The Vox AC30: A Short History, featuring John Cordy

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    I've been fascinated by the sound of a Vox amp since before I knew that it was a Vox amp that was making the magic I was hearing in some of my favorite music. The Beatles formed the soundtrack of my earliest music memories and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were certainly the soundtrack of my college years, pre jazz coma. As I researched this I learned more about what makes the Vox amp so perfect as a guitar amp, and how they sit perfectly in the mix.
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  • @renegonzalez1336
    @renegonzalez1336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    I remember my first rock memory, mainly because it happened recently. It was 2018 I was 10 years old in fifth grade, my teacher wanted the class to sing John Lennon’s Imagine. When we practiced the song, I got a little into it and searched it up on my phone. On the search results, there was a video of the Beatles preforming their hit I Want to Hold your Hand, I click on it and never went back. Right now I’m 13 years old in 8th grade and still look back that moment.

    • @fivewattworld
      @fivewattworld  3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You're a good writer Rene. Thanks for sharing that.
      Keith

    • @renegonzalez1336
      @renegonzalez1336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks a lot Keith, I’m still star-struck just thinking about one of my favorite TH-camrs gave me a complement🤩

    • @craigshewchuk9018
      @craigshewchuk9018 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yo check out Terry Kath from the band Chicago

    • @fancykarlmarx
      @fancykarlmarx ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s exactly the same age I found the Beatles and rock n roll. Check out The Beach Boys. You’ll love it.

    • @graxjpg
      @graxjpg ปีที่แล้ว

      I was the same way. Gong and Steve Hillage opened doors for me that will be open forever. Good luck to you

  • @RickBeato
    @RickBeato 3 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    Awesome Hypes! It’s crazy to see those old Vox box amps. I’ve never seen one before and am curious how those early amps sound. New camera looks killer!

    • @jordandangelo180
      @jordandangelo180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Will an old box Vox amp be your next gear hunt Rick?

    • @fivewattworld
      @fivewattworld  3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Thanks Hypes! Yeah the new camera shows me I need to get further away from the camera. :) Way more detail.

    • @fivewattworld
      @fivewattworld  3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      And an EL34 AC30 would be a major quest. Very rare. You might be better off having one built custom. I believe the schematics and layouts are available online.

    • @pawlpoche8736
      @pawlpoche8736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hey Rick, love your videos also.

    • @Ryan-vg4wn
      @Ryan-vg4wn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      damn, my 2 favourite youtubers. Dean De Leo from STP is a notable user of the AC30 - pretty sure i heard that from Mr Beato

  • @bcrocks3935
    @bcrocks3935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    “Go play outside”. Love it!🤣

  • @arvo56
    @arvo56 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I saw Jeff Beck at Eel Pie Island in 1965,-using a 61 tele & an AC 30,-sound was great & Jeff was outstanding!

  • @DemoDick1
    @DemoDick1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    Every guitar tone I hear I compare to my first guitar memory: Brian May’s Red Special into a treble booster into an AC30. Perfection.

    • @Ottophil
      @Ottophil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ive been trying to get metallicas tone since the 90s

    • @einspiegelei3647
      @einspiegelei3647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Ottophil Try the boss katana series. You can find some insanely accurate presets on the web

    • @Shred_The_Weapon
      @Shred_The_Weapon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Here’s a leg up, @@einspiegelei3647, a Roland JC120 clean chain w/ chorus, coupled with the Boss Metal Zone. I’m utilizing those same options on my Boss ME80 - though for emulating Boston instead of Metallica.

    • @Ottophil
      @Ottophil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@einspiegelei3647 hahahahahahajajajajajajajajaja
      Na man. I’m way beyond that.

    • @Ottophil
      @Ottophil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Shred_The_Weapon metal zone? Damn. I use the JC-120 for cleans, but a totally different amp for the heavy stuff. Used to have a mesa, but i currently use a 6505 for distorted, jc120 for cleans, a/b switch as a “channel” switch

  • @roy7046
    @roy7046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Bill wyman says he was hired by the stones for 2 reasons : He had cigarettes and he had an AC30

    • @Malum09
      @Malum09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Good reasons to hire someone

    • @OzziePete1
      @OzziePete1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think I read that Brian Jones' family had some connection to JMI/Vox factory & that helped when their popularity rose & they needed good solid amps.

