How loud is a VOX AC30?
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- Hi everyone today we are going to be checking out how loud is a VOX AC30. Now by playing this video. I’ve realise my iPhone has turned down the volume to make the speakers over power with volume. But from me talking then turning the volume up. You can sort of notice you can’t hear me haha. Anyways enjoy! This isn’t edited. everything is raw video and audio.
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Marshall JVM 100 Watt head 210H or 410H doesn't matter which one, have it going into a 4x12 cab, now there's loud for ya 😂😂😎👍
100% I wouldn’t mind doing a video on one of them.
Would you happen to know if the fender champion one hundred is louder than your vox? I've been wanting a vox too
@@jesseyparente8244Is the finder champion one hundred louder?
Me at 3 a.m. thinking my headphone is plugged.
that is how i lost my last apartment
I feel sorry. But the neighbours would’ve experienced a good sounding amplifier.
😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂
Came here to see an ac30 demo, got a Queen display one instead. How natural that seems! Well done.
I mean this is Brian May's favorite amp, so that checks out
I've got a 64 non top boost and its extremely loud.I live in a modern timber framed house which literally shakes,the heating system sings/vibrates throughout the house,its mental!!I played it in the garden,warned the neighbor's,thought everything was fine until we found 3 large patio windows had lost their double glze seal,they now fog up in the winter!!
Lol you literally shook the walls till the windows broke. That's about as rock and roll as it comes.
Hahahah it’s great!!
I love how you immediately played One Vision.
It is awesome how controlled the breakup sounds at max volume. It does not have that typical tube-saturated sound that other amps have. I find some amps go into fuzz territory when up too loud. Ac30 does not do that.
What the Vox guys very cleverly did, which is take off all of the negative feedback, so you get a curve and then gradually goes into distortion, and it’s the gradual curve which is the sound a lot of people are looking for. That’s what makes Vox a Vox.
can we take a moment to just realize how insane filtertrons scream through this rig
Thank you. Sounds great cranked.
Filtertrons are awesome. People tend to overlook them in the context of louder music because they're pretty low output but they have a unique tone that you don't hear often since Gretsch's aren't super mainstream.
I love the filtertrons such good pickups.
You can’t not play Queen on an ac30. Its just required by law of every land.
WDYM?
Jose Garcia that’s what he said. He said they “can’t not”, meaning they have to
Ahhhh.... the old double negative... 😁👍
Only Brian May is allowed....😃
I know, I spelled his name wrong....
I LOVE that you're playing One Vision!!! Such a great song!!
Thanks man, I appreciate it.
Love the Queen songs, Bran May’s weapon of choice. One thing to be said about those Vox ac30 amps is that they’re really loud & yet Beatles fans used to drown out those things like nothing. Those amps were no match for screaming fans. Let that sink in...
that's why Brian May uses 9 of them all together
@@handel1111 - that may be true but then again those 9 amps haven’t met the match of screaming Beatlemania.
@@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020 back in the 80s, he uses 16 all of them to power stadiums
I was thinking of playing some Beatles. I’ll play some Beatles in the next Vox video 👍
@@jesseyparente8244 - awesome man, looking forward to it.
Dang, the only thing missing from the video is a decibel meter on the wall.
Side note: that is the sweetest tube overdrive from the normal channel I've ever heard.
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I had one of the British made reissues from 2000. Never got to hear it overdriven. I turned it all the way up once and it was blisteringly loud but it was pretty clean even at that volume and there was no way I could have tried hitting the strings hard to get breakup without someone on the block calling the cops. Mine had one Greenback and one blue alnico, so maybe that’s why it had more headroom, I don’t know. Anyway it was a great sounding high headroom clean, but because it wouldn’t breakup, and all my overdrive pedals sounded terrible through it (a quick online research told me that it’s a common problem to find drive pedals that AC30s like) , so I ended up selling it.
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I just now broke my amp and wanted to stray away from fender amps . I just wanted to say I’m buying because of your demo stay blessed thank you my friend .
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I was very surprised by how loud mine was when it arrived! I recently got the JHS little black amp box so I can actually jam with it in my apartment haha
They’re amazing amplifiers, very loud but what a tone!
Ahhh great to see someone using an amp properly 😃 just cranked.
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An amazing review man that Gretsch is a monster through an AC 30!
It definitely is, it’s such a great combo! There’s more videos coming.
