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Vox AC30 TB/6 Korg Era
Estimated price for orientation: 650 $
Category: Guitar Amplifiers
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Description Brand: Vox Number of Channels: 3 Model: AC30 TB 6 Type: Electric Guitar Amplifier Amplifier Type: Valve Amplifier Technology: Valve Suitable For: Guitar Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Here is some stuff from the Vox Showroom site.-----------------------------------When considering the specs for the new Vox AC-30, Korg/Vox decided that the new amp should incorporate the original electronic design used in the 1964 JMI "Top Boosted" AC-30. Finally the AC-30 would return to the circuits that Dick Denney designed for the amp. The only modifications would involve issues regarding safety certifications required by various countries. Three such changes from the JMI Vox days are easily noticed. There would be no rotary "voltage selector," the three ventilation vents were larger, and a standby switch was added. Under encouragement from Vox, Celestion reissued the Vox Alnico Blue speaker for the new AC30TBX. The AC30TB used the Celestion Greenback. The only difference between the AC30TB and the AC30TBX was the speakers. The AC30TB and AC30TBX cabinet was constructed of 13 ply 3/4" baltic birch plywood. Vox purchased the "two pin" plastic corners for the AC30TB, AC30TBX, AC15TB, and AC15TBX from North Coast Music. North Coast owns the original injection mold for the Vox corner. The eleven tube complement included four EL-84, five ECC83, one ECC82 and one GZ34It is easy to determine the age of an AC30TB or TBX from the serial number on the ID plaque on the upper back panel of the amp. Look at the picture of this ID plate at left. The serial started with "M-2000," suggesting the amp was produced in the year 2000. The AC30TB and AC30TBX survived in the Vox line for ten years. Near the end of the run in 2003, escalating manufacturing costs caused the retail price of the AC30TBX to reach $3200. Such increased pricing in a post 9/11 economy caused AC-30 sales to sag. Additionally, the world wide demand for Marshall amplifiers had grown to a point that Marshall no longer wished to build Vox amps. They wanted to dedicate their production facilities exclusively to the production of their own amps. An era ended when the last UK made AC-30 amps were shipped in 2004. The and , made for Vox by the International Audio Group in China, replaced the AC30TB and AC30TBX in 2005.
Description
| Brand: | Vox | Number of Channels: | 3 |
| Model: | AC30 TB 6 | Type: | Electric Guitar Amplifier |
| Amplifier Type: | Valve | Amplifier Technology: | Valve |
| Suitable For: | Guitar | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United Kingdom |
Here is some stuff from the Vox Showroom site.-----------------------------------When considering the specs for the new Vox AC-30, Korg/Vox decided that the new amp should incorporate the original electronic design used in the 1964 JMI "Top Boosted" AC-30. Finally the AC-30 would return to the circuits that Dick Denney designed for the amp. The only modifications would involve issues regarding safety certifications required by various countries. Three such changes from the JMI Vox days are easily noticed. There would be no rotary "voltage selector," the three ventilation vents were larger, and a standby switch was added. Under encouragement from Vox, Celestion reissued the Vox Alnico Blue speaker for the new AC30TBX. The AC30TB used the Celestion Greenback. The only difference between the AC30TB and the AC30TBX was the speakers. The AC30TB and AC30TBX cabinet was constructed of 13 ply 3/4" baltic birch plywood. Vox purchased the "two pin" plastic corners for the AC30TB, AC30TBX, AC15TB, and AC15TBX from North Coast Music. North Coast owns the original injection mold for the Vox corner. The eleven tube complement included four EL-84, five ECC83, one ECC82 and one GZ34It is easy to determine the age of an AC30TB or TBX from the serial number on the ID plaque on the upper back panel of the amp. Look at the picture of this ID plate at left. The serial started with "M-2000," suggesting the amp was produced in the year 2000. The AC30TB and AC30TBX survived in the Vox line for ten years. Near the end of the run in 2003, escalating manufacturing costs caused the retail price of the AC30TBX to reach $3200. Such increased pricing in a post 9/11 economy caused AC-30 sales to sag. Additionally, the world wide demand for Marshall amplifiers had grown to a point that Marshall no longer wished to build Vox amps. They wanted to dedicate their production facilities exclusively to the production of their own amps. An era ended when the last UK made AC-30 amps were shipped in 2004. The and , made for Vox by the International Audio Group in China, replaced the AC30TB and AC30TBX in 2005.