Headless Guitar Kit Revisit (non PBG kit)

[Simon Barden]

The EL84s sound pretty close to 6V6s at times. I had a Hughes & Ketner Statesman 2 x EL84 combo prior to my 2 x 6V6 Two Rock and both can give that 'chimey' sound that's hard to get with other valve types. The Vox AC30 is the epitome of the EL84 sound, though with different circuitry, it can make all sorts of different noises.

[DrNomis_44]

The EL84s sound pretty close to 6V6s at times. I had a Hughes & Ketner Statesman 2 x EL84 combo prior to my 2 x 6V6 Two Rock and both can give that 'chimey' sound that's hard to get with other valve types. The Vox AC30 is the epitome of the EL84 sound, though with different circuitry, it can make all sorts of different noises.

The contemporary music department at the Charles Darwin University here in Darwin, has a Vox AC30 in it's storeroom, I played through it and thought it was a pretty cool sounding amp, it was one of the reissues with all the circuitry on a PCB, I've got a lot of respect for the Vox AC30, the Beatles used them, I wouldn't mind building one for myself, but build all the circuitry on Turret Boards, next year I'm going to start ordering all the bits I need to re-build my Sloclone 50 Amp Head, I'll be documenting the build process as I go.