    • @blacksaxmusic
      @blacksaxmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OzziePete1 think brian was stealing a bitta money from there i heard

    • @davin6175
      @davin6175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol!
      They need emoji like responses on you tube.

    • @drivinsouth651
      @drivinsouth651 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davin6175 😲

  • @guitarkirby
    @guitarkirby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    21:32 "Embrace the Jangle" would be a great t-shirt design...

    • @emilyadams3228
      @emilyadams3228 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And to sell it, make an ad w/a catchy Jangle Jingle.

  • @ronl514
    @ronl514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "The Edge" is the guy who first got me interested in Vox amps, loved the chime, prior to that (and I'm nearly 61) it was all Fender, but I'm a Vox guy now!! Many Thanks for the great video!

  • @WhatExitSign
    @WhatExitSign 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    No better way to start the day than A Short History. Love this series!

    • @theoldschoolgamer6199
      @theoldschoolgamer6199 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ending the day with it is a pretty close 2nd

    • @bwgti
      @bwgti 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep.

    • @lorencooper1287
      @lorencooper1287 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love your show big fan.
      Well you forgot Buddy Guy and probably a bunch of other blues guys that have used vox as well. Keep up the great work and safe and happy holidays to you and yours enjoy the series.

    • @stevelanza7421
      @stevelanza7421 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @davidmgill
    @davidmgill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Seeing the notification for this pop up on my phone made me a little excited. Love your work Keith.

  • @woodwork5574
    @woodwork5574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Feeling down and bummed out due to things in my life I happened to check my notifications and there was my friendly @five watt world” logo.
    Thanks Keith ,you changed my day for the better again.

  • @f.fields2703
    @f.fields2703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Hank Marvin's sound coming out of those early AC30s is legendary, the reason why I picked up a guitar as a kid, and now play with Hank at home on a Strat and a Tele. As kids we we were mesmerized by that sound, would keep listening to the radio to not miss the next play of Apache or Wonderful Life. Hank still plays in his now hometown of Perth, Australia but mainly in a band that plays gypsy music a la Djengo Reinhardt.

    • @oskarileikos
      @oskarileikos ปีที่แล้ว

      Really?? That's so cool but also so... Weird? Anyway, Hank is a great guitarist and a true legend.

    • @corinachan8533
      @corinachan8533 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Another Hank Marvin & The Shadows fan here since the 1960s. I only play Shadows music with my 4 electric guitars - three Strats and a Tele - plus flamenco guitar (a totally different animal). Btw, I think you meant 'Wonderful Land' instead of 'Life'.

    • @f.fields2703
      @f.fields2703 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@corinachan8533 correct!

  • @johnnathancordy
    @johnnathancordy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thanks so much for welcoming me into the Five Watt World Keith! I'm gradually getting my hearing back in my left ear after recording with the AC30 Top Boost!

    • @TCMx3
      @TCMx3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      nice intro on this one. Keith has really upgraded his guest spots getting you after being stuck with me for the strat video lol.

    • @CraigCrider
      @CraigCrider 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      John, awesome work!
      th-cam.com/video/ZLaCKI8TJh0/w-d-xo.html

    • @fivewattworld
      @fivewattworld  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hahahaha...See you always made me laugh, and see where that's gotten you.

  • @Watergrovey
    @Watergrovey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My first memory of an electric guitar sound is the intro to “La Bamba” by Los Lobos! Nowadays I mostly play a Strat into a mostly clean amp... mostly.

  • @paulcoleman3081
    @paulcoleman3081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Once again a pure joy to watch. If this "Short History" series was made compulsory at Junior High, the world would be a better place!

  • @zeusallmighty04
    @zeusallmighty04 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I was born in 80, and grew up in a bluegrass family, so there weren't a lot of rock sounds around. Then one day when I was 13 or 14, my dad pulled out on old LP and dropped the needle. It was ZZ Top playing 'Brown Sugar'. It was transformative. It felt like an extra eye I didn't know I had, opened. I absorbed everything ZZ Top ever did, and have chased that sound ever since.

    • @pawlpoche8736
      @pawlpoche8736 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just listened to Brown Sugar last night!

