VOX AC10 REISSUE UPGRADE
VOX AC10 REISSUE PLUS

$525USD, so about $200USD more than a Celestion blue or Scumback Scuminco - the other speakers I had been considering. An original Vox Celestion silver bell speaker from the 1960's is being shipped, and it still has its original 'pulsonic' cone in very good shape. 5879 is different tube than EF-86, but similar in that its a higher gain tube and very touch sensitive.īrian is making me a cabinet for his AC10 head, using the same fawn Vox livery as the head. I love Gibson amps, have several, and especially love the 5879 preamp circuits in the GA40, and in the vibrato channel of GA20. That top-boost circuit was copied directly from Gibson's GA-77 Vanguard amp, including the mistake in that circuit. It was too microphonic in the higher powered AC30, however, so was designed out of that amp, then the top-boost circuit designed in. That's the tube Dick Denny loved, and used in all his early Vox amp design. The EF-86 vibrato (tremolo) channel is very touch sensitive, and I'm loving it. I couldn't be more pleased with this head, it sounds awesome through the original Chicago jensen C12R in my 1960 GA-20. I liked it so much, that when I saw a '3rd Rail amps' (Brian) JMI AC10 clone head for sale on Reverb, having just been reduced $400USD, I pounced on it, even though I hadn't been planning on buying another amp (and know its a different amp). This is my first Vox amp, and I love that 'top boost' sound - it really gets that classic Vox tone at a reasonable volume. These are bright amps, so a creamback seems more appropriate for smoothing and warming the highs, and a little louder than the greenback.

VOX AC10 REISSUE UPGRADE

Like others here, I plan to upgrade some of the tubes, and get a creamback to improve the sound. The whole amp is kind of cheaply constructed, but it sounds great, what really matters. It has the stock speaker, which sounds great even though its a cheap. Sweetwater had them on sale for $389USD shipped, too good to pass on since I always craved the Vox tone. I got a new royal blue AC10C1 (also 'rich blue' depending on when marketing was advertising), my favorite look with cream handle and vent, brown grill cloth and gold piping. Thinking about it, the 10' has a flatter cone, so maybe that has something to do with it (or maybe not?)? I had always thought it was the opposite - 10' being more directional than 12', but recently read I was misinformed.

With the closed back cab speakers are more directional, but 10' less directional than 12'.

VOX AC10 REISSUE PLUS

Click to expand.If you lift them off the floor on a stand, they seem to get considerably louder, plus its closer to ear level that way.

Vox ac10 reissue