AC30 and amps based on AC30 --- Can you post some clips?

[padavis]

Can someone hook me up with some clips of AC30 or amps based primarily on AC30s?
Here are some things I am interested in --
Differences between Top Boost and Non-Top Boost.
How clean can they get?
Can they do jazzier and country swing type stuff?

Not a lot of different choices anywhere I can get in an hour so I have not had a chance to play a bunch of Z amps or Brunos or anything like that so if you're recording with one of the AC30 types let me hear it!
Or point me in the right direction!
Thanks in advance,
Pat

[samjbrowne]

Check out my band playing "Everywhere" on youtube - that's a 1961 AC30 cranked with the retrofitted factory top boost.

They can get a warm, beautiful clean. My favourite clean sound is AC30 on normal channel. They are different to the pristine Fender thing or the Matchless thing.

Jazz and country - yes, the AC30 is a popular amp for country stuff (team it up with a tele), Ryan Adams used one a lot though I guess he's more Americana than country. Jazz, I'd say it's not one of the obvious contenders.

Of all the amps I have played and own, the AC30 is the best jack of all trades amp. It excels at a lot of things in the clean and low gain department, and cranked up it's a fantastic, full sounding amp that really sits well in the mix. Only thing it sucks for is high gain/metal stuff.

[riffboy76]

Originally Posted by samjbrowne

Check out my band playing "Everywhere" on youtube - that's a 1961 AC30 cranked with the retrofitted factory top boost.

They can get a warm, beautiful clean. My favourite clean sound is AC30 on normal channel. They are different to the pristine Fender thing or the Matchless thing.

Jazz and country - yes, the AC30 is a popular amp for country stuff (team it up with a tele), Ryan Adams used one a lot though I guess he's more Americana than country. Jazz, I'd say it's not one of the obvious contenders.

Of all the amps I have played and own, the AC30 is the best jack of all trades amp. It excels at a lot of things in the clean and low gain department, and cranked up it's a fantastic, full sounding amp that really sits well in the mix. Only thing it sucks for is high gain/metal stuff.

Sounds great man! Really enjoyed the songs.

[77jordan]

I would love to hear a standard brilliant non-top boost post-ef86 channel vintage ac30 vs a top boost channel !

[samjbrowne]

Originally Posted by riffboy76

Sounds great man! Really enjoyed the songs.

Cool thanks man!

[ChazMania]

Sam- that song Everywhere is great, really like it...and yes, that is a great rock AC30 tone!

[tele_jas]

I've got bunches of "AC30" style amp clips from various amps I've owned over the last few years at www.guitartest.moonfruit.com

[samjbrowne]

Cheers Chazmania! Yeah that's a special amp, that one. We're in the studio at the moment and that amp is getting used for so many different sounds, from full warm cleans (my favourite cleans) to just breaking up tones right up to full blown Vox crunch. Love it.

[Wagster]

Non Top Boost


Top Boost low gain input with pedals

Here's a clip from a gig a while back. I'm using the Top Boost with the volume around 9:30.



Clip demonstrating the difference between the TB and normal inputs


I hope this helps.

[77jordan]

are any of those brilliant channels minus the top boost?