Vox AC30

[Eriatarka]

Got a project for the next few months. A 1960's Vox AC30. No idea exactly what year it's from, but I could be 65/66/67. It's pretty fucked. Needs a lot of work. The speakers are blown, the valves are gone, the inputs have been replaced, the cloth needs replaced, the tolex might get replaced(perhaps white), needs new pots, new caps (I think) and a motherfuckin' clean!

Some pics...

The cab..


The JMI Logo...


The back badge


I think this is the choke..


Top panel(note the pots are fucked... it's dirty)


Components..




Vent


Grill cloth.. or what's left of it


Speakers

[scottST]

jesus christ, she needs some proper TLC.


be sure to be nice to her! (i love ac30s)

[Eriatarka]

This will be my second AC30. I've been lucky. In fact, this is my second JMI AC30.

[CornTYP]

That sounds like alot of fun. Was it found in a skip. I knew a guy who found a Korg MS-10 synth in a skip. It worked after a tech friend fixed the power supply.

Good luck on your journey solder.

[Eriatarka]

Nah, It belonged to a mate.

[scottST]

did you beat him down for letting it get into that state?

i jest, he must have had it forever then?

[Eriatarka]

he got it from his guitar teacher for free about 13 years ago. It's a lot of cosmetic damage. most of the innards seem fine.

[scottST]

thats pretty cool then.

how are you going to set about tidying it up?

[Eriatarka]

Well... I dunno. Haha. Both can be tackled head on. I reckon I'll clean the cab up first, clean the tolex. If it scrubs up well, then I'll keep the original tolex, if not... I might re-cover it white. Make it look classy. If I put a cloth on the front of it, then that'll make it look loads better. I sources a lot of the parts I need last night, so that's good. It needs handles and the gold seem that splits the baffle on the front needs replacing as it's broken. I think making it look good will go a long way to reducing what I think it needs.

The innards are a task for me and my girlfriends dad(he's an engineer)... so we'll look at that shortly after. I'm only guessing what it needs tbh.

[Diesel]

How much for the baseball boots

Bet that amp could tell a tale or two!