Vox AC100_Index

This site is devoted to the Vox AC100 amplifier - its history, manufacture, and use by the top bands of the 1960s.

The Vox AC100 Mk 1 (the AC80/100): cathode biased amplifiers

Early AC80/100s: introduction

Surviving AC80/100s in thin-edged boxes (serial nos 101-220)

The Beatles' thin-edged AC80/100s in 1964

The Rolling Stones with thin-edged AC80/100s

Other bands with thin-edged AC80/100s - updated 7th April

Surviving AC80/100s in thick-edged boxes (serial nos 221-c.430).

The Who, The Yardbirds, et al. - updated 9th April

The Who and Vox - recollections of Max the Mod

Early Vox AC50s

NEW SITE FOR AC50s

Cabinets

Cabinets, part 1 (2 x 15" and Foundation Bass)

Cabinets, part 2a (4 x 12s and swivel trolleys) - introduction

Cabinets, part 2b (4 x 12s and swivel trolleys) - surviving examples

The AC100 as "Super Beatle"

Thomas Organ distributed AC100s, late 1964 to early 1965

The Vox AC100 Mk 2: the fixed bias amplifiers

Early fixed bias amps: 1965 (serial nos c.440-c.1160)

The Beatles' AC100s in 1965

AC100 Mark 2s: 1966-1967 (serial nos c.1160-c.2200) - updated 30th March

The Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, and other bands, A -Z: 1965-1969 - updated 28th April

Triumph-made AC100s

Strays

PA 100s - the MC100

Factories

Westrex Co. Ltd - makers of the AC80/100 chassis for Vox

Burndept Electronics - makers of the AC80/100 chassis from March 1965

Triumph Electronics - prototypers and makers of AC100s, late 1966 - 1967

Components, schematics and diagrams

Copies of the Vox AC100

Conversions and Modern AC100s

Jennings V100 and other amps (Jennings Electronic Industries)

JEI V100, V30 and others - updated 5th April

Studio 2

AC80/100s in Studio 2, Abbey Road
October 1964

Shea Stadium

AC100s seen from rear stage, Shea Stadium,
August 1965

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Paul McCartney's AC80/100
August 1964

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The Who at the Richmond Jazz and Blues Festival, August 1965