    • @auntjenifer7774
      @auntjenifer7774 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Marshall lead 12, also Marshall valvestate were some affordable amps ZZ top used. Also they used Orange and Supro.

    • @zeusallmighty04
      @zeusallmighty04 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@auntjenifer7774 thank you for that info!

  • @leonardsmith2170
    @leonardsmith2170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    The first electric guitar riff that stuck with me was The Ventures "Walk, Don't Run". Yes, it has stuck with me all these years. You are doing a fine job at 5 watt, Keith. It is my favorite You Tube channel and I can't wait to see each new release. Keep up the good work, bro.

    • @ricklewis5804
      @ricklewis5804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think back in the day the Ventures used Ampeg amps and of course Mosrite guitars.

  • @PaulOwens
    @PaulOwens 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Paul Weller's Rickenbacker 330. There's something about an overdriven Rickenbacker that sounds like acceleration.

    • @shawnmcvey7789
      @shawnmcvey7789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not a tone I'd necessarily use but it really sounds perfect with his voice and that bass player's tone.

    • @vayabroder729
      @vayabroder729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Like Peter Buck with REM. Great tone!

    • @allanmills6540
      @allanmills6540 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And,.. cough.... john lennon x

    • @shawnmcvey7789
      @shawnmcvey7789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@allanmills6540 Lennon's tone was in a different category because him and Harrison were using flatwound strings still and that gave them that boxy type sound we all associate with that period.

    • @samburkes7552
      @samburkes7552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shawnmcvey7789 That's exactly right..plus lots of treble turned up on the amp, and in the studio..

  • @williamsanderson9279
    @williamsanderson9279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The inventiveness of the early developers of musical instruments and equipment never ceases to amaze me. Great story Keith. Well done! My first guitar memory was The Ventures, but the jangle of an AC30 is among my favorite sounds of all time.

  • @RobertBakerGuitar
    @RobertBakerGuitar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Fantastic episode. My knowledge of Vox was lacking but not anymore! The first electric guitar sound I remember would be Van Halen Hot For Teacher played in my dad's old Chevy Silverado.

    • @fivewattworld
      @fivewattworld  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A Silverado! We have a lot in common Robert!

    • @vanwarren9671
      @vanwarren9671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I have a vox ac30.
      Brian May model. It's kicktail with a little bit of bruising power involved

  • @beepboop974
    @beepboop974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    one of the only Americans that pronounces British towns/counties correctly. Great video as per usual, If I wasn't a student (in Kent funnily enough) this would be the first channel I would support.

    • @fivewattworld
      @fivewattworld  3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I try.

    • @nostro1001
      @nostro1001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @ Niall....you see, whilst that seems a dig on Americans & a backhanded compliment to five watt, names of towns etc only have a correct pronunciation based on locality. There is no right or wrong other than how that county etc calls it themselves, which is the accepted pronunciation that has evolved over the years.
      So you may travel to let's say Australia and see a familiar name and you'll pronounce it in a way that's different to that locals.
      So, whilst you may think they've got it all wrong, in fact you'd be wrong. And this is why some in the UK can't even pronounce various towns/counties and so on, because they've had no experience in that area and assume it will be pronounced one way, but it's not.
      This is how English works, so your presumption is inherently wrong. On a more basic level you would say tomato one way and believe that must be correct compared to the way an American would pronounce that word. Alas, there is no wrong or right here.
      English is an extremely complex language, despite it being fairly universal these days. That's why young students do not have an easy time with it.
      It's derived from many different languages and is not static, so that it's changing all the time. This is why you'll find new words in American and English dictionaries and words that in essence that have become defunct or seen as archaic.
      Obviously, this is not the space for greater detail, but I trust this will help your misunderstanding about the pronunciation of names.
      Cheers. 🎸🎸🎸

    • @joshua7233
      @joshua7233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nostro1001 Jesus, just stop it.

    • @itslikethesamebutdifferent8020
      @itslikethesamebutdifferent8020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nostro1001 - bro there was no need for s book report, a simple “well that’s how he pronounces it” would’ve sufficed.

    • @greglivo
      @greglivo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had always assumed Joe Strummer was pronounced with a short U. I just figured it was a stage name since he strummed a guitar.

  • @McOuroborosBurger
    @McOuroborosBurger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The first real tone of note I heard was Jerry Cantrells tone on the Dirt album.

