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Vox is a musical equipment manufacturer formerly based in Britain, and now owned by Japanese electronics giants Korg, which is most famous for making the AC30 guitar amplifier and the Vox organ.

In 1959, with sales under pressure from the more powerful Fender Twin and from The Shadows, who requested amplifiers with more power, Vox produced what was essentially a double-powered AC15 and named it the AC30. The AC30, fitted with alnico magnet-equipped Celestion "blue" loudspeakers and later Vox's special "Top Boost" circuitry, helped to produce the distinctive sound of the British Invasion, being used by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and the Yardbirds, among others. The Monkees also used Vox amps and would conceal themselves in two large empty Vox cabinets that they would emerge from at the beginning of their concerts. AC30s were later used by Brian May of Queen (who is well known for having a wall of AC30s on stage), Paul Weller of The Jam (who also assembled a wall of AC30s), Rory Gallagher, The Edge of U2, and Radiohead guitarists Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Ed O'Brien.

Once The Beatles became tied to Vox amplifiers (a deal was struck early in their recording career whereby they would be provided Vox equipment for exclusive stage use), the quest for more power began. John Lennon's first Vox was a fawn-colored twin-speaker AC15, while George Harrison's was a fawn Vox AC30 with a top boost unit installed in the rear panel. They were later provided with twin black-covered Vox AC30s with the rear panel top boost units. Paul McCartney was provided with one of the first transistorized Vox amplifiers, the infamous Vox T60, which had an unnerving tendency to overheat and smoke out. McCartney's was no exception, so he was then provided with a Vox AC30 head which powered the Vox T60's separate speaker cabinet. As the crowds at Beatles shows got louder, they needed louder amps to keep up. Jennings provided Lennon and Harrison with the first Vox AC50 piggyback units, and McCartney's Vox AC30/T60 rig was replaced with an AC100 head and a 2x15" cabinet. Lennon and Harrison eventually got their own Vox AC100 rigs, with 4x12"/2-horn configurations. From 1963 through 1966, The Beatles had several prototype or specially-built Vox amplifiers, including hybrid tube/solid-state units from the short-lived 4- and 7-series.

Vox Amplification Ltd has been owned by Korg since 1992. Korg revived the tube rectifier and alnico speakers for their version of the AC30 in what is considered the most faithful version of the amp produced for many years. Korg have also used the Vox name for a new range of digital modelling amps. In 2003 Vox manufacturing was moved to China, including a yet-newer redesign of the venerable Vox AC30, now designated the Vox AC30CC.

Recently Vox has emerged as a leader in the digital amp modelling market with the release of its Vox Valvetronix line of digital amplifier modelers. Utilizing Korg's REMS solid state modeling software, the Vox Valvetronix are driven via a low-power tube power amp stage. The latest line, the Vox AD15VT/AD30VT/AD50VT/AD100VT, has received many awards and much praise for its faithful recreation of eleven classic guitar amplifiers at a price that most guitarists can easily afford.

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