Doug and Pat on the amazing Vox AC10 SRT amplifier.
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- It's been called the Mystery Amp to the amp that never was. It's the 1965 JMI built Vox AC10 Super Reverb Twin head. It's the amp used in every pickup and guitar demo ever done on the Doug and Pat Show and it's time to get a closer look at this low powered tone machine. You might just want one of your own if you can find one.
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NEVER seen one of these in 50 yr of drooling over and acquiring (and losing) gear.
Sounds beautiful through your vintage silver G12 alnicos.
definitely sounded best when the G12 with 2 silver speakers was shown however I believe those are NOT alinco.
Thanks Pat & Doug 😊. I really enjoy watching your videos. Awesome amp and what a tone. Awesome guitar playing doug 😊. Greetings from Finland.
The perfect Amp. What a gem. Who'da thought. Thank you for the insight. You Guys are amazing.
I just found and bought a 1965 AC10 SRT with its original 2x10 cab. It had been in storage for 15 years and came with cobwebs. A bit of a clean up and TLC and it’s back to its full glory.
Absolutely amazing amp.
What are the cab dimensions. I have 2 srts one pure stock with the weird four pin power cable
Y'all have great taste in amps. I just repaired a Berkeley and someone pointed me to this video. thanks!
Nice to see you guys giving this amp some love. IMO it's one of the best blues amps , along with the Berkeley Super Reverb Twin V8.
Wow! What great playing - and straight in to old Voxes, my absolute favorite amps since 1965 when I bought my AC30 Top Boost. And NO PEDALS! Great!
love what you guys are doing here. I'm doing my part to make Doug and Pat rich.
There's also something real special about those old components. I just did a vintage 50s components, wiring and a set of Dimarzio PAF Masters. Real nice 550 k pots and a couple nice 22uF caps, in one of my beater Lester's. Organic is a perfect word. That Lester took on a totally different Jive. Great Show guys. Great Tones. Cheers.
Pat & Doug Thank you for all great videos for us gear nuts....
Many of us aren't fortunate to come across a VOX AC10 SRT in our life time, now after researching and speaking to different amp builders, I have great news for the Gear nuts out there. The early build Bad Cat & Matchless amps have a couple models that will give you pretty close FAT tones out of the Second channel.
The early days Bad Cat Black Cat or Matchless C-30 are the best.
They were designed by Mark a VOX lover also and the best ones are the early build Black Cat & C-30's. Remember the channel you want is 2nd channel and in back you can switch for 1/2 power more fat & sweet tone full power more headroom, then you want to check the speaker phase switch in back that will give slight different tones, check wish is more pleasant and close to the Doug's AC10 amp.
Next most important step is all about the speakers, tubes and Humbucker guitar tone.
I found the BAD CAT & MATCHLESS amps sound the best with gold, cream or blue Alnico Celestion's or blue alnico Weber's.
current production JJ tubes if don't have cash for GE, Mullards or Siemens, the EF tube Electro Harmonix EF-86.
Now just a good Les paul hopefully with a good set of PAF's from ONAMAC, GEPPETTO or BRANDONWOND. I don't know all the secrets just trying to pass along some of the cool information a been able to gather for many of the tone nuts out there now just lessons and play all day & nights. God Bless
Super sweet sound from that amp !
Fantastic show
Thx guys, always a pleasure.
jezuz krikes! my first Vox was in 1966, a Thomas Organ Royal Guardsman with dark blue speakers. I also have a T.O. Buckingham, a Viscount, and a Series 90. But I had never seen any JMI like those. Great playing and tone too! Congrats!
All the speakers sounded *amazing*. My favourite was probably the '67 G12 and for fullness the Weber 12A.
Awesome sounding amp. I want one
Awesome show again guys, I look forward to every one.
I can't wait to hear the Wizz pickups compared to Oscar. Wizz makes a great pickup, I love em.
