Vox AC15 Custom Classic Combo
www.proguitarshop.com, The AC15 is the amp that “started it all”, as they say, for Vox. It was the JMI (Jennings Musical Instruments) company’s first product and a masterpiece of guitar amplification by Dick Denney. Following the AC15’s release in 1958, it was quickly became the guitar ( and bass ) amp du jour for Britain’s early rock n’ roll groups. The Shadows were the most prominent of the early endorsers of the Vox AC15. The Vox AC15 was instantly popular for a number of reasons. It easily produced the required volume to keep up with drum kits and brass, which have naturally high acoustic output. If one had to push the volume past the point of a clean guitar tone, it would not distort harshly, but would saturate progressively into even harmonic overtones, without generating nasty breakup. In fact, many early rockers found the characteristic ringing, chiming Vox overdrive to be genuinely pleasing. This unique sound was widely exploited a few years later, when English R&B groups of the mid 60’s used AC15’s to achieve a classic blues tone in recording studios. It’s ability to produce a chiming, creamy overdrive at a moderate volume made the AC15 indispensable for recording purposes, and it remains so to this day. A legend was born. The Vox AC15 Custom Classic series is a throwback to the early AC15’s. All the original creamy, chiming tonal qualities that made this amp legendary have been preserved. The AC15CC1X generates 15 Watts of EL84 tube power into the classic 16 …
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