Vox Amplifier Serial Numbers
Dating Vox amplifier. Dating VOX products can be very difficult. VOX did not observe or utilize standard dating procedures nor does the serial numbers, or cosmetic. Earlier JMI Reproduction Serial Plate- Reproduction aluminum serial plate as used on JMI Vox amplifiers through 1965, produced exclusively by North Coast Music under.
Ive been looking all over online trying to find out what year this Vox AC 30 I just got from a buddy was made. It seems not to fit all of the spec i have been reading and looks like a early to mid 70s ac 30. I dont have an exact pic i will post one as soon as i can but, i found a pic of one with the same control panel. Time To Break 256-bit Aes Encryption. The cabinet it is in i know is not original, its from the late 80s. So i cant use that but it does have alnico silvers in it. Its looks like this Except mine is tube rectified.
Ive seen pics with ones like this with no a vox product under the voltage selector and all have been ss rectified. Free Download Font Thai Psp there. The date ranges from 72 to a late 80s reissue. Im at a loss to figure out what year this is. Thanks for the help! Ive been to that site the info there isn't detailed enough.
From the info i saw there it says that the type of voltage selector started to be used by 1975 but they didn't have the rectifier tube then. From 1970 to 73 it was printed circuit board mine is hand wired. Ive found pics were people have said that ones with my features is a late 60s and i have also seen pics that match my control panel from what is listed as a late 80 reissue but it was ss rectified not tube like mine. That pic i used the owner says is a late 80s reissue but I'm not sure that is right. Looks like I'm gonna have to try and date the pots again i didn't have luck the first time i did that. There are other visual clues. Let's start with the control panel: Most of them, older and newer, have 'A Vox Product' print in them right somewhere in the corner.
Except for that supposedly late 1980's amp (@ Chambonino, right?). Torrent Crack. which also uses tagboard construction while pretty much all other AC30 revisions at the time were using circuit boards. Tube rectification.
Layout wise one of the reasons why they made a choice to get rid of it is making room for a sixth preamp tube. How did they solve this in your amp? Does it have six preamp tubes or five?