We were looking forward to getting the first one thru the studio here so we could have our way with it, and it only took a couple months before our victim showed up! We thrashed on it for a while and laid it face down to open her up. They sounded good but didn't bowl us over, with single coils they had a pretty good chime. But we're talking tone here so our minds were open. ![]() ![]() We can't say that we were not disappointed that Korg had gone to china because we would rather not support their brutal oppressive government. We first heard the chinese AC30CC Custom Classic amps in January 2005 at the NAMM show and our first impression was favorable. Then there are the expensive hand wired AC's from 2002 and if you really want the traditional sounding AC and money is not an issue then the AC30HW is a nice addition to any players arsenal. We have tubed a number of the Rose reissues and we prefer the Korg reissues over the these. They have a nice vibe and we've been able to A/B them multiple times with original AC30's and for a PC board amp they compare pretty favorably. Plug a Strat or a Ricky into an old AC50, strike an open chord and you will know why The Beatles sounded the way they did! So climbing out of the Wayback Machine, Korg has owned VOX now for quite a while and in our opinion they did a very nice job with the 90's reissue AC15's and AC30's. ![]() Probably one of the most overlooked VOX amps until about 2000 were the 1964, 19 AC50's but the word has gotten out and the prices on these just keep escalating at an alarming rate! These are great sounding amps with all the sparkle of the AC30's but fatter with more punch and headroom. We are definitely fans of the old VOX amps and of the 90's reissue AC30's which are pretty good too. We have Retube Kits up in the online store for the 90's AC30's and for the new chinese AC30CC's, C2's and the AC15CC's and C1's.
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