Crikey man I could here you from here, good demo, Vox one amp I've never owned, just recently sold my 59 Fender Bassman so who knows. Thanks for the demo
Can't believe people back in the day would play these without ear protection
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It's a really funny but very true video. Thank you so much! It's really helpful! Because I think no one can try the highest volume in the guitar shop...
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holy shit thats a big guitar lol
Definitely. Such a great guitar.
Dead set, this is the best review I’ve ever seen. F@%kin awesome!
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I once played around with a very old Vox AC30 and when I turned ‘Master’ to full blast, you could hear it from the other end of the street I was told afterwards 🤣🤣🤣
Honestly wouldn’t surprised me. That’s a awesome story. Get subscribed for more videos.
This was entertaining as hell. Thank you and well done. 👍🏻
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That Gretsch though.... :O
Thank you, great guitars. Definitely try one. They’re amazing.
That damn thing is alive, hear that feedback, wow. I need to do this by myself
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That sounds dope as F#$$. Great demo of tone
Cranked AC is glorious 🤘
Meanwhile neighbors: "Honey where is my 7.65's"
Hahahah I have great neighbours. Best neighbours. They said I can play as loud as I want. Just make sure you play good hahaha
Just awesome man........no one ever really shows us mere mortals how freaking loud these beauties are! 😳 I play AC15 and AC10 and no way could I crank either of them at rehearsal or gig.....but THIS?! 😳😳😳 My now gripe, and it’s a small gripe, I would love to hear peeps play something as well as Brian May.......and I love his stuff, but as a new boy to Vox, I had NO IDEA just how many GREAT players forged their sound on Vox amps........way more than just the Beatles and Brian May! I LOVE these amps! 😍😎👍
Beautiful! thanks man!
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Remember Brian May uses three of them Flat out always and the only channel he uses is the low channel with a treb booster. He must be deaf
He doesn’t use the low channel and he doesn’t use three all of the time.
Really? Let’s hear it from his words not yours or mine shall we th-cam.com/video/jJ_OamX-PA8/w-d-xo.html
Not *just* flat out. Flat out with the tubes custom biased so those amps were literally smoking and couldn't run longer than 10 minutes at a time without burning out the tubes.
@@Stoney3K Brian May really is a mad scientist
Hahaha
Fantastic sound.
TH-cam algorithm strikes gold again. You have a new subscriber my friend. Peace from sunny Perth
Awesome stuff mate. I appreciate it. I’ll be uploading more since were out of lockdown.
You got orbs flying around and a dark figure in your glass door. Maybe you need a paranormal investigation
I like when lads ask if they could play this amp with a drummer. LOL I can feel the waves on my back when I play it atop a road case
Definitely. Even with 1 cabinet. It vibrates and it’s super loud. I couldn’t imagine a full stack.. it would be bigger sounding and fatter. Get subscribed for more videos.
Not a fan of the sound personally but it’s rad that you did this !
Thanks mate, I hope you enjoyed the video.
This is just great man !
Very funny .love my ac30 . Thanks .
it's basically impossible to get a bad sound directly plugged into an AC30. I've tried randomly turning knobs to all extremes but the sound is still usable.
Amen, brother!! 👍
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@@jesseyparente8244 Absolutely! I play through an AC30 or an AC15 exclusively. Nothing else will do.
@@wayne2150 such a great sound.
@@jesseyparente8244 Also, my post was referring to my AC30 with Celestion Blues, the speakers really make a difference too.
A had a beige AC30 with the top boost unit buried in the back. The tech at Sound City told me it pushed out 90 watts before it clipped. The loudest 30 watt amp ever ! Biggest mistake was swapping if for a Marshall 100
Oh wow nice.
How do the speakers not blow? I don't get it
Yeah they’re really loud. It’s amazing.
Sounds great but who can turn up that loud? Even in a band practice situation it be to loud
Loved the one vision intro 😁
I just had to do it honestly.
@@jesseyparente8244 got my c2 arriving tomorrow 😁 paired with a VR and my Brian may pedal board , will be amazing
Yesss awesome! So glad for you. I hope you’re enjoying it now! It’s a great amp. Crank that thing. Spread its wings.
Sounds great!
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Sounds badass
sounds fucking amazing!
It sure does man.
Amazing!! And quite fun too tough..
What’s the risk of exploding the speaker?
