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The first AC30 vintage reissue of the Vox Heritage Collection, the Vox AC30H2, made only in 2007, is the hand-wired 50th Anniversary edition of the iconic classic. This one has the rare blonde ("cream") tolex as opposed to the more frequently seen "fawn" covered edition. AlNiCo blue back Celestions for the ultimate vintage vibe. EF86 powered pre-amp in Normal Channel - the "tube with the magical Vox tone" of the earliest ACs !! Tube rectifier! "50th Anniversary" badge Fits regular AC30 road case She is one stripped down rock 'n roll machine for the purists among us - no tone sucking effects loops, no master volume, not even a reverb circuit to sap your direct signal! But to put the icing on the cake I added a Mercury Magnetics Output Transformer and Choke! This vintage reissue anniversary edition is for sale on eBay and Craigslist Los Angeles

Factory added Top Boost channel. 47k Ohm Bias Resistor runs hotter but breaks up at lower volume than the later 82k Resistor. Has both Tremolo and Vibrato features with selector switch and 3 preset speed settings for either effect. Best sounding AC30 I've had but the others sound pretty damn good, too! The 2007 AC30H2 and the 2005 AC30CCX (X for Blue Alnico speakers) both dance around the vintage Vox tones of the '61 in convincing ways and both are very useful both for live and studio applications. The 2007 Cream covered 50th Anniversary combo is for sale on eBay and Craigslist Los Angeles right now since I bought the '61 and have the 2005 I feel pretty well covered for Vox sounds! Hate to lose the beautiful blonde hand-wired anniversary RI but need the bucks at this time.

2005 AC30CCX (X for Blue Alnico speakers) replicates the vintage Vox tones in convincing ways and is very useful both for live and studio applications. I keep this as both a back-up and supplement to my '61 AC30 because it sounds great and has the master volume for certain lower volume situations.