Hi all.
Just taking Dereks post3 from the Vox AC30 vintage versus modern thread, I too bought a red AC30in the 90's and still have it. It is I believe one of fifteen built by Marshall, five for the UK with the other ten for overseas. I bought mine in Tom Lee's music Hong Kong.
I took the amp down to Potter's Bar in, I think, July 2005 to be used by all the act's appearing in the show. Collin PJ set the amp up and used it for the Rapier's set, Bruce pluged in for a couple of numbers and I think most of the artists/guitarists appearing on the show went through the Red Vox. I spoke to several of them and asked if they were happy with the Vox and got various replies from It has a nice warm sound, just like the old ones, to it's ok it's a Vox. From an audience point of view I thought it sounded very good. I dont have a modern AC30 or a vintage AC30 but the one I do have, built by Marshall , is I believe a very good sounding amp and as pointed out in the vintage versus modern thread Vox AC30's have to be tweaked/ set up by someone who knows what they are doing and it's not every one who can do this.
Regards Geoff.