One of my favourite new products at the 2017 NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show was the MV50 series of guitar amplifiers from Vox. Small, incredibly lightweight, versatile, and best of all – it sounds great. It is also the perfect example of an ongoing trend in the world of electric guitar amps, and how they are used. For decades, amplifier designers and guitar players alike seemed obsessed with the idea of earth-shattering guitar amps. Every new amp needed
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Here’s an all original 1965 Vox AC10 2×10 Combo Amplifier. Vox was the pre-eminent musical instrument amplifier manufacturer in the UK and much of Europe in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, and produced most of the amps used by the most popular bands at the time. If you’ve heard an early 1960’s pop or rock record from the UK – you’ve heard Vox amplifiers.
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The Vox Night Train NT15C1 is a very cool 15 watt tube amp with killer tone and versatility in a compact package!
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Here is a near-mint 2010 JMI 15 combo amplifier.
In the late 1950’s to the mid 1960’s, JMI – Jennings Musical Instruments – built Vox amps and these were *the* amps to have in the UK. In 1964, JMI was sold to the Royston group and American rights went to the Thomas Organ Company. Jennings left in 1967, Marshall became the dominant amplifier, and JMI folded in 1968.
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