  • @bamacopeland4372
    @bamacopeland4372 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    7 years old, And my dad played Sergeant Pepper's for me on the record player. That's definitely struck me down the Beatles path, and loving music

  • @zman19960
    @zman19960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My first guitar memory is Dave Gilmours black strat through his hiwatt and a big muff playing the time solo, definitely the tone I’ve chased more than once

    • @michaelwoods9005
      @michaelwoods9005 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He used a fuzz face on 'Time', not a big muff. He didn't start using a big muff until 'Animals' in 1977.

  • @josephcole9340
    @josephcole9340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    My first guitar memory would be the fuzz guitar on “Dead leaves on the dirty ground” by the white stripes

  • @williamjackson9744
    @williamjackson9744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Don't forget Status Quo with their Telecasters through a wall of AC30s! Super cool and fat sounding.

  • @carstenmarcussen6565
    @carstenmarcussen6565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am one of the lucky owners of a Vox 60th Anniversary AC30HW60 Limited Edition Amplifier (2017) Made in the United Kingdom. As far as i know only 150 units were produced. I love that amp to bits.

  • @buzzawuzza3743
    @buzzawuzza3743 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You make the best gear history videos. My first electric guitar memory is when my older brother played his Chuck Berry records.

  • @CraigCrider
    @CraigCrider 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Holy crap! Larry Macari (Sola Sound/Colorsound) on the accordion at 7:09. Man, now I want to hear an accordion into a Tone Bender into an AC15

  • @davelanciani-dimaensionx
    @davelanciani-dimaensionx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1970 - I'm in 3rd grade - we had indoor recess during rainy days where we'd listen to records - my friend brought in his older brother's copy of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" album. He immediately dropped the needle on track four - the heavy foot-stomps lead into the "Iron Man" riff. That was it for me.

  • @johnnolan4312
    @johnnolan4312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Keith, so good as usual, ive toted my 1965 VOX around for 20 years now , and counting !

  • @JHSmithmusic
    @JHSmithmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My first time I experienced the electric guitar (basically the first time I really payed attention to it) was very similar. I was 8 years old riding shotgun in my dad's truck and Crazy Train (Randy Rhoads live version) followed by rock you like a hurricane came on the radio and it hit me hard. I begged my parents for 2 years to get me lessons and now 14 years later, it still gets me. Only difference is I know what's making that glorious sound.

  • @alastairfoster3871
    @alastairfoster3871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You know we can all disagree about guitars. Type, shape, pickup, wood it’s made from, strings, different picks or picks v fingers, what pedal dose what and in what order.
    but I bet we could all agree that when we turn up and see there’s an Ac30 in the back line, we smile, nod and plug right on in.
    Keep healthy, keep safe and keep rocking guys and girls

  • @nicklevan8058
    @nicklevan8058 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    We get a twin reverb history please?

    • @fivewattworld
      @fivewattworld  3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      It's on the list.

    • @johnnathancordy
      @johnnathancordy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@fivewattworld I've been looking for a Twin...

    • @ahriik
      @ahriik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@fivewattworld I'm rather curious to see this "list" you always refer to.

    • @robnamowicz8073
      @robnamowicz8073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ahriik That will be more than five watts,,,

    • @songwriterjj6022
      @songwriterjj6022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How about a Crate GC-40?

  • @soundssimple1
    @soundssimple1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My first lasting memory of a record was in the mid 60's at my school friends house in Glasgow. His father was a bit of an geek and had wired 4 speakers up to his old radiogram ( record player / radio ), one in each corner of the room behind chairs. The sound in that room was out of this world when he put on Telstar by the Tornados. Unforgettable to this day. This set me on my musical journey , still going strong in my mid 60's, a house full of hi-fi, vinyl, tape, CD's, guitars, keyboards and amps. Thanks for a great history of VOX. Great channel.

