Vox AC 30 .

[Stubby]

Any musos out there with an AC 30cc2 ?  I have just bought some Celestion  Anlico  12 " Blue back speakers  to fit in my amp .  I am assured they are British made and not the new Chinese made ones .  The Wharfdale OEM speakers are not bad but wanted a more 1960 look/tone . Any one else done this ?

[Stubby]

Any one ?

[Macpherson]

I'd love an AC30, after see your post I had a look on ebay..... what a price there getting.....if only I could go back 40 years !

 

There's a pair of these speakers on at the moment....15 mins left..cheers.

Edited January 29, 2018 by Macpherson
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[Matthew Storrs]

I’m under the impression that alnico Blues are British made, but the new AC30s come with the Greens which are far eastern. Iv not compared the two- but tone is die for with the Blues.

[Stubby]

11 hours ago, Matthew Storrs said:

I’m under the impression that alnico Blues are British made, but the new AC30s come with the Greens which are far eastern. Iv not compared the two- but tone is die for with the Blues.

Actually the " new " Chinese made AC30 came with Wharfdale speakers for about 2 years . Wharfdale were charged with emulating the 1960s Celestion speakes and did a fair job of doing so .  However they are  not  Blue backs . The trick is to get British made blue backs and not recently made far eastern blue backs which look the same but have a different cone material , so I am informed .

 Mine is in a birch ply cabinet and not an MDF one that some recent models are .

Edited January 30, 2018 by Stubby

[Matthew Storrs]

13 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Actually the " new " Chinese made AC30 came with Wharfdale speakers for about 2 years . Wharfdale were charged with emulating the 1960s Celestion speakes and did a fair job of doing so .  However they are  not  Blue backs . The trick is to get British made blue backs and not recently made far eastern blue backs which look the same but have a different cone material , so I am informed .

 Mine is in a birch ply cabinet and not an MDF one that some recent models are .

Ah right- I bow to your knowledge, I didn’t realise that their was a Chinese version of the Alnico blues- I looked into it a few years back as an option on the AC15 and thought it was British over Chinese Greenbacks. Looking at new AC30s sold now, the AC30c2 uses greens as standard and the AC30c2x has the blues.

[Stubby]

And I think the c2 is an MDF cab ? Could be wrong .

[SteveA]

Can't remember what year this is and really should plug it in to get that burning dust smell off the valves. mmmm

 

[Stubby]

The narrow vents make it older rather than newer .

[SteveA]

2 hours ago, Stubby said:

The narrow vents make it older rather than newer .

I have a vague recollection that its 1960 something??

cheers, steve