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Attenuator?
Yes. I have one I think it is late 60s Top Boost Reverb. I had the speaker wires adapted for Attenuator when I put the Celestion Blues in. First thing I did when I got it and it's meant that I can get that lovely biting crunch at sensible volumes and helps when recording as well as stage volume. Sounds great. Here's a wee sound clip recording I did with a Casino (AC30 attenuated).
Mine is retired from live band work pretty much these days.
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/259748/morgan-ac20-deluxe-head-1-x-12-alnico-blue-cab#latest
(Weeps bitter tears as I can't justify it personally)
The later Korg one's I've worked on have also been bad with heater cable draped over the pre amp stage of the PCB, ground loops that cause noise and a standby switch fitted in the wrong place of the circuit that over stresses tjhe rectifier valve They hum a lot and don't sound as good IMO.
A late seventies one was the best sounding one I worked on. With no standby switch, a silicon rectifier and a change of bias resistor it was also quite reliable ... at least in AC30 terms
So many are re housed and so many have been virtually rebuilt it will be a job to know what you are buying so don't go spending loads on a real old valuable example unless you really are sure of it.
Ive had every version from early 60s JMI NTB, right through to current versions, and unless youre wanting for bragging rights, Id go modern (C2X) with blues or a HW version. Worst designed version I found was the Marshall built ones. Nothing like vintage in sound or build. Nice handles is about the only compliment.
My fave ever was a 2007 50th anniversary version, but it shat itself onstage once and took out a quite a bit. After that, it went.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I have played later versions and to me they are nothing like the original Vox amps.
the only amp I would compare to an original VOX is the Marshall Handwired 1974X combo.
When Marshall designed these amps they based them on Watkins & Vox amps. They are a very loud 18 Watts are a lot
lighter. I think about 40 lbs.
The other alternative is to have an amp built for you and would contact Chris at Rift amps.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
In itself the CC2 is not a bad variant. Build quality was good and I never had any operational issues with it. They can be had for fairly sensible money, depending on the speaker variant.
I would suggest taking one of these for a trial run if you can. They make an good entry level to the AC30 experience.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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