  • @anotherwaytafkash
    @anotherwaytafkash 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1984 ... i was twelve years old .....pride ( in the name of love ) by U2 ..... later in 1987 with or without you ( this was in fact the spark that made me pick up the guitar )... the edge is my "guitarhero" and his Vox AC 30 "my personal AC 30 moment .... sorry had to mention the edge because i sadly missed him in the introduction of your AC30 players😉
    by the way ... i truely love your channel ...the way you put your love for music in the backstorys of iconic Instruments Amps and even pedals...so informative for me as a "musician" ... and your earcharming voice ..... had to subscribe..and HIT that "silverbell" Button !!!
    EDIT!!!!!! i appologize 😆 you mentioned the egde later on 🙏🙏🙏
    stay healthy
    from germany

  • @larsfocken3456
    @larsfocken3456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My first guitar memory is Scotty Moore on Elvis' "Hound Dog". Still one of the greatest guitar performances ever. But I started learning guitar because of Ace Frehley from Kiss - awesome!

  • @Upside_Down_Guitar_Guy
    @Upside_Down_Guitar_Guy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I’m pretty sure my first electric guitar memory is hearing All The Small Things on the radio lol

    • @ahriik
      @ahriik 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would have been a Strat with a SD Invader humbucker in the bridge into a mildly distorted Dual/Triple Rectifier if I'm not mistaken. Great tone!

  • @HigzyTeflon
    @HigzyTeflon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My first memory of a guitar sound: 1981. Randy Rhoads "Crazy Train." I was 11 years old and had never heard anything quite like it before. "Is that sound coming from a guitar? How is he doing that?!" It was inexplicably scary, and at the same time, I could not get enough of it.

  • @terrylstarks
    @terrylstarks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No one that I can think of, the Beatles were my first with my transistor hidden under my pillow at night with an ear plug in, until my mother came in and told me to go to sleep. “ I Want to Hold Your Hand”!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again for a great show!!!!! Merry Christmas to y’all!!!!!!!!!

  • @michal5104
    @michal5104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Although being born in the 00s my first memory of a guitar sound was Black Sabbath's Paranoid from my dad's car whenever we were driving around town.

    • @dougrobinson8602
      @dougrobinson8602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You were well-raised, Mike!

    • @emilyadams3228
      @emilyadams3228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Paranoid.
      Because one noid wasn't enough for Black Sabbath.

  • @wayneharrison6621
    @wayneharrison6621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Like you, the first rock song I really remember was "I Wanna Hold Your Hand." What really turned me on to The Beatles was the opening chord of "Hard Days Night." That one blew me away, I’m sure I wasn’t the only one.

    • @treverroddick8489
      @treverroddick8489 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ^^^^ This! Exactly, this!

    • @gtr1952
      @gtr1952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I just mentioned 'IWHYH' above, the opening riff and chug on the Gretsch CG!! LOL --gary

  • @onetwosreesour5161
    @onetwosreesour5161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The blitzkrieg bop was the first and to this day one of the best riffs I have ever heard

  • @davidsommerville2213
    @davidsommerville2213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In an effort to minimize my gear, I sold my AC15 (a 2017 Vietnam model). They can sound “boxey” and, in my experience, don’t take pedals well. However, when they’re dialed in organically, Vox amps sound utterly gorgeous. I coaxed some wonderful sounds out of mine. Of all the gear I sold on Reverb this year, the only buyer who messaged me back after the sale was the one who bought the AC15. He thanked me again for selling it to him because he loves what it does for him.

  • @TheBigGuppy
    @TheBigGuppy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Never owned a Vox. But they look so cool, like a fine piece of furniture.

    • @Mark70609
      @Mark70609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are a beast to fix when they go bad.

    • @auntjenifer7774
      @auntjenifer7774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And they go bad all the time, that's why you NEVER see em in the back line !?

    • @j.dragon651
      @j.dragon651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and they weigh a ton.

    • @ricopaulson1
      @ricopaulson1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I own two AC30s. They are fantastic. Don't listen to the other comments. Every guitarist should have an AC30.

    • @dizzyrider3883
      @dizzyrider3883 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A noisy piece of furniture 👍

  • @rrapeez
    @rrapeez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    James Williamson from Iggy and the Stooges with a cranked top boost tone through Celestial Blues is my favourite.

  • @KRAZEEIZATION
    @KRAZEEIZATION 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think the Beatles may have been the first but when I was around four, I remember hearing Apache by The Shadows blaring out of a fairground during a motorcycle stunt! As the bike ascended the cable it was on the echo drenched Stratocaster of Hank Marvin seemed to come out of the sky. I’ll never forget it it.
    Somebody To Love by Queen was 1976!
    Yours faithfully, a Queen fanatic!