Nick L
These PU’s are some of the best I have used. Secret is tuning the screws right. No other PU sounds or responds like the VIP’s do
You got to love these amps. I had a 68 Vox AC30 sounded great. Got it on the bay late one night around $1600 which was the going price of the reissue. But it was just to heavy and loud. But I bought an all tube Thomas Organ made Berkeley super rever twin with the 2x10 cab. I just changed the ceramic celestions for a weber blue pup/silver alnico for more of that classic chime. It sounds close to the AC10 but obviously it's not the same parts
Great show as always. I would love to hear a comparison of the Vintage Vox amps with some of the newer stuff. Just curious.
I love the sound of this amp so much, I'm going to be building one soon. The only other amp that I've ever heard come close is the Tweed Deluxe's I build. The AC10 isn't as ragged around the edges though.
I love the show guys! I really appreciate the effort you guys put into it!
Yes the AC10 SRT circuit is very similar to the 5e3 i am building a 50 watt
version right now.Would be real interested in how your build goes?
bob dillon I will definitely keep up on the progress. It'll be a month or so before I start.
The 12AX7 has an amplification factor (mu) of 100, the 12AT7 a mu of 60, and the 12AU7 a mu of 20.
So the copper panel amp had the lowest-gain setup, Pat's had a medium gain setup, and Doug's had the highest gain setup of the three. Which seems to correspond to the way all had the same basic voice, but Doug's had the most brightness and edge to the sound...
And don't worry... You can't blow anything up just by changing out the preamp tubes in those amps among those three types.
The silver bulldogs sound amazing! The greenbacks are also second to none!
Killer gear, subject matter expertise, extremely tasteful playing - what more can one ask for? Oh I know - Play Pat, play! I'm pretty sure Pat's a killer player too...
What a killer amp! I'm a huge Vox fan. I play a 1993 AC30tbx. I'm pretty particular on what amp I play, but I would gladly play that tone any day!
The first amp sounded a little more gained up, but each of them sound great! The preamp tubes in question might be for the reverb, phase inverter or tremolo. You aren't going to hurt anything when using a 12ax7,but it might not sound as good if the extra gain clips the signal.
That head is awesome 👏
Damn! I wants one, my precious!
...and those VIP Lovers are killer making that H 150 sound killer.....nice! Like the mix of covered neck and zebra bridge. That Heritage is world class.
hrstrat57 yes and that H150 has alot to do with it believe me. Pickups are nice as well for a good guitar as they add nothing to it!
Loved the sound of the Weber 12A125A
Love the 67" Alnico G12 Celestion. KILLER!!!
Please, a clean demo with the ac10SRT? When I saw three, I nearly fell off my chair... WOW guys.
I love you guys!
Subtle difference between all three but I'd be happy to have any one of them. Great tones!
Hey there Doug, this is an old post but I still think this is the best sound this guitar could ever have. It is an opinion of course but damn dude wow! If you want that steely Oscar attack just raise them so the string bounces off the top of the PU, not too close to the strings, but that will create that effect. DOH!
Been waiting for this one! Please post a ton of gut shots.
i know you have done a comparison of the reissue Marshall to a vintage one. Could you please do one with a vintage Vox AC30 and a reissue Vox AC30?
Finding an original that hasn't caught fire would make it difficult.
Great stuff. I've had my eye out for an AC10 SRT but have yet to spot one "in the wild." It'll show up, if it does, when it does. In the meantime I like my Berkeley SRT, a Thomas Organ Vox with a similar tube complement to the AC10 but using a different (Top Boost) tone stack. Sounds pretty fab. Good reverb too. :) It currently has a set of terrific sounding Soviet 7189s in the power section. Cheers!
Those are the best Thomas Organ amps we think, those and the Cambridge Reverbs which is the same amp in a combo. We've had a few of those. D&P
I’m late to the party but love old Vox amps and this is new to me. Gain factor is important but so is impedance and transconductance. The 12au7s (and the 12at7) would probably be in positions 2, 3, and 4 as they are better at being reverb drivers, tremolo oscillators and Phase inverters.
