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Vox Adds A Limited-Edition Ac15 Featuring A Us Warehouse Loudspeaker To Its Roster. A Different Flavoured Classic? We Find Out…

- Nick Guppy

Over 60 years since its introduction, the AC15 combo is still a firm fixture in Vox’s current catalogue. The current non-hand-wired C1 model has benefitted from some useful upgrades to make it more relevant for modern musicmaking, yet the cosmetic and sonic DNA of the original is still evident to anyone with more than a passing interest in the legendary amp brand that powered Beatlemania and the 1960s British Invasion to worldwide fame.

For some time now it’s been possible to buy the AC15C1 with a choice of loudspeaker: the standard model is Celestion’s Greenback, while the famous Alnico Blue is available as a premium option, at a premium price.

Currently, there’s also a limited-edition AC15C1 in cream vinyl, with a Celestion Creamback, one of the most popular new drivers in Celestion’s range. Now a fourth choice is expanding the AC15’s tonal possibilities: a limited-edition run of AC15C1’s featuring the G12C driver made by Warehouse Guitar Speakers from Kentucky, USA.

In terms of build and features, this limited run of the AC15C1 is almost identical to the standard model, except for the speaker and a smart leather textured vinyl replacing the traditional basketweave covering. There are two non-footswitchable channels called Normal and Top Boost, with a volume control for the Normal channel and Volume, Treble and Bass controls on the Top Boost side. There’s a Level control for the built-in spring reverb, and Speed and Depth controls for the AC15C1’s tremolo circuit, with master volume and Tone Cut knobs, the latter a classic Vox feature, working in reverse by cutting treble as it’s turned up.