This is my own AC30 it dates from 1963 signed on the top right by its designer the late Dick Denney.

This he did on the occasion of his 80th birthday party on the 24th February 2001 at the sports and leisure centre Hastings. He was taken ill on the night, and sadly passed away just a few months later on the 6ht June. It reads, " To John, Best wishes, Dick Denney". My guess is this is the last amp he ever signed.

I have owned and gigged this amp for a good number of years now. It used to belong to Jim Green, the rhythm guitarist in my old band " The Soundimension" . He paid £25 for it around 1968, I can vouch for its history since then.

When he had the amp first, it had one leather handle on one end of the amp. That one was worn through on one end, the other two were missing, the brackets having broken.

I restored the amp as it is now around about 1995

This is an unusual cast brass logo I removed from a 1961/2 AC30 many years ago. In all my years in this business, I have never seen another like it. I wonder if Jennings had a run made, and found they were just too expensive. I would be interested to know if you may have one, or seen one like it. This is no home made effort, it is a really professional part.

Have a look at the front and back images.

1954 Fender Twin restoration project

As you can see the chassis has had some capacitors replaced, works well, but what a shame to have spoiled its vintage looks.

Amp-Fix to the rescue

From new to old

The new capacitors on the left were cast in the mold, labels were copied from two original caps centre. On the right are the replica capacitors after casting, waiting for the labels to be fitted.

Above is the mold, made from made from liquid rubber ,the new caps set in the mold, black liquid plastic poured in and left to set.

One of the original labels was scanned and new labels made from the template

The finished product capacitors ready for fitting to the amp

Who would be any the wiser?

Ah now that looks much better doesn't it. Difficult to show this, and I never thought to take any pictures at the time, but the orangey brown electrolytic's, all have new capacitors inside the original casings, thus maintaining the vintage vibe.

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