[jules]

I know lots of classic players started out with thes Vox AC30 ... and I recall stories of people (hendrix?) throwing them down the stairs to deliberately break them.

But they are pretty collectable and expensive now.

I've been looking for a smaller vintage valve amp for cranking up in the studio... so my question, AC30.. any good? Or avoid?

[Oldbluzguy]

I didn't know Hendrix threw them down the stairs...In the movie 'Blow Up' (~1967) Jeff Beck smashes his guitar over one when it acts up on stage. They have that early British rock jangle down pat. For a 30 watt amp, they are quite loud. Check out Queen concert photos or video as Brian May uses a mountain of them. I've always found them to have a great sound, but I'm leery of reliability in anything but Fender.

[jules]

ahhh superb clip. Glad you mentioned that...



apparently they were going to do 'train kept a rollin' (the Johnny Burnett cover) but due to legal reasons they had to re-write the words to make 'Stroll on'

[145]

I know they're great sounding, Maybe their reliability issue was the speaker??? Didn't they use Celestion G12H? A great sounding speaker! But I just blew two of them up Saturday night at a gig. After the second set one amp went (Fender Deluxe reverb) by the end of the night amp number two sounded like shit! sure enough that speaker went too! If the Vox has two 12"s It might work better but I think a single Celestion G12H can't handle the heat! If my 22 watt Fender smoked em Just think what a British 30 watt would do to it?

[SWLABR]

What guitar is he breaking there?