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Over 60 years since its introduction, the AC15 combo is still a firm fixture in Vox’s current catalogue. The current non-hand-wired C1 model has benefitted from some useful upgrades to make it more relevant for modern music-making, yet the cosmetic and sonic DNA of the original is still evident to anyone with more than a passing interest in the legendary amp brand that powered Beatlemania and the 1960s British Invasion to worldwide fame.

For some time now it’s been possible to buy the AC15C1 with a choice of loudspeaker: the standard model is Celestion’s Greenback, while

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