

It's in great shape and fully functional. Includes guitar amp head, cabinet, stand, and rare external foot pedal. For sale is a rare vintage Vox Buckingham guitar amplifier. Retro Gear Shop is a high-end boutique store located in Nashville, Tennessee. He wanted to design an amp that could offer guitarists of the time enough volume and sustain to cut through a mix and be heard in bigger venues. Nashville, Tennessee, 372, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Amplifiers like the AC4, AC15, and AC30 are still the most popular VOX products amongst guitarists seeking that classic chime. Vox was started in the 50’s by guitarist Dick Denny. Many of the same amplifiers that artists relied on back then are still going strong today. The massive success achieved by VOX in the 1960s laid the foundation for the legacy that continues to thrive nearly 60 years later. Vintage second hand and new musical instruments, guitars, keyboards, Synths, Eurorack, drum machines, synthesizers, amps, setups. for tube amplifiers, began his career in radio and television. This song, and the frenzy that was to follow this young group in the months to come, would result in VOX becoming the most sought after guitar amplifier in the world. The 1,500 amp delivers 130 watts of Hypex UcD power, and uses the same ESS Sabre DAC and. The unforgettable sound of their jangling guitars would become the standard for great guitar tone for decades. Later that year, the group would emerge from the studio with a song called “Love Me Do” and change the world of popular music forever. Introduced in 1958, the AC1/15, a 15-watt 1x12 combo with a duo of EL84 power tubes, satisfied the need for loudness as British guitarists set aside their acoustics in favor of electrics. In July of 1962 two young lads from Liverpool would acquire their very first VOX amplifiers, an AC15 Twin and a Top Boost equipped AC30 Twin. Dick Denny designed the circuitry and Tom Jennings came up with the outward design of the first amp to bear the Vox name. Boasting 30 watts, two 12″ Celestion speakers, four inputs, and two channels – Normal and Vibrato, the AC30/4 Twin was a hit amongst Rock ‘n’ Rollers in London, and quickly established VOX as the most desired amplifier in all of Britain. The resulting amplifier was dubbed the AC30/4 Twin.

be expected to have extensive knowledge of guitars, amps, and related accessories. To accommodate the increased power of this amplifier, Denney saw it fit to expand the dimensions of the amplifier’s cabinet and add an additional speaker. The latest music industry job positions advertised on US Music Jobs. Rather than design an entirely new amplifier from scratch, Denney decided to stick with what he knew was a winning design and doubled the power of his beloved AC15. With Rock ‘n’ Roll on the rise in the spring of 1960, Dick Denney and the VOX crew quickly recognized that London’s up and coming bands were craving more power from their amplifiers.
