST Tele amp I've ever had, althought the tone knobs take some getting used to---but it IS loud, and it IS heavy!!
BTW, steel sounds pretty good through it, at lower volumes. |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 12:38 pm
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So, the CC's have a master and reverb? Cool.....I'll have to take a peek.
I did get a chance to plug into the Chinese Vox with the 10" and one preamp tube - the VS30 I think it's called. I was totally blown away by it. It's cheap, too...about $300 US. If I was playing six-string more regularly I'd get two of these and run them in stereo. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 3:04 pm
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The AC30's are great amps..
[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 21 April 2006 at 04:29 PM.] |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 23 Apr 2006 6:50 pm
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So, the AC15 and AC30 are what they are called as models, and the old Pacemaker etc is a model name like an AC15 ?
Sorry I'm so slow on the uptake here, just confused. |
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Ray Riley
From:
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2006 7:06 pm
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I have a VOX Cambridge amp, 1962 with the bulldog speaker still there. The pots all need replaced, but it still sounds like a VOX and is crisp. it went thru a fire in 1983 and has been recovered, and the speaker was reconed once and could probably use it again. 45 watts Just Rambling, Weighs the same as a 112 peavey, Ray
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Mickey McGee
From:
Phoenix,Az
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Posted 24 Apr 2006 1:19 am
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| I have a friend that has a 15 watt Vox valvetronics amp that is really small and really loud and sounds great with a Les Paul gold top-I thought this little amp would be like a fender champ amp-boy was I wrong and its made in China-I swear they are going to take over the world. |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 24 Apr 2006 8:06 am
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The Valvetronix series is getting rave reviews - small, light, inexpensive, with killer models. They use a real tube in the modelling, and use a solid state boost. The speakers are closed back and very efficient. I got the little 5 watt battery-powered model. It is incredibly loud, and the models are great, even without the tube that comes in the bigger ones. The clean channel can do steel, and the blues and metal channels are great for regular guitar. The way you access the effects is limited. But it's fine for just the basics of an amp model and reverb. Being so inexpensive and Chinese, some reliability problems are reported (haven't had these problems myself). But the price is almost two-for-one, so getting a second one for backup is practical.
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Student of the Steel: Zum uni, Fender tube amps, squareneck and roundneck resos, tenor sax, keyboards
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