New Vox AC30 Custom Classic Amps
The new AC30 Custom Classic is the culmination of over 45 years of high quality, guitar amplifier design and fabrication.
VOX has taken the best AC30 designs and added a number of useful, very cool features to create the most tonally flexible
and affordable AC30 to date!
AC30 Custom Classic Specifications
Front panel controls: Inputs x 2 (Top Boost & Normal);
Input Link Switch for blending channels;
Normal Volume;
Brilliance Switch;
Top Boost Volume;
Treble;
EQ Standard/Custom Switch;
Bass; Reverb Controls (Tone, Mix, Dwell Switch);
Tremolo Speed & Depth;
Tone Cut;
Master Volume;
Standby Switch;
Power Switch
Rear panel controls
Loudspeaker output jack x 2 (Extension & External);
Output (O/P) Impedance Select (8 or 16 Ohm);
Output Bias (82 "Warm" or 50 "Hot");
Smoothing (22uF "Vintage" or 44uF "Modern");
FX Loop (Send, Return and Bypass Switch);
Footswitch Jack (Tremolo and Reverb);
HT Fuse;
Mains Input;
Mains Fuse;
Model Dimensions/Weight
AC30CC1 54 lbs. 24" (W) x 10.4" (D) x 21.25" (H)
AC30CC2 70.5 lbs. 27.75" (W) x 10.4" (D) x 21.25" (H)
AC30CC2X 70.5 lbs. 27.75" (W) x 10.4" (D) x 21.25" (H)
AC30CCH 41.9 lbs. 24.2" (W) x 10.4" (D) x 10.83" (H)
VX212BN 44 lbs. 27.75" (W) x 10.4" (D) x 21.25" (H)
VX212BNX 44 lbs. 27.75" (W) x 10.4" (D) x 21.25" (H)
VX412BN 97 lbs. 27.95" (W) x 14.37" (D) x 30.7" (H)
First introduced in 1959 the secrect to the AC30's timeless tone is its simplicity and the nature of its all tube design.
The AC30 was originally designed with 6 inputs to handle guitar, bass and vocals as a tube driven PA for example. This
may be what gives the AC30 great tone as it wasn't designed for great guitar tone but great tone overall.
The Custom Classics use the same circuit as the famous AC30 with Top Boost channel. Vox went to great lengths to preserve
the authenticity and tone of the circuit. The components mimic the originals, transformers are clones of the original
Albion units; signal capacitors are "vintage" axial type, etc.
While some of the features of the Custom Classic amps have been available on previous versions of the AC30 (spring reverb,
master volume, multiple channels, Tone Cut control) none have ever been available on one AC30 model... until now.
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