I don’t think it’s gonna explode the speaker. But it’ll be good to break in. I’ve still got my amp til this day. It’s good fun. But very loud.
Haha this was amazing
If you want to take your AC-30 to the next level get yourself a Dallas Range master treble booster, it's what Rory Gallagher used with his AC-30's and its the reason why Brian May uses AC-30's to this day, there's a video of Brian telling that story on TH-cam somewhere 👍 Savage tone 😎
It’s such a great tone. I’d love to check this out. 100%
Awesome demo! Technical question- 2 alnico blue speakers each 15 watts. 30 watt dimed tube amp. How do these speakers not blow? I know 15+15=30, but overdriven tube amps decibels typically exceed their rated wattage,people usually recommend you have double the speaker wattage vs amp wattage to be safe. Is it because the AC 30 takes out all the lower bass?
I’m following this. Alnico Blues would be nice to play.
He mentioned the speakers are 25 watts each. I think this is exactly so that they do not blow up.
Nice mate noice
Who else went checking their dying fire alarm.....?
Your guitar is beautiful
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Awesome 🔥🔥🔥
Gotta love an amp that requires hearing protection 😂
100%! It needs hearing protection. It was extremely loud.
I checked my fire alarm batteries twice during this video :)
Hahahah I’m so sorry.
@@jesseyparente8244 thanks for doing the video though! Considered getting a ac30, might take your advice and go for a 15. :)
Great amplifiers. I haven’t tried the ac15. I might do a video on it. Vox is such a great overall amplifier.
Brian May cranking up 9 of those all together
It’s a beautiful sound. Very loud. My ears are use to it now 😂
@@jesseyparente8244 I heard that he used to carry 16 of those monsters to power up the entire Wembley Stadium
Definitely a lot. But the sound coming from those 16 Vox’s. It would had been once in a lifetime to hear that sound raw.
@@jesseyparente8244 you definitely need to redo this test with a decibel meter
How come all guitar demos are in the shorts with the bare feet? Why?
For me, wearing socks whilst holding electronics. I’ve had experiences that creates static and shocks me. Especially having that amp with no back on. It’s dangerous. So o had to wear bare foot.
I wonder if he’s changed his detector battery yet?
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That was in the video?! I thought it was coming from my basement!
Awesome Dude... I have the same Amp and renting the basement apartment in a house... Landlord upstairs. My volume is barely cracked open. AC30C2 is way too much for residential. Awesome rig though. Thanks for sharing this with us... pushing the AC30C2 to the max... 😎👍
Question.... do you get any sound out of the Amp with the Standby switch 'off' ? I noticed yours was in the 'on' position. If I turn my Standby 'off' then no sound... odd that. Is there something wrong with my Amp ? EDIT: Wait a second here... I was looking at it all wrong... 'On' is on... 'Standby' is standby... Crap, all this time I thought to have the Amp in 'Standby' you had to have the switch in the 'On' position... Duh 🤓 I thought the word 'Standby' was telling you that was the standby switch. Duh... 🤓 So what does the 'HT' mean on the Standby switch ? Hot Tubes ? 🤷♂️ wild guess... 🙂👍
The other night I left my Amp powered up for quite a few hours 6, 7, 8 maybe... she was just a 'Tad Toasty' 😱 Turned the Amp off when I noticed. Today I went to play for a bit, there was no sound whatsoever. Crap... DId I bugger it up by leaving it powered up for so long 😡. I checked online and the consensus was that it's doubtful that running an Amp for several hours idle would do any harm.
I pulled the back plate off checked all the Valves to see if they were firing up. All was good there. Took a good long sniff of the circuit boards for a fried component... All good there also. Hmmm WTH 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
i plugged in another Axe and bingo 😀👍 we have sound... it was the guitar all along. It has an intermittent volume pot, of which I totally forgot about... I'm a newb on the guitar and haven't played my electrics in a long time. A sigh of relief when I narrowed it down to the funky vol pot. 😁👍
BADass 🤘
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🥂🥂😂 you are crazy mate...
Why would anyone leave the back plate open? Put your hand in the wrong place and you could get a terrible electric shock?
I'm aware of this, but the reason why I have the back plate of is the heat that goes to my dials on my plate. They get very warm, I don't play on low volume. I always crank my AC30. and there's no heat on the plate and disputes better, because the valves are very hot and they need to dispute heat quicker. but I'm aware of this :)
Jessey Parente Put the back plate back on!
