For Sale is a mint condition Vox AC30 Limited Edition Hand Wired Amplifier Head made in 2003.  This was the last run of Vox Amplifiers produced in the United Kingdom before the factory was moved to China. This Amp had limited use in a recording studio and comes with Vox Tremelo and Reverb foot switch. It has been professional packed by a moving company for secure shipping. Shipping to Lower 48 UNITED STATES Only Please!A little bit about the Amp.Introduced in 2003, the Vox AC30 HW Series was offered in addition to the AC-30 TB and AC30TBX Models Vox had been selling since 1996.The AC30TB and AC30TBX were incredibly accurate recreations of the circuitry , cabinet and speakers from the original Vox namesake. The major difference between the original Vox Ac-30 and the AC-30 TBX models was how the circuitry was implemented.1960's era were hand wired tag amps. The connecting leads (or wires) from each electronic part was manually wrapped around a terminal or a "tag" and then soldered. This mode of amp construction is very labor intensive and the workmanship of and accuracy of the employee building the will affect the performance of the product. It was for this reason that most electronics manufactures transitioned to phenolic printed circuit boards by 1970. Printed circuit or "PC boar" construction allows for mechanized insertion of electronic parts and automatic "wave"soldering for consistency in quality. These gains were not without new issues though. PC boards can be harder to repair. Additionally, in the event of severe failure such as a shorted output tube there is the potential to destroy a trace on a circuit board. The AC30 TB series amps were constructed on circuit boards. By offering the AC30 HW "hand wired" version of the AC-30, Vox now would allow the customer to choose between a circuit board and a tag strip amplifier.A design consideration for the AC30HW series was the additional costs incured due to the inclusion highly complex "Vibe/Trem" circuitry in the AC-30TB and TBX models."Vib/Trem" was an original feature of JMI Vox amps made in the 1960's. The "Vibe/Trem" effect was unique to the Vox AC-30. Many amps feature "tremelo." In technecal terms, tremelo is "variable amplitude modulation. Simply stated, this means a pilsing of the loudness of the output amplifier at different speeds and deptyh. This is not a difficult effect to design into a guitar amp. Vibrato, on the other hand is "variable frequency modulation." This involves the wavering of pitch. A much more complicated circuit is needed to create the vibrato effect in a guitar amplifier.                        As the costly 'Vib/Trem" channel was not very popular with most guitarists. It seemed like a good idea to eliminate this feature on the hand wired AC30 HW Series. These features were desired by most guitarists.The additional inclusion of a "Master Volume" control would allow the new amp to be overdriven at the preamp level without excessive output levels.By 2004, the limited run of this amplifier was sold out.The AC30HW series was the last new model made in the UK introduced by Vox. In 2005 Vox introduced new tube amp models made in China.Features of the AC30HW Series*Totally hand built Chasis with tag terminal board construction.*Custom hand wound transformers. North Coast Music supplied an original 60"s era AC-30 Woden output Transformer to Vox to aid in the development of the tone critical output transformer*30 Watts RMS (before distortion)*two inputs-Hi and Low*Volume control plus highy interactive Treble and Bass controls.*Signature Vox Tone Cut control which attenuates high frequencies in the power amp section*Tube driven Accutronics long tank Spring Reverb with Level and Tone Controls*Tube Driven Tremelo Circuit with variable Speed and Depth Controls.*Master Volume control that retains tone when attenuated *Foot Switch for Controlling Reverb and Tremelo• All-tube design including 3 x ECC83/12AX7 preamp tubes, 4 x EL84 power tubes, and 1 x GZ34 rectifier tube