I appreciate what you guys do! Is there anything I need to look out for when purchasing a Celestian Silver G12 Speaker like in the video? It sounds great but I see some variations on it (some have the soldering lugs on the frame some have Vox label non Vox some with a Bulldog) when I go to buy one. Some part numbers or cross reference numbers for other speakers that are labeled differently but are the same speaker would be great. Thanks! Also would you buy one that had been reconed? Thank you!
It's so great to see you guys again! I thought you disappeared off the face of the earth - lol
It would be so great if you played the full version of your intro song...
We're pretty busy most of the time doing something so we think we're going to do a blog on our web site to let people check in on what's going on when we haven't posted in a while. We're usually working on two or three shows at a time. D&P
Ok, thanks for the reply. I just love your intro/outro song! I play it over and over to hear it - lol
I love these amps and you guys make them sound great, but one doesn't need to bust the bank and have connections to get this tone. I get this tone too, so close I seriously cannot hear a difference and it comes from my Mesa TA15 on Top Boost mode through an open back 1x12 with a Celestion Gold. Set it for low gain so that it can get dirty when you dig in and is clean when you don't. It's fricken awesome. Sounds almost as good through my 2x12 with a Scumback M65 and a Celestion Creamback H75.
dale's had that little something. great playing btw.
If Vox reissued a handwired version of this amp I would buy it in a hot second.
I LOVE this amp. Please send it to my house. I will gladly pay you Tuesday, for your AC10 today ...
Hi Doug. Could you let us know the makes &models of the pre-amp and power amp tubes as the crunch is sublime when you're chasing Oscar. Many thanks, Simon.
I just found the rarest version of them all, the domino with matching 2x10 cab
Hi guys, i own a 3x10" combo version of the AC10 SRT, it seems to be amazingly rare, surely even more rare than the Head version you've got here.
Vox amps are sweet. I have an AC30C2 and an AC4C1-12.
1970 celstion is awesome I am an old bass player used vox Essex Kensington and Westminster amps people loved the sound 18 cabs 2 12 and beat them to death would by it them again
Hi guys. I have a ac15 handwired heritage head with 7 valves. Can someone tell me would I be able to get close to these beautiful tones with Doug's vox model, and what valves (valve makes NOS etc, and models), do I need for each position (I don't know which one is V1 etc). Many, many thanks in advance. BTW TOP SHOW GUYS!!!
Sounds incredible !! the tubes, One of those is probably a "Reverb Driver" which may do very little or nothing to shape the tone, There is another that will probably be a PI tube that also has very little to do with the shaping the tone. (I need to see a Schematic to be sure) the others will shape the signal ...V1 and V2 will shape tone, (probably the 12ax7's) I noticed Doug's amp sounds warmer, and I'm wondering if those robust power tubes have anything to do with it, Pats sounded great too but only slightly "cooler" ....Swap those tewbs with each amp and see what happens.!!!! Love your vids!
One of those is in fact a reverb driver. The secret to the tone of these amps is the un bypassed second stage cathode resistor and the fact that its a 12au7, along with pushing the last gain stage (another 12au7) before the cathodyne phase inverter. I'm not 100% sure, but I think the phase inverter has less to do with the tone on this amp, than the 12au7 gain stages. I'll find out in my next build.
One of those uses half of a triode for the reverb and the other half for tone shaping If I remember correctly.
Another great show guys. Where do you have the tone control on these amps?
I would guess two of those preamp tubes are for the tremolo and reverb, no?
Do a show on 60s Ampegs:GeminiI and II, Rocket etc.
