Product Review by
James Grover VOX AC 30 Amplifier “The Workhorse of Rock n Roll”
In 1958 a monster was introduced to the Rock n Roll industry it was the birth of the Vox AC 30 Twin Tube Amplifier. The crowds where loud so the guitars had to be louder. This modern marvel was the creation that changed the volume of live guitar from growlin’ lows to howlin’ highs, it was the go to amp for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Queen, Dire Straits, U2, Radiohead and other greats. It’s been 64 years since the introduction of the AC 30 and today it’s still being manufactured in the UK. The Amplifier is 30 watts of pure tone with a pair of Celestion 12” Greenback or Alnico Blue Speakers. As a guitarist myself the AC 30 is my choice for live performances and Studio Recordings, it’s an amplifier that can be dialed in to give you purring low end, warm mids, and piercing highs. With the EL-84 tubes you can get a very clean warm guitar sound which makes it easy to color the signal with effect stomp boxes . The AC 30 is an AB class Amplifier. With the Footswitch you can bounce back and forth from the clean channel to the Gain channel With a very smooth clean transition. Today the AC 30 is still the “go to” Amp for many guitarists around the world because of its unique dynamics, tones and how the Amplifier can adapt to a variety of guitars with different pick up configurations. However the AC 30 is built like it sounds tough like a Tank it weighs a whopping 80 lbs. I hope all you guitar players get a chance to dial into an Vox AC 30 Twin Tube amp.
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I like that this amplifier is a beast and it’s built well, easy to use and that it sounds great with the Celestion Greenbacks or with the Alnico Blue speakers both sound epic.
Dislikes: I dislike that this amp is a bit on the Heavy side at 80 lbs if you are a weekend musician playing gig to gig it’s best to have a dolly, or have a bandmate help you with your back. Reach James Grover at: https://www.facebook.com/james.grover.311 10
January/February 2022
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