THE 1990's ROUND-UP

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Left: Two AC30 Vintage amplifiers shown with the 1992 Vox 4 x 12 cabs and two Vox guitars that were made as part of a very limited production run.

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The 1990's Round-Up.

The AC30 Limited Edition		1990
In 1990, to celebrate the AC30's 30th anniversary, a limit production run of 1000 special AC30s were made. These were of considerably better quality to the standard model, made through out the later part of the 1980s and each had a numbered brass plate on the back. Higher quality exterior components were used like brown leather handles and gold painted metal grills. The vinyl had a smooth grain texture, still far from the traditional basket weave and was available in either black or tan. The diamond fret cloth was now back to a brown colour, but slightly darker than the original used on the 1960's. An even more special edition AC30 was made at the same time with the same chassis but in a mahogany cabinet, known as the AC30 Collector.
1992 AC30 Vintage Model		1992
Due to the success of the Limited Edition AC30, the design continued in the form of the AC30 Vintage. With some slight modification, the AC30 Vintage was also produced in the form of a valve amp head and had an accompanying 4 x 12 speaker cabinet. The AC30 Vintage Control Panel The control panel on the Vintage was a dark red colour and featured the volume controls next to the input jacks. The main different between the Vintage and Limit Edition models was the inclusion of a Standby switch on the on the Vintage model. The AC30 Vintage was also available with reverb The AC30 Vintage Back Panel Both the Limited Edition and Vintage models were available with either Celestion G12M (Greenback) speakers or a version of the alnico Blue Vox speakers. The mains inlet, voltage selection and vib/trem footswitch socket were situated on a back panel cut-out.
The Vox Vigilante		1990's
This was the last transistor amplifier manufactured in Wellingbourgh by Rose Morris. It was a 100 Watt mos-fet design based on the earlier Q-Series power amp section. It featured two inputs, spring reverb, bass, middle & treble EQ controls and a volume & gain control. the foot switch controlled reverb and had a lead boost facility. It was available with either sliver, dayglow pink or shocking green logos.
The Vox Tone Bender		1993
This pedal was made from 1993 until recently. It is a faithful re-issue of the original Vox Tone Bender pedal and uses germanium transistors to produce a hard "fuzz" sound.