I am re watching this video after the years have passed by and disregarding that is useless I need to comment it now 😊 First off there is no way to burn your amp when using different preamp tubes from the 12AX7 family of dual triodes. Mu factor is different and in some cases maximum current rating is different but everything else is same. 150 mA per heater hence 300 mA when used in classic 6.3 V parallel connection. In pure gain stage function preamp tubes work with the voltage only and current is very small. Primary side of the reverb needs some current because it feeds the reverb driving transformer. So one uses both triodes in parallel and 12AT7 because those can handle more current. Same tube is used often as the phase inverter tube in lot of USA amps.
When you use amp as only gain device what you hear is result of each part of the amp giving some level of distortion. Preamp, power amp distortion. You hear even output transformer saturation, as well as power transformer and in some cases rectifier tube sag due to the high power demand. In some cases even speaker breakup. Preamp distortion only, made by low master volume and high gain setting of the preamp can sound little bit hollow and even harsh. But when power section is distorting as well mostly amps sound sweeter. There fore in lot of cases small power amps are easier to handle and sooner get this full amp distress we love to hear. In this amp one could stuff hot 12AX7 tubes in all gain stages and get more preamp gain. That might sound better but could sound worse as well depending on the amps topology. 7189 are great tubes with higher power rating. This doesn’t mean more gain but slightly more headroom. That amp doesn’t gets its more gain sound from 7189 tubes but from something else. Maybe plate resistors of the preamp tubes are lower value due to the tolerance. Or overall voltage is lower. It sounds more alive and hotter but that would be the same with EL84 tubes as well. Watt or two more power gained from 7189 would not make it sound any hotter. Typically one uses 100K resistors as plate resistors in preamp tubes. Back then often resistors tolerance was 15 percent or even 20 percent. Hence same resistor could deviate from 80 to 120 K Ohm. First triode in one amp paired with real value 80 K Ohm resistance will have way more gain than one paired with 120 K Ohm in the other amplifier even with same tubes. Combine that with different Mu factor tubes and one amp could sound way hotter and more alive than the other. Simple test of swapping tubes between your two amps would tell is it in the tubes or the rest of the amplifier. One could do pre amp only or power stage only or full tube swap and make good video about it.
Hey guys, which cone does your silver alnico have: 1777 or 102 003? Thanks!
Nice video. Very interesting amplifier. I have been watching videos by D-lab Electronics who services, repairs and builds custom amplifiers and wonder whether or not you have had the capacitors replaced in these, and your other, amplifiers?
Keep up the tone search. Thanks.
We always have our amplifiers service by Sour Sound in Portland. He replaces those cap things that dry up and make noise and he changes the power cord if it needs it. Skinny younger dude, looks like a skater but loves vintage tube amps and takes care of ours. D&P
You guys should get in touch with Dan Boul at 65amps. His team worked on the Vox JMI Years book, and Dan has talked about this amp many times on his webshow. Apparently this amp is an oddity and Dan has pages of notes from Derek Underdown (JMI Vox head engineer) on this particular circuit. I believe this is the amp was the basis for the 65amps "Lil' Elvis" amplifier.
Cool. thanks for the tip. Since this show we've been contacted by a few independent builders who are working on clones. Would love to hear a new amp sound like these. D&P
So will you be doing a show on the clones? I'd love to hear that one. I'd love to track an SRT down but doubt my chances, however a good clone? you betcha!
Doug, I have cloned this amp. Tweaked it some and added a usable reverb circuit. It is a great sounding amp. Would love to send you one and hear it up against your originals. ~ Casey Mickelson
The 12au7 has an amplification of 19, not 40. Not including the reverb driver, there are 3 gain stages in the signal path in this amp. It does its gain in layers, thats just part of the magic with this amp. The other part is the 12au7 cathodyn phase inverter. That gives it that greasy smear the overdrive has.
Is it EF86 or 12AX7 top boost? and
when you put your vessel full or liquid on top I started to get dizzy and nauseous...
...and thanx
What do you guys think of the new AC10's?
Do you use the AC10 when you are playing with Quarterflash?
