Re: OT: '64 AC30 For Sale

[Jeff Shirkey <jcshirke@frontier.com>]

> Jeff,
>
> There are probably a lot of folks on this forum who can't read TGP  
> Emporium posts. IIRC, you need to be a TGP member to access that page.
>
> Probably best to post the full details here and links to the pix.

Whoops....you're almost certainly right, Philip. Thanks!

Here's the description from TGP. Pics available upon request. My  
friend was hosting most of them, so if I can get the link from him,  
I'll post it.


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FS: 1964 Vox AC30 T

This is copper panel, non-top-boost amp, Albion transformers, with  
original silver speakers. A rear top boost could certainly be added,  
if desired. But, imo, with a Treble amp, there's really no need. It  
already has all of the chimey top end anyone would want, and a boost  
pedal in front of it would goose it just enough to give the classic  
Top Boost sound in spades. (In fact, I highly, highly recommend the  
brand new Catilinbred Galileo pedal for that very purpose. It kills!!  
I just tried it with my other Voxes,and it was jaw dropping.) This amp  
sounds incredible by just plugging any guitar straight into the  
Brilliant channel. And the Normal channel is no slouch either.

When I bought this amp a couple years ago, it was touted as "the best  
AC30 we've ever heard". Hyperbole aside, it really *is* that good. The  
store I bought it from is Emerald City Guitars in Seattle. I spoke at  
length to a tech out there who went through the amp, *who is not  
employed by the store* (which was key for me), and he told me it  
indeed was the best AC30 he'd ever heard, and he's worked on hundreds.  
He basically said, "Congrats...you'll own the best AC30 anywhere if  
you buy this thing." So, I bit the bullet and grabbed it. I would urge  
anyone who wants to buy this amp to call and talk to him. He'd  
probably remember it.

I probably overpaid for it at the time in my enthusiasm and haste, and  
I certainly did based on today's market. I think I paid $5500, which  
is quite high. But I'd take $3500 for it now.

So, the obvious question: If it sounds so damn good, why would I sell  
it?

Well, for one thing, I have 3 other JMI AC30s and two modded AC30  
reissues. After doing some A/B-ing, I think my '63 AC30 (also with  
Albions) with the rear top boost added on sounds very close to this  
'64 Treble amp. Both amps sound out of this world. If I didn't have to  
part with either of them, I wouldn't. However, I've recently bought  
several guitars, which means some tough decisions need to be made  
about what gear goes and what stays.

Every guitar I throw at this amp sounds terrific--and I have them all  
(humbuckers, single coils, P 90s; Strat, Tele, Gretsch, Rickenbacker,  
Les Paul, 335...you name it).

I also have a used flight case I would throw in for shipping.

I can send more pics, of course, to interested buyers. Contact me here  
or directly at jcshirke AT frontier DOT com

Thanks,

Jeff