  • @leesbassment6393
    @leesbassment6393 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the '58 Ranchero memory. There's a '59 Skyliner in my garage that's been in the family since '78

  • @savannahlt1
    @savannahlt1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Earliest guitar sound was Byrds Jim "Roger" Mcguinn on Turn, Turn, Turn. The image of the Beatles Vox amps are no less important than their Rickenbacher guitars or their suits, or their haircuts in influencing the next generation of musicians. Great video as always!!

  • @fireglo450music
    @fireglo450music 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Unequivocally my favorite amplifier ever. Always grew up hearing The Beatles and other 60s pop, and my dad owns a mid-60s trapezoid AC30 head. I always play an AC10 for band rehearsals (same sound, just smaller) and dream of getting a Backline some day of dual AC30 heads and 2x12 rolling racks.
    To me, the AC30 can do anything. The Beatles, The Who, Tom Petty, Yardbirds, and even Cream. I also use a Joyo AC30 simulator pedal that I got for $20 for DI recording. There will never be a better sound than a Rickenbacker into a top boosted Vox :)
    Great video as always!

  • @aliasdandavisofficial
    @aliasdandavisofficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The "guineas" thing broke my brain temporarily. I figured looking up something like that would only take a moment. - - - Good lord, what an insanely complicated monetary system they had! - - - As always, great video.

    • @LiamE69
      @LiamE69 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Technically a guinea was a coin, not a denomination. At the time a pound was 20 shillings. A guinea was an old gold coin worth 21 shillings. So the amp that cost 79gns was £82/19s - or what would be £82.95 after decimalisation. While the pre decimal monetary system seems quite complex to those not used to it its use of highly composite numbers made it far better then decimal in the days before computers.
      Oddly enough where we still use such systems based on highly composite numbers (24 hours in day, 60 minutes in an hour, 360 degrees in a circle) their use seems entirely natural even while the old monetary systems seem very strange.

  • @rj2128
    @rj2128 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great presentation! Thank you

  • @joepeezy4sheezy
    @joepeezy4sheezy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Finally. Thank you for doing this. Because of John Jorgenson and that darn Biff Parsons guy, I have been drawn to these amps.

    • @Billywagner22
      @Billywagner22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      John Jorgensen is why I play AC30's.

    • @vayabroder729
      @vayabroder729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep!! I imagine the great John Jorgenson inspired Brad Paisley and Zac to pick them up too. We need to Ask Zac about that 😉

    • @joepeezy4sheezy
      @joepeezy4sheezy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vayabroder729 agreed!

  • @themikepadua
    @themikepadua 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love all the guitar stuff but I want to point out that this is top tier writing. SO well done.

  • @paulxaviercyr
    @paulxaviercyr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was 5 years old in the mid 80's...
    The first guitar sound that grabbed my ear was George Thorogood's
    "Bad to the Bone"... It was just my first jam... I was a kid, the song was easy to sing and I loved mimicking the riff.

  • @kurtbader9711
    @kurtbader9711 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Your knowledge is always informative and a treat to listen to. BTW, "Go outside and play!" is now a warm memory from Brockport in the '60s. Today in SoCal the only outdoor activities kids can engage in is at the local hoa kid-proofed playground with a group of guardian moms. Big fun.

  • @ysius
    @ysius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Memory of the first amazing guitar sound: Frusciante's strat through a Marshall

  • @alohamark3025
    @alohamark3025 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The first memorable and groundbreaking guitar sound would be from Jimi Hendrix' Purple Haze. Prior to that, there were numerous memories from the likes of Buddy Holly (Peggy Sue). Nothing slouchy about Buddy, the Beatles (She Loves You) or the Stones (Satisfaction). But there was something about Mr. Hendrix, the creator of guitar sounds that cannot be duplicated to this day.
    In the rest of this lifetime, I'll probably never be able to obtain a mint vintage AC30, or even an AC10 SRT (used by Doug and Pat). The modern version of the AC30 only shines when you plug a vintage guitar (Les Paul P90 GT, ES-335, ES-355) into the amp. Nothing exists in a vacuum. There are pairings which are made in heaven, and every guitarist must find these ideal combinations.

