They are not as good as the 90's TBX line, but these amps are worth the money when you buy them used. ![]() My opinion is that the C1/C2/CC1/CC2 AC15's/AC30's are fine enough amps. You can jumper across inputs on the AC30C2 to blend the TB and normal channels. The low input basically reduces the signal strength so it doesn't go into the amp so hot, so you can avoid excess distortion. The AC30C2 has high and low sensitivity inputs for both the TB and normal channels. Guitar Center has a few C2/CC2 models for under $700 listed right now. I've played both iterations, and while the C2 series is good, it isn't worth the same price as a TBX.įor the price of a new AC15C1(X), you can find a used AC30C2(X) or AC30CC2(X), depending upon the day and where you're looking and your patience. For $1,500 or so you can find an AC30TB(X) if you look and are patient. They are climbing up to crazy prices (the AC30C2 is $1,500) and I just do not think they are worth that much. I would strongly suggest NOT to buy an AC15C1/AC30C2 new. When you're running at bedroom volumes, the power tubes aren't really going to be doing much "work" regardless if its the half-wattage AC15C1 or AC30C2, so you'd end up with a really similar sound. Part of the magic of an AC-based circuit is not having a master volume, but you can still get great tones with a master-volume AC circuit. A box like the Radial Twin City will allow you to run into both inputs noise-free and without loosing signal strength.īoth the AC15C1 and AC30C2 have master volumes so you can run them at whisper-quiet volumes. You can use cheap Y cables but the effectively cut your signal in half between the inputs and you could end up with a noisy ground loop. The only way to jumper on the AC15C1 is to run a signal splitter into both inputs. You can really use either one and just adjust the channel volume to adjust how much "grit" is inherently in the amp. ![]() You'd use the high input when you're running less hot a signal. Generally you use the low input if you're running active pickups or a really strong signal from a pedal board or other extraneous device. The success was such that it did not take long for it to become a standard function and channel. Thus appears, around 1963, the version called Vox AC30/6 Top Boost or Vox AC30TB. In this, all the functions are available on the main panel. This version of the equipment, although it has continued to change throughout the rest of its history, already has most of the current characteristics of the classic Vox AC30 and is definitely the one that sounds on many of the early Beatles albums and other great bands of those years. Later the Vox AC30 would also add a Spring Reverb, a spring reverb.ĭon’t miss our review on the best cheap guitar amps for beginners.Click to expand.The AC30C2 has high and low sensitivity inputs for both the TB and normal channels. In this time, Vox creates the “ Top Boost” circuit. Initially, it was available as an optional addition to the stock model, to which a separate rear panel with functions was added. The “Top Boost” module could be ordered factory installed. This optional module introduces an additional gain stage and tone controls for bass and treble, as opposed to the Normal Channel‘s single tone control. Appearance of the Vox AC30 with Top Boost Vox AC30/6 from 1961, already with the definitive mythical aesthetic. The musicians of The Shadows were delighted with the sound of the Vox, but knowing that the power was insufficient, they played with 60-watt Fender Twins. Thus, Hank Marvin, leader of the band, talks to Dick Denney to make them something bigger than the AC15. But Jennings rejected the proposal arguing that it would be unfeasible from all points of view. However, Dick Denney launched the order of The Shadows, beyond the refusal of his boss. So, in 1959 the mythical Vox AC30 appears, older brother of the AC15. The gang receives the first three units. The Shadows advertising the Vox AC30 Vox AC30, the older brother of the AC1/15 or AC15 ![]() However, both Jennings and Denney continued to bet on the amateur guitarist, and so they released two even smaller versions. In 1958, the 4-watt AC-2 came out, which would later become the Vox AC4, and the following year, 1959, they released the 10-watt Vox AC10. Both maintaining the same TV aesthetic of the AC-1 /15. Vox soon became popular with musicians and bands of the time. Established stars like The Shadows used these small teams.
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