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What makes a VOX AC30 sound so good?
By Joe Dean
23 May 2024
What’s behind the AC30’s coveted chime, and why has it remained a consistent amp choice for generations of guitar greats?
EXTRACT:
… Brian May utilized his self-made “Red Special” guitar alongside a Rangemaster Treble Booster pedal, crafting his famous ultra-treble tones that highlighted the AC30’s sparkling high frequencies.
“The Vox AC30 works in a different way from most guitar amps,” May once observed in an interview with Total Guitar: Brian May: “I will never claim to be a great guitarist in the sense of a virtuoso. I just try to play from my heart”r [. “It does give you that smooth transition into compression and distortion, which to me is just the voice that I always wanted.”
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