I didn't feel like digging through comments to see if someone else said this. I listened to all three amps. When you said the difference between Doug's, with a 12AU7, 12AT7, and two 12AX7s, it explained why it sounded so much grittier and pushed than Pat's. Of the three amps, I like Pat's the best. It has the best qualities of all three. Dale's has a sweetness to it, Doug's is beautiful and gritty, and wants to bite your face. Pat's, however, has all the right stuff.
You will not hurt the amp using 12AX7s. AT7s are between AU and AX, so you're also fine there. You could even throw a 12AZ7 or 12AY7 in and see how it changes the gain.
V1 should be the main preamp, V2 should be Trem, V3 should be reverb, and V4 should be rectifier.
Thanks, guys!
I'm curious, guys. What positions are the AX, AT and AU in your amp, Doug? (V1, 2, 3, 4?) I'm over the moon with the tone of your VOX. It was also really interesting to hear the various speakers. Those alnico G12s are really sweet...
Doug's Vox has more balls to my ear.
Somewhere I heard or read that the AC10 SRT was what the first amp Vox USA / Thomas Organ made which was pretty much a direct copy, known as the all tube Vox V8 aka Vox Berkeley Super Reverb. It took me a while to find one and it is awesome! I was wondering if you guys can confirm what I heard? Also FYI which position are your 12AX7 and 12AU7 and or 12AT7 in as I have found with several of my other Vox and Fender Amps... when I put the 12AU7 in the first position meaning that the first tube in the circuit make the signal reach the sweet spot of the tube at a lower level as it does it's gain staging so I am rather curious to know of the three amps, which tubes are where. In my AC15s the path goes input then two 12AX7s then the EL84s, and I loved the sound when I switched the first 12AX7 to a Mullard 12AU7 then either the 12AX7 if you need more volume or another 12AT7, Here is the best chart I have seen that shows the output levels of each of those tubes, so long as you stay with that family of tubes I think you are safe, I have tried them in several amps with no problems.
The AC 10 SRT was first issued in 1964 (like the one in the show with the copper panel) and was made in England by JMI. Thomas Organ Company didn't start making American versions of Vox amps until 1965 after the agreement with the Royston Group who then owned a controlling share of JMI. Thomas Organ wanted to be more modern and efficient and make amps with solid state technology like their organs and started that around early 1966. The AC 10 SRT was discontinued (from the best we can find) in '65 and the production in the US was taking off. The Cambridge Reverb and Berkeley Reverb with separate head and cabinet (with tubes) was part of that initial Thomas production until they phased out all tube amps. We've owned a number of the Berkeley and Cambridge amps and they are built very differently than the English ones. That said, we think those two amps, maybe the only tube Thomas amps, sound great. We are familiar with the gain stages of the 12AX7/12AU7/12AT7 and have the schematic of the English AC 10 SRT that shows tube one as being a 12AX7. As we explored in the show every one of the three amps has a different configuration so yeah, they can get loud quickly and other fun stuff when switched around yet all three sound great. Thanks for the comments. D&P
You have convinced me to look for an AC10 SRT... Anyway the only written reference as to the comparison of the AC10 SRT being the Uk version that Vox US Thomas first copied the only Tube Berkeley V8 on Vox Showrrom www.voxshowroom.com/us/amp/v-8b.html
to my ears doug's sounds warmer with a little more break up than pat's and dale's so to my old ears that would point me to the valve change...............sorry chaps you call em tubes. but i must admit i really like all three of them. really look forward to your youtube stuff. john
Love Weber blues have a Marshall 4x12 with them
Do you guys have access to a Selmer Zodiac 30?
It could be the coolest looking amp ever made?
I would love to hear you guys demo one in comparison to your Vox?
There are few youtube demos of the Zodiac 30, with varying quality & conditions, so it's hard to get a great idea of how one sounds?
Thanks!
We actually do have access to a real clean one and yeah, they do look cool especially with that glowing light thing. We are going to bring it in when we do Vox AC30's although they don't really sound like that, much cleaner to our ears.
