Tony Hicks
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Featured in this 1965 Vox ad. It was used live and on In the Hollies Style, as documented by this page from a website dedicated to the Vox AC-50. A photo of the amp during recording is shown.
Abbey Road, Studio 2, July/August 1964. The AC50 belonging to Tony Hicks of The Hollies. Recording session for the album "In the Hollies Style", released in November '64. The number of diamonds on the grille cloth shows this is a large box AC50 speaker cabinet.
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Featured in this 1967 Vox ad.
Tony himself plays a Phantom twelve-string guitar through a 120 watt Solid State amplifier. The Hollies insist on taking their VOX equipment on every date.
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In the video for On A Carousel (around 0:05 for example), Tony can be seen plugged into a Vox Buckingham. The Vox solid state “MRB” feature (and distortion) can clearly be heard on that track on setting 3, as well as other tracks from the Hollies from 67 onwards. Tony having a Buckingham is very peculiar because as far as I could find, they were one of the Vox solid state amps that were for USA production, and not widely found in England at any point in time. You can get close to this tone with modern gear like the White Pedal or Go Rocky Go, which both mimic 60s Vox solid state amps.
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