After about 2 years since it's announcement, the hand wired upgrade to the AC10 C1 is available to buy. It's called the Vox AC10 R1 HW. Has anyone bought or tried one?
It has 12" speaker, a square wood cab, FX loop, spring tank reverb , master volume, gain volume, Hi & Low inputs. Price varies but it's between $1200 & $1300 . Not sure if this is adjusted for the coming import tariffs
VoxAC10 hand wired; now available
I guess we will have to wait for some real-world opinions. And some "gut shots".
Still only two pre-amp valves, so, the purists will still compain about the MOSFET(s?).
Does it really have spring reverb, or still digital as before?
The cabinet should work better. Effects loop, better. Still no cut control.
Better transformers?
The price sure is in a different league to our old C1 models.
The overdrive section is called 'top boost' but I'm not sure if it's like the top boost from the vintage models. To me it's just gain & master volume as with other amp s. It's likely it will have the chip in the pre amp, but some are not bothered by this. I spoke to one retailer in England on the phone and he said it's not! There will be reviews soon. he did say the reverb is spring. Sweetwater in the US recently advertised it at $1299. In England its just over double the cost of the C1 at £ 1,179. For a hand wired amp & the extra features and better components that's not bad. Still cheaper than American brands or boutique amps.
These are available to order from May. It looks like production runs will be more limited than with the C1. If it sounds right then I think people will go for it...