D&P
What tubes does She run? Lol Never mind you just Answered that. Thanks guy!
I’ve a vox vintage footswitch with R on the left side and T on the right side you guys interested in buying it?
hi Doug & Pat, just wanted to ask you guys one question about Celestion blue speakers. I love Vox amps and I have a Brian May Special edition amp that I rebuilt with Mike Ryde help in England. I can run these Blues flat out with no problem. This is one loud amp rebuilt to Dave Petersen schematic. This man in England helped me through the rebuild of this amp. Definitely a guy to cover. There's nothing this man doesn't know about Vox amps. Mr. Petersen worked with Marshall and Vox amps for years. Brilliant man. My question to you is that I also have a cab built by Mather cabs in the states. another incredible guy. His cabs are second to none. Back to my question , can I use two Celestion alnico blue speakers with a Marshall bluesbreaker JTM 45 without blowing the speakers? thanks from Michael Newell from Canada
michael newell Yes but not at high volumes due to wattage
I do ... (want one!) ... trust me.
Are these tube?
I had some Selmer 60s amps, great sounding.
Nicholas Woolfenden
Which ones and what kind of sound do they actually do. Cause I have heard a couple and they sounded well, like all vintage amps did in a 1980’s store, nothing like the albums you heard them on!
But I am interested and I know they must sound good or great.
Would love to hear how those beauties compare to the new ac10 combo.
Day and night difference. These old ones are much more organic sounding. The new AC-10 is nothing more that the Top Boost circuit mated with a 10 watt output section. The new AC-10's have digital reverb/tremolo, SS rectifier, cheap transformers, cheap resistors and cheap caps in the signal path. Chinese Junk!
+LPCustom3 in all fairness they do sound good obviously not as good as a 3500 vintage amp
LPCustom3 They sound excellent. So that's all that matters.
I preferred Dale's. Both sound amazing but I feel Dale's seemed to have a smoother and, in a way, creamier, mid range. The overdrive seemed to flow more with the sound.
Jeez. This is the kind of amp that would make me buy a Kemper, just to get 95% of the amazingness. Incredible.
Is there another amp that comes close? Or a (gasp) PEDAL? KassperT (below) says his Mesa TA15 can do this tone. True?
EDIT: Sorry - i only just discovered this channel when i wrote this. Didn't yet know how entirely devoted these guys are to this amp and with doing things without pedals. If anyone else, though, knows how i can get a tone like this without spending a mint, let me know, whydontcha.
There's no substitute for a real tube amp. There are LOTS of great sounding vintage tube amps, but not all the vintage amps sound great because there are so many things that can go wrong with an old amp. A low powered Dr Z amp like the Carmen Ghia or the Mini Z is great for a new amp. The Mini Z has a built-in attenuator, so you can get great tone at any volume. These two DR Z models both use EL-84 output tubes (same as the Vox), so the tone is similar.
Schlumbucket Returns thanks for the Dr Z suggestion. I'll check it out. I recognize that I won't be able to get that tone 100%, but in my situation, I'm going to have to be content with a fractal or Kemper 'compromise' for a while.
Going by the schematic i have V1=12AX7; V2=12AU7 ;V3=12AU7; V4=12AU7
V1A=Gain stage V1B=Vibrato ; V2A=Dry signal gain V2B=Reverb signal gain;
V3=Reverb driver ;V4A =Gain stage V4B=Cathodyne phase inverter.If you delete
the reverb and vib and ignore the tube complement the circuit is very similar to a Fender 5E3.
Those AC10 early amps are amazing sounding. Hard to find for sure. I'm going to be buying a new AC10 combo because they sound great with an extension cab of your choice. I use a 2011 Non Reverse Gibson Firebird with P-90s and a new Hallmark Swept Wing with single coils. Any opinion of those guitars? Also I'd like your folks take on any pedals you like. Love the show!
