just a preface to this: Ive been looking at Vox AC30 amps around, to me the only amp that has no other clones, or successful copies around. Marshall or Fender amp copies abound, but the AC30 is very unique and distinctive. One version Vox offers the combo amp in is with the Celestion Blue Alnico speakers. This is the same brand and model speaker the beatles used in THEIR vox amps. So that alone is why those speakers are expensive. Even after 50 years its still made well enough that it still can approximate the Beatles tone easily.
Anyway, i happen to come across an ad on Ebay that made me double-take. Here is what it says:
http://cgi.ebay.com/MINT-VOX-AC30-CC2-GUITAR-AMP-AMPLIFIER-CUSTOM-CLASSIC-/250726523746Here for your consideration is an amp that has the unmistakeable British sound. This amp only has about 2 hours play time on it.
Sounds great and in mint ?Show Room? condition. For an analog amp, it has an unbelievable amount of tonal variations.
I am an electronics tech by day and have found that this amp will allow one to not only overdrive the preamp but also the power
amp stage , either or both , interesting. Again I'm in electronics, and have the following comment about the speakers.
If you enjoy hearing an inferior speaker crackle and breakup. Then the model with the blue ones... is for you ..what a scam.
In addition to the standard operation manual, I have included The Vox Service Manual on CD.
Item will be shipped in a genuine Vox double layer shipping container...Check shipping details for actual shipping calculated costs to your zip code.
Thanks for inquiring! tubes
what??
If you enjoy hearing an inferior speaker crackle and breakup. Then the model with the blue ones... is for you ..what a scam.uhm... the crackle and breakup IS the reason you get the blue speakers, you dumbass! Its been in the albums of the beatles, U2, and radiohead among other countless musicians. Thousands upon thousands of artists and musicians recorded with it in albums, and toured with it on the road. It is one of THE most preferred amps in the world, and the blue speakers are the most preferred speakers in this amp.
http://www.voxshowroom.com/uk/amp/vab.htmlhttp://www.voxshowroom.com/uk/amp/ac30cc2x.htmlon that second link:
First introduced to the US market in April 2005, the AC-30CC2X was the AC-30 model that had, at that time, the most accurate "Beatle tone." The all tube, 30 watt amp also featured a baltic birch enclosure with all the Vox cosmetic touches: basket weave vinhyde, brown Vox diamond grill (or fret) cloth, gold piping. gold plated logo, gold grill molding, white grill piping, three Vox handles, and eight black plastic two pin corners.
The AC30CC2X utilized two 12" Vox Alnico Blue speakers, by Celestion. These are the same speakers that George and John used in their AC-30 amps in 1964. If "Beatle tone" is what you are after, it lives in a top boosted AC-30 with Vox Blue Alnicos, like the AC30CC2X.
then again he says he is "in electronics", so he must be an expert... an expert MORON!
its funny how he refers to it as an analog amp. it's true, it IS analog - its a tube amp after all. All tube amps are analog. But no one refers to a guitar amp as "analog" these days, its either solid-state or tube. And even in the guitar world, analog usually is used in most electronic stompboxes, if theyre digital or analog. I can surmise this seller has NO musical background at all. not his fault - he is, after all, "in electronics".
im glad hes selling the amp - let someone who knows music and tone enjoy it.
man, what an idiot.
