by bassboogie » 24 Jan 2011, 20:25
Hi Jay,
Roger initially fitted blue speakers to my old AC30 bass amp and it works very well. Roger then made me an AC30 bass head and I ran this through a Vox cab with 2 by 12 Celestion Golds, that gave the old Vox sound but as the Blues are 15 watt and the Golds 50 watt this gave better definition at higher volumes. Since then Roger has added 2 more Celestion Golds, so 4 in total and with the AC30 head it will stand up to any giging amp. In my view the sound is very close to the original AC30 but with much better definition of notes at high volumes. The Golds are about the same price as the Blues. If you're after that early sound but need more volume I would suggest the Golds, 2 are fine.
Roger Newell (Wildcats and many others) uses a Peavey 350 combo with a Black Widow 15 and his sound as well as playing live on the recent Marty Wilde tour was just mind blowing, I've I think the best I've heard for 50's/60's bass sound, so Black Widows may also be an option. He used a 84 P bass.
As always if you're down this way you are very welcome to try mine or PM me.
Kind regards, Luigi