  • @ObjectiveDynamics
    @ObjectiveDynamics 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You reference the difficulties that cliff Richards and the Shadows had in being heard in 1959. I was fortunate enough to have been taken by an uncle to watch The Beatles live in December 1965. As a seven year old at the time I have strong memories of them playing the double A side "We can work it out" and "Day Tripper" but at times I struggled to hear the band because of girls screaming!
    As always, great work. Thanks

  • @tonyfdesign
    @tonyfdesign 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are so great. Excellent work!

  • @OfficialKevinFox
    @OfficialKevinFox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I think the first electric guitar tone I ever heard was Reeling in the Years by Steely Dan. That intro lead tone still to this day makes me smile 🤘🏻

    • @fivewattworld
      @fivewattworld  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THAT is a profound first electric guitar memory!

    • @ZacCostilla
      @ZacCostilla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If I remember right, that was a Strat with a PAF pickup, into an Ampeg bass amp cranked up to 10 in an isolation booth.

    • @shawnmcvey7789
      @shawnmcvey7789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ZacCostilla If I'm remembering right, you're correct 🤣
      You can get your own version of that sound with an Ampeg V4 or VT-22. I've done it, just hurts...so much.

    • @treverroddick8489
      @treverroddick8489 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One (or is it two?) of my favorite guitar solos.

    • @ZacCostilla
      @ZacCostilla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@treverroddick8489 it’s Jimmy Page’s favorite solo!

  • @PierceThirlen2
    @PierceThirlen2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    FYI, in the USA, a "Long Tailed Pair" is generally referred to as a "differential amplifier" and is extensively used as the input stage of an OP Amp (Operational amplifier) which can be made from transistors or tubes. I believe that the term "Long Tailed Pair" came from the British. It should also be noted that many differential amplifiers used as phase splitters for the output stage are poorly implemented. In order for a differential amplifier to operate it needs a constant current source for the cathode of a tube or an emitter of a transistor. In tube circuits this requires a very large value cathode resistor. But they usually skimp here and use a smaller value cathode resistor which compromises the common mode rejection. Ideally you should connect the large value cathode resistor to a negative voltage as large as the B+ voltage. It's a pain to do with vacuum tubes, but easy to do with solid state rectifiers.

  • @FantasticF113
    @FantasticF113 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved it! Worth the wait, thank you very much Keith. Stay safe!

  • @sethknarr4879
    @sethknarr4879 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic work!

  • @davidaylsworth8964
    @davidaylsworth8964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    George Harrison’s Gretsch Country Gentleman into an AC30 is the first musical memory.

  • @Adamnme01
    @Adamnme01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    First guitar sound, mum playing finger picked folk at home

  • @spacerockerlightyears
    @spacerockerlightyears 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fabulous. Alas my 1960’s AC30 set on fire in my parents house one night and the fire brigade had to attend. Unfortunately it didn’t recover, a sad loss. I never replaced it with another. The combo was well used and had taken a beating all its life, we used to cart it about on a wheel barrow or a pull along trolley cart to gigs and rehearsals, I got it second hand early 70’s and it lasted around five years before it’s last hurrah, ashes to ashes, dust to dust you may say. Great video as always, love this sort of stuff🎸

  • @taylorlimbeck6854
    @taylorlimbeck6854 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Keith! I love these history vids so much

  • @gregaltenhofel7326
    @gregaltenhofel7326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Stop watching this video kid & go play outside. The best line you’ve ever written. But I turned 5 in 1963. The Beatles, I saw them on “Ed Sullivan’s Show”.

    • @fivewattworld
      @fivewattworld  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks Greg, I fretted about whether to keep it but I remember my mom dragging me away from the reruns of the first Star Trek series as kicking me outside with that phrase.

  • @bronzeageancientone4844
    @bronzeageancientone4844 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    First guitar sound memory: East Bound and Down from the genius of Jerry Reed

  • @AnthonyxMcDonald
    @AnthonyxMcDonald 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your videos. I learn so much. Thank you for these

  • @jasong546
    @jasong546 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So glad to find this tonight!

  • @antonarcilla2046
    @antonarcilla2046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey Kieth! Absolutely loved this video (as usual) along with the Mustang and Boss Compact Pedals short histories, could you also throw Orange Amps on the list too?

