Vox AC30

Records it appears on · 11

• Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)

  Kelly Clarkson · Stronger, 2012

  • Guitars · AmplifierVerifiedAmplifier for the guitar elements on this track; Kurstin gives it as a 1964 example.
• It Won't Be Soon Before Long

  Maroon 5 · Album, 2007

  • Guitars · AmplifierReportedAmong the amps Levine and Valentine played through on the album.
• Beds Are Burning

  Midnight Oil · Diesel and Dust, 1987

  • Guitar amps · AmplifierReportedAlbum sessions, not stated for this song: Gray thinks the guitarists' amps were Vox and Fender, and recalls at least one AC30 being in the studio.
• Nevermind

  Nirvana · Album, 1991

  • Electric guitars · AmplifierVerifiedAmp used for the cleaner, lightly overdriven guitar sounds
• (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

  Oasis · Album, 1995

  • Electric guitars · AmplifierVerifiedOne of the amps Noel Gallagher used for his electric guitar parts on the album sessions.
• Bohemian Rhapsody

  Queen · A Night at the Opera, 1975

  • Lead and overdub guitar · AmplifierVerifiedAlbum sessions, not stated for this song: Baker says May generally used AC30s, which were backless, so microphones were also placed behind them near the wall for ambience.
• Introducing... The Beatles

  The Beatles · Album, 1963

  • Guitars (Harrison and Lennon) · AmplifierReportedThe guitarists' stage amplifiers, fitted with retrofitted treble-boost circuits, used for the album.
• Please Please Me

  The Beatles · Album, 1963

  • Guitars (Harrison and Lennon) · AmplifierReportedThe guitarists' stage amplifiers, fitted with retrofitted treble-boost circuits, used for the album.
• Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

  The Cranberries · Album, 1993

  • Electric guitar · AmplifierReportedA Vox AC30 was one of the amps paired with the Telecasters.
• You Really Got Me

  The Kinks · Kinks, 1964

  • Lead guitar · AmplifierReportedThe Elpico amplifier was slaved to this Vox AC30.
• Odessey and Oracle

  The Zombies · Album, 1968

  • Guitar · AmplifierReportedAmplifier forming part of Paul Atkinson's guitar setup on the album sessions.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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