Don Harrold literally happened to me
@@jesseyparente8244 Could a good fan cool down your amp enough and u don't have to take it off ? Just wondering.
Just ordered a used 30.
Already have an AC15 and a 10 so…. I don’t know where I’ll put though ha ha. Beside the Twin I guess.
4:32 I had my volume up and had a Marty McFly moment there
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Ac15 vr is amazing too..
Ah yes, the AC30 valve reactors. I wouldn’t mind doing a video on one of them.
Hotta have volume for theses to do their thing
If you don't remove the backboard it gets really hot and is that bad for the amp ? Can the heat damage it ? Thanks
BigMommaZiga well depends how loud you play it. The louder it is the more heat it’s gonna try and dispute. But for average playing it’s fine. But for playing at louder volumes it’ll heat up more because heat is trying to dispute quicker. I just have mine out because I play at max volume and i need to dispute heat quicker
@@jesseyparente8244 cool, thanks :D
Dissipate heat ..love ac30s
Could you get that same cranked sound but at lower volume with an attenuator? or would the attenuator change the harmonics?
In general, tube amplifiers have this same distorted sound even at lower volumes ... so I believe so
Dolly ッ oh ok that’s what I’m hoping for. Thanks for the info!
@@louierubio I hope I helped because I don't know much about VOX amplifiers ... Good luck to you!
@@doliiii Hopefully we'll find out soon and I'll report back haha
I run an ac30 with the Tone King Ironman mini attenuator with fantastic results! Highly recommend the iron man if you’re looking to ease the volume of a cranked vox
God forbid it starts a fire
It’s completely fine. I have the back off. It gets rid a lot of heat. I was thinking of installing a 12v exhaust fan. But no backplate is doing a great job.
Does it go any louder? Enquiring minds would like to know?
It’s 125db. It’s pretty loud. On video it sounds like not loud. Because the iPhone microphone dims down to stop earrape. Otherwise you wouldn’t be able to hear it properly.
@@jesseyparente8244 I was just joking!
Does it work with 220?
AND if i bought it from amazon, would it still work with 220v?
Also thank you!!
happy birthday, maybe. Check with the seller. Otherwise you can buy a transformer to convert it
@@jesseyparente8244 thank u ^^
"These are very very loud amplifiers"
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Miss my Falcon...still have a T-Rose. Nothing better than the moan and groan of a big hollowbody through a cranked tube amp..👍👍
It’s the best isn’t it. Especially playing loud and feeling the hollow body shaking from the vibration from the amps.
@@jesseyparente8244 Amen to that!!
It’s the best feeling. Especially feedback. Not like overdrive feedback. Natural feedback. How the speaker is giving out a certain note that makes everything vibrate. Then the hollow body just vibrates and shakes. Amen.
it is a marvelous feeling, indeed👌👍
100%
Would have been fun to see a decibel meter give us a number on this
I understand, I’ve got myself one. I’ve just recently finished recording an old Vox AC30.. can’t say what year. But it’ll be uploading soon. Get subscribed for more videos.
great..
Spoiler: Very fucking loud! Sounds beautiful, though. Nicely done!
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its time for a fender twin
That’ll be good to play.
How's she stack up vs a loud drummer?
It’s pretty up there, but a loud drummer on the other hand. It’s pretty loud. This produces over 120dB.
This will seem to go as loud as my i pad, I am going to send it back.
My microphone didn’t like it when recording this.
I heard tie your mother down is forbidden in iceland
Oh really?! I’m sorry to hear.
Extremely foolhardy to remove the backboard. The vents are perfectly adequate for heat release.
@@kenichi407 There are immediate deadly voltages inside a tube amp (like 500V+ DC). And these voltages can remain on there for a long time even if the amp is turned off and unplugged due to the capacitors.
Its utterly moronic to expose yourself to an electric shock doing that
I do understand the risks, but when I'm playing and I have the backboard on, my plate where the dials are get very warm. which I don't like, but If I take off the backboard, there is no heat on the dials, plus its a little heater. But I'm aware of the risks behind that backboard.
sakamuras s In any given situation a manufacturer has a duty of care to reduce risks to as low as is reasonably practicable. A toaster or an electric fire simply won’t work without exposed live elements. Toaster manufacturers practicably can't eliminate the risk that some idiot might try to stick a knife in the toaster when its elements are live. Amplifiers in contrast work perfectly well without having their circuit boards exposed. Removing a device designed to prevent electric shocks is very unwise. Amplifiers operate at relatively high voltage and shocks are invariably fatal. I'm being direct here because I want this young fella to avoid a horrible accident.
