Please share your opinions, I will be greatfull. I know it is a simple question but It has caught my curiousity. I love the sound of the Mullards to much to let them sit out of the amp. I like the JJ's but I will put the Mullards back in. Right now I have some JJ Tesla's in the output to try them out and see how they sound when broken in a bit. P.S what tubes do you use? I use a balanced EH in the phase inverter, tungsols in other 2 pre amp spots, and Mullard reissue EL84's in the output. Let me know how the vintage sounds with the Wharf though. The greenback is 97db and the G12H-30 is 100db, but this is a common I am not sure what the sensitivity of the Wharfs are, but I know that Just curious how the Wharf at 30w and the vintage react with each other? I am looking for that green sound with more of a bottom edge.Īnyways, how does the vintage 30 sound in the amp?ĭoes the fact that its rated at 60w make much of a difference? My thanks to Mike Truttschel from the Britins for allowing me to photograph his AC30TBX for the Vox Showroom.I was actually thinking about putting a greenback and a G12H-30 The AC30CC2 and AC30CC2X, made for Vox by the International Audio Group in China, replaced the AC30TB and AC30TBX in 2005. An era ended when the last UK made AC-30 amps were shipped in 2004. They wanted to dedicate their production facilities exclusively to the production of their own amps. Such increased pricing in a post 9/11 economy caused AC-30 sales to sag.Īdditionally, the world wide demand for Marshall amplifiers had grown to a point that Marshall no longer wished to build Vox amps. Near the end of the run in 2003, escalating manufacturing costs caused the retail price of the AC30TBX to reach $3200. The AC30TB and AC30TBX survived in the Vox line for ten years.
Vox ac30cc2 g12h30 serial#
The serial started with "M-2000," suggesting the amp was produced in the year 2000.
Look at the picture of this ID plate at left.
Vox ac30cc2 g12h30 serial number#
It 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. Rose Morris entered into an agreement in 1992 to sell Vox to Korg, a Japanese based keyboard manufacturer. Rose Morris wanted to dump Vox altogether. This time, not only the future of the AC-30 was in question. Rose Morris started to lose interest in Vox. However, Rose Morris did not have the manufacturing resources to produce the amp cost effectively. These amps showed significant improvement over the previous models. Rose Morris took a step in the right direction when they introduced several new Vox AC-30 models in 1990 and again in 1991. All one can say is that these cost saving measures probably saved the AC-30 from extinction. The GZ34 rectifier tube was eliminated, and the cabinet was made of particle board. The original preamp gain structure was attenuated by a new circuit design that limited output. The circuitry on this Rose Morris produced version of the AC-30 was mounted on a single printed circuit board that was easily warped by the heat generated by the amp. In my opinion, the real low point for the AC-30 happened in 1985.