Quite a few months back, I spotted an AC30 chassis on Gumtree. Now I've always been a fan of Vox amps, and specifically the old 1960's AC30's. I decided to take the plunge and buy it.
When it arrived, it was obvious that it had been standing for a while. It had Woden transformers as well as a few nice old tubes, kindly checked by the seller (Mark from Bloem).
I did quite a bit of digging around trying to find more information about these amps, and how I could repair or restore this one to both a visually pleasing and a reliable state (I plan to use it for gigging).
In my opinion, the best look for a Vox is fawn. Seems it was a pretty rare colour scheme in the early 60's, but there are a few great pics online of what they can look like.
I sent the chassis down to Karel Mars in Paarl and he started sorting out the electronics. Meanwhile I contacted Graeme Hayward (lapdawg), after seeing one of his beautiful cab builds, to build a new cabinet for the Vox. More on that later..