Vox is notorious for not dissipating heat at loud volumes. Has plagued the amps for forever. Many people quit playing vox back in the day because they would end up burning up.
lol a c2 with greenbacks is a practice amp compared to a hardwired with blues
I’d love to try the blues.
@@jesseyparente8244 totally changes the sound or should i say the greens do because orig they came with blues. Allot louder , chimey and high end with creamy like sound when cranked
I honestly want to play one. Even a 6tb model.
R.I.P your neighbours lol! 🤘🎸
Hahaha, my neighbours are fine with it. I have great neighbours.
@@jesseyparente8244 tbh I would be fine with that playing! I never really crank my amp like that a) my dad is always working b) I don’t want to upset *my* neighbours. 🎸🤘 from England!
Also love your accent!
Good stuff mate, subscribe for more! There’s a good video coming out very soon and it’s LOUD.
@@jesseyparente8244 ok, I’ll sub now! 🤘🎸
awesome, great stuff.
Did you measure decibels?
Unfortunately not, but I did once. It was around 124dB. Which is loud!
You should try hand wired version of ac30 or original vintage one
I’ve been thinking about it. I might try a AC30/6TBX.
@@jesseyparente8244 6tbx with cheap modern capacitors, resistors and that’s not bad, but sounds different in some ways
@@wpsiamthatinot true, I wanna try one. I use to play one back in high school. It was the school amp. Couldn’t turn up loud. But it was loud already.
Do you think it's ok for bar gigs ?
Honestly it’s perfect since it has a master volume. They’re awesome amp!
So…how loud was it? What were the decibel levels? Give me hard data!
124 db.. 😂😂
Definitely a experience in a life time.
Have you replaced the battery in your smoke alarm?
Yeah I have. Hahah
@@jesseyparente8244 haha...good man. That’s a sweet rig, bro. Nothing like a cranked AC30 and I’ve loved the White Falcon since I saw Dave Grohl playing one in the Monkey Wrench video.
I hope you enjoyed the video mate. 👍
Nice demo man! Btw, you're a pretty cute fella 😊
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Turn the master volume down and you’ll get to keep your apartment longer. Amp sounds great but most people down run them on ten.
I own the house. My neighbours are cool with me. They say I just can’t play crap. 😂
@@jesseyparente8244 ok, lol....I have a C2, sounds great and really takes pedals well
Yeah I would’ve liked to see how ~quiet~ they can get. I think most of us know they crank
Lol it’s a very loud amp.
What’s the song being played in the beginning?
One Vision - Queen
Jessey Parente Thanks mate
One of the best queen songs imo
BigMommaZiga yes definitely
ITS HAMMER TO FALL BY QUEEN YOU IDIOTS
Either you are using the worlds slowest metronome, or your fire alarm needs a new battery 🔋 ;)
PS: a decibel meter would have been handy “A” weighted... and there is the shadow of a guy standing at your door 👮🏻♂️
Definitely. It’s rated at 125db. Freaking loud!
😂😂😂 awesome
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These amps have been measured at 124 decibels when going at full tilt. You pushed the volume of nearby gunfire in your living room
Hahahah! I had to try it and I can definitely say it’s extremely loud.
Hillarious....lol...
Thanks mate.
normal channel cranked? no treble booster?
I was thinking the same, adding some pedals. But I thought just the falcon plugged directly into the ac30. Would be great. Just simple. Subscribe for more. I’ll make a video with effects aswell.
@@jesseyparente8244 yeah normal channel without treble booster normally sounds too boomy and dull, but here it sounds great as it is
It’s a perfect tone.
I'm happy for you but why the hell is it that it always people who can't play have all the good gear. He skipped the squire and blues jr and started with a bang lol
I’m sorry to hear that. But the amplifier is very loud. Would 100% need ear protection.
That's how you play a Vox bloody right
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I dimed one in a studio once . no ear protection. That was silly. Ridiculously loud.
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But does it sound good quiet ?
Yeah it does sound good, You’ve got a master volume so you can crank the channel volume whilst dialing down the master.