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Vox AC15HW1X 15 Watt 1x12" Handwired Tube Combo

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Vox AC15 with a True Blue Vintage Voice!

If you're looking for the sound, feel, and style of an old-school, '60s-era Vox AC15, then you're in luck! The 15-watt Vox AC15HW1X hand-wired combo guitar amplifier is your ticket to the glory days of Vox history, when the Brits invaded and the sound of rock changed forever. It just doesn't get more quintessential Vox than a birch ply cabinet covered in fawn-colored vinyl with an oxblood grill cover. But the traditional Vox quality of the AC15HW1X goes far beyond mere skin deep. This baby's go a turret board assembly that's been wired up the old-fashioned way... you know, by hand! We're talking about 2-channels of Vox sound, the regular channel with a HOT/COLD switch and the top boost channel with a BRIGHT switch. The AC15HW1X also comes loaded with a 12" Celestion Alnico Blue speaker - the voice of vintage rock as we know it! Three ECC83/12AX7 preamp tubes, four EL84 power tubes, and a EZ81 rectifier tubes also go a log way to giving the AC15HW1X an amazing sound. And these aren't just any tubes either - Vox sprang for the good stuff: a full matched set of Ruby Tubes! When you plug into a Vox AC15HW1X, your tone joins some of the best names in rock history.

Vox AC15HW1X Combo Guitar Amplifier Features at a Glance:
  • 15-watt power output (8 and 16 ohms)
  • Hand-wired turret board construction
  • Birch-ply cabinet features solid bracing and a natural high-frequency diffuser
  • All-tube design
  • 1 x 12" Alnico Blue Speaker
  • 3 x ECC83/12AX7 preamp tubes
  • 2 x EL84 power tubes
  • 1 x EZ81 rectifier tube
  • Fitted with matched Ruby Tubes for extended dynamic range
  • Traditional VOX 2-channel design (Top Boost and Normal)
  • High and Low inputs for each channel
  • The Normal channel provides an additional BRIGHT switch
  • The Top Boost channel provides a HOT/COOL switch to achieve even more gain
  • Master Volume/BYPASS switch completely bypasses the Master Volume section
  • OP mode switch cuts the output power level in half
  • Vintage fawn-colored vinyl, reminiscent of the 1960 classic AC30
  • 2 x 1/4" output jacks for extension cabinets
  • Dimensions: 24.02" x 10.24" x 21.65"
  • Weight: 48.9 lbs.
  • Included VFS1 footswitch controls the Top Boost channel's HOT/COOL switch
  • Premium, custom-fit dust cover included

Vox AC15HW1X 15 Watt 1x12" Handwired Tube Combo Specs:
Type Tube
Number of Channels 2
Power 15W
Speakers 1 x 12" Alnico Blue
Effects No Effects
Reverb No Reverb
EQ Ch 2: Bass, Treble; Master: Tone Cut
Amp Modeling No
Number of Models 0
Preamp Tubes 3 x 12AX7
Power Tubes 2 x EL84, 1 x EZ81
Inputs 1 x Instrument (Ch 1), 1 x Instrument (Ch 1)
Outputs 2 x Speaker
Footswitch I/O Yes
Effects Loop No Effects Loop
Height 21.65"
Width 24.02"
Depth 10.24"
Weight 48.9 lbs.

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4.0 based on 2 ratings

My favorite Vox

Written by Leadbottom from Minneapolis
November 4, 2012
Music Background: Play out - but won't give my day job
I have owned many good tube amps including 3 Vox amps (I still have an AC30CC2X). The AC15HW1X has a very, very articulate tone - a tone I was not familier with - full of dynamics, debth and sonic richness. Tone that can be shaped by your pick attach. It has a very nice vintage sound (I should know, I've been around a long time:)

I still gig and can tell you this amp is LOUD and ve... read more [+]ry gig-worthy un-mic'd (which is what I like to do... why pay for a great speaker and then use PA speakers to deliver your sound?) I love the 7.5 watt mode for rehearsals in a small space. I sometimes use the 7.5 watt setting giging for a more overdivin sound.

The AC15HW1X has more clairity than my AC30CC2X and the AC15 can be turned up into it's Tone Zone & played, where as the AC30 is just to friggin' loud for anything but an outdoor event - plus you can practice at home without getting your wife (or husband) PO'd.

I changed tubes almost right away to JJ EL84's and AX7's with a NOS TESLA EZ84 rectifier. The stock tubes a fine.. but I feel these are better.

PS, the amp sounds so rich, I don't miss reverb or tremolo - If I do in tghe future, I'll get good pedals. close [-]

Vox AC15HW1

Written by 57esquire from Atlanta, GA
January 4, 2012
Music Background: 35 year player / collector
First off, GREAT TONE!!!

My only concern with this amp are the ghost notes. I believe ghost notes to be the result of designer conserving money with filtration in the power supply. The ghost notes are only noticable when the amp is pushed to use all of it's 15 watts. Otherwise if you run the amp at lower power demand through the Master Volume or just lower over all volume, the ... read more [+]Ghost Tones are not detectable.

Does anyone know if the original circuit contained Ghost Tones? Has anyone else noticesd this phenominon?

I would gladly pay for the extra component costs to beef up the power supply here. The amp is fantastic otherwise.

I am also getting a lot of Cone Cry from the Greenback. It is just the nature of the speaker so, I don't think anything can be done about it.

Everything is a trade off. Tight power supply - Less lush sound and feel. Speaker with out Cone Cry - Who knows? close [-]
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