Price Paid: used
Features: 10
My Vox cabinet was built in 1964 by JMI Vox Co. It is a sealed back design. It has 2x 12" celestion G12 alnico blues made for Vox. One handle on the top center. Rather heavy for it's size.
Sound Quality: 10
I have a 1966 AC-30 Supertwin head which I use to run the cabinet. It sounds absolutely wonderful. Unique! More of a punchy bottom end response than a combo or open back design. Beautifully articulate and full sounding. A must for supertwin owners IMO.
Reliability: N/A
I treat it with kid glove as it contains 40 year old 15 watt speakers.
Customer Support: N/A
Overall Rating: 10
I'm so happy to be able to have found this cabinet. Previously I've been using a fender bandmaster cab loaded with G12s. The vox cab is much more solid and handles the bass frequency much better/tighter. My experience is as a pro player of over 20 years, and a student of guitar for over 30. If I lost this cab I'd be devistated as I had it shipped here from Holland, and was very difficult to find in the first place. I suppose I'd order a replacement from NCM too. I would like to get one of the stands NCM makes, and that would complete the package.
This amp only go's out of my home for studio work or fancier shows. I would never take it on the road. I'm giving it a ten for being such a pretty sounding rig. Not for value, as it was expensive to say the least.
Submitted by Bill Johnson at 09/07/2002 01:58
Price Paid: US $811.00
Features: 10
Vox 2X12 open-back cabinet loaded with Celestion G-12 alnico blue speakers, wired for 16 ohms. Total power handling is 30 watts. Cabinet is the size of a standard Vox AC-30 combo but without the weight of the amplifier chassis, easy to carry around.
Sound Quality: 10
Amazing! Many reviews have already been written about the Vox designed "Bull Dog" speakers, they are certainly the best I've ever heard. The cabinet sounds best when elevated just a foot or so above the floor. You may want to set it on a chair or, even better, on an amp stand. I enjoy playing 60's rock and all types of country music. I have used several different amp heads with this cabinet and they all sound good. The best sounding so far has been with an old 10 watt single-ended 6L6 class A Stromberg-Carlson amp. Through this cabinet, it's so loud it will drive people out of the room. The cabinet is made from 3/4" Baltic birch which I think really allows the sound to resonate in a bright and useful way.
Reliability: 8
Vary solidly built cabinet. The speakers are only rated at 15 watts each so I will have to be careful not to exceed the 30 watt max. This is not a cabinet that you would want to loan out to someone who might connect it to a 50 or 100 watt Marshall head. This cabinet is built to the original Vox specs which means it looks pretty, but be gentle, the corners are made of plastic and the grill cloth will not take much abuse.
Customer Support: 10
North Coast Music builds these cabinets, under exclusive license, from Vox UK. All communications have been via e-mail and I've always gotten a friendly response within a day.
Overall Rating: 10
I ordered the cabinet on blind faith, but there was no need to worry. It arrived in perfect shape...good job on the packing and shipping. It looks as beautiful as it sounds. The workmanship is absolutely perfect in every detail, inside and out. One item of note; like the original, a male XLR connector is used for the speaker input. You will need to use a speaker cable that has a matching female XLR connector on one end. The main reason I bought this speaker cabinet (instead of the standard AC-30 combo with built in amp) is because my hobby is electronics and I'm in the process of building my own AC-30 amp head. I hope to include reverb, master volume and channel switching, all built into one unit. I am interested in hearing from others who, like me, wish to bring this wonderful classic 50's amp design into the 21st century.
Submitted by David Henebry at 06/02/2002 10:38
