Vox AC15 Custom Classic 1x12 Combo - AC15CC1X

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.

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 AC-15'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 Ohm, 12" Vox / Celestion Alnico Blue Speaker ( a rock legend in it's own right). Vox has also updated the amp with a few modern features, including Master volume, global reverb and tremolo controls, and a rear panel 8/16 Ohm impedance selector switch, allowing you to use a wide variety of extension cabinets . It looks particularly smashing with the Vox V212BNX cab, also sporting Alnico Blues. Trem and 'verb are footswitchable via the included VF002 footswitch.

Vox AC15 Custom Classic 1x12 Combo features:

• 15 Watts into an 8 or 16 ohm loudspeaker load.
• Included Speaker: 12 Inch, 15 Watt Vox / Celestion AlNiCo Blue
• Power Tubes: Two EL84's
• Preamp Tubes: Two 12AX7's
• Rectifier: silicon rectifier with passive SAG circuit to emulate the characteristic "sag" of a tube rectifier
• Footswitchable Reverb and Tremolo, with footswitch included
• Master Volume controls
• Classic Vox styling with gold logo and diamond pattern grille cloth