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Amp Stuff => Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs => Topic started by: kagliostro on July 10, 2012, 01:11:32 am

Title: Vox AC50 Restoration (or cloning) guide - a very complete one
Post by: kagliostro on July 10, 2012, 01:11:32 am

Here a complete guide to the restoration (or clonation) of the Vox AC50  :icon_biggrin:

http://www.backfromthesixties.co.uk/Pages/Vox_AC50.aspx (http://www.backfromthesixties.co.uk/Pages/Vox_AC50.aspx)

K

Title: Re: Vox AC50 Restoration (or cloning) guide - a very complete one
Post by: Leevi on July 10, 2012, 01:57:36 am

Thanks Kagliostro for sharing this. I have recently restored an AC50 and I still own the amp.
I find this very benefical.

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc183/kz14100/VoxAc50front-1.jpg (http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc183/kz14100/VoxAc50front-1.jpg)
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc183/kz14100/VoxAc50back-1.jpg (http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc183/kz14100/VoxAc50back-1.jpg)

/Leevi

Title: Re: Vox AC50 Restoration (or cloning) guide - a very complete one
Post by: archaos on July 10, 2012, 11:35:05 am

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Here a complete guide to the restoration (or clonation) of the Vox AC50

Thanks for the link kagliostro !

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I have recently restored an AC50 and I still own the amp.

Wow, very nice ! Do you have some gutshots ?

Title: Re: Vox AC50 Restoration (or cloning) guide - a very complete one
Post by: Leevi on July 10, 2012, 02:38:52 pm

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Do you have some gutshots ?

Unfortunately not. The amp is pretty much in its original condition. I have changed
some pots and coupling caps. Tolex is renewed which required quite much effort.
/Leevi

Title: Re: Vox AC50 Restoration (or cloning) guide - a very complete one
Post by: DummyLoad on July 10, 2012, 04:50:27 pm

grazie!