The AC10 combo is an entirely different sounding amp. It has a lot of highs and a mid scoop. Great for country twang or SRV kind of stuff where you want the clarity of scooped mids and single coils. 50's amps, whether they be Fender, Vox, or Gibson all have a ton of midrange and more voltage. That's what makes them distort so much. But they have very little twang at all. They're good for straight rock and jazz with humbuckers but lousy for country and R&B with single coils. It mostly depends on the music you play. Robin Trower could sound fine on one with his thick front pickup tone. SRV with his out of phase quack, not so much.
Thx for the info Billy! Very good of you.
I aim to please. :)
I used to have an AC50 head, I used it for playing clubs but sadly I traded it for a Laney. The AC 50 at some clubs sounded amazing and at other clubs sounded terrible. I had no idea at the time but now I am sure the problem was that the AC 50 was very "voltage sensitive" .......... wish I still had it :(
Ian Ryan
Yup! All older compressing amps!
Interchanging 12AU7s with 12AX7s or 12AT7s will not 'blow up' the amp; the heater currents for these are all similar, but the mu factor and transconductance (and especially the forward grid current of the 12AT7s) will make them perform very differently in the same circuit. Try different combinations and have fun!
Never noticed before, Brian Baker is turning into Doug...
Hi everybody, a friend of mine is selling one of these amps. It is a Vox AC 10 SRT combo with 3 x 10 speakers! He says there were just about 100 pieces of this made. Has anyone an idea how much this amp is worth? Thank you!
"throw a banana in there" hell yes ya gotta throw a banana in there... lol
Also need somebody to clone these!! Get it done!
1967 alnicos all the way !!!
Hi Guys - Was that amp made in the US factory cos I've never seen one that shape in the UK. The only AC10s I've seen were conventional combo amp with either one or two 10" speakers. This amp has traditional Vox features but that angular cabinet looks very odd to me.
as far as i'm aware the stuff made in the US was only solid state, weren't anywhere close to the tube amps being sold in England. but I don't know everything there is to know about the vox range in the 60s.
Doug a fan ? Do u exhaust the tubes or blow on them?
The exhaust fan draws air through the vents and exhausts out the back. I mention in another comment that I play outdoor shows sometimes in the sun and it's nice to be able to keep the amp a little cooler in that situation. D.
Makes me wonder how the vintage AC10 compares to a brand new AC15 head which is the closest you can get I guess without lucking into finding an original SRT 10.
What Git where you playing Doug?
Oh I asked to soon should have waited till the end of the show
That phone ringing sounds like it is coming from my kitchen.
Hey, what is it with your and Jason? Inquiring minds would like to know. ;)
Stay tuned. D&P
if i understood correctly,65amps had a model derived from this amp,maybe called Elvis something?
What happened to your 59 burst, Doug?
A divorce. Don't let it happen to you.
The '64 Copper Face sounded the creamiest.
Pat's amp sounds best. Tube complement?
45 years gone, you guys ever missed the thunder?
Ha, you've known each other since I was born.
The odd things about this AC10 is that, to me, it has a bit of a Marshall type breakup. Vox usually have a bit of flub in the low mids, but this one doesn't and has a really musical breakup. I'm jealous of that tone. Sound glorious.
You nailed it. That amp has the top end clarity of an AC 30 but the breakup and growl of a plexi Marshall. As you switch guitars and pickup combinations it just keeps getting better which is why we use it for the pickup demos. We can hear the differences in the different pickups more clearly with that amp than if we used a more generic amp because we've tried them. D&P
I found one of these SRT for sale where I live, I'd have to get two extra jobs just to buy it. I'm going to have to settle for an AC15 or the new AC10. I really dig the tone of your amp. That is exactly what I'm looking for. I can always try and win the lottery lol
Does pat play guitar anymore?
AC10 is an amazing amp ... the new AC10's are very good for the $ but the original AC10 is an amazing thing.