The Normal channel has less scope for adjustment and is cleaner sounding - we achieved good results jumping the channels with a patch lead and mixing the two. Much of that is in evidence in the Top Boost channel here, but thanks to the master volume setup, it's much easier to coax the AC30C2 into overdrive at lower levels. Traditionally, the classic-spec Top Boost AC30 offers chiming clean tones with a brilliant-bordering- on-gritty edge, all of which gets darker and more overdriven as you wind it up. One significant change from 'proper' AC30 spec is that the Custom has a solid-state rectifier instead of a GZ34 valve. Internally, the Custom is built around a modern PCB design like the majority of new amps from the big brands. Weighing in just over 32kg, it's a fairly hefty amp, as you'd expect but any portability issues are done away with thanks to the three strong plastic handles that enable you alone, or with help from a bandmate, to move it. My plexi just sits next to it.The optional two-way VFS2 footswitch turns the reverb and tremolo on and off - it seems a bit stingy to have to shell out another £32 for the privilege. Has just as much” touch sensitivity” as my p lexi too. It’s not a jcm 800 with the gain on 10 and the bass cranked. I have it next to a 100 plexi and I’m not sure which is louder. And don’t let that 30 in ac30 lull you into- maybe this amp won’t be loud enough. Don’t let the master volume fool you, the gain knob only effects the gain not the tone.
Think of the early Beatles tunes, but it also distorts very well. Most classic rock is a Marshall plexi, everything else classic rock sounds like an ac30. It has the beautiful clean sound, and it goes to dirty like Brian May. You can hear every string individually in a chord is the only way I can describe it. If you’ve never plugged into an ac30 it sounds very articulate.
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