  • @AtomMotherHeart
    @AtomMotherHeart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I hate how in the myriad of Beatles, Queen and U2, people forget that Rory fvking Gallagher used and perfected the Vox sound for blues

  • @smeercat
    @smeercat 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for another great video!

  • @jonny1251
    @jonny1251 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love these vids so much AND i really needed this today. Thank you

  • @DavidHBurkart
    @DavidHBurkart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If you were born in 2013; "Stop watching this video and go play outside kid!"
    Indeed.
    Thanks for the history Keith! Great intro and outro lick btw.
    First electric guitar moment wasn't even real, other than to my perception of it at 8 years of age. Elvis Presley slinging a telecaster to a soundtrack in "Girl Happy" on the CBS Friday Evening Movie. There were other moments, artists, and equipment to come, but this was my first and caused me to pester my parents relentlessly for a real electric guitar and amp... which I finally received one Christmas day a year or so later. It was an MIJ St. George with matching MIJ SS amp, but since was yellow like that Tele, it was close enough my eight year old self.

  • @Red-lm7xo
    @Red-lm7xo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The first guitar Tone that i Heard was EVH blasting Eruption

  • @billavonda1604
    @billavonda1604 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the short history! well done sir!

  • @nusior
    @nusior 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    As always great episode!

  • @phatcataudio5958
    @phatcataudio5958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    First electric guitar sound: System Of a Down - Science

    • @phatcataudio5958
      @phatcataudio5958 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      To be honest, it was not the first electric guitar sound I’ve heard. But it was the first one that had an impact on me 😍

  • @raymondjbarron
    @raymondjbarron 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Rory Gallagher... just saying

  • @juanantoniomusic
    @juanantoniomusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    These videos are absolute gold! Thanks a ton!

  • @sammyrabon7736
    @sammyrabon7736 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent Keith. Thanks for another great short history

  • @georgebarjoveanu3137
    @georgebarjoveanu3137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    First memory of an electric guitar: Metallica's Creeping Death !:)

  • @dougrobinson8602
    @dougrobinson8602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey, Keith-Stop liking everyone's comments and go play outside!

    • @fivewattworld
      @fivewattworld  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ha! About to do just that!

  • @jasonmccarthy3370
    @jasonmccarthy3370 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really like your videos and this one in particular was fantastic! I learned so much and did not have any idea of the complex history of Vox before today. Great job!

  • @brucepiland
    @brucepiland 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keith, your videos are simply outstanding. Thanks!

  • @musicbme
    @musicbme 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Keith for another great informative video! I look forward to your videos and the knowledge that you share!

  • @hkguitar1984
    @hkguitar1984 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another fantastic video, thank you Kieth.

  • @vincentgarcia3319
    @vincentgarcia3319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent. My brother's AC30 will rip your head off when it's barely turned up to half volume ! Super short history as usual.

  • @troyoswald5683
    @troyoswald5683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Keith. As always this is done with excellence..... We are so lucky.

  • @1angrymary
    @1angrymary 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for another interesting, informative video, happy holidays, cheers.

  • @saltydog4787
    @saltydog4787 ปีที่แล้ว

    Many thanks .... Always loved my ac30 ... even more now!!!!!

  • @gp3328
    @gp3328 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Probably my first real guitar memory that I remember most vividly is sweet child o' mine, I still remember that amazing intro leaving me in awe.

  • @comajoebuck999
    @comajoebuck999 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another fine video. Well done.

  • @robertgandy1519
    @robertgandy1519 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another excellent video. Thank you for all your hard work. I love your videos.

  • @chansfor
    @chansfor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It can’t be overstated how important the top bands use of these amps was. I, and many like me, bought Vox amps during the 60s because our heroes used them. Watching Eric play a red tele through a full on AC30 during his Yardbird days bordered on a religious experience. Check out their 1964 Five Live album recorded at the Marquee in London. Thanks for this interesting video!

  • @lestatmacway892
    @lestatmacway892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Vox amps are just awesome

  • @sassycat
    @sassycat 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another outstanding video Keith, thank you for all of the time and research you put into making these videos. I hope eventually that there will be a video detailing the Ron Rivera era Fender amps.